Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-11
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The truce between Austria and Italy hss been
extended ten days.
There were forty -nins deaths by ,holera in Gin
oinnsti last Thursday.
Two steamboats, were burned at New Orleans on
night before last. Loss $4,000.
Ths steedman- F Fullerton report Of the freed
mems Bureau Affairs has been published,
Fat,i cases of cholera are reported at Davenport,
Iowa, snd Reck Island, Illinois.
General Sheridan has removed General Baird
from command of the District of New Orleans and
assigned General stonemAn to the same.
The census of Holly Springs, Mississippi, tsken
last week, gives total of 2,9S7, Of whom 100 are
black. Decrease since 1860, 957.
The number of d.aths frcm cholera in New
Orleans during the forty-sght hours ending at six
O'Clock last night was twenty-four.
The cholera in NV York is subsidiug. It is
thought to be certain that it has passed its worst
stage for this season.
A plenary council of the Roman Catholic Church
throughout the 6nited States is to be held in Bal
timors on the 7th of October.
The ships engaged in laying the cable have de-
parted from Hearts Content an expedition to
recover and complete the lost cable fls65.
Queen Eama, of the Sandwich Islands, is being
Iionired considerably in New York. She has been
shown through the hospitals, navy yard, and
other institutions Ofthe metropolis.
1t is reported that a riot occurred at Helena,
Ark, on Tuesday, between party of negro SOL
diers and the citizens in which man named Gal
breth was fatally wounded.
The Boston Transcript is now printed on paper
imported from England. 1t is a significant com
ment on the manufacturers in this country that
| psper can be imported at a saving to consumers.
The trustees Of the Central Ohio LunatIc Asylum
have ordered the erection of a hospital for treat
ment of contagious diseases if any such should
cur at the institution.
Atlanta was visited by a destructive fire on
Sunday night, involving loss of $4,000. A rev
Of wooden buildings on Pryor street was consumed,
and also fine edifoe called the Phenix Building.
A horrible murder was perpetrated in a house of
| il-'ame in Philadelphia yesterday afternoon, the
particulars OF which are given in our special dis
| patches.
W. P. BrsnnaD, the painter and poet, and the
author of the weIl-known comic sermon, d" The
Harp Of Thousand Strings" died at his room in
Cincinnati on Wednesday night, of Inflammation
Of the brain.
Most OF the leading railways in the country have
agreed to carry delegates to the Philadelphia Con-
veuiion at half fare. Or, what is the same thing,
10 carry for full fare to the Convention and charge
nothing back.
The cornerstone of the DOugss monument will
he laid September 9Th. Besides the President aud
Secretary Seward, many other distinguished men
will be present. General Dix will deliver the ora
tiOn.
The court martial at Raleigh, n. C., which has
been engaged tho past six weeks trying officers Of
the Freedmen's Bureau on charges preferred by
Generals steedmsn and Fullerton, has concluded
its lsbors. The result is not made public.
The wigwam in which the Johnson Convention
is to be held will not be completed until Wednes
day, the 18th 1t is said to be tho largest struc-
ture ever erected in the United States. Seats for
Iao newspaper reporters will be furnished in front
Of the speakers stand.
General John Gleeson, Captain" COudO n
and ''Msjar' Comerford have arrived in New York
from ireland, released Fenian prisoners. Conner
ford reports that the Feuians of Ireland have
fdenee in James Stephens, condemn the conduct of
the order in America, and are determined to hght
aid or no aid.
Our special dispatches bring intelligence that
Governor Curtin, General Geary, some ladies and
children, and a party Of soldiers, while passing on
a train near York, Pa, yesterday, were attacked
by party in ambuscade. Shots were fired and
missiles thrown, wounding several Of the soldiers
on the cars.
1t has been discovered that tn completely of the
New York Police Detective force with thieves and
counterfeiters is more extensive than at first
supposed. 1t turns out that they have carried on
system of fblackmaiIiDg and ''hush money" feeiug
amounting in the aggregate to thousands Of dol
lars. All Of them have been suspended from Office
Adyices from Mexico state that an Austrian
uan.ofw war was at Vera Cruz for the purpose Of
tskiag Maximiliau back to Europe. 1t is also
stated that Marshal Bazaine, commander Of the
French forces in Mexico, would forcibly prevent
the departure of the Archduke. Santa Annals
estates near Jalapa were con6scated by the In
rerialists.
The Erie Dispatch records the fact that burglar
wss entrApped one day last week aud locked mp in
room by a young lady, who certainly possessed
rare presence of mind. When her father aud
mother returned, they were informed of the pres
encc Of the unlimited guest, and taking croquet
with such energy that the man died.
Union men have hard row to hoe in the South
since the President Of tic United States has taken
sides with the ex-rehes. Accounts multiply Of the
boldDess OF the Confederates in prosecuting Un.on
lists. The latest report is from Vicksburg, which
that in the region of the Big Black freedmen
are being killed by the wholesale, and Union men
driven from their homes to seek protection at the
military post Of Yicksturg. a great and good
thing is ''my policy
At Upton, Missouri, on the 2sth ult., Rev. Har-
vey Chaplin, Presbyterian minister, aged sixty
years, aud late of Michigan, was turned to death
by the accidental catching FIRE of his dwelling
house. HimseI and three children were at one
time safe from danger but in the anxiety 10 reach
a trunk sitting at the head Of the stairs, and con-
tanning small smount of gold be fell with the
burning stairs, and in n MON Mt more the entire
roof fell upon him.
The Ohio River steamer Bostona was burned to
the waters edge Wednesday night at nine O'Clock.
opposite MAysville, KY. The fire was caused by
the upsetting of q lamp. The crew and passengers
were saved, although the wife of Rev. J. Z. Sp L.
man, OF Maysville, was so badly burned that she
may not recover. Mrs. Robert Smith, of Mays
Vile sprang overheard with her two children, and
nobly saved their lives. Tfere were about two
hundred sheep on board, and as they we're confined
in the after decks and guards, the poor animals
were all burned to death. The boat was insured
for about $50 coo in various Offices and was valued
at $4,000. The safe has been recovered, End the
contents taken out, damaged only by water. The
baggage of the passengers mostly saved. The
crew lost most OF their clothing.