Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-03

Madame Juarez, wife Of President Ju-
arez, OF the Mexican Republic, has ar
rived at Washington, and is the guest Of
Senior Romero.
Gen. Glenn. Evans, of the rebel army,
who commanded Gorden's old division,
when Lee surrendered, has turned his at
tention to religious preaching in Cass
county, GA.
Among the deaths chronicled in the
English papers, is one of a man named
Acts-Apestles Pegden. He was probably
the fifth son of a family where the chill
dren were named systematically after the
books of the New Testament.
AT Liverpool, recently, Mr.. Chas. Math-
ews, the actor, said to a friend: by the
way, it is exactly 62 years since 1 made
my first appearance in Liverpool" Dear
me in what character was that p asked
the friend. I'm the character of a baby"
was the reply, Il was born in the next
street just GO years ago
The Louisville Journal. of Saturday,
refers TO the accepted resignation of Mai.
Gen. John NJ. Palmer, Who for several
months has been in command of she De-
partment of Kentucky. Sen. Palmer re-
turns to his home in Illinois, where he
purposes devoting himself to legal and
political pursuits. Maj. Gen. Jefferson c.
Davis, being the ranking officer. succeeds
to the command of his department.
John G. Whittier, on entering the hall
Of the Great and General Court of Mas
sachusetts, the other day, was greeted
with spontaneous outbursts of applause,
which showed the progress made by the
old Commonwealth since the day when
QIakers were banished by law, and
whipped at the cart-tail if they presumed
to return
Congressman Kasson, in the divorce suit
of his wife, has admitted the general
charge of adultery, although denying the
specific cases mentioned. He did so, as
follows: After seven years of domestic
trouble, which l have tried in vain TO ar
rest, l now take the responsibility of nd
uniting the allegations of the petition, and
join in the prayer for Il divorce"
In a recent pungent letter, Mr.. Thomas
Buchanan Read positively denies that he
made any changes recently in his admir-
able poem entitled "Sheridan's Ride" 1t
was done without authority by one of the
small tribe of rhymsters, whose family are
SO grayely responsible for hymn book mu-
tilations. 1t should be a penitentiary of
fence, this clipping the coinage Of the
realm of poetry.
The Presidential levee, on Monday last,
was largely attended. Mr.. johnson was
dressed in plain black, with straw-eo!ored
gloves. His daughters, Mrs. Patterson
and Mrs. Slower, assisted in receiving the
guests. They stood at the right and rear
of the President. The former attired in
black velvet. low neck and short sleeves,
with illusion boddice, hair ornamented
with flowers and black curls. Mrs. Slower
wore a rich black silk trimmed with lace,
low neck, with hair tastefully arranged
and black curls. Among the guests were
Sir Frederick Bruce, Gen. Banks, Mad.
Juarez and a number of Mexican ladies.
The United States Marshal for Iowa
advertises that the library belonging to
one Winder, son of the seoundrel who
starved the Union prisoners at Libby and
A~ndersonville, has been condemned, and
will be sold under the general c-ontiscation
law. This library is composed in part of
the Holy Bible, Pilgrims Progress,
Crabb's Poetical Works, Puddleford and
its People, Ovid's Art of Love, Gullivers
Travels, Baron Munchausen, New Tesla
ment Gil Bias, Smolletts Roderick Ran
dom, Sterne's Sentimental Journey, Evil
dences of Prophecy, Hudibras, Reveries
of a Bachelor, and Burnett's Lecture on
the Sphere of Woman.
A very laughable incident occurred last
week in Congress. An account, submitted
Nv Tho IT,u,nnffNaa- a- rrTarlFrrr ~
tanned a large number of expenditures
charged to various members of the COM
mittee, closing with considerable charged
up to ct. al Mr.. Hubbard objected, and
said he did not know who Mr.. Et Al
was, but supposed he was some friend of
the Commissioned Agriculture, or of the
or of the committeeman from West Yir-
ginia, Mr.. Whaley. This sally drought
down the House in roars of laughter,
and sorely disturbed Whaley, who begged
the floor for an explanation. He is a
rather ignorant man and took the matter
seriously, and therefore protested that
"Mr. Et Al" was none OF his appo ntments,
as he had recommended only soldiers or
their families. The effect upon the House
may be imagined.
When Baron Bodisco represented the
Russian Government at Washington, his
house was the centre of attraction. 1t ap-
pears the Emperor furnished him with u
handsome fund for the object Of giving
brilliant and liberal Entertainments at his
well appointed mansion on Georgetown
Heights. Among the most constant Wis
to these entertainments were Messrs.
Webster, Clay, Calhoun, the British min
lister, (Mr. Fox and Members of Con-
gress, such as General Aaron Ward, Rich
ard Henry Wilde, and others. At these
parties a card table for whist was always
indispensable. Generally the observer
see at this table Baron Bodisco, Mr..
Minister Fox, Mr.. Clay and General
Ward, all, except the Baron, acute play
ers. The games are SAID to have gone on
swimmingly at a thousand dollars q cor
ner, until at last the good natured Baron,
who had lost heavily, was compelled to
stop the expensive entertainments. He
announced their d-iseontinuance in a good
parlorh ~arrangue, a~s,follows: LA
and gentlemen, it has become my dis
lgreeable and unpleasant duty to an
to you that these social entertain
must nave an end, and are hereby
at an end for the present because
The fund appropriated for their
and support being exhausted n