Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-09
rHE NEW S
GOLD closed last night at l39.

A scHooL-HoUsE in Augusta, Georgia, wa
demolished by tornado on Tuesday, an,
seven children killed and nine wounded.
TIE Richmond Eraminer has bad spell
1t calls the proposed result Of Fenianisn
ga Celtick Republick."
TaR Fenians made an attempt at Roches
trr, N. Y, yesterday, to seize two Canadian
steamers, but were frustrated.
IA COMPANY of one hundred and fifty able
bodied Canadians and Britnns left Cincin-
natl night before last for Canada, to lend 8
hand against the Fenians.
sKSoR ROMERO still declines having any
thing to do with Santa Anna, although the
latter has written him full explanation OF
his motives and objects.
HoN. Assos BURLIxGAHK, our Minister to
China, and Gen. Won Valkenburg, Minister
to Japan, have sailed from San Francisco
to their respective posts.
THE Oregsn State election has been held
recently, and although the returns are not
all in, Union triumph is claimed Of from
700 to 1,OOO majority.
TIE Canadian Parliament opened in OF
tawa yesterday. a synopsis of the Gov
ernor Generals speech will be found in the
dispatches.
GEs. SwEExY and Col Mshan were ar
raigned before civil tribunal in St. Albans
yesterday, and will be kept in custody un-
til they give bail, the former IN S20, 600, and
the latter in $500 bonds.
An accident happened night before last
on the Poitsville, Pa, Road at Valley Forge,
caused by switch being left open, by
which two persons were killed. One young
girl had both her legs broken.
THE ex-rebel soldiers in the lower eoun-
ties of Maryland are said to be drilling,
and threaten & raid OF a Government farm
in that locality. Measures have been taken
to put stop to their proceedings.
JUDeE LAWRENCE, of the Supreme Court
of Illinois, has decided that the gift enter
prises of Chicago are lotteries, and the Dis
trict Attorney has taken steps to drive the
various enterprises of that kind from the
city.
sTRAGGLERs from the Fenian army, just
over the line in Canada, on returning to st.
Albans, are furnished transportation to
their homes by the U. 8. authorities, and |
are very grateful for it. They say as soon
as that fact is known at the front, the Fenian |
army will be among the things that were.
GEN. Barry, commanding the district of |
Buffalo, has issued an order, by direction of |
Gen. Meade, prohibiting the transportation |
over railroads or by water of any person or |
materials of war designed or supposed to be |
designed TO violate the neutrality laws. |
The transmission of telegraphic messages |
in cypher relating to Fenianism is also pro-
hibited.
ROBERTs had an interview with the U. s. |
District Attorney yesterday, and offered to
give bail in his own recognizance of $4,000,
but smphatieally refused to give his parole |
to desist from any further attempt to " at
tain the object he has been endeavoring to
accomplish" He was remanded to the Gus
tcdy of the officer in charge of him, and
probably passed last night inside of jail.
GES. SPEAR, now that General Sweeny is
placed Aors ds combat the commanding of
feer of the Fenians, is g tall, gentlemanly
Irishman of fifty, 4" one of the rale ould
sort" with frizzled hair and moustaehe,
and military air. He graduated at West
Point thirty years ago, commandeds Penn
sylvania regiment during the rebellion,
and says he resigned brigadier's commits
sion in the regular army to join his fortunes
with Fenisnism.
F. P. BLAIR, who fought against rebels |
during the war. is now fighting for and fra
ternizing with his late enemies. At Kan
sas City, Mo-, on Saturday, he was enter
tanned by committee of ex-rebels and |
their sympathizers. Among them was one
Capt. Pulliam, who drilled and commanded
the first company of rebel recruits in the
place. When Pulliam was introduced to
Blair, he said " General, you and ! differ
ed quite materially three years ago, but
am now happy to welcome you back Oh
my platform"
TIE second trial OF Covert for the mUr-
der of the Roosa family is now in progress
at Lebanon, o. Some new and important |
testimony has been produced. The State
has proven by two witnesses, that there |
was on the frame OF the window through |
which the murderer escaped, the mark of
bloody right hand, without thumb on his
right hand. The testimony of Mary Shat /
fer, of Middleton, that she heard Covert /
give full account of the murder at day
light the morning after it was committed,
hours before information of it could have |
reached that place by the papers or any
other means, was corroborated. An attempt |
was made at middletoWn, before the trial |
commenced, to murder Mary shsfer. Five |
shots were fred at her as she was passing |
along the street at night, one of them graz
ing her head.