Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-04
J THURSDAY, JANUARY 4 1856
DAILY LEADER.
TIE NEWS.

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THE NEWS.
= GOLD closed Saturday night at 1424.
The new State officers of Wisconsin wert
:. sworn in yesterday.
y A STEAMER was lost at Cairo yesterday
Q afternoon from cOlliding with monitor.
THE seat of Government of the French
Republic is established at Chihuahua.
soHE-interestIng statistics of the freight
ing business on the western Plains are given
in our specials from LeaEenworth.
GENERAL PALMER addressed a large crowd
Of cOlOred people in Louisville on New
; Years Day.
A STEAM tug, the Neptune, exploded her
boiler in N. Y. bay yesterday, ipiafihg eight
persons.
II ts expected that the rewards for the
, capture of the assassin Booth will bs distri-
buted about the 1st of Febraafy.
TEE ram etoneEan is to be anchored ct
Ons Of the Wharves in Washington, for the
purpose Of receiving visitors.
A SPECIAL dispatch to the LEADER from
Jonesville, Mich, informs US of the desruct-
ion at that place, yesterday, by FIRE, Of an
extensive wOOlen faCtorY,valued at$lOo, zoe.
GovERNxsEr is taking steps to regain pa
pers, documents and records covering titles
to lands in the Southern States, lOstur stolen
during the rebellion.
i THz Republican Convention of New
Hampshire yesterday nominated Fred. Z.
smith for Governor, and George D. Savage
for Railroad Commissioner.
JAMES E. MURDOCH commenced his en-
gagement at Crosby's Opera House, Chicago
Monday night, and is attracting immense
audiences.
IHrENsE cold weather on the plains is re-
ported. snoR-ketnd emigrants have lost
their animals by freezing, and much hu-
man suffering has been undergone.
!. THE colored population of indianapolis
celebrated TIE anniversary of the taking ef-
Tsct Of the emancipation proclamation on
New Years day, with procession, dinner,
speeches, &c.
The legislature of Maine met yesterday,
and organized by the election Of W. Virgin
President Of the Senate, and J. NJ. Stone |
Speaker of The House. Gov. cOny will be
inaugarated to-day.
A tAEoh hre occurred in the village of
Yonkers, N 70 yesterday, destroying a |
printing Office, post oAaee, lager beer saloen,
srmory Of the national guard, four-stOry |
seiiding, &c. Loss sSOo,Ooo.
Tar Feniah COngress In N. Y, perma-
nently Orgeni5ed yesterday by electing P:
corbett, Of Syracuse, Chairman. Five hum
dred delegates we're present. 1t is expected |
so'MAhOny viii be sustained.
TEE nruzsuD41uzvtts Legislature met Eea-
terday. James A Stone was elected Speaker
of the House, and James A. Bond President |
&c Nv ssHate. Governor Bullock --iH nut 1
deliver hfS message, probably, before Sat
urday.
A LANDLORD in New York, having tenaci-
Gus and Improbable tenants in one of his
buiIdines, concluded to smoke them out by
stopping the fue of their chimney. Result:
the death BY sufocatiea of two persons, and
the arrest and trial of the cold -blOOded |
house owner.
TIE Second Comptroller Of the Treasury |
announces that the statement made by |
claim agents that soldiers other than vet
srans are entitled to extra. bounty, is untrue. |
He advises all soldiers to keep their dis
charge papers.
We are panied to record in this summary |
that two little children were burned to |
death yesterday in Hoboken, N. ]. They |
were left alone by their mother, in large |
brick dwelling house, when their clothes |
caught IRE from the stove, by which means
the house also was fred and burned.
Nh. KEnBLE, the present State Treasurer
of Pennsylvania, has been re-nominated for !
that Office by the Republican joint caucus of
the Legislature. Joseph Wilson, of Law
renceville, was nominated for TranScribing
Clerk, and George Strain, of the 5th Ward,
for Assistant sergeant-at-Arus of the
House.
8. R. MALLORY, ex-secretary of the rebel
Navy, addresses communication from
Fort Lafayette to the citizens Of Florida, on
TIE subject of reconstruction and the rights |
of negroes. He advocates the education Of
the blacks, and the admission of their testi-
mony in courts.
OK the evening Of Jan. 1st, large num-
Der d citizens of Chicago made an excur-
sisn to the Union Stock Yards, and partook
Of q sumptuous banquet at the newly erected
hotel there. A prominent feature of the Oc-
casion was the presentation to Col. R. N.
Hough, superintendent of construction at
the yards, Ofan elegant service of plate.
JOSEPH H. MADDOX, a tobacco speculator,
who was arrested in 1864 and kept in the
Old Capitol prison until the accession of
President johnson, on charge of violating
the laws Of war by trading with the enemy,
has brought suit in the Supreme Court
against Edwin NJ. Stanton, Secretary of
War, for false imprisOument asking s1OO, 900
damages.
TIE Conservatives of St. Louis, headed by
Frank Blair, and including Federal Office
holders and nearly all the old disafected
Union men, have called mass meeting, to
be held january sth, ostensibly to indorse
| President johnson and commemorate the
anniversary of the battle Of New Orleans,
but really to denounce the new State Con-
stitution and keep alive their opposition to
and hatred of the Radical State Government
SAILORS had "good thing" during the
late war, in the way of prize money. A list
Of prize money paid to naval officers is just
published. SOfar ss,5OO,OOO has been paid,
and the captures unadjusted yet will swell
the amount to $I5,OOO,OOO. Vice Admiral
FarrAgut receives $s5,44S; Rear Admirals
Lee and Porter each receive over $90e,0eO;
| and other officers vary from $500 to $4,000.
Enlisted men have received sums from Is
cents up to $1,000. ~
ADRFIcuLTr occurred in the congregation
of Lutheran Church in Chicago last week,
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