Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-19
Special Dispatches.
RECEIVED UP To 5 O'CLOCK, A. NJ.
Special Dispatches to the Western Press.

| MAYOR HOFFMAN.
New YoKk, March 1S.-Mayor Hoffman
rose from his bed of sickness TO review the
column Of Fenians yesterday, but remained
at his post in front Of the hotel only half an
hour when fatigue compelled him to retire.
CANADIAN NEWS.
The Times Montreal correspondent says
The drain on the Saving banks has been
quite important. DepositOrs residing full
| fifty miles from Montreal have been arriv-
ing in hot haste during the past four days
to secure their little all from seizure by the
Fenians.
An increase of the volunteer force to 25,-
900 is highly probable, and in addition to
this the immediate arming of home guard
Of $4,000 more. The volunteers now or
ganized cost $4,000 per day. The outfit of
each man, exclusive of arms and sInmuni-
ton, supplied by the British government
may be fairly estimated at $50. We have,
therefore, since Thursday last, when the
men came first under pay, colonial ex
penditure Of $3.50, 900 in gold.
FROM MEXICO.
NEw YoRx, March Is.-Late Mexican
correspondence states that the French
troops reOecupied Chihuahua on Dec. llth-
Two days previous, Juarez, who was mott
900 on the population of that town, and
accompanied by his Cabinet and his army
Of twenty five men, took the road to Ei
Paso, where he arrived on the 18th.
During the twenty days that chihuahua
was occupied at Juarez, $4,000 were struck
at the mint, and the merchants have paid
out $4,000.
Although the road from Tafscsenque to Fela
are guarded by l,i09 men, it does not insUrs
security of person or property. The most
atrociOus crimes are frequently committed.
In few leagues on the Santa Barbara road
travellers counted fourteen bodies hung to
trees. Pedro BiancO, one of the Mendezs
lieutenants, has carried this cruelty so far
as to hang an entire family, including =
child not above four years old, and yet the
culprits are still at large. There is not
single village inhabited now on the Santa
Barbara road, several of them having been
destroyed by fire.
Chama was burned to the last house, be
cause 800 dissiderts could not subdue 81
French soldiers. No person is secure there
and great many are leaving, and yet there
are not more than 400 or 800 dissiderts in
that vicinity.
IRON cLADs.
NEw YoRK, March Is.-Files by the Africa
give an interesting debate in the English
parliament on the navy, in which Sir Nor
ton Peto and others called attention to the
excellence of our iron clads for coast de-
fence. Capt Horton delivered a lecture on
the same subject. 1t would seem that most
of the English iron -elads are failure.
MILITARY.
Ers{or II. A. Andrews, U. S. A, has been
assigned to the command of the military
district of 0uachita, Department Of Arkan-
sas.
Lieutenant-GeneralG Grant has instructed
commanders of military departments to re-
duce the number of volunteer organizations
in their commands.
NATIONAL BANKS.
There are now 1913 National banks with
a circulation amounting to $261, ,63S, 800, and
total capital of S4l2, ,693,2S6.
AssiGNED.
The I'd, 80, 9th, 9th, 10th, 18th and 18th
regular cavalry regiments have been as
signed to duty in the Department of Mis-
souri,.
The military districts in the department
of Missouri, except the district Of New
Mexico have been discontinued.
The quartermaster of the department is
rapidly reducing the number Of clerks,
messengers and teamsters. The total num-
Der of employees under Quartermaster Gen
eral Rucker at one time during the war
amounted to nearly 10000 persons. AT the
present time the number is less than 800.
The highest number of horses foraged at
this department is 75,000; it is now less than
5,p00.
Rev. J. R. W. Sloan, OF New York,
preached this morning in the hall of the
House of Representatives. A large num-
Der of Congressmen were present.