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CLE VELilU) i tiEABES, rVBLKEXO HUT, IJLI-WIIXLI 1XJ. WlttlT, i.T HO. 1U BUTESIOE ST., - E. COWLES & CO. MILT. :V0 E3SHCSS, ttOCXIKI MS EVDUIIB. (ffew am eonvtete in. Itself.) ntntti BBdaoeeieni-, tbaa ear ouier joan-al snblii-aed Id the fern-i, ovicide of Cinolnnfti It Dl commit more nuhtAg mttur, ad iu Touerri.rti (.wii (fcotU I oar own byoe'.itl '.-orrwpondaut, thm f York Mid th WwUnro Aoci..td Prwi) to re buswJ in mure InV-Uiibi iDawf than aj other D&ilt Moraiftf ot by anil, par mr.tit M " tin .. ft 00 T m m m 0 g TvVmiT. Tc Asett'i bik! Kews-de&ifrs. a r lie i.jr, 4livKrwl by oarrier, Mutlnc or Evanlng) 1 Trt-tlr Ueenti arwMk. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 2,500 TABDS o DELAINES, : '' ' OSIX 20 Cents per Yard. TAYLOB, GRISWOLD Jb CO., p!2 2 IT Be peHor trH. T KM.OVAL- M. Scbmidt has re- lil MOVED his Boot and 6hoe ore from Ho. Pttubnrgh trt to Ko. 10 Or&uge, corner Croat trtnt, oppj(t tta Knittiag Factory. M. Bcbiuldt takes tbuj opportunity of returning ou uacer niu vo ii.s cattonen loribe itberaf patroaaitt he hsi received, sod hope that by etrict - atteatioa to bvslneai be nifty retain ilitir pfttrvevnge aoa noem tM wont 01 a mo; new ones a mj uooa m Mfor Dim wim a cal. All won war ranted. anl-SIH iaoob Waeat. 1 Bofara V fl. Baaham. Jaa n. lUca of Uia feaca, Clee and JO'Apkbaiwrut Towniulp. Coyabogm ooanly, jLlitaoeth GttM.r. Ohio. fH TH th DAY OF MARCH, 186 an oroar ot aiiarnmani vh iauea in w ac tloa for tha a im of fifty four and 8 100 del tarn, and the ieoM ia aet Id- bearing b-fora eaid Joaiioe. at hte office ia tbe city of Cleveland, on May leoo, at O IKNHE A. Bl JOHN W HII3LST, PPfTi Att'y. i OteTelan, A prti lit, 1866. aplfranj w ATTENTION, MUH11IL8! Tai Different a Mor iavtf on of Me- cb amies abmI Werkinxmra of Cleretand, are reqaectcd to meat in Convention at FEMAXSF BALL, 0i Wednesday Evening, iprH 12, ISC J, At 7 o'clock. Bnilnsn of importance to every WoikiuRman will come before tbe meeting. aplS 200 THOS. CUTLKB, Chairman. AUCTION SALES. mflDRSDAY, APRIL 13th 1865. lrge SaleofHoaseliold Fnrnfture,d:t. AT AUCnOaT BY O. CUTTER A BOH At Hocsd No. 218 ProflPfrt street. O. Ontter A Hon will eel on TH CBSbAT, April IStb, oovmescing at 10 o'clock A. M., at houe Mo. 213 Proapect street, tbe FnrnI nre in said bonae, eoofirtinf of maboganr tcf. mahogany halr-eeat Coaira, utrle-top ntr Table, i oooge Book Caaet msrble-top Was1! btanda. mbogany and cottage Bed-teede, marble-top dreacing and plain Bnreaoa, aaaboKany no kB Lheiis, arm, rocking and npwing Chain, HatRatk, oak extenaion Din tcgnble, Grovor A Baker Sewing Machine, 3-ply uu mg('u vrpe, aogi, nair, spring ana eea ras Mattrastea. cb'id's Cno ad Chair. Wath. ti aoda, Lace Cnriaiia, Looking-Ciiaaee, Pictnree, Clock, Cook titove, Parlor btocH, tfaina Ware. Crockery, Cilaa ware, KitoSen Utensils, Ac, Ac Brtiie open at 6 o'ciock oa morning of a'e. T micwh, bankable foods, at time of sale. ario 2 o IRON AND NAILS. IRON AND NAILS. pt run inn nnnttru a on Ko. 29 nd 31 Merwln btrtet, BIITOK'8 BLOCK, . 9. CLCTIUVD, M0WM, BOBULL400. OteTflMld, O. VoQOgBtoVB, 0. Muilactarars and WhoUaal DmIto ia Bar, Boiler, JDoop & Sheet Iron, BAILS CUT AND WMOOOBT 8PIKE8 HUT AND COLD PRESSED PUIS AND WASHERS Cast aoa Spring Bteei, b'Uss, tc. Iron Deatt-rs, &.ilrod sod Mining Oompmnlea. Bhlp 4ttd ttridge ilnUdMV, Machinuita and Sl.nn factarera, who dtwlr. a qtutlity of Iron Ut wlli jit. entire ntlifactlun. nr. rwpMtlnll, TeqQMtW do favor u with thnlr ordon, which ahU alwayi onomi onr prompt aod oarvfol attention. fibfer to Bnftnem Mw and Baokora .ttwally. da:B3 J KON AND NAlii WAJtUHOUaES. Kos.SI, S3, M ST 1 OL V K L&B0, f Hot Bt, M .91 a Jtirw 6irost. J OHIO. tssonUMLWck HOtBIMl FOSTER, WholoMl Aaenoy for the eale of nanscrrer'i laalaia Wall, h Kinme m.de fiorsahoea, nho.nberger'1 Common and Juniata Sheet Iroa. Sboenberffr, K. Q. Sheet. made from Jnuiata Iron, fihoenberr1! Juniata i Jfotier flate. Joiuata Not, bqnar. mud Hexagon. aiao Bar Iron, WlodowOlee., Extra Bares Grin aee, ae. at lfanntarr, prtoae. SVbll BLANKS. LEGAL BLANKS TO 6ALI AT THC LEADER COUNTIKG-ROOFJI. Tb followfnc BLaVNKJ are eoBitMUf kept ott : bnd et the Leader Gounticg-fiocm: Iand Mortgages, "Warranty Deeds, Leases, Land Agreements, Constable's Blanks, Captions for Depositions, Notaries' or Justices' Certificates, Transcripts of Marriage Record, Election Blanks, United States Commissioners' "Warrant! and Affidavit. Alt. KINDS OF BLANKS frlnted (o Order la Best S tyle iis AT I REASONABLE TERMS, AT TH Leader Job Office. B. COWLR3 & CO. COAL. A Li IS JOSIB, ; WhotoaauaaAXetaa Deeletto ' COAL. DtJoe nC I r. K. H. Ptar. am, Omo and Tart 4 anoud itraet b. K. UroMlna. voi waa Sxoellent OuaUt, for Mo, ir Bo. B. Also, Al'l'miAOITa 00 AI .WtoiK email qoent'.ue.. - " ..,. -ji.-iu-i uid Brountlv attend- d to. Goal tor h ooniitanllf o hand. '. T-hON'T PAY HIGH PBICES. Teas, io, Paioti, OU. aod Dye Stufla, an! ererithing IB tnr Un. a. f t BBOTHBR, TAilUS, SAVS TOTJB DBESSK3 1 uu.., 1 at yer year. I ou ner ve&r. z mi 1 ttt ne aoa on, tne " - MA', 1 PnW Blar. ' P" VOL. XIX. 3! ""Hi rr CLEVELAND, WEDNESDAY MORNING. A PKIL OFHIIIE r.l. -v r, tv-fi' J i 12, 1865 NO. 88., i DAILY LEADER WBIES0aT APRIL 13, Two Important Proclamations. The proclamation of the President closing certain porta of the South, an ab tact of which was given in ' yesterday morning'i telegraph, and hit prolamatkn, published thig morning, declaring that hereafter all nations -which exclude our war-vestAt from their legal privilegand lmmnnitiea in their ports, shall suB'er the same deprivation in respect to their war- vessels in oar harbors, will both affect our foreign relations very materially. The first of there will, under tbe present cir cumstances, be universally respected by foreign powers. Ontil the present time the maritime powers of Europe, taking advantage of oar apparent weaknese, have only respected onr blockade when it was effective. Now, in the lieht of recent suc- ses, they will rscognizs our authority over the Southern porta, and'our right to declare them clo&ed. In the same connec tion it is probable that Great Britain will revoke its recognition of the Wligerent rights of the Confederacy. j , The second proclamation throws down the gauntlet. to thosecowardly nations who have, in the hour of our weakness and death-struggle, refused to us the usual courtesies of nations. ' It says. In effect : 'Heietofore, engaged in other more vital matters, we have allowed the iniiulta and injuries which you have offered us to pass unavenged.- Now, however, having re stored our national honor at home, we shall viadicate it abroad. These injurlus and in sults must be ceased, or you must suffer for them." Nobody need fear that war will follow from this proclamation. Ihe steam er that bears it to foreign ports, will bear also, the tidings of Lee's surr. jnder and the downfall of the rebellion. The cawards who insulted the republic when they thought it dead will cringe and abase them selves before the majesty and power of the restored nation oi the United Stales. Affairs in Richmond. The telegraph this morning gives us an interesting variety of news from Rich mond. That city hrs passed from Confed erate sway under the Union banner with very remarkable, ease and quietness. . 'We have accounts ot reviews passing off, church services being held, business .be ing revived, and everything going on wll. Now that the rebel forces in Virginia are all dispersed, that State will soon return to her allegiance, and, purified by fire and blood, will enter upon anew course of ex istence, more prosperous and thrifty thati in all its previous bUtory. Moseby's Guerrillas. engagement took place between our forces and tome of Mose'oy's guerrillas, in F airfax county, Virginia, only eleven miles' from Washington, on Monday. JVI'Jsoby's men have been for some time operating north of Riobmond, bofcween Acquia and Fredericksburg. They have been badly beaten and will, we hope, soon be exter minated. It is lucky Hoeeby's seoundrvls were not with Lee at the time of his sur render, and will not, therefore, be included in the parole. Everv one of tlinm is a robber and murderer and should be hung- Reception of Hon John Sherman in Philadelphia. The Fhiladelphians bad a gr and moot ing of rejoicing on "Wednesday lart, over the news from Lee. During its progress tbe Hon. John Sherman entered the hall where it was being held. His reception is thus described by the Philadelphia Secning Telegraph .- The Bev. Folndexter Henson had been speaking for nearly three quarters of an nour, ana tne attention of ine vast assem blage was still centred on. his remarks, when suddenly the side door of the stage was opened, and four gentlemen quietly entered. There was one anone them, a tall, lithe man, with sharply cut features and short beard, who noiselessly advanced to procure an unpretending vacant seat. There was nothing about him extraordin ary, nowing to mars mm as a re mar sable man, yet tne sight ot teat unoetenta.Voos person produced a revolution in the ap pearance of the house. One loud, long cbeer announced that he was recognized. Men Biooa up ana snouted, waving their hats ; every lady in the building produced a handkerchief and gesticulated wildly. The thumping of canes and the stamp ing of feet completely drowned the voice of ilr. Henson, who at once concluded his remarks. ' The Chairman then advanced and said that he had the honor to present to the au dience the Hon. John Sherman, United States Senator from Ohio, and brother of Major General "William Tecumseh Sher man, of the United States Anry. The re sult was alarming. For nearly five min utes the Senator could do nothing but bow. Ine noise was deatomng. it seemed as though a score of those u mortal engines whose rude tnroats tne immortal. Jove s dread thunders counterfeit" had been sim ultaneously discharged within the building. The applause was too energetic Hand kerchiefs were tied to canes and waved, to the rink of beatin? the heads of the neii-h- nn"i decide bow than satisfied, and, commencing nis re- marks, showed his desire for silenoe, that the populace brought their enthusiasm un der control, and subdued their excitement sufficiently to make the few remarks of the senator audible. in Prenticeana. The rebellion is almost without a shirt, and can hardly manage to make a shift. The South howls more now than it did when it was a " howling wilderness.'' . Sherman, the rebels say, is " loose," but Hood is generally- tight. Richmond has had her spring and fall simultaneously. Somebody has sent us a picture of General Forrest. We snail not bang it in our room. Hanging is too good for it. The rebels lately submitted proposi tions to the Federal Government. ' liow let them submit themselves to it. ! No matter how tightly the Federal anaconda may con itseii around tne rebel lion, the latter has the consolation of know ing that it can easily -snnmeon tne mortal eoil. The Richmond Enquirer, on the day before the capture of the city, said, "What are we coming to?" If the editor had looked with a spy-glass at the swiftly advancing column of General "Weitzel's negro troops, he would probably have ax claimed, "Vvhat'swming to w7 - The Latest News. BY TELEGRAPH. LAST NIGHT'S REPORT. PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT. The Rights of Our War Vessels Must be Respected. MOSEBY'S GUERRILLAS BEATEN MATTERS IN RICHMOND Johnston Retreating to Virginia ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH MINISTER. Associated Press Report. PROCLAMATION. WASHINGTON, April 11. The proclamation in reference to closing Southern ports is in accordance with a law passed early m it was men under stood, however, that while foreign powers would respect an elrertive blockade of these ports, a claim to exercise legal authority over them, as over other ports of tbe United States, would not be respected. It is believed tbe time has come, however, when the United States Government can claim to exercise teat legal au thority over all its ports, whether block aded or not, which belongs to every independent sovereign power. A sufficient number of Southern ports are left open for legitimate trade, and these now proclaimed closed, will, it i presumed, be reopened after a time. In tne mean time blockade running is effectually ended. Tne issuing 01 the prociamntion 13 un- ders ood to have been the business on which Soc'y Saward was about to visit City Point to confer with tbe President, last week. Another impo tant proclama iton is issued to-day as follows: By the frendent of the Cmled .Slates y America, A PROCLAMATION. "Whereas, for some time past voxels of war of the United States have been refused, in curtain ports, tne privilege and im munities to which they were entitled by treaty, public law or tne comity of nations, at tbe same time that vessels of war of the comity in which tbe privileges and immu nities have been withheld have enjoyed them fully and uninterruptedly in the ports of tbe United States, which condi tion of tniDgs nas not always be in forcibly resisted bv the United Statos, although on the other hand they have not at times failed to protest against anddeclare their dissatisfaction with the same, to the evil of the United States. No condition any looser exists which can be claimed to justify tne denial to them, by any one of said-nationf, 01 tne cuEtomary naval rights which have heretofore been unnecessari&Uy persisted in. Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln President the United States, do hereby make known that if after a reasonable time shall have elapsed for the intelligence of Uiis proclamation to nave reacnel any for eign country in whose ports the said priv ileges and immunities shall iiave been le fused as aforesaid, and shall continue to be so refused, then and thenceforth tbe Faroe privileges and immunities shall be rtifusei the vessels of war of the country in tbe ports of the United States, and this refusal Bhall continue until the war vessels of the United States shall have been placed upon an entire f ijualily iu the foreign port afore said with similar vessels of other countries. The United State?, whatever claim or pre tence may bave existed heretofore, are now, at least, entitled to receive, and con cede an entire and friendly eqnality of rights and hospitalities witn ail maritime nations. In witness whereof I have hereunto sot my hand, and caused the seal ot the United States to be affiled. Done at the City of Washington, this eleventh day of April, A. D., 18U-5, and of the Independence of the United States, the S'.ah. A. LINCOLN. By tbe President : WM. H. SEWARD, Sec. of State. NEWS FROM RICHMOND. WASHINGTON, April 11. The aggregate value of property de stroyed in Richmond loots up ii,l l(i,'-l J. Imposing as these figures appear they are far short of the truth, for the reosrn al ready stated, that bof ore the war real estato was invariably assessed roach below the value it would bave commanded in the market. AH the hospitals in Richmond have been taken possession of by the military author ities, and are used for the care and comfort equally of the Federal and Confederate sick and wounded. A number of Confederate Surgeons left the city have been paroled to attend to the Confederate Bick and wounded. Chimbeiho, "Winder, Jaekfon and How ard's Grove Hospitals, lour of the principal Confederate Hospitals, are usol for the ac commodation of the Federal wounded. Their accommodations are for about 24,009 beds, which accommodations w loit entire by the Confadurate authorities. Castle Thunder is used as a receptacle for citizan prisoners, of whom quite a number are gathered tnere. Manchester was not at all disturbed by pillagers on Monday morning last, neither did the fire reach that trans-James district. A pontoon bridge spans the river now, and onnects Richmond with Manchester, and we hope that business will soon revive and riervade both sections alike. Churches al! religious demonstrations, whose pas tors remained in the city, were open yes teaday, and servic s were condusted in them as usual, in the presence of large con gregation, a good proportion being com posed of officers and soldiers of the Union army. In the Episcopal churches the reg ular form of service was observed, with the single exception of prayer for the Pres ident of the Confederate States, as inserted in the liturgv, which was made instead, tor all in authority. As tbe United states the power in authority, prayer for the president ot the unite-1 mates was 01 course implied, if not said. THE PRESIDENT'S POSITION. NEW YORK, April 11. The Commercial? Bpecial says the Pres ident makes no secret of his disposition to waive everything bat Union and emanci pation for the Bake of restoring tranquility. "When in Richmond he arranged an out line for the retort, of Virginia to the Unbn. The State Department has groun ls to believe that the British Government will revoke the recognition of belligerent rights to tbe Confederacy on receipt of the Pres ident's proclamation closing the ports and declaring the blockade at an end. ARRIVED. WASHINGTON, April 11. The new British Minister has arrived. ADMIRAL FARRAGUT IN BALTIMORE. BALTIMORE, April 11. Vice Admiral David G. Farragut, U. S. Navy, arrived here at 6 o'clock this morn ing from Fortress Monroe, and was receiv ed at the wharf by a large detachment of the militiry, ordered out by General W. W. Morris, the Mayor and Common Coun cil and many citizens. The procession was then formed, and the Admiral was escort ed to the Eutaw House, receiving, on his Way thither, enthusiastic greeting from the citizens. The City t'ouicil gave him a public dinner this afternoon. He leaves to-morrow for New York. FROM HAVANA. NEW YORK, April 11. By the Liberty, we have Havana ad- vicus to the 5'.h. The Unite! States steamer Santiago da Cuba, with Assistant Secretary of War Fox and party, en route for Charleston, ar rived at Havana on the 4th. The sentence of Arguelles, which has been pronounced, is understood to be per petual banuhment from the Island; hard labor, for nineteen years, in a chain gang, at Cents, Africa ; and a fine of $50, uoo. The following blockade runners had sailed on the 1st met. Lark, Denbigh and OwL REBEL GENERALS CAPTURED. NEW YORK, April 11. The Herald publishes a list of genoral officers surrendered by Lee. It comprises the General-in-Chief, three Lieutenant Generals, seventeen Major Generals, sixty ono B igadier Generals. Among them are Anderson, Echols, .Swell (already a pris oner,) Finnegan, Heath, Bnshrod John son, Kershaw, Longstreet, Mahone, Mc Causland, Moseby, Ould, Exchange Com missioner, Pemberton, Pickett, Rosser, Sorrell and Wise. Tbe number of men actually surrendered by Lee is from 20,000 to 22,000. Within tbe past two weeks over 20,000 prisoners have been sent away from City Point, and a large number still remain there. FIGHT IN FAIRFAX COUNTY. NEW YORK, April 11. A severe fight took place yesterday in Fairfax county. Virginia, betweon some rebel troops, sent out by Lee after the evacuation of Richmond, and a portion of our troops in that vicinity. The rebel were defeated and dispersed. REVIEW. WASHINGTON, April 11. The Richmond Whig of Monday con tains a long account of a grand review on Baturday, ol the 21 Division of the 24th Corps, by General Djvuis. It was wit nessed by nearly the whole population, and passed off in a most creditable manner. I FROM MEXICO. NEW YORK, April 11. The Herald's Btlize correspondent says four thousand of Maximillian's troops had reached Le Sal, Yucatan, en route tor Bu ca lar, in order to attempt the complete conquest of Yucatan, and the subjugation or extermination of the Mareenal or Maya Indians. I ELECTIONS. NEWARK, N. J., April 11. The town elections in Essex county show Union gains over last fall. The Union men will have a majority in the County Board. A FIGHT WITH MOSEBY. PHILADELPHIA, April 11. A Washington special to the Bulletin to-day says an engagement with Moseby's guerrillas took place yesterday, fourteen miles from this city, in which the guerrilla were badly beaten. JOHNSTON RETREATING. NEW YORK, April 11. Tbe Pvsfs Washington special says; Letters from Goldsboro, dated the 7th. state that Johnston was retreating towards lrginia, attempting to join J-.ee, and that Sherman was after him. FROM PERNAMBUCO. NEW YORK, April 11. at Merchants' Exchange, state that the steamer Parana had arrived at that port, Drineing news ot x lores having taken pos session of Montevideo. No date is given. There was a grand procession and iUumina- on at i ernambuco in consequence. SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN. PHILADELPHIA, April 11. Jay Cooke reports the sales of the 7-30 Loan, to-day, at $3,132,400. The largest Western subscription was $150,000 from Cleveland, and the largest Eastern were $100,000 from Westchester, Fa, $200,000 from Boston and $300,000 from New York. GOLD MARKET. NEW YORK, April 11. The speculative quiet in gold continues, though for custom and expsrt purposes the demand is steady at 146146. uoid closed at l4o. Special Report. FINANCIAL. NEW YORK, April 11. Railway hares, market strong. There was a rise in Erie, Michigan Central, Illi nois Central, and Cleveland and Pitta- burg. Coal and miscellaneous lists were lower. "Government stocks strong and scarce. The amount of gold and interest bonds offered for sale has never been so light during the war. State stocks higher. Railroad bonds and Bank stocks firm. Gold market firmer to-day, with an ad vance of 2 per cent over the average of yesterday. Petroleum quiet. 35 for crude, and C2 tor refined in bond, and 72 for free. AFFAIRS IN GEORGIA. The Savannah Republican has news from the interior of Georgia that every man ca pable of bearing arms is being forced into the rebel army. The impressment of ne groes has commenced, but slaveholders manifest great reluctance in bringing for ward their slaves, and in many oases large numbers of slaves are secreted. Hundreds of persons in the upper and middle portions of the State are secretly endeavoring to make their escape from the country but bave been stopped by severe rebel orders. There is great sutlering and destitution among people in the interior. Many peo ple entertain strong hopes that at the Oc tober election for members of the Legisla ture the issue will be made of reconstruc tion. The friends of the Union are confi dent of a glorious triumph. STOCKS. NEW YORK, April 11. Gallagher's Evening Exchange. Gold 145. New York Central, 101 1; Erie, 69J; Hudson, 105 J; Reading 107; Michigan Central 100 J; Michigan Southern 63, Illinois Central, ; Pittsburg, 73; Bock Island, 99 Northwestern 31; do pragr. red 62 J; Tort Wayne, 94; Ohio and Mis sissippi certificates 27j Canton ; Cum berland 61; Quicksilver 6SJ; Mariposa 16- Market not very active but steady. WASHINGTON, April 11. REJOICING IN WASHINGTON. The Executive Departments, including the President's Mansion, was illuminated to-nigbt. Thousands of persons repaired to the Executive Mansion, and the Presi dent responded to the unanimous call. Ap pearing at the upper window, he said : We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart. The evacuation of Pe tersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hopes of righteous and speedy pence, whose joyous expression cannot be re strained. In tbe midst of this, however, He from whom all blessings flow, must not be forgotten. A call for a Na tional Thanksgiving is 'being pre pared, and will be promulgated duly. Nor must those whose harder part gives us cause of rejoicing be overlooked; their honors must not be parcelled out 'with others. Imjself was near tho front, and had the pleasure of transmitting much of the good news tof ou ; but no part of tiio lie n or for the plan or execution is mine to General Grant, his tkiflul officers and brare men all belongs. The gallant navy stood ready, but was not in -reach to tako active part. By these recent successes the reinargur ation of national authority, and reconstruc tion, which has had a large shareof thought from the first, is now pressed much more closely upon our attention. It is fraught with great difficulty. Unlike a cse of war between independent nations, thero is no authorized organ for us to treat with. No one man has authority to give up re bellion for any other man. Wo simply most begin with a mould from disorganized and discordant elements. Nor is it small additional embarrassment that we as loyal people differ among ourselves as to tbe mode, manner and measure of reconstruct tion. Asa general rule I abstain from reading reports of attack upon myBelf, wishing nottobeprovokedbyth&tto which cannot properly offer answer. In spite of this precaution, however, it comes to my knowledge that I am much censured for some supposed agency in setting up and seeking to sustain the new Stflto Govern ment of Louisiana. In this I have done just so much, and no more than the public know. In the annual message of December, 1863, and accompanying the proclamation, presented a plan of reconstruction which promised, if adopted by any State, would acceptable to, and sustained by, the Executive Government. I distinctly said that this wts not tbe only plan which might possibly be acceptable, and I ab-o distinctly protested that the Executive claimed not the right to say-when or whether members should be admitted to eats in Congress from such Stiles. This plan was in advance, submitted and ap proved by every member of the Cabinet. One of them suggested that ' I should then and in that connection, epply the emancipation Proclamation to the hereto fore excepted parts of Virginia and Louis iana; that I should drop the suggestion about apprenticeship for freed people, and that I should omit the protest against my own power, in regard to the admission oi members of Congress; but even he ap proved every part and parcel of the pUn which has since been employed or touched by the action of Louisiana. The new Constitution of Louisiana declaring eman cipation for the whole State, practically applied the proclamation to tho part pre viously excepted. Every member of the Cabinet fully ap proved the plan. The mes'nje wont to Congress, and I received many commenda tions of the plan written and verbal and not a single objection to it from any pro fessed emancipationist came to my knowl edge until after the news was received at Washington that the people of Louisiana had begun a move ia accordance with it From about July, 1802, 1 had correspond ed with different persons, supposed to be interested in seeking a reconstruction the State Government for Louisiana. When the message of 1863, with the p'fia. before mentioned, reached Now Orleans Gen. Banks wrote me that he was confi dent the people with the aid of hismilitary cooperation would construct substantially on that plan. I wrote him, and some of them, to try it. They tried it, and the re sult is known. Such has been my only agency in the Louisiana movement My promise is made, as I have previously stated, but as bad promises are bolter broken than Kept, 1 snail treat tms as a bad promise, and break it whenever 1 shall be convinced that keeping it is ad verse to the public intorest, but I havo not yet been so convinced. I have been shown letters on this subject, supposed to be able ones, in which the writer express es a regret that my mind has not seemed be definitely fixed on the question whether Receded Jstates, so called, are in the Union or out of it; It would have added astonishment, to his regret, were he to learn that since I have found professed Union men endeavoring to answer that question I have purposely forborne any publio expression upon. It appears to me that the question has not been and is not yet a practically material one, and that the discission of it while it remains prac tically immaterial could bave no effect oth er than the mischievous one of dividing our friends. As yet, whatever it may be come, that question is a bad baseof disputo and good for nothing at all. "We all agree that the seceded Mates,- so called, are out of their proper practical relation with the Union, and that the sole, object of the Government, civil and military, is regard to those States, is to , airain get . tbem into that - proper relation I believe that it is not only possiblo, but in fact easier, to do this without declining or even considering whether these States have ever been out of the Union,' than with it. Finding themselves sat.)ly al home it would be utterly . . imma terial whether they had been abroad. Let us all join in doing acts necessary to restore the proper practical relations be tween these States and the Union, and each forever afier innocently indulge his own opinionas to whether, in doing acts, he brought those Slates, from without, into the Union, or only gave them proper as sistance, they never having been out of it. Io Editors: Owing to the bad condi tion ol the wires the President's speech comes very slowly and goes Wt equally si w, and as there is more to come than cn possibly be sent, I have stopped with the atove, which will doubtless be late reaching you. Reporter. a Yesterday Evening's Edition. THE PURSUIT AFTER LEE. NEW YORK, April 11. The World's Army of ihe Potomac cor respondent details the pursuit aftor Le's army, dating near Rice's Station, April 7 in. He says : Afier another day of excitement and success we have a few miles more of the enemy's soil. The enemy were driven Irom the strong fortifications guarding the approaches to the magnificent bridge cross ing the Appomattox. The enemy had strong, well-stocked forts, and though we anticipated a determined rejistanco we captured them with but little, trouble, to gether with all that was in therm, securing eighteen pieces of all fashions and calibres. The enemy then fell back and took a posi tion near Farmsville. Here they held us toe entire remainder of the day, notwith standing the strong snorts on the part of the lid Corps to dislodge them. The rebels tried several times to cut his way through our lines, but always with such iatal effects to himself that he finally abandoned tbe attempt. Several divisions were sent down the railroad to seize the village of Farms ville, which they did without much trouble. Previously they had a skirmish, in which General Smyth, it is feared, was mortally wounded. General Ewell, aftor his cap ture, said that General Lee long since wanted to take all his troops westward and there dib;hd them, but Davis would Bot t onsen t. Another World correspondence), dated Burksville, April 7th, says: Yestorday Sheridan discovered a force of the enemy and a large wsgon train pushing briskly toward their main army. He immediately pushed ahead his troops and found the en my in a position from which they were driven, and after some hard fighting thoy fell back to another position from which Sheridan could not with his cavalry alone iiut them. The 2d and Gth corps came up and were put in a position, which they held through the night. The next morn ing Cutter was sent forward to barricade the road the rebels would take in retreat ing, 'ihe forming of the infantry being complete, the charge was sounded. Tne lebsii held our troops at bay for a time, but our men finally rushed upon them, when they lied down the pike, where they were met by Cutter and held in check. Tho enemy finding they could not get puet Custer, turned again upon the infan try. They charged impetuously, and threw our troops. Custer then charged when the enemy hoisted tho white 1I12 and surrendered. It was in this figbt that ljwi l! ml tbe other officers were captured. They were not only out-fought but hand somely out-generaled. Tho Worlds Washington special says that it was reported last night that John ston hud surrendered on the game terms granted to Lee. The Tribune's special says: Secictary Sfcward's injuries have assumed a serious character, if the danger of Erysipelas is pasted medical men fe&r that owing to his inability to take solid lood he cannot re pair tuu waits of his vitality in time to ousel tbe beau tl the coining warm weather. it is rumored that the President will call an cxti.i session of Congres:. . The JleraUi s Washington special says: Prouiiumt rebels, probably Judge Camp bell aud .Mr. iiunter, are soon ei peeled in Washington in connection with the busi ness 01 restoration. Secretary Seward's condition is such as to make it necessary conferees on tbe subject should be held there. The Heralds Washington special says: There is the best authority for the state ment that Gen. Smith and the rebel trans ll'uausippi army are ready to surrender, and that the State is also ready to come back. The steamer Liberty, irom New Orleans April 2, bas arrived with advices from Mobile to the 28th ult, which bave bean anticipated. The Xew Orleans papers state that Spanish Fort is besieged on three sides, with the (' inboais on the other. Our losses had not been more 50 killed and 300 wonnded. GUERRILLAS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. NEW YORK, April 11. We learn from Charleston that bands of guerrillas are hovering about Georgetown and b'immerville, South Carolina, and lore, 8 havo been sent to clear the country of them. They number about 60O, and on tbe rth they made a dash on Suinmerville, csptured a few negroes and threatened to shoot all the whites who had taken the oath. Lirco quantities of cotton and rice are said to bo hidden oa South Carolina planta tions. RICHMOND ITEMS. WASHINGTON, April 11. The Richmond Whig, of Monday, is re- Ia Mvi WhrtoTr mar bo the late of the Constitutional Amendment it is as certain as the sun rises that slavery in Virginia is dead. A national Bank of the United States is to be at once established in Richmond, where shares in United States stocks will be sold at the rates established in Northern cities. More than half of Gen. Rickett's division bas been brought in or captured, and the country betweea here and Amelia county is Said to be full of Confederate soldiers allofthera Virginians, making their way borne. JUBILANT. LOUISVILLE, April 10. The city is decorated with flags. Two hundred guns were fired in houor of the success of the Federal army. NASHVILLE, April 10. The news of thesuriender of Lee's army was received here with great demonstra tions of joy. 'ihe Senate and House ad journed, and business was generally sus pended. Flags, banners, transparencies ,nd illuminations are exhibited throughout the city. THANKSGIVING. INDIANAPOLIS, April 11. Governor Morton has appointed Thurs day, the 20ih inst., to be observed ns a day ot Thanksgiving and rejoicing. INDIANAPOLIS, April 11. REJOICING. 1 ST. LOUIS, April 11. Governor Fletcher has appointed the lj;a insl. to be observed asaday of thanks giving and rejoicing. . The terms of peace are important, but we should by ail meant try to put a term to the war. CLEVELAND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. ATION, Annual Report of the Board of Directors. Read and Adopted. "We sUted yesterday morning that the annual mealing of tho Cleveland Library Association wss held in the Library Booms on Monday evening, when ofUceri, whose names we have already announced, ware elected for the ensuing year. The follow ing report was read and adopted : Fsllow Mkmbess: In accordance with the requirements of the Constitution, I submit report of the acts of your Board during the past year, with the condition, financial and otherwise, of the Association. " 1 will not seek to occupr your attention with comparatively unimportant details, in this hour of onr nation's triumph, when our hearts are filled with gladness by the in jrs, received this morning, ol tne sur render of tha armv which has bo long and obstinately resisted the rightful authority of onr National Government. The virtual termination, suceesifnlly, of this gigantic struggle for ournatioaal existence, creates an interest so intense and absorbing as to admit of only necessary attention In pre sent important dutiea. Among theae duties mat 01 tne present is 10 aid in guiding and properly re-organizing lor anolner year, an institution which seeks to attract and mentally elevate all, and especially the young men ana Wumoa on whose intel lectual end moral -elrvp.tion' the future destiny of our country depends; adestiny, tne loundations of which nave just been re luid and cemented with the rich biocd of her sons. It bas been truly said that "nothing more surely marks the measure of a city's honor and usefulness than those institutions on which all true civilization depends." The year which has now terminated, haa been one of marked progre&s and success for the Association, more so than that of any previous year ia its history, whether we measure success by the condition of its finances, or by the higher standard of the character of the bonefus the As?ociation has conferred, though theability to confer ben efits is inseparable from the amounts of its monied resources. The numberofmembers has not bnen so muchincreapedasthenum ber of actual renders, which has nearly or quite douolod. The time of the Librarian and his Afl'-ifltant is ntw severely taxed in attending to the delivery, receipt and pres ervation of volumes, to all which they have given most faithful and accettable atten tion. Tho necessity of an Aaaistant, with the enhr.ured cot of livimr, rendered tbe previous "alur j of tbe Li braru-n insutfiuient, and Mr. Tail's proposition t continue to discharge the duties and furnish noeded assintanci, acceptelile to the Board, for 1,000, wss accepted. This increase, which wb only necessary and just, together with the iQcrease of ront from $2 i0 to $4.IH, and the enhanced cost of periodicals, fuel and all other expenses, would have justified tne Directors in proportionately raising the price ol membership from the old raw of $ for the year's use of the ii brary aud Heading Room, but they con sider it a duty to olit-r these privileges to tho largest cumber practicable, by main taining the lowest possible price of mem bership, and thus continue to admit many whose incomes bavenot been increased pro portionately with the times, and who would otherwise be debarred these privilege. Tbe Bmrd therefore resolved to adhere to the old rates of membership, and by in creased personal exertions, if: possible, secure a larger number of members, and in this they nave boou partially successful, though the increase in members bas been less than might have been reasonably ex pected. 1 The lecture course has been gratifying in ilsganerel cbt-rt-cter, as interesting and UBeiul, and in its financial results. All the lectures have been honored with as large audiences as the limited room permitted. Too number itttendiitg would bave been much greater but for want of room, and many have also refrained from attendance through the well grounded apprehension of danger bom want of sufficient means of egress in case of fire, and it is hoped that another lecture season may witness tha As sociation enjoyingthe privilogeof an ample and safe lecture hall. Financially, the lec ture course shows of $l,.r57.12, being about $1,000 more than the preceding year. The price of admission, including reserved seats, in other large cities has been more than one-third higher than our rales.. With but one exception, the lectures fully met the expectations of the Committee and the audience, and in that instance the Com mittee fully compensated the holders of course tickets by aiding an acceptable lec ture to the previously promised number. It is simply an set of justice to publicly acknowledge, that to the good judgment of tho Lecturing Committee, and especially to the perseverance, promptness and energy of its chairman, Mr. E. R. Perkins, mnch of the unprecedented success of our Lecture Course is lairly attributable. , The receipts and expenditures for Lec tures, are as follows : .. B-caird fi r C-amn lirkets ..il,3e7 DO 11 ini$ e aJiuis.ibnM..... I,ll HO " Recurve. I win ci:i so f i,i::i to Erpens--1, r-ii'I Le- tprer, rent, Ac 1 1,572 87 Nf tt p-ofit., 1,!OT 13 Under the direction of our predecessors, you will recollect that a Catalogue of the Library waa prepared, and a Committee appointed, of whom Mr. V. J. Boardraan was Chairman, to superintend its publica tion to the number 01 01)1) copies, and its distribution to such as had subscribed for it. That Committee was eontinued and the Caiab gues recently issued to tbe sub scribers. This Hoard have taken the re maining copies, (about 3"n,) and have paid to Mr. Boardman, $22:;. lor the purpose of paying the balance due the publishers. ine catalogues are now lor sale or tne i-i braian at? I.jO each, and will undoubtedly refund more than the amount expended for them, besides supplying a want long lelt uy the mem hers, buppiementel pages should be ittsued frequently bereafler, to include additions to the Library. The property of the Library bas been in creased under the administration of tbis Board, ss follows : New books piirchaa'! .. ww , 49 Books ril-rJ 10 roniplt setu and Dot yet rect-iwi, ant torxceeti , , , ISO 00 Catalogues pAid Ur and ruly f.-r sale .. 'S f 1,060 S3 Your Board found that they bad Inherited a liability of soma three years standing, for costs in a suit againBt the Association, the principal of which had been settled, and nave paid it, amounting to $M,tU. There is now no indebtedness within the knowledge of the Board, and the Treasur er's report.which has been duly audited and which is herewith presented, shows a cash balance on hand oi $169,30, of which $160 has been appropriated to pay for books or dered. More room is needed for our growing Li brary, end also for the preservation and exhibition of interesting articlee. such as relies of the war, autographs, Ac, ic, of which tne nucleus ol a valuable collection is now in our possession, but for the proper exhibition of which there is at present no room. We need also more public spirited and large hearted support of an institution like tbis, which in most other cities has not been loft dependent on the mere receipts for memberships and lecture tickets, but has been elsewhere endowed with a libe rality worthy the high cbjecU it seeks to accomplish. In behalf of the Board of Directors. H. B. TUTTLE, President. Cleveland, Ohio, April 10, 1865. Arguelles, the slave-trader, whi6e rendi tion by our government to that of Cuba created so much comment a year ago, has been sentencod to banishment from the I-land of Cuba, to hard labor for nineteen years in the chain-gang, and to a fine of 50,000. An Expert Billiardist. At tha private room of Mr. Phelatf. in the billiard - manufactory of Phelan aid Cullender a Monsieur Carme a aoted French player, gave yesterday some specimens of his most extraordinary skill. Many per sons interested in the game of billiard will rerr ember the remarkable command of the cue and balls exhibited by Monsieur cerger, when ne was in this country soma years aro ; but it st due to M. Carme to say that he is in meet respects the superior player. His peculiar shots are quite ac difficult as those of Berger; and are as brilliantly executed, bat they have this ad vantage that they are more numerou and original Borne of them, indeed, are: so wonderful as to seem incredible. Un ites ycu saw the effects accomplished with your own eyee, you would say that they were not possible. To carom round a hat or dish ; to draw the cue-ball the entire length of the table ; to draw the ball without itc coming in contact with another ball or with the cushions, are among the commonplaces of this professor, which he executes wjtb the greatest ease and certainty. But tot carom upon one ball on the tableand anoth er in the corner of the room on the floor ia more surprising ; yet he did this several limes, to the wonder and delight of his audi ence. In the short seance of yesterday M. Carme gave about thirty of his most com plicated, bold and singular strokes; and. thongh he performed on a table less in sizet than those he has been ace at omed to, amid, the jar of machinery and with his "sea legs' still on, ho accomplished them with, rare acevracy and success. Thanks to the: enterprise of Mr. Phelan, M. Carme will give a small number of exhibitions in sev eral of the prominent cities ; the first two of which will take place at the hali of the Cooper Union on the evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday, tbe 11th and 12th of April. N. T. Evening Pott. Gossip from Richmond. ' I tit at the desk of the " Secretary of tha Senate, Confederate State of America,", using a sheet of paper, pen, and ink which I brought for the express purpose of wri ting to you. riittincr in the "chair" is Prince John Van Buren, and the other seats of this honorable (?) body are occupied by a dozen of New York's prettiest women It is indeed a gala day.. The band is ia the square playing the national airs to thousands of bright eyes who gladly hail the "bonniefiag" which floats frtm our staff, and whose hearts rejoice at tha sound of those well remembered strains. I find in the table drawer seme "rules and regu lations," and a couple of later?, which I send you as relict. A Hegrnm has just been been received from Phil Sheridan, announcing the cap ture of capture of Ewell and otner general offi x rs, artillery, wagons, &c. Rewind up his dispatch in these words: "If tha thing is pressed, 1 think Lee will surren der,'' and Mr. Lincoln has replied, "Let it be pressed." The people here are very bitter against Ewell for burning the city, and swear all kinds of vengeance against him. la the library, tome fellow hag posted s placard over the portrait of Jeff Davis : 'To be hung by the neck until dead, at such time and place as the Lieutenant Gen eral may direct." tt ben Mr. Liincoln beard that Weitzel c. negroes bad taken Richmond, he said: "Well, the people in Richmond have been; wanting black soldiers for some time oast. and now they've got them." Cbr. rVoiA. OAronicie. The letter of General Grant to the rebel leader will challenge the admiration of the; civilized world. There is a soldierly can dor, a knightly courtesy, and a subordina tion to the civil power which he obeys,' while heofiera his life to save and strenthea it, which prove that he who fought this! great fight, and wrought this great victory,' is equal to all trial and proof against all temptation. "Vice-Admiral Farragut has arrived in Baltimore, from Richmond, and waa re ceived in that city with the greatest en thusiasm. COMMISS'N MERCHANTS ft. r. LB AT KB), . B. KCKWITH, 1ft, L. &1BB fi. F. LESTER & CO,, Storaga and Pro due 8 Commission MERCHANTS, Nos; 48 and 50 BlTer Street. CLEVELASD, O. ' ap7:B eto. w. aABsixa, oao. u. suar, a. o. I'ltisr. GARDNER, BURT A CO., Storage aud Produce COMMISSION .MEECHANTS: Proprietors of tbe Union Railway Ship and Ca nl Grain ElrTators Sroram capacity, 3e.10,M4 bnsbels. Office ans Warehouse adjuiniog the Klerator, Ko. 197 Merwln st., Cleveland, 0. Dealers in all kinds cf Country Piodaoe. Ajrnnts for toe "Bait Company of Onondag a." 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