Annals of Cleveland

New York city

Abstracts: 74

272

Cleveland Morning Leader, 9 November 1864 (ed; 14 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

272 - L Nov. 9; ed: 2/1 - The New York NEWS has undertaken the defense
of the recent movement in the Scuth of arming the slaves. With hypo-
critical anxiety for the welfare of our armies, it asks in feigned
horror: "Unable now to do much more than hold our own against the white
troops of the South, how can we expect to do so when they shall be re-
enforced by four or five hundred thousand able-bodied Negroes."
"The truth is, there has never been a lou er wail of despair than
this new movement to arm the slaves, recommended by the Rebel Governors
and advocated by the Rebel press. It is an a mission that having ex-
hausted all white soldiers, there is no hope for them unless they can
manage to compel the slaves into their support.
"Let this last movement in the hideous catalogue of crimes, perpe-
trated by the Rebellion only, be carried out, slavery will cease, and
the strength and motive of the Rebellion be gone." (14)

Confederacy

Index terms:

New York city; New York NEWS, The; South

455

Cleveland Morning Leader, 22 August 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

455 - L. Aug. 22; ed:2/2 - Speculation in butter is causing indignation
among people in New York, Philadelphia, and other cities, and a boycott
is suggested for one weak to bring down the price.
"There is no reason why butter should be so high since farmers are
not taxed, but the high price will work its own cure, as less butter will
be used.". - (4)

Dairy Products

Index terms:

*Dairy Products; New York city; Philadelphia, Pa.

628

Cleveland Morning Leader, 13 August 1864 (ed; 7 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1,2 ~ View at ChronAm

628 - L. Aug. 13; ed: 2/1,2 - Two things outstanding in the speeches at Mc-
Clellan's meeting in New York city were condemnation of the present ad-
ministration and praise of McClellan.
Present indications are that there will be a big fight among Democrats
at Chicago, but McClellan will succeed, since "he is the only general
available, and the Democratic leaders who are hungering for power, will
take the man who will run best." . . . - - - (7)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / United States

Index terms:

Chicago, Ill.; McClellan, George B.; New York city

630

Cleveland Morning Leader, 25 August 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

630 - L Aug. 25; ed:2/2 - McClellan undoubtedly will be nominated at Chi-
cago. The effort to make a great man out of him might be compared to try-
ing to make a mountain out of a mole-hill, now that he has fallen into the
hands of New York politicians who have been preserving him for several
years as the Democratic ca.ididate for president.
"Efforts to compare him with Napoleon, Washington, and other great men,
illustrate the German proverb that, 'From the sublime to the ridiculous is
only a step.'" (3)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / United States

Index terms:

Chicago, Ill.; McClellan, George B.; Napoleon, Louis; New York city; Washington, George

642

Cleveland Morning Leader, 6 September 1864 (ed; 8 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

642 - L. Sept. 6; ed: 2/1 - It is astonishing to see how the New York
NEWS, Cincinnati ENQUIRER, and the CRISIS, organs of Jeff Davis, have
accepted McClellan.
Indeed, the whole wretched litter of sniveling peace sneaks every-
where, have already made their bow to their new but hated leader, and
their policy will be to say as little about the war as possible, leav-
ing the more belligerent Democracy to laud the military course of Mc-
Clellan, while they devote themselves to Pendleton and the platform.
To all men possessing a spark of American pride, the spectacle is dis-
gusting. (8)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / United States

Index terms:

Cincinnati, O.; Cincinnati ENQUIRER; CRISIS, THE (newspaper); Davis, Jeff; McClellan, George B.; New York city; New York NEWS, The; Pendleton, George H. (Cincinnati)

677

Cleveland Morning Leader, 5 October 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

677 - L Oct. 5; ed: 2/1 - George W. Curtis has been nominated for congress-
man in the first district in New York. "If elected, he will prove to
be a specimen of a cultivated literary mind applying itself to the
great work of counseling in regard to our country and succeeding admir-
ably therein. We welcome him to politics and hope he will be elected." (2)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / United States

Index terms:

Curtis, George W.; New York city

773

Cleveland Morning Leader, 28 May 1864 (ed; 6 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.4 ~ View at ChronAm

773 - L. May 28; ed:2/4 - Senor Arguelles was arrested in New York by
Marshal Murray on a charge of kidnapping. He was previously engaged
in the slave trade in Cuba.
"As no extradition treaty exists with Spain, the real point at issue
will be whether or not international law authorizes a sovereign or state
to deliver to another, criminal subjects of the latter irrespective of
any treaty." . (6)

Extradition

Index terms:

Arguelles, Senor; Cuba; *Extraditon; Murray, Marshal; New York city

775

Cleveland Morning Leader, 9 June 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.4 ~ View at ChronAm

775 - L June 9; ed: 2/4 - The New York TIMES expresses sympathy with the
Arguelles case. America can produce scoundrels of her own without im-
porting them.
"We add that the sympathy of the Copperheads with Arguelles is per-
fectly consistent, and correspondent with the fitness of things." (2)

Extradition

Index terms:

Arguelles, Senor; New York city; New York TIMES

844

Cleveland Morning Leader, 13 July 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.3, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

844 - L July 13; ed: 3/2 - The World's Health association, composed of a
"baker's dozen of old maids of both sexes," met in New York recently to
effect a change in the style of women's dress. Some wanted the bloomer
costume, others didn't; "so they adjourned without revolutionizing
society." (2)

Fashions

Index terms:

New York; New York city

864

Cleveland Morning Leader, 16 July 1864 (19 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

864 - L. July 16:4/3 - Chief Engineer Hill reports to the city council
findings on different fire alarm systems. He inspected systems used
in New York city, Buffalo, Brooklyn, Boston, and Providence, R. I., and
recommends that Cleveland install the same system used in Providence.
(19)

Fire Department / Fire Alarm System

Index terms:

Brooklyn, N. Y.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Hills, James (chief engineer); New York city; Providence, R. I.

924

Cleveland Morning Leader, 2 December 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

924 - L Dec. 2; ed:2/3 - "More than forty-seven per cent of the popula-
tion of New York is foreign born and the foreign born comprise seventy-
seven per cent of the pauperism of the city. German and Swiss immigrants
are most enterprising. English and Scotch next, while the Irish are less
temperate and self-controlled than either." (2)

Foreign Population

Index terms:

English; New York city

1044

Cleveland Morning Leader, 19 December 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1044 - L. Dec. 19; ed:2/2 - Preparations are being made to give Sherman's
army a Christmas dinner in New York city. "We of the West, ought to have -
a hand in this matter, as the bulk of Sherman's army is from the West -
and it behooves us to share in the work of giving them one day of luxury
after their ceaseless marching and fighting." - - - - - (2)

Holidays

Index terms:

New York city; U. S. army

1054

Cleveland Morning Leader, 9 August 1864 (ed; 8 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1054 - L. Aug. 9; ed:2/2 - Some weeks fgo, a man who committed a murder
in England, supposing he had cleverly eluded all traces of detection
by sailing for New York, was arrested on landing.
"Murder will out. Civilization has provided such facilities for
detecting crime, that the arrest of the guilty has become almost a
necessity of the constitution of society. Little did this man know
that steam and telegraph had anticipated his arrival in this country,
and that he was to be arrested as soon as he landed." (8)

Homicides

Index terms:

England; New York city

1076

Cleveland Morning Leader, 6 August 1864 (ed; 18 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1076 - L Aug. 6; ed: 2/1 - A large part of New York's population live
underground or in tenement houses, due to lack of ground space. Sta-
tistics show that the excessive death rate, especially among "emigrant"
children, is due to these crowded conditions, and the character of the
tenement houses. The rooms are foul and reek with disagreeable smells,
and the women cast their slop and refuse matter into the streets.
"We have not systematic sewerage in Cleveland and in many parts
of the city gutters are made the receptacles of much of the garbage
anj slop. Would it not be well to have a reformation begun here before
the evil consequences are still more apparent? Good sewerage and a park
on the lake shore are needed to improve the sanitary conditions cf
Cleveland." - (18)

Housing

Index terms:

*Housing; New York city

1078

Cleveland Morning Leader, 21 November 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1078 - L Nov. 21; ed: 2/2 - According to an official report, there are
27,000 people in New York living in low, damp, dark, and unventilated
cellars.
"In our own city there is poverty, but thank God, not many are com-
pelled to drag out a wearisome life in damp noxious cellars. But even
here, as elsewhere, inuch could be done for the poor by the erection of
suitable tenement houses." (3)

Housing

Index terms:

New York city

1079

Cleveland Morning Leader, 7 January 1864 (ed; 12 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1079 - L Jan. 7; ed:2/1 - In a recent issue the New York NEWS says
that Ohio, the greatest abolition state, has more white citizens that can
neither read nor write their own name than the five southern states of
Arkansas, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and Mississippi. As a matter
of fact, in Ohio's population of 1,955,050 whites, the number unable to
read or write is 61,030. The combined population of the five states men-
tioned is 933,707 whites, and 60,292 of them can neither read nor write.
"These facts establish a positive mis-statement of the case. An-
other fact is this: In the state of Ohio, the party which affects to be
Democratic, received four-fifths of all the votes cast by men unabie to
read or write.... When the Woods organ attempts another plea for barbarism
in the South, and defeat at home, let it be a little more honest and can-
did in its statements." (12)

Illiteracy

Index terms:

Arkansas; Florida; *Illiteracy; Mississippi; New York city; North Carolina; South; Texas

1116

Cleveland Morning Leader, 4 May 1864 (ed; 12 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1,2 ~ View at ChronAm

1116 - L. May 4; ed: 2/1,2 - The volunteer militia and draft of the state
will take 40,000 men, leaving labor seriously affected. The one source
of labor supplies is immigration. "Some efficient management might induce
larger numbers of these immigrants to come to Ohio, instead of lodging,
like driftwood, in New York City, or being carried to fields of labor
further west, and by no means so inviting." (12)

Labor

Index terms:

New York city; Ohio

1188

Cleveland Morning Leader, 3 July 1864 (11 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.6 ~ View at ChronAm

1188 - L July 3:4/6 - The flour markct is firm. After reports from
New York, the market advanced.
Corn market is firm, holders refusing bids; provisions firm; pork entirely
neglected; highwines dull, same price quoted; butter a shade firmer; eggs
steady; cheese firm and in fair demand; petroleum quiet and firm. (11)

Markets and Marketing / Produce Markets

Index terms:

New York city

1192

Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 August 1864 (3 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.6 ~ View at ChronAm

1192 - L. Aug. 15:4/6 - In the grain market there is the same dullness
and inactivity as has prevailed for the past ten days.
After the New York report was read at the board of trade, there was
a firmer feeling in wheat and a better demand for city and interior
millers, but nothing to show a decided improvement in price or demand,
as there was no shipping demand. Inquiries were confined to the choic-
est samples on the track and the prices obtained would hardly be a
fair criterion of the state of the market. (3)

Markets and Marketing / Produce Markets

Index terms:

Cleveland board of trade; New York city

1194

Cleveland Morning Leader, 1 September 1864 (3 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.6 ~ View at ChronAm

1194 - L. Sept. 1:4/6 - It should be understood that all sales of grain
made on this market are from store. This is according to the new
regulations of the board of trade.
The receipts were small, and the market this morning was dull and
inactive. The news from New York, showing an advance in gold and pro
duce, had only the effect to make the market a little firmer. -
Salt has arrived more freely within the past few days and there is
now a liberal stock on the market. - - (3)

Markets and Marketing / Produce Markets

Index terms:

New York city

1223

Cleveland Morning Leader, 17 February 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1223 - L. Feb. 17; ed: 2/3 - A New York volunteer was so dosed with
calomel by an ignorant surgeon that one side of his face was eaten away
by a plaster cast made for the soldier. "A plaster cast ought to be made
of the surgeon whose ignorance so mutilated this soldier." (2)

Medical Profession

Index terms:

New York city

1248

Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 January 1864 (ed; 11 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1248 - L. Jan. 15; ed: 2/1 - The Democratic members of Congress have a cun-
ning way of playing for the favor of the soldiers. Hon. James Brooks
of New York wants to pay the soldiers in coin because the U. S. ministers
abroad are paid in coin. It is impossible at present to sell drafts in
Europe, payable in anything but U. S. coin.
"Come, gentlemen Brooks, Cox, Wood & Co., show your honesty by bringing
greenbacks to a specie basis. You can very easily do it. Show us your
patriotism." - (11)

Modernizing and Renovating

Index terms:

Brooks, James (New York Sen. ); *Money; New York city; U. S. Congress

1250

Cleveland Morning Leader, 31 March 1864 (5 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.5 ~ View at ChronAm

1250 - L. Mar. 31:4/5 - The course of gold continues downward, having fal-
len in New York but later rallying. As a result, the market here is very
flat, closing quietly and spirit lessly. The market leay remain at this point
for several days, but it must inevitably fall.
The treasury department plan for supplying gold to importers is per-
fected and in operation. Each morning J. J. Cisco, assistant secretary -
of the treasury, will name a price (which shall be 1/4 per cent below the
current market value of gold) for which he will issue merchandise certi-
ficates.
An important feature in it is that importers will not be restricted,
in the purchase of the certificates, to their daily and weekly wants; but
if apprehensive to future rise in gold, they can provide themselves with
a sufficient sum for months ahead to pay their duties.
Another influence in the decline of gold is the dividend in gold of
$3,000,000 on the seven 20 per cents to be paid out of the treasury to-
In Orr OW. (5)

Modernizing and Renovating

Index terms:

Cisco, J. J. (assistant secretary of the treasury); New York city

1251

Cleveland Morning Leader, 1 April 1864 (3 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.5 ~ View at ChronAm

1251 - L Apr. 1:4/5 - By some means, the gold market in New York was
pushed to an advance of 2-3/4 per cent at closing, which made the market
firmer. The market here was weak; transactions were restricted by a fear
of change, favorable or unfavorable in the east.
Money has had an active demand, and the market was rulcd very close.
Bankers had difficulty supplying the calls made upon them. (3)

Modernizing and Renovating

Index terms:

New York city

1256

Cleveland Morning Leader, 2 June 1864 (3 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.6 ~ View at ChronAm

1256 - L June 2:4/6 - Gold closed in New York today at an advance of 1-1/4
per cent over yesterday's closing rate. It is most surprising that in
the face of the most favorable condition of the military situation, the
gamblers are still able to maintain the present high premium on gold.
The buying rate here today was uniformly 85 premium. (3)

Modernizing and Renovating

Index terms:

New York city

1268

Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 July 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1268 - L. July 20; ed: 2/1 - The declaration concerning the money market
in New York city generally presages renewed interest in speculation.
Speculators will renew their efforts to raise prices on articles of wear,
and consumption, if there is another issue of currency.
"It is to be hoped the money market may be kept 'tight' long enough
to ruin the gamblers who are pushing gold 100 percent above its proper
level." (3)

Modernizing and Renovating / Inflation

Index terms:

New York city

1271

Cleveland Morning Leader, 17 October 1864 (ed; 7 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1271 - L Oct. 17; ed:2/3 - The rise and fall of gold is almost entirely
governed by trickeries of gambling, instead of the laws of trade. A
visit to the New York stock exchange should be convincing enough that the
present value of gold is fictitious. "Gold gambling is a crime against
the interests of society at large, and it is absurd to suppose that a lot
of gamblers, sweating, swearing, foaming at the mouth, gnashing their
teeth, swayed by domestic fears, can properly regulate the relative value
of gold and greenbacks. The country will see it before long, when a terrible
collapse must ensue." - - (7)

Modernizing and Renovating / Inflation

Index terms:

New York city

1384

Cleveland Morning Leader, 18 July 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.1, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1384 - L July 18; ed: 1/3 - The New York DAILY NEWS makes an appeal to the
governor of New York to take up arms against the administration, charging
Lincoln with violating the "freedom of the press."
"We should suppose that in a land where such sentinents are permitted
to be scattered without rebuke, the freedom of the press might be con- -
sidered sufficiently maintained for all practical purposes." (3)

Newspapers

Index terms:

Lincoln, Abraham; New York city; New York DAILY NEWS

1406

Cleveland Morning Leader, 1 December 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1406 - L Dec. 1; ed: 2/1 - The New York WORLD says that from now on it
intends to stand aloof from the government. It tells the Union party,
"You have your machine, now run it and don't potter about our duty.
Attend to your own. The Union is lost. Save it."
LEADER:
"We do not believe the WORLD is backed by the Democratic party
of which it claims to be the leading organ, in this shameless declara-
tion of treasonable neutrality and indifference. We look to see a
United North determined to see that the rebellion is put down. The
treason of the New York WORLD will not prevent that happy circumstance."
(4)

Newspapers

Index terms:

Cleveland LEADER; New York city; New York WORLD; North; Union party

1409

Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 December 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1409 - L Dec. 15; ed: 2/1 - After McClellan's defeat in the sword con-
test at the New York Sanitary fair, the New York HERALD, disgusted at
the result, started subscription for another sword for him. The total
amount contributed by a grateful nation was $712,000, but $227 was with-
drawn.
"Either the people are not very enthusiastic over the ex-general or
have a wholesome doubt of Bennett's honesty, and don't care to risk
money in his hands." (3)

Newspapers

Index terms:

Bennett, Gordon (editor, New York HERALD); McClellan, George B.; New York city; New York HERALD; New York Sanitary fair

1512

Cleveland Morning Leader, 27 April 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1512 - L Apr. 27; ed:2/1 - The NEW NATION of New York city fondly suspects
that the lower it can put Lincoln and Grant, the higher Fremont shoots.
"Men are something, but principles are everythirg, and no man in the
country can compensate for the loss of victory by the Union party of the
land." (2)

Political Parties

Index terms:

Fremont, General John C.; Grant, Gen. U. S.; Lincoln, Abraham; NEW NATION, THE (newspaper); New York city; Union party

1526

Cleveland Morning Leader, 1 June 1864 (ed; 5 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1526 - L June 1; ed:2/2 - The New York NEWS says: "The Democrats are
those who believe in the sacred and iral ienable right of sovereign states
to rule themselves. War Democrats are men who utterly repudiate the sov-
ereignty of states.
"If War Democracy has nothing better to propose than this, the people of
the states will very shortly see the difference between such pitiful
hypocrisy and the good old Democracy of Jefferson and Jackson. We prefer
the Constitution as it was, with the Union as it is." (5)

Political Parties / Democratic

Index terms:

Jackson, General Andrew; Jefferson, Thomas; New York city; New York NEWS, The; Union; U. S. constitution

1529

Cleveland Morning Leader, 17 June 1864 (ed; 1 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1529 - L June 17; ed:2/2 - The New York WORLD says the policy of the Demo-
cratic party is that of superadling to the exercise of force, the policy
of conciliation. That is General Grant's policy. He, however, uses
bombshells to conciliate. "The Democracy don't believe in such concilia-
tion, it scems." (1)

Political Parties / Democratic

Index terms:

Grant, Gen. U. S.; New York city; New York WORLD

1539

Cleveland Morning Leader, 14 July 1864 (8 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1539 - L July 14:2/1 - The coming Chicago convention is causing much excite-
ment and interest. New York Democracy is trying very hard to inaugurate
McClellan against Grant.
McClellan's serenade at Troy and Lake George is to revive faith in him
in time for the convention, and from present indications he is likely to be
chosen. "What means the Champions of Peace here in Ohio, that they do not
watch this flank movement of McClellan's Men?" (8)

Political Parties / Democratic

Index terms:

Chicago, Ill.; Grant, Gen. U. S.; McClellan, George B.; New York city; Ohio; Troy, N. Y.

1559

Cleveland Morning Leader, 6 September 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1559 - L. Sept. 6; ed: 2/3 - The New York WORLD is alarmed at the manner
in which the Chicago platform is being denounced by the people, and fears
that if the discussion continues nothing visible will be left of "Little
Mac." - -
Efforts of the Democratic party have been to prove that the measures
adopted are unwise, and they must not shrink from the issue.
"If an immediate cessation of hostilities is a good thing, it is a
good thing now when Sherman has taken Georgia, and Grant has hold of
the throat of Richmond." (4)

Political Parties / Democratic

Index terms:

Chicago, Ill.; Georgia; Grant, Gen. U. S.; McClellan, George B.; New York city; New York WORLD; Richmond Va.; Sherman, Gen. W. T.

1579

Cleveland Morning Leader, 19 May 1864 (ed; 6 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1579 - L. May 19; ed:2/1 The NEW NATION, a newly-born paper and an
organ of General Fremont, is devising means to crowd the Cleveland con-
vention with people. It advises that money be collected and carloads of
poor be shipped to the convention. A placard labeled, "Fremont and the
Cleveland Convention," is issued daily in many papers.
"We find it in the New York WORLD; therefore, we will undoubtedly
find it in all other Copperhead journals in the country." (6)

Political Parties / Fremontites

Index terms:

Copperheads; Fremont, General John C.; NEW NATION, THE (newspaper); New York city; New York WORLD

1583

Cleveland Morning Leader, 1 June 1864 (ed; 128 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2,3,4 ~ View at ChronAm

1583 - L June 1; ed:2/2-4; 4/3-5 - "Yesterday... was a great day for
politicians. It was the day in which (vide the New York WORLD and -
HERALD, the Chicago TiMES and the Cincinnati ENQUIRER), the greatest
political movement of modern times was to be set on foot, a new party
be formed, and the next President nominated - a day more fatal to
Abraham Lincoln than the Ides of March to Caesar. -- -
"The day certainly passed off with most remarkable quiet. Besides
the arrivals chronicled yesterday, but few made their appearance, and
the convention, for one so widely heralded and anxiously prepared for,
was singularly small in numbers and weak in talent."
The convention inet at eleven o'clock at Chapin's hall. "The two
thousand delegates from Missouri have not been heard from. It is sup-
posed that they stopped at Cincinnati for consultation with the proprietor -
of the ENQUIRER as to the best mode of defeating Lincoln. The two
thousand from New York were similarly missing, and the convention was
in numbers a very slim affair....
"There was also a 'most pleasant lack' of leaders in the convention.
Horace Greeley... was absent, and his absence was regretted by delegates
even more than that of the masses. B. Gratz Brown was also unaccountably
missing, and the convention felt the loss of his active and commanding
intellect. -
"From the first it was evident that there was a secret, but
irrepressible conflict between the friends of General Grant, including
most of the New York delegation and many from the Eastern States, who
were mainly of Democratic antecedents, and those of General Fremont,
composed mainly of the old abolitionists and the radical Germans,
and led by Coionel Moss, of Missouri."
E. Gilbert, president of the New York "Fremont" club, called the
convention to order and immediately nominated ex-Governor Johnston of
Pennsylvania as temporary chairman. Johnston was elected by acclama-
tion. B. H. Brooks of California and S. Wolf of Washington were
chosen secretaries. A committee on permanent organization, of ten
members, was appointed.
The number of delegates attending the convention was so small that
the committee appointed to enroll their names never made its report.
"We believe, however, that there were about one hundred and fifty dele-
gates present, of whom nearly half were from Missouri and wild for
Fremont, and ihe others mainly from New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois."
In addressing the convention, General Cochrane said, in part: "You
assemble here intending to support the army in the field, and at the
same time to organize a great civil army to fight for principles, and
to save for all generations the precious legacy obtained for us by the
sacrifices of the soldiers of the Union. The rebellion, it must be
suppressed; the Union, it must be preserved."
The nomination of Grant "was very faintly cheerei, and it was evident
that the name of the hero of Spottsylvania would pale before that of
the swordless general of New York.
"Nothing would do however, for the St. Louis Germans, who voted not
to recognize God's hand in war, but to nominate Fremont.
"General Fremont was nominated by acclamation.
"The 3,000 delegates, with whom the city was said to swarm yesterday
by the imaginative PLAIN DEALER, cheered heartily over the good work."
General Cochrane was nominated by acclamation for vice president. The
naming of the party was deferred until night when a committee, appointed
in the afternoon, reported the name of the new party to be the Radical
Democracy. Bird B. Chapman represented Ohio on the executive committee,
consisting of 15 members. (128)

Political Parties / Fremontites

Index terms:

Brooks, B. H. (California); California; Chapin's hall; Chapman, Bird B.; Chicago, Ill.; Chicago TIMES; Cincinnati, O.; Cincinnati ENQUIRER; Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; Cochrane, General George; Fremont club; Gilbert, E.; Grant, Gen. U. S.; Greeley, Horace; Illinois; Johnston; Lincoln, Abraham; Mass, Colonel (Mo.); Missouri; New York city; New York HERALD; New York WORLD; Ohio; Pennsylvania; St. Louis, Mo.; Spottsylvania, Va.; Union; Washington, D. C.; Wolf, S. (Washington, D. C.)

1608

Cleveland Morning Leader, 8 June 1864 (ed; 9 inches) ~ See original
p.1, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1608 - L June 8; ed: 1/2 - The Hon. E. D. Morgan of New York called the
Union national convention at Baltimore to order. The usual committees on
credentials, permanent organizations, platform, etc., were appointed. The .
convention hailed Morgan's declaration that slavery must be abolished.
"There will be no trouble about a nomination - for the convention will set
its seal on the good work already done by nominating Abraham Lincoln for
re-election." (9)

Political Parties / Union

Index terms:

Baltimore, M.J., (Cont'd); Lincoln, Abraham; New York city; Union convention (Baltimore, Md.)

1611

Cleveland Morning Leader, 16 June 1864 (ed; 6 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1611 - L June 16; ed: 2/3 - The New York TIMES says, "The farmers, as the
London JOURNAL rightly judges, have shaped the policy, through its whole
history, of the Republican and Union party."
"It is certainly true that the pure and healthy-minded people of the
rural districts are the great reservoirs whence cities draw their best
men, whether in business, in law, or in politics." (6)

Political Parties / Union

Index terms:

London, England; London JOURNAL; New York city; New York TIMES; Republican party; Union party

1648

Cleveland Morning Leader, 27 May 1864 (ed; 6 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1648 - L May 27; ed: 2/1 - Governor Seymour distinguished himself by
issuing a document of a rather silly character. The New York WORLD and
JOURNAL OF COMMERCE, his pet organs, have been in military duress for
36 hours.
"The government revoked the order suppressing the WORLD, just as -
soon as it became possible to understand how far the WORLD and JOURNAL
OF COMMERCE were not implicated in the publication of the forged
proclamation." (6)

Politics and Government / Missouri

Index terms:

JOURNAL OF COMMERCE (newspaper); New York city; New York WORLD; Seymour, Governor

1757

Cleveland Morning Leader, 7 June 1864 (adv; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1757 - L June 7; adv:4/2 - Great Broad Gauge Route, Atlantic & Great
Western Railway, only road running trains from Cleveland on Sunday.
Night Express leaves daily except Saturday at 9:10 p.m. Arrives at
Salamanca at 4:44 a.m. At New York at 9:13 p.m. No change of cars.
Sleeping coaches are attached. - (2)

Railroads / Schedules

Index terms:

Atlantic and Great Western railroad; New York city; Salamanca, N. Y.

1981

Cleveland Morning Leader, 26 December 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1981 - L Dec. 26; ed: 2/1 - The New York NEWS published a letter signed
Abolitionist saying that if the South abolisles slavery. Wendell Phillips
and other abolitionists would favor recognition of Southern independence.
"This is a grave mistake. There may be a few hot-headed abolitionists
who would favor such a policy, but that species is not found in these
parts." - - (2)

Slavery / Emancipation

Index terms:

New York city; New York NEWS, The; Phillips, Wendell; South

1987

Cleveland Morning Leader, 25 May 1864 (ed; 5 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1987 - L. May 25; ed:2/2 - There is an "abominable gang" of speculators
at work in New York City, through whom beef is being run up to such ap-
palling figures. "The remedy is to eat no beef, buy no beef, until the
price of beef is brought down." (5)

Speculation

Index terms:

New York city; *Speculation

1989

Cleveland Morning Leader, 24 May 1864 (ed; 5 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1989 - L. May 24; ed: 2/1 - "At the late Spiritual Convention in New York
City the revolutionizing spirit of the universal Yankee genius was ex-
hibited in a new light. A young man whose oratory imay have been spir-
ituous, but which was now spiritual, expressed himself to the effect that
they were about instituting a mighty reform, and should see that it be-
comes practical. They should preserve their manhood. Whether they go to
heaven or hell, let them go with their manhood. If to the latter place,
they would rise to the dignity of their intellects, and revolutionize
hel!.
"This young man... evidently has an exalted estimate of manhood.
"The dignity of his intellect is reached only in the great work of
revolutionizing hell. We suspect that the young man...has spent little
time in revolutionizing himself." - - (5)

Spiritualism and Occultism

Index terms:

New York city; *Spiritualism & Occultism

2166

Cleveland Morning Leader, 16 September 1864 (5 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.7 ~ View at ChronAm

2166 - L. Sept. 16:4/7 - Laura Keene, assisted by a talented New York
company, presents Oliver Goldsmith's SIIE ST00PS TO CONQUER at
Brainard's hall Sept. 19. LOVE CHASE will be presented Sept. 20,
and OUR AMERICAN COUSIN, Sept. 21. (5)

Theaters / Actors and Actresses

Index terms:

Brainard's hall (Cont'd); Goldsmith, Oliver (playwright); Keene, Laura, (actress); LOVE CHASE, THE (play); New York city; OUR AMERICAN COUSIN (play); SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (play)

2295

Cleveland Morning Leader, 22 October 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2295 - L. Oct. 22; ed: 2/1 - The New York HERALD warns officials of all
large cities to beware of threats made by Rebels to burn one or more of
our large cities. In fact, they are planning on appropriating $1,000,000
for this incendiary work. - - -
"Before the 9th of November an attempt of this kind will be made, and
it behooves all city authorities to be on guard." (3)

Wars / Civil War

Index terms:

New York city; New York HERALD

2296

Cleveland Morning Leader, 27 October 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2296 - L Oct. 27; ed:2/2 - "Copperheads" are anxiously waiting for some
military disaster to befall our arms and are anxious to make out that
Sherman is in a bad way. The New York NEWS has been trying for a veek
to prove that disaster awaits our army in Georgia, and knows there is
no chance of success at the coming election unless it can make an im-
pression that disasters have befallen our army. "But victory perches on
all our banners and the Copperheads are doomed to disappointment." (3)

Wars / Civil War

Index terms:

Copperheads; Georgia; New York city; New York NEWS, The; Sherman, Gen. W. T.

2301

Cleveland Morning Leader, 30 November 1864 (ed; 6 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2301 - L Nov. 30; ed:2/1 - The theory that the recent attempt to burn
New York was made by Rebel emissaries from Richmond is proved by more
recent revelations.
A few weeks ago the Richmond WIIIG suggested a scheme for burning
"one of the chief cities of America."
The WHIG wrote "Nothing could be easier"... "that the men to execute
the work are already there"..." that 20 men with plans all pre-concerted
and means provided, selecting some dry windy night, might fire Boston
in a 100 places" and that "New York is worth 20 Richmonds."
It then recommended an appropriation of $1,000,000 by the rebel author-
ities for the "hiring of a gang of trusty and intelligent incendiaries."
(6)

Wars / Civil War

Index terms:

Boston, Mass.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; New York city; Richmond Va.; Richmond WHIG

2302

Cleveland Morning Leader, 30 November 1864 (ed; 6 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2302 - L Nov. 30; ed: 2/1 - Nearly 40,000 Southern refugees are in New
York and many of them are enemies to the Union and will plot against the
life of the nation while enjoying the protection of our flag.
"We are glad to see that General Dix contemplates making these people
feel the pressure of military law. In this alone can any security be
found." (6)

Wars / Civil War

Index terms:

Dix, General; New York city; Union

2306

Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 December 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2306 - L Dec. 15; ed: 2/2 - "The New York HERALD says, that, through
exertions of the military and police, it is almost certain that the men . .
who attempted to burn New York City will be caught. It is said, that
at least seven of them are now in the city and are under surveillance."
- - * * - (2)

Wars / Civil War

Index terms:

New York city; New York HERALD

2407

Cleveland Morning Leader, 28 June 1864 (ed; 5 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2407 - L June 28; ed: 2/2 - It is proposed to recruit in New York city as
follows: A committee of citizens has been appointed and members of the
committee will pay to the treasurer $350 or $400. Their names will be
placed on a list in the order the money is received and gentlemen will be
given exempticn papers in the order in which their names are found on the
list. -
"A system of recruiting of this kind, aided by government bounties,
would add greatly to the army." - (5)

Wars / Civil War / Enlistments and Confiscations

Index terms:

New York city; U. S. army

2429

Cleveland Morning Leader, 5 August 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.1, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2429 - H Aug. 5; ed: 1/2 - To fill the quota in New York city, which is
19,000 under the half million call, the bounty has been raised from $325
to $600, making the sum necessary to get the recruits $11,400,000.
"It looks like a pretty big burden, but it is really nothing to the
rich comiuercial center. Half a score of the merchant princes could raise
the sum in an hour. Will they stand this test of their patriotism?" (2)

Wars / Civil War / Enlistments and Confiscations

Index terms:

New York city; Rocky Face ridge; Tunnell Hill

2461

Cleveland Morning Leader, 4 March 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2461 - L. Mar. 4; ed: 2/1 - A New York WORLD blames President Lincoln for the
slaughter of the soldiers at Olustee.
"No one but a brainless idiot or a mercenary scribbler would dare assert
that Lincoln paid down the lives of 1,200 Union soldiers for three elector-
ial votes in Florida." (4)

Wars / Civil War / Military Engagements and Campaigns

Index terms:

Lincoln, Abraham; New York city; New York WORLD; Olustee, Fla.; U. S. army

2560

Cleveland Morning Leader, 25 June 1864 (ed; 6 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2560 - L June 25; ed: 2/1 - The secessionists, traitors, and "Copper-
heads" of our large cities have a way of representing General Grant
which must be satisfactory to the Rebels. One would suppose, to read
the Baltimore correspondence of the New York WORLD, that Grant was: in
league with Lee and was doing the very things that Lee wished to have
him do. . -
"General Grant needs no defense against the correspondents of the
WORLD." (6)

Wars / Civil War / Officers

Index terms:

Grant, Gen. U. S.; Lee, Gen. Robert E.; New York city; New York WORLD

2603

Cleveland Morning Leader, 16 June 1864 (2 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2603 - L June 16:4/2 - Some 400 Rebel prisoners from Rock island, re-
cruited by Captain Harty for the U. S. navy, on their way east, to be
distributed in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia navy yards passed
through Cleveland streets yesterdny. (2)

Wars / Civil War / Prisons and Prisoners

Index terms:

Boston, Mass.; Confederate Army; Harty, Captain (U. S. Navy); New York city; Philadelphia, Pa.; Rock island, Ill.; U. S. navy