Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-24
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY,
A threatened Rebel Invasion.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
CONGRESSIONAL.
wAsurseTos, Dee. q,

against the passage Of the bill indemni:ying the
President and others for arrests under tne sus,
| pension Of the writ Of habeas corpus be entered
| upon the journal. This he said was embraced
in his resolution, a part of which only appeared
The Speaker called attention to the fact that
the House had refused TO enter the protest on
| the Journal and cited former precedents in sup
/ port Of his decision, from which Mr. Pendieton
| appealed The Speaker was sustained by a |
| Mr. Stevens from the COMMITTEES OF Ways and
Means reported bill making appropriations for /
Legislative, Judicial, and Executive expenses for
/ the year ending with June, 1854 Il was made /
! the special order for january 5th.
| The House concurred in the Senate joint reso- /
tin the hrst Monday in January. -
| Mr.. COlfax from the Committee on Postomces |
| made an adverse report on the resolution 70 IN
ouire into the expediencY of giving the franKng
privilege to Assessors under the Internal Reye-
M. Blake reported bill authorizing the POST
master General to establish a money order sys-
tenn It proposes to charge i've cents on ten
dollars, on more than ten and less than twenty,
ten cents. On all additional sums OF ten or less
dollars, Eve cents. Duplicates to be issued When
orders are lost Bill passed.
Mr.. Wilson offered resolution, embracing the
letter written by the Superintendent OF the Cen
| sus, Mr. Kennedy, to Jacob Thompson IN April,
1861, already published, and further stating that
tits reported that Kennedy has written other let
| ters showing want Of sympathy with those VINO
are endeavoung TO suppress the present reoelhoh,
therefore that the Committee ON Judiciary De
instructed to inquire whether Kennedy IS the
| author Of the letter to Thompson, and whether
! the other statements are true, and report the
faSts and whether he still holds office uuder the
Government, and that the committee have power
to send for persons and papers. Adopted.
MI Aiien or SL ss1 II f2so nepross into that
State against the organic law Adjourned.
SENATE.
Howard introduced e bill to amend the act to
amend the judicial system Of the United States
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary:
McDougall introduced bill to amend the act
3 to aid IN constructing railroads and telegraph
lines to the Pacific Ocean.
Saulsbury's resolution nquiring whether any
troops had been sent into the State OF Delaware
( at the late election was taken up ana discussed
until the expiration Of the morning hour, when
d the Bankrupt bill was taken up.
Doolitte offered amendment, exemptng
homesteads, when exempt by State laws, where
MT. TrumbulI offered an amendment to strike
out the words exempting banking and railroad
4 corporations from the provisions of the bill Tor
It people Of illinois had lost 900 in less than
ave years by these banking corporations. In no
4 way have the people lost more or been cheated
more. The amendment was rejected.
Wade from the Committee on the Conduct OF
the War, here made report relative to the late
battle at Fredericksburg, which was ordered to
coliamer offered an amendment exempting
3 municipal corporations from that provision Of
AZ the bill. Adopted.
Collamer also offered an amendment to exempt
Dr. literary and religious institutions.
Mr. Hale objected to exempting charitable in
stitutions, for he thought that no such lnsutu-
tons ought TO getin debt in order to give charity
The amendment was agreed to.
Lane, Of Kansas, gave notice OF bill 20 au'
ns thoriEe the President to raise two hundred reg
ments ofinfantry composed Of persons or African
descent.
45 The Senate then went into Executive Session
= and subsequently adjourned till January 9th.
q, FROM WASHINGTON
3. WAsu1xoToS, Dec. %.
The President has issued the following:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WAsHISaToN,
3, December 23d, 2s62.
To the Army Of the Potomac:-l have Just re
. ! ceiyed your commanding Generals preliminary
M ! report Of the battle Of fredericksburg The At
70; | tempt was not an error, nor the failure othe
rip than an accident. The courage which youi on al
,r- open field maintained the contest against an en-
n trenehed foe, and the consummate skill and sue
IL cess with which you crossed and re-crossed tn
s5. | river in the face Of the enemy show that yol
- possess all the qualities Of great army whlcl
will yet give victory to the cause oil the countI
and of popular government. Condohng WIZ
s. the rnourners Of the dead, and mpathlzng WIT
the severely wounded, l congratulate you tns
cts the number Of both is comparatively small
tender to you, officers and soldiers, the thank
Og Of the nation. .,,-
~. (SgnedO ABRAHAM LlNCOLN'
g 5n: The following has been received here:
HEADoUARTERs DEPT OF NORTH C4RoLJSA'
&c; December 20. J
To Major General Halleck, General-in-Chie
for WASHINGTON: My expedition was perfect su'
o. cess burned the railroad bridge at Goldsbor'
lHo and Mt Olive, and tore up several miles OF th
- track ofthe Wilmington and Weldon railroad
We fought four engagements, viz: at South-Wei
creek, Kinston, White Hall and Goldsboro, an
whipped the enemy handsomely each time;
. Stoned J. G. FOSTER,
last Major General, commanding