Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-05-30


Especial Dispatches to Cleveland Leader.l
WASHINGTON, May 20.
The effort TO have Col. Tuttle, Of Iowa,
confirmed Brig. GsnT. in Executive session
failed for want of quorum. No business
was done except the confirmation Of Guar
tOrmAster.
Mr.. Richardson's biH appropriatiHg
Ssventy-avs thousand (s75,OOO) dollars to
purchase Minnesota Row for hospital purposes
was voted down in the House to-day. Sur
goOn General said we didn't want it.
Mr.. Morrill,, Of Vermont, moved to q sub
stituto, giving Mrs. Douglas tsn-thOusand
dollars out right, he said It would be cheaper
and would answer the same purpose.
UsELEss EXPENDITURE.
The House, by six majority, voted to pur-
chase one hundred copies of the Annals Of
Congress, at 1856 apieee-total, SS5, ,5OO-of
Gales & seatOn. The appropriation is really
intended to prop up the declining Intelligen-
Ger. Over hundred copies are already in
the Congressional Libraries. Among the
yeas were Voorhies, the dselaimer against
public waste, Thad. Stevens, Chairman of
Ways and Means, and Walton Of Vermont.
Amongst the few Democrats who voted nay,
was Holmon Of Indiana. The resolution has
opened the way for more appropriations Of
the same description, by providing that Gales
& ssatoR should not sell the remaining copies
without giving timely notice to Congress to
give it the first chance to purchase.
coNTRABAND PRISONERS.
A letter from Fort Monroe tells of a vessel
which, after entering on board nearly three
hundred cOntrabsnds, suddenly sailed. She
is supposed to have gone to sell them as slaves
in Cuba. A gunbOst is in pursuit.
There are now in the old Capital prison $50
prisoners, IOs prisoners Of war. Three wO-
men, Mrs. Greenh0w, Mrs. BOxlsy and Mrs.
Morris, at the request of Gov. Stanley, al
prisoners from North Carolina, have been sent
there.
AGRICULTURAL.
The new agricultural department authorized
by the late law has not yet been put in opera
ton. The old bureau this morning received
two sacks of wheat from Odessa, Russia
More is to be ordered for distribution, should
the wheat come up to expectations.
There are about $50 contrabands in Duff
Green's row. .1.
THE LINE OF RETREAT. ---
There was panic among the UniOnists in
Leesburg, and possibly tenth Of the inhabit-
tsrepOrted left there on the rebels advance
after the Front Royal affair.
Fiftsen Of the most respectable citizens Of
LOudOn county, were hung by the rebels on
the road beyond Winchester. The clergy
men in the vicinity, with single exception,
sympathize with the rebels.
RAVES.
The Senate refused to tax slaves, by a vote
of fourteen to twenty-five. Browning, Lane
of Indiana, DOolittle, and Wilson Of Massa-
ohusstts, voted with COwan and the Demo
erats and Border State members, to exempt
Rhode Island, with Grimes, Fessenden, Sum
ner and most of tho anti-slavsry men, voted
to tax. The tax on cotton will now be
passed.
FUeITrvEs
Since Gen Wadsworth tore women held as
fugitive slaves out Of Lannon's clutches, his
military protection has been respected, and
notice given in every case to enable him to
give each ease q thorough examination
Some rOmsnded to the Marshal have boenre-
leased