Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-16
1AsF F1Ie8F'sDIsF4TOEEs.
Success Of General Banks In
Texas.
Union Men FIOcking to His
Standard.
General Foster Assumes Com.
mand Of Knoxville.
The Sending Of Supplies to Our
Prisoners,
Bill to Prohibit Speculation In
Gold and Silver.
The Chesapeake Heard From.
A Battle Between Sheridan
and LOngStFeet.
The Former Repulsed and Him
self Wounded.
FURTHER REBEL NEWS.
A Battle Between Sheridan
and LOngStFeet.
The Former Repulsed and Him
self Wounded.
NEWS.
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Is.
SENATE.

| asAluB lof IN increase OF pay Tor paymas
ter'f clerks, hospital stewards and inspect.
ors Of customs, in Boston.
Senator Lane, Of Kansas, introduced on
leave, bill providing that all traffic in
gold, silver or foreign exchange, for specu.
lative purposes, or the purchase through a
broker by deposiIing less than the tuIl
amount Of the purchase or on what is
known as margin, is expressly prohib.
tied. Section two prohibits the sale Of
gold, silver or foreign exchange, by any
broker directly or indirectly at any place
except at the regular banking house OF
brokers office.
Section three prohibits the sale Of gold,
silver and foreign exchange, unless aotu-
ally delivered and paid for on delivery.
Section four provides as the penalty for
violating any Of the provisions of the act.
On conviction before the United States
District Court in the distribt where the
otfense is committed, a sum Of not less
than one or more than ten thousand dol.
lars, or imprisonment for not less than one
or more than twelve months, for each
offense.
Section five gives the infOrmer half the
fine.
Mr.. Foote introduced bill granting
| public lands to the Peoples Pacific Rail-
road and Telegraph line by the Northern
route and asked that the bill be referred
TO Special Committee.
Motions OF refereucs Of the respective
subjects embraced in the Presidents Mes
sage were then entertained and the same
referred to the appropriate committees.
Mr.. Lane, Of Indiana, introduced 8 bill
to amend the act entitled an act to define
and punish cOnspiracies, passed July 3lst,
1861. Also the oath section Of the act for
enrolling and calling out the national
forces, passed March 80, 1868.
Mr.. Hendricks introduced a bill to ex-
tend the time in which States may avail
themselves Of the grant Of land for Agri-
cultural and Industrial Colleges.
Davis, Of Kentucky, called up the res
olutiOns in relstiOn to the exchange Of pris-
Oners, arguing vehemently against the
policy Of refusing TO exchange our suf-
fering white soldiers-the languishing,
starving, diseased white, because tbs reb-
els refuse to exchange the negro captives.
He denounced, at length, the policy Of
in which he negro rs aHscts6i "a sSht.Ss
iEing its position as monstrous, and re-
ferring to the present era as the reign Of
Abraham I. He svowed that his own
loyalty was unspotted, that he hated with
undying vigor the crime Of secession.
Il was evident that this policy was only
q part Of that design to perpetuste the
party power of the Administration. He
closed with an indignant and earnest pro-
test against the refusal OF the Admins
tration to liberate thousands Of starving
and dying white men for the sake of few
negroes.
Mr.. johnson deemed it perfectly clear
that humanity, which is the highest polity,
demands the continuance Of the exchange
Of prisoners. He proceeded to combat the
opinion Of the Senator from Kentucky,
Davis, that these men should not be protect
ed; corrected his views Of the power Of
the President by quoting from the COnsti-
tuition relstive TO the executive and legis-
lstive powers.
Mr.. Davis replied By saying that the pre-
amble Of the Constitution confers no pow
ers on the Government; the Supreme
Court had so interpreted 1t.
He also claimed that the President had
no right to suspend the writ Of habess
corpus, which was legislative, not an ex-
ecutiVe function. The powers to be exer.
cised are to be conferred by the constitu-
ton alone and there are no powers vested
in the Government which are not confirmed
by the constitution. Hence the President
cannot raise troops or armies, nor has he
the power to organize any measure TO put
down insurreotions without the assent o.
Congress. Il was the determination Of tbs
party in power that the war shall continue
till the next Presidential election. The
war would have been brought to q clost
long ago if the Administration had singly
} and in good faith, devoted itself to tht
, principles announced In the CrittendeI
resolutions, and il the commanders o.
armies had not been selected, not because
: Of their hostility to the rebels but becsust
: Of their opposition to slavery.
. Mr.. Hale, of New Hampshire, rose to in.
: dignsntly deny that it was the desire o.
gentlemen on this floor to continue the VS.
in order to influence the next Presidential
election. A more strocious allegation
against honorable men never WAS listen
ed to from the beginning Of time to ths
present moment. If the allegations Of tn
Senator we're true, he would sooner tax
into his own hands the hand Of q mai
, from the chsrnel house, reeking with pes
} thence, than the hands of those sroun'
! him.
If the allegation was true that ever,
Snator was stamped with the foulest trea
j, sou and perjury, the destinies Of the coun
try have been submitted to the gentleme
around him who are bound by theiF Cat
to sustain the Country and the Cor
q stitutiou and to defend the fresides an
homes threatened by invasion, while tn
Senator from Kentucky says they are bypC
3 erits, and do not mean to sustain thes
objects.
Senator Davis explained that he had re
ference to those in power.
0 Mr.. Hale replied that the senstor hsl
r made an allegation which embraced ever
q Senstor. L was an allegation which,
9 true, would disgrace the inmates Of Pen
itentiary. The character Of the Presiden
= was slsOincluded in this allegation. He b
lieved one thiug met everybOdy's assem-
i that Lincoln is eminently an honest, pat
= riotic man. To day, for the first time, h
had heard the honesty aud patriotism Q
t the Executive questioned.
r II Mr.. Stanton has called for black So
n disrs 70 take up arms and calls them out
e fight the battles Of the country it is bOun
r to protect them at all hazards by ever
It agency it San put forth. The GoVeFnmel
1t having used them, and they having b
come prisoners, and If they are abandonc
10 to their fate It is guilty Of baseness Vi
Il heard of in history. The party in powc
has one ain and that aim is the country
te but one purpose and that is the salvstio
le Of the country,
al The ides that the Administration al
is supporters desire the pontipqanee