Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-02-12
SPECIAL DISPATCHES
70 THE
CLEVELAND LEADER.
CONGRESS- NAL COMMIT
TEE INVh. LEGATIONS.
NEW NATIONAL BANKS AU-
TH0RIZED.
DISCUSSION OF THE CON.
SURIPFI0N BILL.
WOOD AND COX HARPING
ABOUT PEACE.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE OHIO
LEGISLATURE,
OOPPERHEAD TROUBLE IN
ILLINOIS.
OOPPERHEAD TROUBLE IN
ILLINOIS.
Especial to the Cleveland Leader.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. II.
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATIONS.

| phbOuce1 tAo WatA anu nAGaAo NVALnAheSS
to-day; voted to report back the whisky
tax bill precisely as it came from the Sen
ate. Some doubt however, whether they
will be able to gel it reported before Mon
day.
The Zoe question is beginning to get hot
with the Committee on Conduct Ofthe War.
Il appears that contractors have brought
ioe from EOrthen ports by the shiplosd,
and the Government has bought it by the
same measurement, although in some cases,
half Of it was melted when it arrived here;
in other words the Government paid
prices based upon the assumption that
the dealer had lost largely By waste, and
yet paid for theWsste itself. Tits believed
also that the Government has paid for the
ice thus procured at the extravsgsnt prices
prevailing in Washington.
Mr.. Abbot, Medical Director, was before
then today.
A considerable number OF petitions are
before the Ways and Means Committee,
ssking :he reduction Of duty on imported
wool. The Committee will consider upon
the subject.
The speoial Committee on Weights and
Measures, are about to take up the sub
ject Of modifying standards OF securing
uniformity Of standard with European
Nations. Persons having any suggestions
on the subject, should communicate with
Mr.. Kasson Of Iowa.
GENERAL CONGRESSIONAL PRoCEEDNes.
Messrs. Sprague, Morgan, Riddle, Wilkin-
son and Hendricks, were to-day announced
IS Committee on Manufacturers.
Mr.. Collsmer, to-day, reported bill to
remove the disquaIi6estions for carrying
the mail on account Of color, with an
amendment declaring there shall be no ex-
clusioH Of any witness from courts Of the
United States on account Of color.
Garrett Davis has brought again before
the Senate Hale's old bill relative to the ad-
justment Of claims against the United
States, and has incorporated an especial
provision for the settlement Of the claims
of Kentucky.
A memorial from the Board of Trade Of
Baltimore, presented to the Senate to-day,
gives assurance that the tax on leaf tobac-
co, unless accompanied by q full drawback,
will be fatal to the export trade in tobacco
and injurious in its effects upon foreign
exchanges.
The Special Committee Of the House has
an elaborate bankrupt bill prepared which
it will seek to introducs At the first oocs-
sion.
The bill differs somewhat from that Of
the last session.
The House committed the folly Of pay
ing the bogus member from Louisiana, Mr.
Field, who tried to smuggle himself into
the House, 81, 500 for the effort, by vote
of 70 to ga few administration members
voting with the Democrats.
The House spent nearly the whole day
on proposition to make the conseriptio1
bill draft slaves as well as white men. L
was finally amended so that all slaves vol
uuteering were to bring $500 to loyal msE
tsrs 10 be payed when they make on
deeds ofmsnumitiOu for them, while if thsJ
waited till they were drafted they Woul(
only receive the SlOO now provided by Law
This will apply equally to all States, ans
ifit becomes law is likely to lead t,
volunteering enmasse Of sll able bodice
slaves throughout the border States.
During the debate on the subject nearl.
all the prominent border State men par
ticipstsd.
r. Winter Davis closed the debate in 81
admirable, fine and minute speech, Whicl
stirred Up the opposition wonderfully
Fernando Wood said thst while we wer
here debating an odiOus cOnfscstion bill
resolutions had besn introduced into Ii
rebel Congress looking to peace snd pro
ceeded 10 read from late rebel papers reso
lutions setting forth that no peace prop
ositions hsd been made to the Unite,
States only because President Lincoln hai
refused to receive their commissioners. H
proposed q convention to consider bssi
Of peace to the intense disgust Of Wa
Democrats.
Little samusl Cox sailed in, Ia the wax
of Fernando Wsod, and declared that n
Hss perfectly certain if We would gen
/ Wood down TO Richmond, he could brin
: about satisfactory terms Of peace in sizt
; days, and If he did not he (COx, would g
in and pledge Wood to go into the VS.
J themselves and prosecute it to the bite
3 end. The War Democrats were astOnishe
; at such & suicidal speech by Cox, and az
sbusing him soundly for it tonight. H
: not only endorsed Woods peace prOpOsi
: tions, but wanted our peace commissioner
. to g, to Richmond, and was only willing /
; pledge peace DEMOCRATS to unite in heart
support Of war in case of failure Of thec
: propositions.
Mr.. DOollttle's amendment to equslize pc
!, Of soldiers in the army, proposes tb'
Z where black soldiers have been enlistc
under the promise Of receiving thirtes
dollars month, thsy shall receive tn