Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-22
Federal Officers Secretly Executed
General Grant to take Command
Of the Potomac Army.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial to the Cleveland LEADEB.l
WASHINGTON, March 81.


POLITICAL.
Politicians here are looking forward
with considerable interest to the Demo
cratic COnven ion which meets in Ohio
next Wednesday.
II is understood that the Peace and Wal
wings of the party are likely to have &
contest for the control, and the result will
be important in its bearings upon PreBi-
Dental movements.
c. A. White, Joseph White, Mckinney,
Johnston, Finek, Hutchins, and little Mr..
Samuel Cox, are among the Ohio Con.
gressmen who have gone home TO attend
it The latter gentleman is said to be
giving his friends to understand that he
would make an admirable candidate for
Vice President, and that Ohio ought to
present him. The secret Of his devotion
to Mcclellan is thus explained. He thinks
he would make good tail to McClellsn's
kite.
TEE NEGRO COLONIES A FAILURE.
The Blair policy Of negro colonization
seems pretty well exploded. A vessel ar
rived at Alexandria last Saturday, bring
ing back from Island Vsche, near Hsyii,
the remnants Of the colony sent out in
April last in pursuance of the plan of pol
icy recommended by Mr.. Blair and
adopted by the President. These colo
MES failed to find things as they ex-
pected. The small pOx broke out
among them, and the persons intrusted
with the care Of the colony mismsnsged it
50 shOckingly that everything went wrong
with them, and finally their hsrdships
seemed 50 great that the Secretary Of the
Interior sent an agent to examine into
their condition, and his report determined
the President to bring them back at
once and q ship was sent out last
February for them. Four hundred ana
twenty went out last April, and three
hundred and sixty-eight, including those
born since, are all that are left Of them.
$4,000 that was last year voted by Con-
gress for colonization purposes got into
the hands Of the agent Of the Chiriqui
sWindle and has pretty effectually ended
the schemes Of negro colonization for the
present.
A SPIRITED DEBATE.
The most spirited debate Of the season
sprung up in the House to day, on the mil.
itsry appropriation bill.
Herman, OfNew York, charged that Gov.
ernment transportation had been used to
take soldiers home to vote the Admins
trstion ticket.
Thad Stevens demanded his authority.
Herman ssid he couldn't give it, but il
they would raise a Committee Of Investi.
cation it would find out all about if.
Stevens told him that the Committee Oh
the Conduct Of the War could investigate
it and again demanded the authority fol
the charge.
Ksrnsn declined to give it, and spoke Of
that Committee ss a white washing Com.
mittee.
Stevens then denounced Herman as {
caluminstOr for coming into the House Il
retail charges he dare not attempt to max,
good, slthOught they involved the honesty
and honor Of the Government
Judge Kelley here interrupted him By
saying that as the gentleman had specified
Pennsylvania, as one Of the States wher,
public money had been used to take sol
diers home to vote, he must deny the chargI
but he could say that money for that pur
pose had been raised by contributions from
the whole loyal community. In the courst
OF his remarks he referred to tn,
Democratic candidate at the recen
election Of Judge Woodward as having ex
pressed hope that if division in tn,
Government should occur, the dividinI
line should run north Of Pennsylvanis.
Stiles denied this and said il was Stat
campaign slsnder, and David Kelley coult
not give any evidence or particulars.
Kelley at once replied that it occurred
in the Supreme Court room in Philadelphia
and in the presence Of the bar Of ths
Court aud that Of Chester County. H
cllled upon his colleague Broomall, VIII
had been present to testify to what h
there saw and heard, only adding that N
man in Pennsylvania who valued his rep
utatiOn for verscity had ever dared to den,
it.
BrOOmall then gsve these particulars =
He testified to having himself heard Wood
ward make these remarks and named 9th
er witnesses who were present.
Kelley then got the floor again and pur
sued his advantage over Stiles. He taunI
ed him with having rushed swiftly to tn
defence Of Woodward only 10 prove hi
own lack Of veracity.
Brooman said that in that campaign tW
distinguished men had agreed with Jude