Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-10
Colonel Dahlgren's Body In
Richmond.
KiIpatrlck's Captured Officers
to be IFOned.
Later Foreign intelligence:
RumOr that Victoria is about
to Indicate,
The EchIesWig Trouble Tn.
changed.
FROM WASHINGTON
Especial to the Cleveland LEADEn.l
CONGRESSIONAL.

OOh0hksslOAAL.
WASHINGTON, March 9.
Mr.. Sherman submitted q memorial Of
the oficsrs and members Of the Ohio Wool
Growers Association, praying for gen.
ersI revenue tax Of one dollar per head
upOR dogs, as a protection to the wool in
teresf, which is represented to have lost
one hundred thousand dollars yearly on
Ohio by direct destruction Of sheep, be-
sides discoursgement Of enterprise in
sheep husbsndry, and the cost Of keeping
half a million worthless dogs.
A resolution was submitted in the House
By Mr.. Ksnnsrd and sgrsed to, which sub
mitted to the Committee Of Ways and
Means the expedieney Of Withdrawing the
exemption from taxation Of United States
Bonds, on the ground that they absorbed
large amount Of personal property which
would otherwise be subject to State and
Municipal taxation, and thus tended to
throw an unequal burden upon real estates.
Mr.. Sherman reported from the Finance
Committee, q joint resolution to authorize
the Secretary of the Treasury to anticipate
the payment Of the interest on the public
debt, with an amendment as follows, and
he is hereby authorized to dispose Of any
gold in the Treasury of the United States,
not necessary for the payment Of the in.
terest on the public debt.
The bill from the House Military Com
mittee essays to remove the railrosd block
ade Of Washington by recognising as pos
tai and military highways the Atlantic
and Baratin Bay Railroad and empower
ing them to complete and operate their
roads and branches, to be used IS mail,
freight and passenger lines between New
York and Philadelphia.
The substitute to Mr.. Carlisle's bill de-
claratOry Of the objects of the war is sub
jeOted as follows as reported by Mr.. VIII
son Of the Military Committee
lst. The object Of the war Is the subju-
cation of rebels in arms.
I'd. That in the prosecution Of the war
the United States may adopt any means of
civilized warfare to sub lue the re-
belliOn and restore the supremacy Of the
Constitution and secure the public safety.
Sd, That every resident Of the uni
ted States, bond or free, owe paramount
allegiance to the Government.
4th, That the Consultation does not
recognise slaves as property, but as per-
sons owing service in certain States
and under the laws thereof, and that 1t is
the right and duty Of the Government to
offer them inducements best calculated to
secure to the country the benefit of that
paramount allegiance.
9th, That the Presidents Emancipa-
ton Proclamation was necessary, Is sane
toned by the Constitution, and hereby
given effect and force Of law.
A CORRECTION.
The following communication appeared
in this mornings Chronicle:
i1n the New York Tribune Of the 7th
inst there appeared the following article
iAH INTERVIEW BETWEEN GENERAL LEE AND
GENERAL MCCLELLAN.
"A written Communication was sent to
the Secretary Of War on Saturday by
former member Of the Maryland Lerisla-
ture and cousin of the rebel General
Lse. stating that during the battle Of An
tietam General Lee had his headquarters
at his house, and that on the night after
the battle he sent messenger into our
lines to General Mcclellan, requesting an
interview at his headquarters. General
Mcclellan, accompanied by some Of his
staff, that night rode through the rebel
lines and had long interview with Gen.
ersl Lee, who, during other things, in
formed Mcclellan that his army was
crossing the Potomac The writer has
b,en subpOnssd before the Committee
on the Conduct Of the War, and wish to
correct many errors therein.
First I en- not q cousin Of General
Robert Lee. Second. No interview could
have taken place between the parties du-
ring the battle Of Antietam ct my house
as I live about ten miles from that place.
Third. The interview took place three