Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-02-16
His Headquarters at Jackson
ALI QUIET ABOUT KEWBERN.
Reported Movements OF Rebel
Forces.
Etc., ETC.. Etc.
Especial to the Cleveland Leader.l
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special to the Cleveland LEADER.1
WAsHMGTON, February II


The Ways and Means Committee sought
to-day to introduce measure empowering
Secretary Chase to sell gold whenever and
however he wishes, solely limiting him by
his responsibility for having always on
hand enough to pay the interest on the
public debt. Objections were made and
tbs Committee failed to get it in, but will
soon do it, as Chase now has on hand over
S2O,OO0oOO in gold, it is manifest that
this gives him power to utterly smash the
gold market whenever he chooses As
consequence, people who are holding gold
at 69@6Oo. well do well to get out
oft as soon as possible.
Whisky engrOssed the House to-day. No
results were reached, but If the prOtrscIed
debate gave any indication at all it was
that the House would insist on its original
position, as to taxing stock on hand, and
thus compel Committee of Conference, as
fOreshadOwed in these dispatches some
time ago.
The Senate Military Committee is exer.
cised over the coarse Of the House, and es-
pecislly OF the House Military Committee,
On the CONSUMPTION Bill. They think their
bill wasnOt treated with proper respect,
and that many of the amendments made,
we're without any object save the simple
one of making change.
The House Committee, on the other
hand, insinuate that the Senate Commit
tee don't write good English, and that they
only attempted to make the bill intelli-
gible. Meantime the Senate Committee
reported back the bill with the amend
ments to-day, and recommended non.con
currence. The Senate sustained its Com
mites, and SO the bill comes back to the
House as it originally passed the Senate,
and viii now, of course, have to go into
the hands of the Conference Committee.
LovEJoY JOKING.
Mr.. LoyejOy continues sick, but his
ruling passion is as strong as ever, and
he perpetrated one Of his biggest jokes to-
day, by writing the House letter on the
whisky tax. He hoped they wouldn't tax
the stock on hand, and exhOrted them
through FIVE fOOlsosp pages, to back down
from their former position and concur with
the Senate. One of his arguments was,
that if you should get pail full Of milk
from COW, and then should Immediately
undertake to milk her again, she would be
apt to kick the bucket over. Whisky
spectators, he said, might act the same
way, if we undertook to milk them toe
often.
The Committee on the Conduct of the
war got into an ice contract for the Army
Of the Cumberland to-day, but didn't
make any very important discoveries.
EsoAPED FROM LIBBY PRISON.
A New York captain just escaped from
Libby Prison through the connivance Of
Union citizens, and arrived here to-day
He was clOseted with Secretary Stanton
all morning. He represents that the
change Of feeling in Richmond on the sub
-, ject Of the war is remarkable and osnno
be concealed. All are sick Of it, and tht
general dissatisfaction gives an unWontst
stimulus TO the hitherto latent Union feel
ing. Before leaving Richmond he wa
furnished with a rebel uniform, and il
this disguise he passed through the fOrtif
cations and defenses Of tbs rebel capital
BUREAU or FREEDEEN's AFFAIRs.
Members having in charge the bill fOl
} establishing Bureau Of Freedmen's AT
fairs hope to bring it up tomorrow.
BALTIMORE Primary MEETINGS.
In the primary meetings in Baltimore Il
select delegates to the national convention
the friends Of Winter Davis carried seven
teen wards. Twenty Of the districts wer
I headed for immediate emancipation.
: The vote on the resolution in the HOus