The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-17
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Yesterday ETenlng's EdItIOn.
FROM WAsHINGTON,

NEW YORK, May, Is.
The Tribune's special says the War De-
partment has laid before it bill, intro
duced in the rebel Congress by Mr.. Curry
of Alabama, which wss eOncected for the
purpose Of vindlcsting the starvation Of
prisoners of War, the murder of black sol,
diers. the burning of Northern cities, and
finally the assassination Of the President OF
the United States and his Cabinet. The
preamble sets forth in great details and
needless iteration the action Of the United
States Government in declaring all slaves
in rebel districts free, and speaks most Bit
terly of the proclamation Of President
Lincoln, denOuncing 1t So unprincipled and
inhuman. Then follows the resolution:
Therefore, resolved by the House of Rep
resentatives of the Confederate states, the
Senate concurTing that We do adhere 70
oar opinion that the so called EmAncips-
tiou Proclamation Of the President OF the
limited States, arc the enlistment of negro
slaves are not among the acts Of legitimate
warefare, but are properly clsssed among
such acts as right 20 put TO death prls-
oners of war, the right to use personal
weapons and the right 70 AssassinAte and
if persisted in will justify this Government
in the adoption OF measures of retaliation.
The endorsements on the paper go 70
show that this resolution was read the first
| and second time, and made the special or
| der for the secret session on the l6sh Feb
rusry 1864.
The Heralds special says President
| Johnson has under consideration new
amnesty proclamation. The Issuance or
suppression of it is expected will be de
| cidsd on at the Cabinet meeting to be held
| today. This proclamation, if issued, will
announce what classes of rebels are to be
held responsible for their treason and what
will not be-
The Hersld's Wilmington eOrrespon-
dent SAYS there has recently been consid-
erable excitement in Wilmington IN con-
spouaues of the rumor that the rebel rhm
Siouevsll is making raid on that place,
and the Fort Fisher and CasWeu have
bean reinforced in anticipation OF the raid
Chief Justice Chase sud party, IN the
proseeution of their tour through the South
srrived at Wilmington on the Ssh- Mr.
Chase will proceed from Wilmington x
| Cb,rleston and other Southern ports 81
far A. New Orleans, and return from ther'
70 Washington by the Wsy OF the Mlssis
sippi.
: The Heralds army correspondent hs
!. the foil wing: The eth army corps, Ms
ior General Wright, is still at Danvill'
. but it is expected that the greater part
i it will shortly return North, IS soon
% order shall have been restored In ths
vicinity.
r General Wright has appointed nun
her of magistrates TO Hdmlnister justice
> the surrounding country, and Is usln
D. avery ext rtion with the best success TO sui
* stitute civil tor military rule in Southel
ID Virginia. =,
i Tns AOckiDg of the negroes from Il
= country into the town Of Danville, has be-
ID stopped by direction of General Wrigl
and agricultural operations have cont
ouentiy been resumed. The farmers, no
ever, are much in need of horses, mu
and implements to prosecute their work.
Long trains, heavily laden with Va
sbie property, captured by our army
me Virginia and North Carolina, are daily
,ed irving at City Point, Virginia. from ID
vile, via Burksville Junction. AM
The articles are goods in the original pa
ave apes in which they ran the blockade OF
'ad- national feet st southern ports and
ing machinery for the manufactured hre a
ond stolen by the rebels from Hsrpers Feg
When the soldiers Of the goth and
! Continued on FO,lrt6 Page.