Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-23
WASHINGTON TOPICS AND GOSSIP.
We find the following in Washington
specials, dated on Tuesday:

specldis, OaJeQ on 1uesudy
CABINET MEETING.
The Cabinet was fully represented to.
day, and held quite a long session. None
were admitted to the Executive Chamber
to-day, the President having given in
structiOns to allow no one to enter while
the Cabinet was in session.
GENERAL TERRY BEFORE THE RECON-
%sTRUCTIoN COMMITTEE.
Major General Terry was before the
Reconstruction Committee to-day, and
testified at length i'll relation to affairs in
Virginia. He did not believe the people
were loyal enough to be represented at
present in Congress.
THE TRAITORS TOAST.
The character of those who last night
went to serenade the President may be
judged by the circumstance that three of
the prominent leaders of the crowd
walked up to the bar of Wizards Hotel,
and with great parade drank the toast
"The three greatest AneriedHs-Jeferson
Davis, ANDREW johnson and Robert E.
Lee"
THE FEELING IN UNIoH CIRCLES.
AS an indication of the feeling which
prevails in Union circles, one of the
strongest Union men in the House thus
expressed himself today: II have striv-
en- conscientiously, up to this moment
with all my power, to proEote harmony,
and prevent a separation, but now the
President has made the issue clear, L now
throw aside my gloves and henceforth it
is war to the knife"
LEE AT ARLINGTON.
A gentleman of this city, having occa-
sien to pass through Arlington at dusk on
Saturday, saw a lonely figure standing
with folded arms at the foot of a tree.
Struck with the sorrowful attitude of the
person, he walked past him, and saw that
it was Robert Z. Lee, standing in the
street that passes through the middle of
his old estate. Mrs. Lee has applied to
the President for a restoration of this es-
tate, which has virtually become Il Ma
tional Union soldiers cemetery. The ex-
pectation is general that the President
will order its restoration.
PoLLARD's LEDGE.
The following are the words of the
pledge made by Pollard to the President,
upon which permission was given him to
resume the publication of the Richmond
Esaminer. "tf the publication of the
Richmond Examiner be permitted, l
solemnly pledge my honor hat it shall be
devoted to the support of the Union, the
Constitution and laws, and that the jour
nal will continue heartily to support the
Presidents policy" 1t remains to be
seen whether this will be final, and
whether he will be allowed to resume.
This is by no means certain as yet.
JURISDICTION OF MILITARY COMMISSIONS
The question of the jurisdiction of mill
tary commissions will be argued before
the Supreme Court on the 9th of March.
The question comes up in the case of GER
tain parties who were tried for certain
ofenses in Indiana by a military COM
mission, convicted and sentenced to
death. The sentence was approved by
President johnson, and afterward COM
muted to imprisonment. Upon a hdbeGs
corpus, the lower Court has declined to
upon appeal. Butler is retained in the
case for the Government, and Attorney
General Black for the petitioners.
THE VOTE ON THE FREEDMEN's BUREAU
Ill
At half-past four, amid breathless ST.
lence, the question came up whether the
bill should beenacted notwithstanding the
Presidents objections or not. The yeas
and nays were called, and every name and
vote were watched with intense interest.
There was a disposition to applaud when
Dixon, Doolittle, Morgan and Cowan
voted to sustain the President. When
the vote was announced by the Vice
President, declaring that, two-thirds not
having voted for the bill, it was lost, and
the veto was sustained, thepent-up masses
in the galleries sent up prolonged and
enthusiastic cheers, mingled with some
Kisses from the colored gallery. The Vice
President Immediately ordered the clear
ing of the galleries, and the S~ergeant-at-
arms and his officers promptly executed
the order.