Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-10
Associated Press Report.
Washington News,
Informal Meeting.

Representatives was held in the Hall, yes
terday afternoon, Immediately after adjourn
ment.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, was called to the
chair, and Mr.. Green Clay Smith elected
Secretary. ---.-
On motion of Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens, a
committee of five was appointed to prepare
resolutions expressive Of the feeling of the
members relative to the death Of Honorable
Henry Winter Davis. 10
The Chair appointed Messrs. Thaddeus
Stevens of Pennsylvania; James A. Garfield
of Ohio, Henry J. Blow of Missouri, James
Brooks of New York and John L. Dawson
Of Pennsylvania
The meeting adjourned to convene again
on Monday next, Immediately after the ad-
journment of the House.
Dismissed.
WAR DEPARTMENT, A. G. o.,
WAsHINGroS, January Q, 1866.
Special Order No. 659.-T Ertract1
By direction of the President, Major Thos
W. Sweeney, 18th United States Infantry,
Brevet Colonel United States Army, is here
by dismissed the service of the United
States for absence without leave.
By order of the Secretary of War, Ha
Signed E. D. TOWNSEND,
Adjutant-
A Pretender.
Inquiries at the State Department show
that one Fuller, announced in certain 10
calities as Ex-Governor of, Utah, is not
known at that Department as official speech
maker, nor is he in its employment.
Congressional Items.
The Posts Washington special says on
Friday the Judiciary Committee of the
House will consider propositions to amend
the Constitution.
The Reconstruction Committee held an
other meeting this morning, but proceedings
were not public.
All general appropriation bills will be re-
ported from the Ways and Means Commit
tee next week. s4
The Committee on Banking and Currency
is awaiting the arrival of its chairman, Mr..
Pemeroy. ofNew York, to hold its first meet
ing. 1t is not yet organized.
IIems.
No decision has yet been made by the
War Department in reference to officers of
the Veteran Reserve Corps.
The number of troops now on duty in the
Department of Washington is about five
thousand. tl-a
The Potomac River is frozen solid for sew
eral miles below Washington. -
Combinations.
o.
day confirmed the following nominations
Alvin Saunders, Of Iowa, to be Governor of
the Territory Of Nebraska VIM. Pickering,
of Illinois, to be Governor of Washington
Territory, reappointed. The Senate also
reappointed and confirmed the appointment
of the following deputy Post Masters: VIM.
Barns, Goshen, Elkhart county, Indiana
Alexander W. Myres, Oil City, Pa; Sidney
L. Wilson, Dunkirk, Erie county, New
York, vice R. S. Cany, superseded.
Memorial of the Merchants Exchange.
A memorial of the st. Louis Merchants
Exchange was presented to the Senate to-
day by Mr.. Henderson. It declares that
the number of registered steamboats, on the
western rivers is go, valued at S24, ,556, 900,
with 292, las tuns capacity Itestimates the
imports in st. Louis, in 1865, TO be 2S5, ,000,-
600 tuns; in Cincinnati 312,0O0,0O0 and
Louisville 1O0,000,0O0 tuns. It asks Con-
gress to improve the navigation of the
Mississippi and other rivers by means of
snag boats, by locks, or dams at the rapids
of the Mississippi, repairing the falling
banks, etc. , 80 .
A Message. r
The following message was received in
the House to-day: a4s1
To the House of RepreseutdttUes:
In compliance with a resolution of the
House of Representatives, of the 18th ult.,
requesting information in regard to the
steps taken by the so-called Emperor of
Mexico, or by any European power to obtain
from the United States recognition of the
so-called Empire of Mexico, and what
action has been taken in the premises by
the Government of the United States, Il
transmit asIeport fr0m-tbe Acting Secretasys
Of State and papers by which IL waslaesoHI-g
panied, r -r.o.a II 4,r.-s.b -
[signed,l .AsPREw Johnson, 4
|, The frstsf these papers jsIa cQplnaqniea-.
etion from SeHOg AErsgEQQz, To- ,Alrli AsQEYin,
dated March 2, 1886 IN Which he desires to
see Mr.. Seward extra officially 81 and to ascer-
tain whether the recognition of our Consul
can be obtained because Of endorsements
which exist in consequence of their non
habitation, while in Mexico the exercise of
their functions has been continued without
embarrassment to the American cOnsuls.
A memorandum by sMr. Seward notes
that the Marquis de Montholon on the 18th
called at the Department Ofastate, saying
special agent had arrived from Mexico,
bearing a letter from Macmillan to the
President of the United States, with papers
making certain statements relative to trans
actions on the Rio Grande upon which the
United States had made representation to
the Imperial Governmental France. The
Secretary on the is ier a conference
with the President, Ta4 lol. letter to NJ.
Montholon, saying i5dt saa United States
was in friendly communication With the