Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-12
Washington News.
The Supreme Court.

NEW YORK, March l0.-The Tribupe0
Washington special says: \
In the Supreme Court, Mr.. StanberrT
of Ohio, and Attorney General Speed,
closed the argument in behalf Of the gov
eminent, to-day, in the Indian conspiracy
case. D. Dudley Field will sum up, on
Monday, for petitioners.
Military.
The 18th Connecticut retained in ser
vice at Savannah, claim their term of en-
hstment to have been more than fulfilled,
and great irritation among the officers and
men results therefrom. The ssth Illinois
Is in the same predieanent.
Generals Custar and Fremont arrived
at WashiRgt n yesterday.
Discharged
Forty clerks were discharged from the
Treasury Department yesterday.
Affairs In Texas.
General Custsr gives a very gloomy ac-
count of political affairs in Texas. There
Is little if any loyalty outside our lines.
If our troops were withdrawn there would
be none anywhere. Greenbacks are but
seldom acknowledged to have any value,
and in many places they will not buy
food or fuel. Matters are daily growing
worse.
Testimony before the Reconstruction
COMMITTEE.
On motion of Senator Howard another
installment of testimony will be ready for
publication, among which is that Of sew
eral rebel Generals. Lee saws he never
took an oath TO support the C~onfaderaey,
that he always purposly avoided it.
Died.
The Treasury Department Yesterday
received a telegram from Chicago, an
nouncing the death of Luther Ravens,
Collector of that port. hIs successor has
not yet been appointed.
COndseated Lands.
The Worlds Washington special saws
the House Judiciary Committee Yesterday
authorized their chairman to report an
important bill to restore possession of the
lands confscated by the authorities Of the
States lately in rebellion. 1t provides
that in all cases Where any loyal citizens
Of the United States has been disposesse5
Of any lands or tenements belonging to
him or her, within any of said States, by
any order of proceeding or decree of those
States, on the ground of his adherence to
the Union, or his or her absence or failurs
to give support TO said States, it shall be
the duty of the President or of the com
handing officer of the military forces sta
toned within the particular State or dis
trict, by an order setting forth all the facts
in the case, to restore 70 the person or per-
sons SO aggrieved the possessions and
rights which they have been unjastly de-
prived Of and to protect them in such
rights.
@WAsHISeToN, March II. President
johnson has assured the col0red delega-
ton at present in this city, e n here by
the eolOred people of the North and
South, that no sudden change will take
place, affecting the occupancy Of the lands
to which Gen. Sherman gave the freed
men a possessory title.
The President suggested that the freed
men should continue to cultivate said
lands. Mr.. Downing has received letters
from South Carolina from the parties in 4
terested, telling him of their fears that
they might be suddenly removed
from the lands that they were
e%ultivating fears which arose on receipt-of
the news of the veto of the Freedmen's |
Bureau bill. When the fact wss presented |
to the President he gave the above as
suranee.