The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-09
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INTERESTING CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
official Information Relative to the Fishery
and Reciprocity Negotiations.
Speech Of MIR. Seward on the
Tehuantepec Question.
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GREAT CONFUSION IN THE HOUSE DUR
ING THE EVENING SESSION.
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PROGRESS OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION.
Matamoras In Possession Of the Insurgents.
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THE CONFEDERATION AT CARDENAS,
&C., &C., &C.
GREAT CONFUSION IN THE HOUSE DUR
ING THE EVENING SESSION.
PROGRESS OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION.
THE CONFEDERATION AT CARDENAS,
&C., &C., &c.
Affairs In Washington.

CABINET spEcULATIoNs-THE PACIFIC RAILROAD
AND TELEGRAPH PRoJEcTs-NEw NAVAL RE-oR
GANIzATIoN BILL-INDIA RUBBER, ETC.
WASHINGTON, Feb S. 1855
There is great deal Of noise and confusion here re
specting the cabinet. Many have the presumption
to publish partial and entire lists; but the
best opinion that General Pierce will not indicate his
selections, if determined upon until the Ides of March
is understood that he will select his cabinet before he
leaves New Hampshire Mr. Hunter though not at first
offered the State but Treasury Department. may take the
Premiership
Territories made full and favorable report the
memorial of Messrs Alden and Eddy, for the right Of
way &c. for line Of subterranean telegraph from the
moved that it be made the special order as soon as
printed. The provisions Of the bill in accordance
with the memorial the substance of which has been al
ready published The conceded importance Of the work
and the urgency for its early completion will strongly
commend it to the prompt and it Ia believed the
Mr. Stanton, Chairman of the Naval Committee of the
House. has prepared BILL proposing radical reorgan-
views of majority Of the committee and is intended to
be offered as a substitute for the Senate bill With
view to get it before the House. Mr. Florence at the
resolution making the Senate bill the special order
Saturday Both attempts failed rendering all action
upon naval affairs at this doubtful Mr. Stanton
substitute vacates and annuls all commissions in the
soon the act goes into effect provides for the
appointment with the advice Of the Senate Of the follow
ing grades and numbers:-Twenty commodores, fifty
captains sixty commanders thirty lieutenants $50 mid
shpmen sixty nine surgeons passed assistant
surgeons forty five assistant sixty four pursers,
twenty assistant pursers chief engineer twenty
gneers twenty-five first assistant engineers, thirty
second assetent engineers, thiryave third assistant
engineers. Warrant officers heretofore The Presi-
dent required to communicate to Congress- at the
mencemen Of the next sesson plan for the relief Of
meritorous officers dropped from the list by virtue of
this act The cadets to be admitted to the Naval Ac
denny at time to exceed 250one from each Congress
sional district and the remainder at large The pay Of
INN on mt Dpra yhn mt m
duty, $500 Lieutenant commanders, duty, 81 800;
when not duty, s5oo. Assistant surgeons, duty,
officers at present Tie bill proposes to establish
bureau of service, with Judge advocate, at salary
pertaining to the officers and men, the chiefs of bureaus
to be appointed from any grade OF officers except
the bureau Of construction, which is to be filed BY
Of bureaus be 500 The President dismiss from
the navy place furlough, at his discretion every
officer who may become incompetent unworthy. from
any other than wounds inrities incurred in
the service All promotions to be according to merit
reference being had to the length OF service ability and
character, &c.
1t. Schamburg brought up, a writ of nabeas
corpus to day. His counsel Senator Cooper Richard s.
behalf Mr. Fulers physicians testified to his condi-
ton and prospects of recovery and divided in OPT
non Bail was refused on the ground that Mr. Fuller
The proceedings were protraced and excited intense
interest.
In the India Rubber case Mr. Brady made an able ar
gumen in behalf of the applicants and closed the discus
sion to day He very upon Mr. Day He
tended that the extension might be granted notwith
standing the patent had been assigned and that in order
to prevent this question it necessary to grant the
extension. For if application was refused no way re-
mained for submitting to the court whether the exten
sion could be granted in any such The decision
must decide before the oath inst when the patent
pres suit may follow to test the validity of the de-
cisi0n.
The Hon. Amos Tuck has declined the nomination to
Congress- from the first district of New Hampshire.
1t ia reported that James H. Burch has sued the pro
prietOrs of the NOtio1lcJ Era for libel in repubshino
from New York paper, article he ded 'The kdnap-
ping case which reflected severely upon his character
Hon T. Butler King to Senator Dawson relative to the
Pacific Railroad in which he indicates preference for
the route from st Louis through Walkers Pass via Al
cisco
Mr. Fuller continues to improve in strength and strong
hopes entertained of his recovery.