New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-19


SENATE. Dec. ls-Mr Shields reD1riei q oil f,r
The increase Of the Army Mr. simmer presented a
memorial from ihc Americsn Pesce Society proposing
The settlement cf international c3niroverses BY ar
biraiiop. Gen Cass pres nted petition from tne
heir OF Gen Worth asking remuneration Dr his
uili.sry services. The De Kalb bill appropria;ss
liltle over $4,000 The Dill fG Department ofLaT
YVES taken up. 1t makes the Attorney General, er
oficio principal oicer IL also provides for an A.
tstoni At,o pcy General 10 10 nomnsted 5y the Pres
ident and confirmed by the Senate; and, also, en-
powers the appointment of q Chief Clerk. The ssc-
resry Of the Interiors supervisory powers over ac
counts are TO be exercised by the Law Department,
and the Solicitor Of the Treasury to be one oil the
bureaus thereof. The bill hlso makes provision Tor
auditing and adjusting accounts, disbursements,
claims ond expenditures. IL gives TO the First Aud
itor those arising 10 the Department OF the Treasury
10 tho Second Audi'Or, those arising Ia the Dtparf
ept Of The Interior 70 the Third Auditor those eris
mg Ia tie Department Of War; tothe Fourth Auditor,
those arising in the Navy Department; to the Fifth
Auditor those sriing in the Departments of State aud
of Law and TO the Sixth Auditor those arising in tho
Pos Office Department. The accounts audited by the
Firtt ana Fifth Auditors TO be revised aud con-
trotd by the first Controller and those by the Sec.
opd Third ard Fourth Auditors by the Second Con-
toler. The bill also axe, provision Tor the CLASH
fcaon Of the Clerks in the Department Of State and
fixes the salary OF the Commissioner OF Public Build
ings at So 600 per year, ani additional provision
allows ~ Clerks 10 that officer, Of them to be in
lien Of tue Superintendent of tao Public Grounds.
Some discussion ensu.d between Messrs. Hunter,
CLAYTON, Petit, Jones ana Dawson, after which the
bill WIS refoJTed 10 Select Committee, and the Sem
ATE adjourned.
House. Dec ia rcsolution, authorizing the con-
strucon 81 str soops war was referred to the Naval
Committee. Mr.. CiDgman made az Intellectual effort
TO introduce ics resolution that II mi shr be roiet-
red 70 the Committee Foreign Affairs requesting
the President 70 tender the mediation OF this Govern
ntnt betsesnihe poNefs Engaged in tho Easterc war;
The bill for II relief Of Mrs Bachelor whose hns-
bend was kiled in the Burns excteu ent at B)ston)
was made the speclaofder for Friday, Jan. H. The
IIdan Appropriation bin was debated In Committee,
IN ordered 10 be repoi ted to the House The House
then vent into Committee on the Military Aca1emy
bib. Mr.. Oliver, OF Mo real speech for Col BEN
ton who wac necessarily absent. Mr.. b. thought the
NAB who should rt,tore The harmony which existed
before the repeal of the Missouri Compromise w.
be public benefactor; but he thought Mr.. Mace's
bill net the thing 10 restore the desired harmony
Mr.. Mace repDso, eApialblI tbc rgh's vi hahsa''
Mr. Barry, of Misc, devoted an hour to speech in
condemnation of the Know-Notbug organization,
dssectng their movements and purposes, and stigma
tizng it not only az illegal but combiRDon to take
away tie rights OF citizens. II was, in bis opinion
child Of the alien and sedton laws and antrepdb-
lcan in it's tendencies. Mr. Banks, OF Mass, replied,
contendiDe that men have right to conceal their
political views and the government woich undertakes
TO romme them 10 that right strikes at the basis of
republican Institutions, snd for that ought to be wiped
from the face Of the earth. He explained why men
should combine for acquiring rights denied them by
corrupt political pfu aud moneyed ar''Ocracy and
took occasion to condenn in severe terms, the claim
Of tie Roman Catholic Church TO interfere with aud
control secular Affairs Both gentlemen we're listened
TO with marked attention. The Military Academy
and Indian Appropriation bills were passed. Ad-
jouIned.