The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-26

There some haN dOAn DllE Anu amenoIcuiS
introduced tho houses las, session 70 provide for
the better security OF the lives OF passengers board Of
vessels propelled in whole part by steam and the
Committee on Commerce Of the House reported through
Mr. f. b. washburne substitute for the bills referred
TO it, Mr. Washburne strove hard last session have
this substitute acted on, but did succeed He viii
have up again this session !, provides for the nspcc
ton Of ferry boats, for the employment by them OF
licensed pilots and licensed engineers prescbcs rules for
navigating rivers canals and lakes for using signal lights,
&C. regulates the boats pumps and sgual lights OF sea
going steamers and goes into detailed system Of egsa.
ton calculated to produce greater safety 70 passengers on
steamers.
ENROLMENT OF VESSELS AND RECORDING con-
yEYANCES.
There two bills reported from the Committee on
Commerce IN the Senate amending and defining the act
for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be EN-.
ployed the coastng trade and fisheries aud for regis
tering the same-passed Feb IS, 1893 and the act OF
July % 1850 providing for recording the conveyances OF
vessels, and for other purposes.
Mr. Cochrane's bill for the codhca,iou of the revenue
laws will probably render unnecessary the passage Of
these bills.
MARINE AND NIGHT sIGEAas.
The Senate Committee Commerce also reported at
the last session bill to compel all sail vessels of the
burden Of twenty tons ami upwards, navigating the wa
tiers of the Northwestern iakcsviz Lakes Superior HUI
ron Michigan, st. Clair Erie and ontaroand including
the rivers dschargns into bays and other nvsabe wa
tiers connecting It'll the 10 be provided with suta
BILE OF signal lanterns Lighting apparatus to BE ap
proved by the supervising Inspector OF steamers Tor the
district In which said vessel enrolled registered
der the penalty of one hundred dollars fine and liability
The same committee had also referred to il bill com
pelng the owner of each seagong ship
sci the United States to provide such shpor vessel
with a copy of 1.-The American Code of Marine Signals
also with complete sea of Rogers calm and storm sig
mails fer the purpose of communicating phrases and
fences from said CODE and adopting the national
signals OF the United States under the title Of The Anne
Marine Signals /" Provided that tho price demanded
by the author OF said code should exceed dollars
for copy Of the together with the right to make
of his invention, and that change should be made
said code without the approval Of the Secretary of the
Treasury.
LANDS FOR THE LANDLEss
For man. Congresses past there have been invariably
more members either House whose hobby
the passage OF giving homestcads the public
lands gratis to ali who NIGH, chooseto settle on them
Perhaps il would be equitable mode of distributing
the public lands than consigning them by the thousand
square miles schemng railroad corporations. But yet
the homestead bill does not fourth many
friends Congress a railroad land grant bill can always
command. And so little progress has been made in
advancing such measure. II has never gone further
than the introduction a homestead BILL reference
a committee, and speech or two from the member
whose hobby There such bills introduced
the Senate last sessonone by Senator Foot, the other
by Senator johnson. Both to the gc-
neral efect-that any public lands subject to
private entry at the OF dollar and twenty five
per acre, may be entered free Of cost b. any per
son over twenty one years OF age who is the head
OF family, and who is also a citizen OF the United
States. or, beng resident. shall have declared his
intentions TO become citizen and tina, after five years
sidence and occupancy thereof-appcaou being made
affidavit TO the Register OF the Land Once palcn,
shall issue thcrefor-such homestead not being liable
to the satisfaction Of any debts contracted prior to the
issuing Of the patent and person having right to
ter more than the once quarter section.
Senator johnson bill differs from the other restricting
the advantages OF the act to persons VINO citizens OF
the Cnted States at the time Of IL passage.
In connection with the subject. Mr. Grow Of Penn.
sylvana introduced 10 the House bll enac,ng thatfom
and after 1.-THE 18th of September 1855 was
spccncdl public lands should be exposed TO sale by
procamat on Of the President until the should have
been surveyed and the thereof flied III the Land
Office for at least fifteen years The OBJECT Of this bin was
10 prevent the monopoly OF the plbc lands By capitalists
giving settlers fifteen years 10 make their seectons
Grows bin may be passed this session. a. it, rrnc.s
beng touched There other propos tons pend
ing Of them % private character N reference to
settlers on public lands aad on Indian reservations
The PUBLIC PRINTING.
Thc~e Is not a subject tia, comes up regularly fo- Dis
cusoa cther house that ELECTS angry debates
gives much general annoyance that Or tie public print
ng It constantly ob,ruins Itself Oh the aiten o1 x
Congress. and H. enormltcs constantly exposed
N the opening 81 each Congress come Up the aucs
ton q tie election n public printer fof then corrupt
combinations formed every section guest q tbs
mmcnseiy profitable berth, and Il ar trouble
affair usually ,hsa the elections the other OH
GERS combined. tonnes up also eyesy TINE ihs, there
resslsion Offered Tor the printing o. copcs o.
documents. Al the bcsunug q LIT scs-ion q SPECIAL
comm,tee formed . Investigate T.. sibicct. Tn
report presented ~ Mr George Taylor cxpisst tie acr
rous stem that existed n lhc printers etes *eag OF
for large pcr o. p'oats I, lie actual II aier
Nr wcnceli AMI also n cxtrayls .ntr large orders u
useless public docameuts being male - as t. caib.s
Wendell 70 pay OF the other co-mo-ln. and realize
come of several hundred thousand dollars for himself
To remedy tbs Mr. Taylor introduced BIZ organiza. a
government printing bureau. with t. regular stan II
pcrntcudcni. editors reporters compns,rs. prcssmet,
folders, binders and messengers In, bl nj acted
on, but will come " a, tbs II i possible
discover the proposed bureau ID t1J from political
nueuce AMI rom ihe bacSul elect q executive patton.
age by mtag The force Ia each department. % po1, =
ful efficiency: AMI b. making the stcc;oa Of reporters
and others d,Yeud upon TIE test of cspabuy then
making tie Offices permanent. the measure Woli Be
most desirable and would eeC. an Immediate saving
Of millions annually 70 the government b, the danger
Is that The monen, The politicians would n, i iip their
hands they would OH al the places with incompetent per.
cons. and convert the printing bureau into Greenwich
hospital for political oacrs jus, a. they a. Wit the Gus
tom Houses and Navy Yards. That dGlculty however,
might be obvatei appointment . oacc the retain.
ina Of olce not dependent upon tie political
pcxon Of the Incumbent AMI Il the selection ~, to
such experienced and practical person Mr. Rycs
Of the CAB.
Tie senate 81 actually pass last session b on the
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