The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-02-22


In Congress yesterday the Senate reconsidered
he vote whereby the Consular and Diplomatic
Appropriation bill was passed. After some discus
sion the amendment limiting the rate of exchange
of foreign ministers to ten per cent was stricken
out, and the bill passed. The Army Appropriation
bill was read and referred to the Finance Commit
tee. The consideration of the bill providing for the
acquisition of Cuba was then resumed Mr. Mason
offered a substitute, to the effect that Congress
approve the policy of the message Of the President
respecting the ultimate necessity of acquiring Cuba
that the United States is prepared to receive the
island whenever Spain will transfer it at
fair valuation; and that government can
never be neutral under any policy which
would sever Cuba from Spain in favor of any
foreign Power. Mr.. Collamer delivered speech
in opposition to the measure. Mr.. Mallory obtain
ed the floor, and the Senate adjourned. The House
passed the Army Appropriation bill, after reducing
the estimates 81 500 ,000 The total amount appropn
ated for this branch of the public service is about
sl4 900 ,000 Leave to report bill repeating the
fishing bounties was refused. motion to suspend
the rules in order to consider bill providing for
loan of twenty-one million dollars, and revision
Of the tariff, was negatived by vote of l22 to OIL
two-thirds not voting for the proposition. This
suit was brought about by the administration mem
hers, aided by four republicans and two Americans.
The Post Office Appropriation bill was then
discussed in committee. An amendment authoriz-
ing the Butterfed Company to select their route
for conveying the overland mail to the Pacific
was adopted, as was also an amendment that con-
tracts for blanks and wrappers be given to the low
est bidder. An amendment providing that adver-
tiseents of mail routes in each State and Territory
shall be published in two newspapers only having
the largest circulation was also adopted. The even
ing session was occupied in discussion upon mis-
ceaneous topics.
The latest accounts from the steamship Black
Warrior, ashore on Rockaway bar, state that she
was rapidly becoming embedded in the sand, and
that there was little hope of her being got off The
specie, passengers baggage and crew were brought
up to the city yesterday Lighters were at work
getting out the cargo,
Capt. Phillips, of the bark Goldfnch, at Boston
from the Coast of Africa, reports the sloop-ofwar
Dale to have sailed from Loango November rs, to
cruise off the coast
The United States mail steamer Star of the
West sailed yesterday afternoon with the mails for
California and the Pacific coast and four hundred
passengers among whom were Captain Simpson,
U. s. A., recently appointed Assistant Commissary
General to the Pacific Department, and Mr.. St. john
United States Consul at Greytown Nicaragua.
The proceedings of the Board of Aldermen last
evening, of which full report is given in to-day's
HERALD, are important in some respects. COM
municaton was received from the Street Commits
sioner stating that last MONTH under a decision of
Mr. Richard Mott, referee, judgment was filed in
favor of John Pettigrew for $685. the greater
part of which sum was for work on Sixty-third
street between Fifth and Sixth avenues Mr.. Pet
tigrew il ia furthermore stated, bid for that work.
embraced with other items, the price of twenty
two cents per cubic yard for earth filling, and the
contract was made with him on those terms he
being the lowest bidder. The word twenty" was
subsequently erased from the contract and "forty'
substituted therefor, making his price fortytwo in
stead Of twenty-five cents per cubic yard The
substituted price of forty-tws cents is that named
in the complaint on whish M. Pettigrew's judg-
ment was based and was also ~ price used in cal.
culatins the amount of the judgment awarded by
Mr.. Mott Taking this price as a basis of the calcu
laton, there were nine lower bidders than Mr.. Pet
tgrew.
At the meeting Of the Board of Supervisors yes
terday report was adopted in favor of appointiny
another assistant in the District Attorneys Office.
at $500 per annum; also clerk at 81 900 and a
messenger at 5000. 1t was resolved to send a pro.
test to Albany against the passage Of the bill be.
fore the Legislature for the relief of tax and az.
sessment payers, on the ground that it would pre-
vent the speedy collection of assessments and
taxes A number of unimportant papers were
acted on, and the Board adjourned till Monday.
The Common Council Of Hudson City have been
for some time past engaged in an investigation rela.
tive to certain Improvement certificates, one of
which, amounting to 1884, had been satisfied and
afterwards, it is alleged, had been distracted
forged and made use Of. The Finance Committee