The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-05-25
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
Paisass Of the Civil Appropriation Bill, and the
Pacific Telegraph Bill in the Houss.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL
The Captured Negroes to be Sent
Back to Africa.
The Vote On Mr.. Davis Slavery Re-
solutieAs N tho Senate.

The Vote On Mr.. Davis Slavery Re-
selutieAs h tho Senate.
THE covoDE INVESTIGATION.
s,.. y lions Respecting the Operations Of
the stsswship comnodore',
oar Special Warrington Despatch.
WASHINGTON, Nay "A, 1900
m covopE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES INVITATIONS knA'
I'VE 10 me- oUAnns or I'M szRAxsuP ccnHoDosD
uwesd asr app sed before the Covods Committee
sAs msrshg, -ud esshsd substantially - follows-wss
80 Of DE ,pse ~ who had the management Of We mail
sssan line IRON New York 70 New Orleans, snd from
New Yssk 70 Ar7nwal TIE other trustees were u first
T. Roberts end Joseph Van Nosrand and On The resg
nAsisa Of The latter Horace r. Clark appointed In bis
paes my engagement lasted about four aud hiatt years.
Some tine last spring called by William Cnace
Bar " who stated he was agent Of Livingston osoche
rons line Of Steamers then and now running from New
Yssk 70 New Orleans Havana; that thsy would IKE
- carry the California mails - far ~ sher hne
sxtsnded, viz, from New York 70 New Orleans 10 Ha-
vans, and that important TO make some arrange
snt v carry thsm from Havana to San Francisco and
asked whether could not mako such arrangement; I
asked hin what would be the compensation hs replied,
The hostages, amounting 70 some three hundred thou
sanl per annum;' I said would 80 the mails carried
IRON Havana 70 San Francisco he would obtain the
osstrsct he made proposition 10 the Department and
prsnpty no<insd The Postmaster General that ! had
agreed 70 perssm that portion Of the service he objected
Mt tAe Attorney General had decided that this was
hhnd end domestic service, and not subject 10 the
NV Of June, 1858; / responded In . letter
replying 70 hh objections but did not prsss the subject
rthsr; 10 finally decided that inland service, that
must be advertised, and could only DO contracted for
~ tsrm Of nine months; Mr. Barney then again called
- me- and proposed 70 mako certain bids, with my
spsrausn, under that decision; refused 70 become
Dsnsibls fer any contract for shoEt period - nine
nssshs u any bid whassvsr, but told him That u he
naAs bid which wW accepted, and would
give Ne Ne refusal Of The same portion OF the
ssrviss, would consider n, and found psaeeea-
~ would lend him my ooopsratoa, which he agrssd
- %; was MOI concerned In any way Whatever with
JsAnssa, and did mot know hat he had made bid for
Ne transportation Of the mails t soma time amer ~
acceptance BY the Department whom informed that
- We the agent Of parties holding The Nicaragua
1raDsit grant, who desired 70 operate with them In
Ne sstaslnhmsnt Of their nns this willing 70 do
- Wa aso ths desire 6 Mr.. 0oo, for whom held In
trust large amount Of steamship property intended for
~ fshuaAtspse route, bus which 10 became expe
aisat 70 rssSss svsslabls h ssns sahw ns.sss
Q1ssu0s-De you know anything about the payment Of
any nsneys BY The steam mail line 70 Vanderbilt, and
- fer what purpsss' Ayes, SIR; thsre was paid 70
Vanderbilt out Of the trust funds Of the NAH line from
New York 70 New Orleans and Aspnwar, Tan thousand
cellars per month, stated by my colleagues, Roberts
md Clark, 10 induce him not 70 line In competition
vnA u; they also aid that The Pacific Mall seamship
hs agreed to psy him thirty thounsd per month more
v prevent competition their side shs arrangement
lasssd about three years; 10 cease The moment
any conpssiuon appeared, hence Is became ths inss-
rest q vsnderbft 10 suppress I'll competition, and ths
hnusncs Of his name and capital We relied upoa
70 DO r. Iobjscssd and protested, from Arst 70 ass
againss This Arrangement Under this black mail arrange
nsss h received about million ave hundred thousand
AsnAn
Qossnon-Do you know anything about the interference
e Tn government with The Tshuantspsc coutrsa end
rossss Ayes, know good deal about n
Qassrsn-wsn, stAas what you know about ~ Ain
IL spring Of 1857 NE contract Win MEXICO bod By
company m New Orleans, Of which soo owned majority
q stock In June Yves informed shaa he admnissra-
tsas,oa haA taken up The Tehuansspsc question. Bur
prissd ~ thb, called On the President He
pssfsosd 70 be anxious for ths speedy open
Inc u That route, and complained Il everything
shss bad been dsas and q svsyhns has had % ben
dsas, under Nat contract TOLD hin thaA rsas dssl
tss and several shpwssks haA h>srsrsd vih ~ 60
srass but hat ~ s Il had bssa ebssrvsd - thas
~ Mszisaa svvsrnnsnt had not spuphhsd; M ~
work was gshG upsa Ne lsahmu, end thaA I'D js
apaAshsA DyssR ssanss 70 navga4s ~ osuAmcsaics
Prssi6sus hcwsvsg wcu nos be sausasd md Ne result
NJ ~ he soon ansr ssss dsspsAsh By ss.asw Bsp
nm end M ISssrs 70 Minister In Mexico, wrssss, -
unAsrusaa6, BY himself, bat agnsd BY General o. n
puctne hh 70 have Ne oontrac win 500 abrosAsd and
a>oaA ons plaes Of granted 70 certain parties, win
vhow lrsrgous, LAssre and BeBjsmin, md, ~ subs
sus,sfv sd, Senator sHden, associassd. The
49, ~ do,s bot NE oo contract had ben guaraa
ssed bv the osdsd treaty which authorized The United
as>s 10 interfere for n protection, and the
p,esdsu, ses,us th m ructsd cur Minister In Msxioo,
Mr.. rorsyh, TO nesvs,as ,ew treaty, which would pro
sscs this nev grant me M.xcan government, seeing
the anxiety Of our sovrnmsnt sgssd 70 ssrosAs N
se srans and ausbcrs the cue but On terms muoh
lsa favorable 70 this country; and whom cur Minister
r~ssssssd ne dram Of The newly prepared treaty,
vss rejected, lie Mexican govern ' .,.rv.,s , y,
Ne government OF the United states n -.r., No.
Tor The prossosisa Of he new grant The pris~. 81
isrt Of ths Presdsns wss, That the sloo party was
able V comply win their contract with Mexico, anoosn
he assured BY hsa shsy In The actual prose-
cutou Of the wor that Hoo had devoted several hun
dred thousand dollars o. his means for The purpose.
ssd shas the Nsx,can government had 20 complained
but, on ,hs contrary, had recently recognized me vau
any Of The contract YET, anss shs new eousrAc,
had been made, and before anything Of oouss.
quenos had been done on The route, aud before
wss IN order for the ransnssiou Of mails,
. contract wss made in violation Of Law BY the Post
once Department FOR the transportation Of mails By That
route for wo hundred and atty thousAnd dollars per
ssm which was paid them but the route ncs being IN o.
der, but fus mall matter ssns By H. and the post
ages rscsvsd nom aid not exceed ave thousand dolars
Thus were she diplomatic functions Of this government