The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-13

IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
$500, 100000 and 100000 Men Voted
BY .he House for the Suppress
sion Of Rebellion.
Rows from Fort Pickens and Fortress
Monroe,
SC, &C.s &C.
en- yrsy,lL WASHINGTON DESPArcBRs.

WASHINGTON, July IL, 1891
uApruRn OF AN INTERNAL MACHINE By TIE PoTo-
MAC FLOPILL4, 81
The United States steamer freebdrp Lieutenant Low
~ commanding arrived al the Navy Yard this morning.
for the purpose Of being repaired. She brings nteli
gsnce that Sunday morning, part Of the Potomac
consisting OF the Pawnee, Pocshontas Fee
bern and Resolue, lying Off Aqua Creektwo casks
we're floating the surface Of the water down the
river with the ebb tide The casks connected by
rope about ty feetfeet in LENGTH and the apparatus was
fast drifting the bow Of the Freeborn which lay
with her head up the river Captain Rowan Of the Paw
nee ordered Lieutenant Budd Of the Reaoute to exam
ns the Suspicious object, which at rst taken for
part Of the belongings Of bshng seine. On nearing
smoke was eeen Issuing from the barrels accompanied
BY Gzzng noise from fuse on the top Of each Lieut.
Budd water TO be thrown over the casks which
s1tnguished the fuses L,eutena,t Bud towed the
apparatus alon gsde the Pawnee, when Captain Rowan
ordered him tow then distance, rad destroy them
with few shots from his rined cannon In performing
this duty Of the cAeks got foul Of the Resoues pro
peier and sunk up1o which the other cat away to
prevent IL from sinking too. The other cssk Was then
hosted on to the dock Of the R5solpe and ia doing IL
WAS discovered that attachsd to IL wss al iron
cyiipder which had been KEPT from sinking By
the cask The cstk examined by cutting
souare hole in It, when hsrs fornd inside Of it.
pIauk runling lopguSidnaly along the mi dis. and on
A. was coiled fuse n.ty iahuils Ia length consisting
of fl,ments of foe white thread, encoaed in gotta
psrcha the whole securely wrapped round with
thresd, we'll turned The inner thread seemed to have
been sosked in some aiam nabs chemical preparation
to rerve the purpose Of a slow match. The fuse ran
through sulta percha tube, passing cut aS the bot
Of the cask and the iron cylinder, which Ia four
feet four inches in loussh and sixteen inches in
4 diameter, and weighs upwards OF six humid ed
pounds, An examination Of the interior has
not yet been made, gres. caution viii be recegsory
but Of course is filed with explosive material
The casks are oil casks and the cylinder is
made Of malleabe iron. The object OF the rebels obv
ously was for the two casks 10 drift ech sic ho
bow OF the Freeborn OF the other vessels,
on the fuse being burnt out TO the end through ne
casing the two Internal machines would explode End
olow the vessel and all board TO pieces happily tie
daboical scheme was frustrated by the vigilance OF
seameu. The Internal nachue brought up By the
Freedom aud is In the rhei house al the Nav =
Yard.
Mr.. sAULsBCRY;s PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION.
The amendments to tie Constitution, submitted to toe
Senate today By Mr.. SALISBURY ef Delaware, With avew
10 u peSceabe adjustment of oas nai1aH difficulties
,es tps Crittenden propositions, rure anu simple
n hr. V got them before the Senate but be vii, er
..,nI, ,su ~tsrs 10 not corporals guard Ia either
hou, "a ,avor.h. h. ICY sort Of compromise.
coxUss,pv or We HIGHLAND REGIMENT.
Colonel D. NJ Bull, OF hS1Is, NJ T., has been ap.
pointed Conmlssary to sfe Ne,S VOTE seTenty'nintb
HikhaAd regiment