The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-05-01
Debate on the Conflscation
Question in the Senate.
Censure OF Ex-Secretary Cameron u
tho House.
Rejection Of tho Resolution Ceusuring
tho Secretary Of tho Navy.
&C.. Co., 90.
wAsauoros, Apfi, 90, 1884.


70 select committee, was REGARDED ~ test vcts ~
tween the friends and opponents or the measure, ana
triumph Of the former
THE vOTl OF THE HOUSE ON THH RESOLUTIONS
0nksURNG Nh. OAABRON AND sEORETARY wHLLnD.
The Committee on Contracts Handsomely sus.
tanned BY the House to-day upon the resolutions rsposd
~ the committee. The vote upon the amendments .
censurs exSecretary Cameron and Secretary Wsllsa
showed that the Gdeonitss were more numerous thaa
tho Camsronans. An analysis Of the yeas and nays
upon the respective proportions would reveal sos
queer twisting and dodgpg. Az only fortyAvs vose1
TO censurs Secretary wslss may bs encouraged -
remain in the Cabinet This defenders Of the pundssne
contractors fought the battle to tho last ditch
THE RADICALS AND THE CONSERVATIVES m CON.
uMH2 GRBSs.
Notwithstanding the growing breach between The
radicals and conservatives Of the republican party II
Congress- the border State men have become much dig
heartened They have given their voices sad thsis
votes favor Of vigorous prosecution OF the Tor
the restoration OF the integrity Of the Union and ~
supremacy Of the constitution they have nobIy stood
by the administration, whom by that very act they In
creased popular csnsure at home and sometimes sxaa
from their states and they mourn their hspessneas 70
the madness Of the torrent Of fsnacsm let Ioss
in the Senate aud House Of Representatives, end are
deeply chagrinsd the aid and comfort extended 70 the
rebels by the ceaseess agitation Of exhausted SUBJ
ect, available only for mischief and destructive Of The
best interests Of the The most conservative II
The members from the border States. the very men
whose efforts have tended most TO arrest the black
of secession, and drive 1t back upon tn
South, arc now disguised at the madness Of those
who fed in alright from the first onset OF the rebeloa,
and now seek to stab and destroy the who defsndst
the government whom they themselves shuddersne
to the north for safety The opinion openly and frmS
expressed that while the contest for the very existence
OF the Union is still being waged il tina halls OK Con.
gress to be ceassessly profaned by fanaca abol
ton schemes and harangues it would be infinitely better
TO adjourn until the is ended and leave the govern
meat derive outside OF Congress for its own
support Tho abolition agtaors too blind 70 see thas
they themselves day after day, aording more "a.
couragemsnt to tho rebellion than the rebel lesdsrs
PROMOTION OF GEN. W. T.. SHERMAN.
Brigadsr General W. T. Sherman to-day nomt-
Major General OF Volunteers the special request
Of Gen. Haieck, for distinguished gaantry and general
ship st Pittsburg It viii DO remembered that he BE-
to Gen Anderson in October last Ia the
Department of Kentucky and Tennessee and rcsigneA
that command bscausS he would not tbs sxpscta-
lions Of tho then Secretary Of War by advancin0
into Tennessee with only twenty thousand badly armed
and lily disciplined men. When asked what force Wa
needed no replied that before efficient advance o.
the several proposed could be made there should
DO 200 OO0msn in the department This reply was made
the subject OF comments by the presss but his
friends say that subsequent events shown the wis.,
dom of the estimate
vi AFFAIRS IN rEsSEssEE.
letter received here from gentleman hSh 10 author.
isy In Tennessee contains the following
Say to tho Postmaster General that succeeding
beyond our most sangvne expectations As soon as the
rebel armys driven beyond the limits OF Tsnnsssss sas
jcri!y hope the government viii be impressed WITH
che absolute necessity OF tina entering East Tonnes
They are numbering and pluadering our people ~
thousands Their acts OF nhumanty sod bar6srlty are
without parallel.
Tho letter corCiudes:--
Great God is there no relief Cor that peopiss
Ths Post once Department rsopened the following
ofnces 10 Tennessee :-M,rfressboro, Springfield and
Franklin. ~
the administration shoad not ia all cases meet chs
expsc,aous of the country the failure viii not be foe
wsnt OF volunteer advice on the war, financial ana
slavery Questions numerous letters proer!ng beng
Instantly received from all parts Of the United Ssatess
ana lromlfersign lands
JEFF. DAVIS AND CONGRESS.
Senator CaFlle of Virginia, said 10 bis speech upos
conlscaton TO day, that he lately heard gentisnAs
remark that JED. Davis seems 10 be running TIVE
Congresses and that this doing Zoe his cause
than that in Richmond.
tn. TAX BILL.
II
senate committees report the Tar bill viii ". Thsrs
tho fesssnden clique 3 who favor Of reporting
/, almost the same a. IL game from House rhsa there
Is the Simmons party l3l who IN favor Of sxtsasvs
amendment. so II Is tie vote They are waiting fes
Mr. Pierce to make il majority either ssy Or ths
other.
rHg ,uANcrATlos coxnIssoa.
Tbs Emsneps Commissioners were ia session W
Day ba, were occupied exclusively in giving inorma,
rc.r Taa nla
ions &c are not ys ready for Che commission TO sat
fully upon the dscnargc Of is duties.
THE NEW YORK ct SION HOUSE LABOR c0SrKAO9.
Secretary Chase srsmitted 10 The Houss to-day copt
az the contract nsde for three yeal froa August 81
1857 Nv Collector schell with william NJ MeIntire. Jo
C. yistnsr Frsosis ". Bixby and Jomes b. Craig for n
n,ovs e goods The custom dspartm sat in the govse
nsui soreholses Broad street, New York The a..
contract be sbor hundred and thirty ssvs
thoussnd dollars par snnum which vas changed ont
tobsr rssa to hundred and tvsny three thcusts
dollars per annu ia consideration Of the vithdr4wsle
number OF clerks. samplers AID messengers who bx
been paid % aborcrs. copy Of theodore Payuss bei
Of thir,y thousand dollars, for the consactors scccu
niss the documsns likewise power Of attorney trS.
ferrus . 10 May, 1901, 10 Lrasp b. wymaa aud Size,
Stevens
NAVAL osbSas AND AgfoNTMnsrs.
con,laandcr WIN, Roogst, Tsyls has received pI
psra,osy orders from the Navy Depar,nsoi tosh On;
mand of the Hoasstonic. Mh
samuel n Rsihbous, OF New Ysrk, has bssa fppodsn
Acting Master
David Macarthur has sssn aposints Acting Third A.
ss,pnt Engineer, spd ordered 70 The United s.Ass
sissmer Connecticut
r. Jossyu has been sppctated Acting Mas.sr, and or
aaed 70 lhs Washington Navy Yard
John O. ormond, Masters Mats, has been proo,,d "a
Acting Master.
AsRIvAL or COTTON SEED.
Fp can hsndrod bushels or cotton seed srcm New
ba c. arrived yesterday, eonsisned 70 the Agf'eui
uia Bureau of the Patent 0Hoa More than hrndfsd
women have been employed by hr. Newton to pack III.
seed Cor cs,rbu,on with all possible despatch, 10 ords
that the experiment o. it's culsurs IN the grain CROWNS
may Ne fairly made The North Carolina seed hat