, 1862-02-21
LAT4. WASHINGTON MEMS.
NAeu1Sa1oE, February Is, 1S6:
PASSAGE OF TILE CUSTOM BILL.

LATE WASHINGTON MEMS.
NAsu,s.;rox, February IS, 1862
PASSAGE OF THE Custom BILL.
The Committee nu Commerce reported aud |
the Senate passed to-day bill limiting the |
compensation Of collectors Of customs, and na- |
val officers employed in collection Of customs. |
It provides that these officers shall not re: !
ceive Il sum beyond ten Thousand dollars per /
annu1n, including what i received from con-:
missions, penalties and forfeitures. =
THE VICTORY At TILE STATE DEFARTAENr3
The dispatches from the battle field Of Dou-
elson were received by Secretary Seward while
he was'in the midst Of his FOREIGN dispatches
for Wednesdays steamer. He lost no time in
incorporating the news in postscripts, which
wi soon H.; be z on it5 way to eSey pert e Ea-
gIatnlations with others pouring in On Mr..
Lincoln.
Mr. Seward feels certain that this news will
give the coup lie qruce to the already expiring
cause Of the rebels in Paris and London: He
says that there is marked change manifest in
the recent tone Of England and France to-
wards our Government, Indicating that our
cause is held in far greater favor than it has
been since the beginning Of hostilities. Our
officials, in writing from abroad, say that all
that is wanted is a few good victories Now
| they have them in abundance. The news Of
| the Mill Spring victory is just about reaching
| them now.
| HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED IN CONGRESS.
The announcement Of the great victory at
Fort Donefson to Congress, by General Nc
C1c1lan, has caused the most frantic excite
| mcnt. In the Senate the audience which
crowded the galleries rose and gave one tre-
mcnd0Qs cheer, and followed By repeated
| ones, when the Tice-PreslAent said such
/ demonstrations did not interfere with the bust
| ness Of the Senate. Great laughter was caused
1 IL
| stole away. In the House the scene was
equally enthusiastic.
During the reading of the brief but intense
ly exciting dispatch, just sufficiently long, and
fraught with tilings to stir tile hearts Of all
patriotic men, there was an evident effort to
fcstrain the feelings which at its conclusion
2 burst forth i'll ringing cheer and clapping Of
hands such as were never heard in the hall be-
fore. For the first time the professional
etiquette Of the reporters gallery was broken,
II portion Of the House, echoed With the
notes of joy which in full volume rose from
floor and galleries.
In vain the pnnctilious Speaker struck his
gayel to bring bach the House to order.
None could see impropriety OF infraction of
rules in such an Indulgence Of patriotic feel
ings, and the rejoicing went on uncontined
upon the floor. Members sprung frsnticaIly
from their seats, and rushed round Afr. Colfax
Us common center, he retreatiug to the open
/ SE]AEC CAiEiNC lHG Ht&1tS- 11NtE NtAS,fxAtA
tions went on apace as The dispatch went
from hand to band.
Amid the throns the venerable member from
Kentucky, Mr.. Crittenden, with his gray hairs,
was most distinguishabIe, and for some min
| utes wherever he moved lie encountered the
outstretclled hands Of his conlpecrs, who con-
graduated him on tic glorious event which
had cleared Old Kentucky OF the rebels, who
had SO long held in t]lrall the Union people Of
/ his native State; and heartily, and with beam.
ing face, did the old patriot respond to the
The Speaker had busy time Of it with Lis
| carping gavtl, but for some time to no pur.
| pose, as it was felt that there was no indecor
u1n committed in such a demonstration O
Joyous and loyal feeling over the victories O.
i | tho Union-
: TnEGRAru1c COMMUNICATION WITH RUSSIA
4 bill reported from the Committee on Nil
, itary Affairs-to the Senate to-day, provides fo
the survey Of route for 4 telegraph line bc
tween San Francisco and the AmOor river, il
Eastern Asia, and detailing IN officer Of topo
: graphical engineers to survey the most direc
! and economical route ria Behring's Str.its ant
! the mouth Of the Amoor river. One hundred
: thouean1 dollars are appropriated for this work
: The Secretary Of the Navy is directed to detail
for the use Of the survey one small steam 0
: sailing vessel. The report Of the engineer
: to be presented to Congress before the frs
l. l. Monday in January, 1868.
a GREAT TELE6RArHIc FEAT.
II Yesterday the military telegraph, the line
n Of tho American Telegraph Co., and those {
the Western Union Co., were connected wit
e the headquarters Of Major General Mcclellan
il and put in direct communication with Ger
% Buell. at Louisville, Gen. Halleck at st. Lonl
and Commodore Foote at Cairo. By the a
rangcment the messages OF the Gcncral-n
Chief to each commander we're repeated
the same time to the others. The distan<
Travelled by the electric fluid at one wrltin:
was over thirteen hundred miles. The cor
N | 1nunication was maintained from IL O'Clock
et the morning till 6 in the evening, with IL
=. promptness Of a personal interview; and Il,
Ill only gave entire satisfaction but called forl
b. | the warmly expressed admiration Of the di
i'll | tinguished correspondents.
L. HOW BURNSIDE FOUND A LANDING on RoA
=. OkE ISLAND.
:. F. B. Remington, a private Of company
- 1a 18th New York regiment, now stationed
~ Eptons Hill, reached here today with 4 pa
'o from Gen Burnside, whom he had previous
NJ joined By deserving from the rebel 1ect ST
w. toned in A1bem:irle Sound. 1t seems til
- Remington was captured by the rebels duzil
-. ~ Reconnaissance n0ar Fairfax some two mont
y since, and taken to Richmond and thence Sc
~ ~, to prison in North Carolina Hero he SAW G
- -, tr1lcts published from the Troy papers, who
~, the 50th regiment was mostly recruited 81
~. ~ ting tbat.he was dis1oyal having deserted
~ ~ comrades, and had gone over. to the rebc
LIN Determined to resent this imputation on
name, he managed to escape from Portsmoui
N. c., made lis way to Norfolk; but fall
-. to get further north: he returned to Nor
Carolina, and was offered employment on
rebel gunboat Fanny, Which be was forced
N, accept, and was employed in surveying inla
ew waters for the rebels Iu connection with
=" other loyal man he obtained small boat d
les managed to join General Burnside at Halter
'ur It was he who pilotcd the expedition to
ser landing place on Roanoke Island, and in
be- @ I -, esana ~ ene s'sas
lis He joined his regiment to-day. and then
has taincd i 1urlough to return to General Bu
~. side, first visiting his home il Lansingbu
~ N His adventures were listened to II
uf- much interest at headquarters today.