New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-17

,,.oos and accounted for to the proper Bureau Of III
Wu Depart ment' o..
yon. travelling unSer the order OF Governor OF ssr
ho.;n..s connected with the recruiting service VIII o.
allowed the actual cost Of tsrspos'ion to be psid o' ~
mastering and dsbursng officer on presentation o. 'No
by proper vouchers aud the order unae
which tbs journey was performed
PROPOSALS FOR GuNBOATs.
The Navy Department will receive proposals io'
bn;,d;n. double-bound sid-wbe gunooas ui''i 'n'
so,h ;ns.ap; from sbpbuildors actually engaged IL
the constructio,l of vessels. ,
THE COURT MARITAL Al fohi 'oLo"n's'
The nrooe.dpes and sentences OF the General
Court. Martial at Fort Columbus, OF "hicn zen
R,n,vr wss President, have been officially approved
Cant f. G. Jones Of the 9TH Infantry, for being
S-rnt while on duty az an officer OF the day, ba
b.sn Gathered and therefore ceases to be he al
osc.r of the army. Private Peter Fay, found guilty
of abssping himself witbou. leave from his post To-
o,e week. VAS sentenced to be confined at hsrt
labor for four months, and to forfeit $40 per mouth
of his pay for tue same period.
NOMINATED A BROADER.
The Hon. Edwin II. Webster, Representative
from MARY land, has been nominated as Brigadler
General Of Volunteers.
The promotions and appointments in the army
since the publication of the 10Th OF June, embrace
those of thirty noncommissioncd onicers ana pfl
Yates to second eutenautcies in the regular service
thus placing them in the 'iDe Of advancement.
Can't. William Painter formerly of Philadelphia
has been promoted to be Major, for gallantry a
Drsinesvie and efficiency az Assistant Quarter
master. and detailed to Gen. Ricketts, division.
DISMISSED
Acting Masters Mate David L. Potter has beer
dismissed from the service, be having offered to pay
John b. Murray of New-York $50 to obtain the sp
pointment Of Acting Mss,er.
NAVAL AND ARMY ORDERS.
Lieut.. Austin Pendergrast has been ordered to the
command of the Water Witch.
The following officers are ordered to the u. s
iron-olsd steamer New Ironsdes: Lieut.. Robert
Boyd, jr., Master II. b. BobSon Acting Master Geo
W. Domett, Pay master A. W. Russell
Brigade Surgeon Adam Hammer 10 ordered &c
report to the Medical Director at St. Louis for duty
In charge of of the general hospitals in tina, city
Assistant Surgeon Harrison Allen. Medical Cadet
F. G.. H. Bradford, and Hospital Stewards McManus
and Austen will report in person to Surgeon Letter
man, Medical Director Of the Army Of the Potomac,
for duty.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Samuel +. Miller Of Iowa wss tonight confirmed
by the Senate an Associate Justice Of the SD
preme Court Of the United States.
SURGEON MITCHELL.
Surgeon Mitchell, LIST Maryland Volunteers, will
report for duty to Surgeon McVarlin Medical Di-
rector Of Gen. Popes command.
THE CONFIsCATION ACT.
The following ia the bill which has passed both
Houses. aud which removes the Presidents objection
10 the Confscaton act:
Re,olred By ii. Senate and House Of Repreensyes &c.
that the provisions Of third clause Of tho nth section Of
90 act to suppress insureeon 20 punish treason ard rebel
uon, TO seize and conhicsie the property Of Rebels
and other purposes shall be construed net TO apply to
any done prior to the thereof to in
cnds member OF state LIZ Jpdge OF any SITE
Court who has not in accepting OF entering upon bis ohce
taken oath support the Constitution OF the soced
Confederate States OF America shall any punishmeni or
proceedings under said act be construed as TO work
,eure Of the real Of the offender beyond bis natural
ife
THE CASE OF SENATOR SIMMONS.
In condensng the repor; of the Judiciary Com
nittee, in the case Of Senator Simmons We did him
he unnentional injustice Of emitting the following
paragraph:
That Congress dsapproves Of such conduct is
NANTES. from the fact that they have promptly
pas,ed a law making it a penal off-nse hereafter;
Ibis will prevent all such acts in future; but to yisl
A severe and striking penalty upon 40 act winch at
the time of its commission was not puLlsbatic or
forbidden by any public law would be retroactive III
ia effect aud render the step liable TO that objection
20 which al post tact0 laws are justly subject