The New York herald., 1862-01-14
House OF Representatives.

Mr.. STEVENS (rep.) Of Pa, from tho Committee on
Ways and Means reported the Army Appropriation bill
which was referred the Committee OF tho Whole on
the state OF the Union.
ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE TENxass En.
Mr. DAWES. (rep Of Mass, from the Committee Elec
lions, made favorable rep1rt on the memorial OF
Andrew J. Clements, praying that he he admitted to
scat us representative rcm the Fourth Congressional.
trict OF Tennessee. Tho report was adopted.
Mr.. Clements qualified by taking tho oath to sup
port the constitution of the United States.
SALE cr MILITARY PROPERTY urAH-rE rRoors RAISED IN
COLORADO.
MT HOLMAN, opp OF md from the Select Committee
on Government Contracts, reported resolutions which
were adopted calling the Secretary OF War inform
the House under what authority and by whom army sup.
plies and ohur property held for military purposes in
Utah sold with statement Of the property. its
cost and value aud the amount realized from the SALE
what notice, il any, was given OF the sale and II any
supplies destroyed, by whose direction, and that
tho Secretary furnish copy Of the that pur-
pose. Also th, the Secretary inform the House by whose
authority 400 troops havo been organized in Colorado,
what disposition is to be made of them what have
been purchased by the Governor of that Territory and
whether II IL the intention Of the War Department to
recognise and quidate the debt thus incurred including
the purchase o arms, &c.
RESTRICTION or hank NorE CIRCULATION
Mr.. TRAIN, lrep) Of Mass, introduced bill repeating
all laws prohibiting the circulation OF currency
rner the denomination OF i've dollars Referred the
Committee Oh the District Of Columbia.
Mr. caused to be road extract from letter
of Captain Dupont, and Mr.. wicKiLtE sent up letter
from General Mcclellan both bearing testimony to the
bydrogaphc part Of the Coast Survey and expressing
the hop, that this important and essential auxiliary to
military operations will not bc withdrawn by Congress.
Ing CIVIL APPROPRIATION Rna-rnE FRAUDS IN TBE WAR
ExrESDrrHts. Erc.
The House resumed tho consideration Of the amend
nent reported tho House from the COMMITTEES tho
Whole the state Of the Union to the Civil Appropra
tion bill.
l.sufr In
remarks commenced Friday last saidSir have not
failed notice aud believe tho committee Of which
am member have not failed 10 notice, in common with
whole country, that for some unaccountablc
the charges upon the national treasury at this time OF
war been such to reach nearly the bottom of tho
public chest During investigation startling facts
have before the notice OF this committee, and
10 the notice of the whole country, touching the
mode and manner " the expenditure a the pub
I've money. Some OF these items I propose to call
taabiic attention to, and then TO ask gentlemen
the plan question, when they propose TO meet
The very st contract entered into by this government
after tho troops had left their homes TO here, in
April last defend the Capitol, by which they To
be fed was contract entered into for cattle. II not
made with whose business u was TO supply cattle
Go the market, not with who knew the price OF
beef the markets OF the country but entered into
by the government here with well known in this,
tho other branch OF Congress for the last ten years
old political stpcndiary-one of the class OF m
who times past made their money by such operat
buying the certificates Of members for books at dis
count and then charging the full amount. This
was made that the first twenty hundred head Of
cattle furnished was charged which their
original contractor 10 subet II, in twcntyfour hours
after TO IN New York who did know tho price Of
beef that he put into his pockets, without stirring
from his chair, thirty two thousand dollars and the
who actually furnished the cattle in question put into
their pockets twenty six thousand dollars more that
the contract under which these twenty-five hundred
head q cattle furnished TO the army made
that profit Of y sght thousand dollars was realized
over the fair market price, II takes longer time to
enable thousand head Of cattle TO reach this city from
the states they purchased than " takes the
rfQy
at this rate, to consider how long the most
ample provisions Of the Treasury would be able TO
the simple demands for hs Subsistence OF the army Sr,
poorIy a. the army shod today million OF shoes have
already been worn out and . million more being
manufactured and yet upon every one Of these shoes