New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-24
LIGHTHOUSE INSPECTOR.

/ bill introduced from the Committee on
Commerce, and passed By the House to-day,
authorizes the President to appoint any duly
qualified person 10 serve as Lighthouse In
spector of any Light.lIouse District on the
coast, who shall receive the same compensation
MS his predecessor; the act to be in force only
during the rebellion and for year thereafter.
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS.
/ The House Military Committee this morning,
authorized Mr.. Dunn to report bill relative
to the appointment of Homeopathic Physicians
for the army; also for their employment iii the
hospitals in Washington.
CHAPLAINs.
/ The Committee are also considering the sub
Jet of reducing the number aud pay Of Chap
Iains in the army.
COINAGE DEPARTMENT IN SEW-YoRk.
/ The House Committee on Commerce have
before them the bill TO establish coinage de-
partment in the Assay Office III NewIork, and
will report in favor of it.
oFFICE-sETKERs.
/ Thousands Of individuals are here seeking
appointments as paymasters in the Army and
Navy. and clerks in the Departments. There
are no less than ] 500 applications for pay
masterships in the Navy. The additional clerk
ships ordered by Congress will be mostly filed
by persons already temporarily employed.
Persons coming here for appointments only put
Themselves 10 useless expense. They had better
stay at home.
CONFIRMATION or BRIG.-GENs sCHoEPFr AND
ORD.
Brig Gems schoepf and Ord were confirmed
by the Senate in Executive Session to-day.
They have earned their stars.
TIE SUSPENSION OF BRIGHT.
The prospect that Bright will be expelled
from the Senate is improving. If he retains
he seat, it will be because Republican Senators
want him 10 retain il, while Carrot DAVIS,
Andy johnson and Garlic range Themselves
with the majority and pronounce BIN in league
with the enemy and demand his expulsion.
THE EXCLUSION OF THE HtTCIIINSOSs.
II seems that Gen. Franklin's exclusion OF
the Hutchinson family from his camps on ac-
count OF their audacty in singing Writers
songs, and themselves offending new Jersey
doctor, was agrceably 10 the wishes Of Gen.
Mcclellan. He has since sent iDstructicns to
a., Inc Generals of Division ordering them
not to allow the liutcbinsons TO sing within
their lines.
PROM SANTA IE.
An official letter from Santa FL says that
the Territory is again in precarious condi.
ton. Information had been received there that
tie Texas troops under Col. Bailen, who have
occupied Me,ia during the Summer, had been
REINFORCED by 1900 or $500 men. Col. Candy
was at Fort Craig, with most OF his troops,
where it was supposed he would make stand,
should the Texas forces move north. Another
version of the report was tina, detachment of
the Texans we're moving up the Pecos in the
direction Of Fort Union. Our troops are to
take position from which they can move
either TO the valley Of the Pecos OF to that OF
the Rio Grande.
THE EMANCIPATION, COSTiSCArIoS, AND COLO
NII,TION BILLS.
The House judiciary Committee met this
morning to consider the I'm ncIpatloD, Coniis-
cation. and Colonization bills, some time since
referred to it. Messrs. bingham and Thomas,
10 whom, as n subcommittee, the whole mat
ter had been intrustcd, having been unable to
agree. the subject was postponed for the pres
ent by the Committee after informal discussion,
which indicated that majority would proba.
Lly vote against any ,uch bill as that reported
by the Judiciary Committee OF the Senate.
GOV. sPRAGuE AND BULL RUN.
Gov. Sprague, subpenaed to appear before
the Joint Committee on the Conduct OF the
War. to-day notified the Committee through
friend, that b. preferred not TO testify respect.
inc the Bull Run affair, and hoped to be e1'
cus.d. The Committee decided not 10 compel
Lis testimony. The investigation in regard to
that affair ls nearly closed. 1t is understood
that tho Committee though not wholly satiSied
with the causes assigned by the Generals VINO
fought that battle will not make any report.
Neither will they report upon any OF the
other matters which have been and are still
before them; but they have made some valu-
able discoveries as to the conduct oil the war.
DECLENsiON.
A. J. Mead of Kansas has declined his up
monument upon Gen. Lanes stan. II ID un-
de,.tood that the staff announced will not be
confirmed NJ II whole by the Senate.
RUSSIA AND THE TRENT AFFAIR.
| n IL true that Russia has presented no ior-
NAL note on the Trent question; but IT IS not
true that she has not made known her views
on the subject through the usual diplomatic
oh,n,e Baron Stoeckel was instructed by
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