The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-18
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
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wAsnuorox. April n. 1854
Tue rs9IDnr AND srsAxEs ooLSAx como 70
BALTIMORE.
rrsstdset Lincoln end Speaker Collar wsa vs Ba.ss
more v. morrow evening" by invitation. 70 asss Il the
opcnins q We Maryland Sanitary Fair.
vn REBEL RAMS BUILDING IN FRANCE.
Tho history Of the rebel budiDg In France
tAncd In the public diplomatic correspondence fully
snd moro accurately than In recent newspaper publea
tions emaaatIug from Paris Since the President -.
nounced 70 Congress In his annual message that tbsss
not allowed como out nothing ocourrel
induce belief that Tho French govensnt will psrmn
shsm 60 into rebel hands for against the Uuits<
States.
THE BANK BILL.
Tho passage Of the Bapk bill 10 regarded foreso.s
conclusion. II evident that the administration q Do
tsrmined U put through. n Ill hazards the measrss
which favors. During all the session yesterday ~
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury was busy upon N
floor Of the House urging The passage Of the bill Th
probably anticipation OF tho adoption Of The ress
uon according the heads Of departments seats upos
the Goor Of tho House. with the right 70 participate 10 ne
debates. II h we'll known that II u favorite project
the Secretary Of the Treasury drive the State baaa
into the adoption of his national bank syste, ~
tmpofSe0S measure "
government TO effect this nothing 10 the pewes q Sas
administrator WLl be loft und0ne
THE GOLD BILL II THE HOUSE.
y NE passage Of The Gold bill By the Hosss
b seriously doubted. and AnaDciaI soothssyss
here predict that II should b passel
WIN tend 70 Increase immensely the prcsuaun
upon gold, o. will cramp exchanges and clog all the
commercial operations which have hitherto been trans
acted upon bills Of exchange and By reducing the en-
poymen Of gold only is actual value, will greatly
increase Tho necessary business demand for aad com
POI tremendous increase Of lie price.
THE NEW REVENUE BILL.
The Tax bill voluminous that few have been abb
yet 10 mako careful analysis Of is provisions Opinions
expressed however, that viii not produce anything
like SO largo revcnue as expected from IT, Since the
exclusion from the committee delegations reps
sentng particular interests TO be Affected the Committee
OF Ways and Means and individual members Of Congress
have been overwhelmed With letters periodically i'm
porng that tho taxes shall DO made sufficient 10 sustain
the public credit The bill believed 70 be nearly
perfect could be made; but 10 feared that In soms
Of tho principal items Of taxation receipts viii fsi
far short OF the estimates for some time to come.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Al soon as the Bank bill disposed Of In tns
House an attempt will Be mado TO get up the North Pa
clio Railroad BILL which was postponed TIL that time.
that subject, win deliver speech demonstrating tho ID
yanages q this route over all Others and particularly
the central route This bill will lead 10 prosractsd dis
cusson and it s doubtful whether Hnal action VIII b
reached this session.
THE rEN-PoRrY LOAN.
The Of subscriptions 70 tho ten forty oaA
ported 70 the Treasury Department for Saturday Il
81, 900 600.
THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE PROPOSED GuNBoAf
CANAL AROUND NIAGARA FALLS.
Gener Stuart 10 his report TO tho President on tns
gunboat canals between tdewater and the lakes, cs
mates the cot OF chip the Fas OF Nagara
one hundred ad Ave wide the surface and ninety
Ave feet wide tho bottom, witn twelve feet depth Of
water having locks hundred and seventy Eve fees
long by forty wide 10 the chamber, capable q
passing gunboat thousand two hundred aud atty
tons burthen. at $5,o6S94T. with single locks, ana
81 $40 with double locke This Is the average ooss Of
Ave lines surveyed last year. the average length OF nss
is eight miles and thrce thousand and seventy fect In
brief synopsis recently given Of this report tho COST
this cana enormously printed at from $40
10 SIS 900 900.
THE ruIABgR or sHIPs-oP.wAR AWAITING CREWS.
The number OF naval vessels now waiting for crows
about forty tho number Is constantly increasing, 10
spite OF all the efforts that DO made recruit
Up to the present time not man has been trans
from tho army 70 the navy under the Law passed
that purpose. Messrs. Stanton and Halleck have
succeeded thus far In preventing practical elect from
that Plenty OF orders Issued; but msa
forthcoming Scamen whose timo has expired moro
than months ago still detained In the service
from necessity otherwise toe work vitality necessary
to DO accomplished BY tho navy the suppression Of tho
rebellion must be abandoned. With thousands Of appi
cations file in the Navy Department from ssamen desi
ring avail themselves OF tho provisions Of the law
hic hto ouont ba nd lnA pra3idA ne
should at once defoat the Vaccinations Of the War D.
partmeut intended to cripple the navy and destroy 10
usefulness.
NINE MONTHS MEN AND MILITIA.
appears from official report Of Assistant Adutaas
General Townsend that the number OF nine months men
under the act of july 1867 eighteen thousand eight
hundred and eighty four volunteers sixty thou
sand three hundred militia The bounty paid volunteers
twenty I've dollars each. The volunteers ali
from Pennsylvania having been raised by Governor Cur
tin Bounty has been paid three thousand nine hun
dred and thirty flour Vermont nine months without
the authority OF the Department, owing TO mistake Of
the mastering ofacors and paymasters.
THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE TO EUROPE
Mr. Collins who has recently returned from his visit
london and ST. Petersburg, reports the negotiations
abroad oil completed reference 10 the telegraph line
overland between Washington aud the European capitals,
and only awaiting the concurrence OF this government.
THE NAVAJO INDIANS.
The Navajo Indians, Of New Mexico, having recently
surrendered the United states forces the proper
thores have asked Congress for appropriation OF
hundred thousand dollars with which to procure them
agricultural implements and subsistence until they
support themselves the reservations set apart for
their colonization The Navajos have been at for
nearly two centuries and the peaceful pln proposed
is deemed more economical than the large war expood
10 Nav
about seven thousand.
TIE SALARIES OF OUR FOREIGN MINISTER'S.
No proposition has as yet been entertaincd by the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in reference 70
Of the salaries Of Ministers abroad The
only foundation for such the consideration u
the question Of increasing the compensation Of the com.
mssoners appointed to proceed africa so,s damage