, 1864-04-21

ue CeAL auu tNV CELL PIECES o1 copper Anu X1hc or
KIr. Waehbu.ne'e emigration bill WAS read
through this crening, and By general consent, will
he considered to-aorrow evening. 1ts main fea-
tures sre Us follows:
!. A Commissioner OF immigration is to BE- 10.
sEee eysto @ unae1 % liz Srccoa Il a.
Of Site. This officer ie authorized to dispense
contracts whereby iElrai.raats luay b. brought to
the Inled M ssates % 91Is5 bond cendtoasd to e
s1ail operate as lien upon their WAGES for p-riod
Of Twelve months after their arrival or upon any
land thereafter Acquired by BaId Immigrants.
.. With vieH 10 cheapcn the rates Ut fare, thn
Secretary OF the Treasury ts authorized 10 exempt
Immigrant vessels from the payment OF tonaa9c
dIce.
3. No Immigrant arailins limsclf Of the proyi-
sions Of this act esl be held to military duty dur
Ing the present Taz.
4. There shall be branch office in New York
which shall be known IS the u. s. Immigrant or
0ce,' to be presided over BY "oupertptonlent OF
mmigrAton,n who ehsll, among other 11tiea.
make contracts for TIC inland transport Of emil
E7ants and who ehal protect them IRON fraud and
). No person Interested in the sale Of lands OF
1he carriage q cm!srants shall hold os1cc under
to eg IT, pto9
eions into effect.
The system sought to be pursued Is simllar, In
to that 10 long in operation under the Castle Gar
den commissionin New Turk, which will continue
IS before.
To gre the system efficiency and coEp1et-aess,
branch oilce 1t Chicago Is necessary, (or reasons
before adyerted 1o) ard hare no doubt when
the p'Ii isup for discussion such an amendment
will be offered
Mr. Harris introduced bill In the Senate to-day
fer taking the census In fe65.
EutTAHT MATTaRs.
Col. Stockton aud Capt. 4. c. Stockton, Of the
Eth Michigan cavalry. have been diahonorably dis
charged for rendering false and fraudulent accounts
against the Government.
AL stories about Gen. Hallsck rcsignins, or OF
the difficulties between Secretary Stanton and Gen.
Grant, arc utterly Croundlcss.
The War Department Las received nothing from
Louisiana lister than Capt. Pennocls's dispatch.
Gen. MeCcTnard IL In Texas.
Gen. Stone E.s dropped rom the roll Of Briga-
diers two or three weeks ago, but an order muster
ing him ont had not reached New Orleans
The House in Committee Of the Whole today
disposed Of Is sections Of the Intcrn.l Revenue
bill. Mott Of the amendments we're verbal or Of
elight importance,
The maximum salaly Of Collectors is 1zed. on
motion Of Ar Pike at q 900 Instead Of 5000, "a
provided in the bill, OF $4,000 inclusive OF expen-
Ees. Assessors salaries are 1xed at st r5HTvlth
ons half Of one per cent excess Of receipts oEes
Sl0o,00 or one-tcnth per cent on excesa over
$500 After Tepeated attempts to increase the
salaries Of Assistant Assessors, they were fixed At
$50 per day CT ten hours, and 81 90 additional
for every hundred persons assessed.
An amendment prohibiting collectors from max
ing uee for private advantage Of funds dcri7ed
from collectors and belonging to the United States
vas accepted Ia substance on all ha1d7, but refer
red to tic Committee on Ways and Mems TO put
in ehape.
Another motion by Mr. Horton cmbrotles B:rin-
gent provision against fraud on the part Of asses
so.e. It 5e noteworthy TINT durin. the entire ses-
sion the attendance On the Republican sido was
unusually frtl, that cyeEy member Of the Opposi-
ton were in their ecats, and Of those only
snail proportion took any part or appeared to take
any interest in the proceedings.
The Committee oa the Condrct Of the VA close
long report on tho adrn1nlstration Of Gca. Slough
in Alexandra, bv saying: As far a. we arc able to
ascerain, the administration Of Gen. Slough has
been characterized BY energy, discretion. and
careful regard for the peac. aal good orlsc OF the
community and deserves to havoreccfrcd the COM
mendation Of the military and civil anthoririo=.
Especial Dispatch to the Chcago Tr.bnur.1
WAan1.:G7oH, Ap.dl 10, 1854.
The facts In regard to the correspondence be-
tween Generals Meade and Lee, concerning shc
dispatches forrd On tic body Of Colonel Dahl ,ren,
are as follows:
Gen. Lee sdlres.eda letter to Gen. Meade datcd
April lit, enclosing Photographic copies
Of : tAa paperf, and asi:ing him whether
they lad received sanction sf Dah1gren'a superior
officers and were approved By tho Government o
the 6. s. For come reasoa Lees letter was not
received TIL the 18th Ger. Meade referred the
Communication to Gen. Fitzpatrick, who replied
that they were not the Instructions which he Kill
patrick h.d approved BY nc endorsement II red ink
Just before he and Dahlgren separated, and that
he had nevcr seen them before
Gtn. Eeade then replied that the papers wcro
not copies Of any orders given to Col Dahlgren
By lis superior officers, tina. they were not ap-
proved By the Government of the United States,
and that he (hcade} had given no instructions to
the late cavalry expt ditlon rot warranted BY the
Necessities Of their situation, and sanctioned By
lie ut.ccs Of warfare. The photograph copies
have been received ut the War Department., and
there is said to be reason fo1 donbtfng their go1r
inencse.
The Senate agreed to the amendments made By
tie Committee OF the Whole to the legislative ap-
preparation bill, and adding s21 COS to increase the
force in the pension Office and 81 coo for the pur
t1ase Of European docnmente relative to our war.
The nays on the passage Of the bill to make the
Provost Marshal General DrIgadier General, were
Messrs Buckalcw, Clark, Fesseuden, johnson,
Saulshrry, Trumbull, and Wilson. Colonel Fry
Mill be nominated to the place.
The Montana Territorial bill hangs IRE In the
seunte The NouEe had ordered third Commit.
tee Of Conference to which the members Of the
Senate did not seem disposed to agree, as the
Hou1e insists on limiting voters whites. The yeas
and naya have been ordered on the passage In the
Senate OF bill. to repeal the Fugitive Stare Law
and Fo.ter has the floor for to morrow.
Mr. shezmen's amendment to leave the Law OF
1875 unrcpea!cd, MSS adopted By Il tot.
Assperal debate OF the ta1 bill being c'osed tho
,-,sIdorst linn ~ +1a a~ctto11 viii rnnr. Arro to