The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-31
NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 81, 1855

.HE ronAcoo TAI.
~ fevML DPel OtKy.. p,ssse.sd ne remoastn9cs
posed tax leaf tobacco, which referred the
Committee ON Finance.
Mr. NnnrH opp OF OREGON, asked leave Of absence
for his colleague r Hardins for the remainder Of The
session. on account OF illness, which granted
s.4 - mzAn sIGHAIs ALONG COAST
Ing for the establishments o. steam signals a. certain
red to the Committee on Commerce.
TUE DUTY on PAPER.
Mr. SHERMAN, from the Finance Committee reported
tho House resolution reducing the duty on imported
PAPER with an amendment striking out "threoS and
inserting ''afteen" per cent It was ordered 70 DO
src1AL oon,urrns ON CORRUPTION
The resolution OF Mr. Davis for the appointment Of
special COMMITTEES on the couptions Of the government
IN all Its departments was taken up.
resolution that when majority in tho seuats is poti-
oaliy opposed to the administration majority Of the
committee shall BE- selected from the majority party In
the Senate. 4sss - .1ssa
he opposed utterly TO the creation OF any more CON-
mittees fraud until the Senate had taken some action
In the already brought to its notice. and had fully in
vestigated them He held in his hand long report Of
select committee OF the Senate appointed last year from
which he would read the luson which that COM
mit,ee had come The Committee saw that An examina-
ton OF the subject satisfied them that there was as much
fraud on tho government by purchases made by chiefs OF
would call attention TO instance Here Mr. Hale
read from the report Of the Special Committee on Frauds
in the Navy Department. Mr.. Hale continued The
principal witness In the case Of these frauds
was, as l said on SATURDAY., arrested by order Of
tho Navy Department His store was taken
possession Of, his papers and tho private papers
Of his wife seized and he himself was
sent to Fort Warren and kept thce where he was denied
intercourse with his family, and instructions were given
not to release him under bail loss than Ave hundred
thousand dollars He kept there until indignation
bean to be excited IN his and the attention Of tho
four hund cd and eighty thousand dollars or from his bail
and 10 release him on bail o. twenty thousand dollars
asked by tho honorable Senator from kentucky Mr.
Smith was arrested because he gave testimony against
the Navy Department. IL is impossible for me to
tho motives OF men; II Is enough for mo to deal with my
own moycsi and standing here, under all the response
bilitiea which to rnejealols as any man of tho little
reputation that belongs to careful Of my word
tina; have not the shadow oy toh hat the OF
this mans arrest aud incarceration no gave evi
dencc IN that investigation In that connection have
re- iarSablc statement to mako OF tho man who ordered
this arrest and committed this outrage in Boston,
pared with which thu lnqu!sition tender mercy.
Being rcnicnstratd with some reason OF this sort
against sending these cases to the naval
aud military courts martial, why he did not
this remarkable avcwa that tbe civil courts organize TO
acq'it, but we organize courts TO convict"
u Mr. DAvIs-That's true too
Mr. HAE--If there some friends Of the individual
reercd 10 here 10 deny what say, think could flash
on every mind the conviction OF its ruth win tell you
how II Is done; for while am on this thing wnn TO
pose IT. You know that by the retiring law which
passcd-I voted against it. because knew It calcu-
lated 70 promote favontsnl by this law retired ON!
GERS, who have no employment except ut the
Will Of the. Secretary, are put upon these
courts martial OR. Hal, here read tho names OF the
oceIs constituting the court that tried Mr. Smith, Of
Boston, and said they were all rcrod ofcers) These
officers are nil anxious for pavfor employment; and II
they make themselves acceptable tho Secretary Of the
Navy, they can get it; II they don't they can't This
court being thus organized the Secretary Of the Navy
appears as prosecutor and the man Is prosecuted II
beng known that the Secretary wants conviction,
there is nothing else for them TO do but convict
Or Hale hero read the protest q tho Massachusetts
Legislature In the OF Mr. Smith, ohara terzing the
proceedings unwarrentable and Illegally Mr. Hale said
that any Chief Justice of the Supreme Court had
Aver hanarS o. any man until he eSud IND
peached He lir. Halc would 60 out Of the Senate
be came into tan uncompromsing foe Of robbery and
oppression He knew he would have the hounds his
track but ne did not care They had been there before
There was reason for and thu reason had been as
Department He wished that TO be recorded he was proud
OF IT. he was glad to have II said or him. He differed
with the Department In the beginning OF tho and his
co,ntry in . condt ON which all could remember,
when he saw the Secretary Of the Navy employ his
than paid 70 sns vos
dent and Cabinet oil combined when he the Secretary
OF the Navy his hand into the public Treasury and deal
out its contents without stint to his brother In law,
he Nr Halel was not In accord with him. He had been
o. S ~ bs ~ ms hcs sDss sne NAVY pS
It Every officer Of the navy who had distinguished
hs n and ilustrnted tho national fame the deck Of
Of the administration Of the Navy Department Admiral
Strngham and Admiral Dupont had been laid on
su q hoo Could So
been more abused than they were. What was that
fort Why We have remoskable genius at the
head Of the Navy Department. mean the actual Secrc-
tary Of tho Navy he used 70 bea passed mdshipman.
bel eve he never got any higher In the navy About
mon the warld n one ~ ,ha ross rS;cOus and
absurd ideas for the relief Of that fort that
ard Of TWAS thought that who had the brains
TO conceive ouch an absurd idea must be genius and
he was mkt found to be practically the First Lord Of
the Admiralty Pretty soon IL became ne ,ssary TO
recommended tlat tho building shou ii under Tho au
thory OF the Pros dent OF tho United States instead ~
the Secretary 81 the Navy The result was Known.
vera speeches re made, aud finally the bill bccarlc
law and placed the building under Tie cont Of OF tie
Navy Department. Twenty iron-clsds ordered 70
br't, and they were two years Hiding. Last
Introduced resolution calling the attention Of the Con
N tcc on the Conduct OF the War TO their history This
new genius in tie Nary y partmcnt condemned
tic opinion Of the bureau Of construction, aud undcr
took 10 buil something upon the suggestions Of has
genius Iwoud Oc rad 70 have that COMMITTEES repori
on tits subject viii tell the Senate tho res IT, rhc
iron clada were beautiful They would fair trial,
bGvr made rnc knots hour; but II would have been
uine knots towards the bottom of the sea- They were
not worth the Iron they made OF
finished business IS IA order
Mr. HALE--Wol, suppose give another install
ment tomorrow. U.aughter)
Wi THE ARMY DEPARTMENT
Mr.. WrEoS, trep1 or Mass, ntrod6ced bill for the
better reorganization Of the pay department Of the Un
ted States Army which was referred 10 the Committee
On Military Anairs II gives the Paymaster General tho
rank and pay OF bgader neral and provides for tho
appointments Of two assistants, who shall be of70o
inspector generals Of the department. with rank and pay
OF coloncs and neo crcat,s ten deputy payaer gene
rails in addition 10 the two now authorized be chosen
from the present cers Of tho pay department and makes
provision for additional pay dsri Is which paymas
tiers may be detailed acting dcputcs not exceeding ten
In number II also empowers the Secretary Of War to
detail officers Of the pay department for duty inspec
tors OF such department. not exceeding four IN number
At any tmo who shall receive during ther detail the
rank and pay OF deputy paymastcrs-
t .N PnoCKEDfNGs ~ ADMIRALTY. #u N0
Mt. HARnm (rsp.) of N. Y, reported from the Judi
ciary Committee the bill 70 facilitate proceedings n
admiralty and other judicial proceedings In the port
Of New York, with an amendment OF The
csss which provides the appointment Of tho District
Judge, allowing him the same compensation that
ceivd By the Judge q the sosthsrn district Of New
THE RSROf.Mnr.
Mr. WsoS reported the bill In addition 70 the acts fos
enrolling and calling the national forces with amend
mens which provide for tho acceptance substitute
Of person liable 70 be drafted The clause which holds
the principal In Of deserton by the substitute