The New York herald., 1865-03-01

asv The committee have prepared BILL making n an
offence punishable with nne and imprisonment OF par
,ns sell to substitute brokers those confined in jail
oh.rgen with criminal offences.
rw,np.~.r PASSENGER srArrsrros.
The humber Of p..ssensefs syiyins in the United
States from foreign countries during the year 1854 was
22l ,o35, Is appears from communicated ilom .n'
Secretary Of State OF theSs. 1ss,eso landed & New
York; Massachusetts, received s55; Pennsyivana 4so1;
California, 3,lS5, Maryland, AGO. maine, i'o'oi Now
jersey s2l; Oregon, soT Florida, Nv; hhoae is'ano
A New Hampshire To- But three pera> ns o'eo on 'ne
voyage.
THE FIRST NEGRO COMMISSIONED OFFICER or NEon>
TROOPS.
Martin R. Delaney, Q full -blooded negro has no
ceived commission ~ major in the United States
coored volunteer SERVICE and has been ordered to report
to General Saxton at Hilton Head for assignment to
duty This is the first instance Of coored man recev
ing commission field officer except a. q surgeon.
THK CASE OF MISS HARRIS.
Hon Daniel Voorhees, Judge Hughes late Of the Court
Of Claims and p Bradley, ESQ, have been retained
to defend Miss Harris hs slayer Of Mr. Burroughs Of
the Treasury Department.
CANDIDATE FOR SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
Fiftyfour out Of nifty seven Union representatives,
and twenty-five out Of twenty four Union Senators, OF
the Indiana Legislature have petionsd Mr. Lincoln for
the appointment Of Jesse K. Dubois Of Illinois, a. SEQ
retaEy Of the Interior.
STATIONERY coNrRAcr AWARDED.
.Ths contrast for the supply Of stationery for ths
Washngton Commissary depot has been awarded 70
Philip Solomon, Of this city.
EXTENSION OF THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT..
The Territory Of Utah. and that part Of NebraskaTer
rtory west Of the twcntyseventh degree Of longitude
have been added to the Department Of Missouri.
JUDICIAL DECISION.
In the case Of Frederick W. Coleman, appellant,
the Hudson River Bridge Company Of Albany the
Supreme Court Of the United States affirmed with costs
tn decree Of the Circuit Court Of the United States for
the Northern district Of New York
THE OPPONENTS OF THE ENROLMENT BILL.
The following are the of the thirty nino
bcrs of the House Of Representatives who this evening
voted against the Amendatory Enrolment BILL
James G. Allon, Eden Morrison and Ross Of Illinois;
Ancona Dawson Dennson, johnson and Stiles Of PENN
sylyania Brooks Chaner, Ganson, Herrick, Hotchkss
Gridcr Harding Mallory and wadsworth of kentucky;
Cravens Edgcrton and Harrington Of Indiana; Edridge
Noble, O'Nel, Chiffon A. White and Joseph W. White,
Of Ohio; Middleton, Perry and Rogers, of New Jersey
Harris, OF Maryland, and Scott, of Missouri
COLONEL RUGG REINsrATED.
Lieutenant Colonel H. p Rugg Of the Fifty ninth New
York Volunteers who dismissed from the service
versed by order of the War Department. and has perms
sion to reenter the SERVICE provided he is recommis
stoned by the Governor Of New York.
THE CENSUS RETURNS OF AGRICULTURE.
The quarto volume Of Census Returns Agriculture Is
now in PRESS and wn be ready for distribution In few
weeks. 1t contains six hundred pages
THE STEAMER VANDERBILT.
II appears from an official document that the amount
received by Commodore Vanderbilt for the charter of the
steamer Vanderbilt for hundred and nfty days. at
$4,000 day, $sos, 900 before he presented that
vessel to the government
THE ST. ALBANs RAIDERs.
The government is advised that the st. Albans raiders
on trial at Montreal have been remandod for eight days.
Judge Smith, the presiding magistrate, being still sick