The New York herald., 1865-02-14

present Dill, cnerng 70 build at their own expense
marine railway around Niagara Falls condition that
upon It's completion the governments shall pay 70 the
| company one million Of dollars, and annually
thrss hundred thousand dollars for ten years,
tho government TO have tho free use forever
OF inc railway for the transportation vessels in govern
ment service
ENORMOUS DRsERrIoNs FROM LEES REBEL ARMY
ONE or tue EFFECTS or THg PRAoE MISSION.
Ths enormous increase Of desertons from Lees army
since the return OF the peace commissioners b suggss
e ana does not substanate the Insertions Of the Rich
mond papers that the army is again inspired with the
spirit OF 1851 Two hundred Of recently deserted rebel
patriots arrived here Saturday took the oath Of
allegiance, and still larger number to-day; and these
Oil concur In the statement that nothing but the
measures ana srctst precautions prevent still larger
exodus Of their comrades who weary Of the and
not disposed longer TO freeze and for the bene.
OF the ogarchy who made and conducted the against
the Union.
The CAMDEN AND AMBOY RAILR0AD MONOPOLY.
The bill to regulate commerce between the several
States which practically destroys the Camden and Amboy
monopoly, came up in the Senate to-day, but was
postponed until tomorrow, when Il u the special
order a. ono O'Clock The Camden and Amboy
monopoly are lighting It desperately, and have
large lobby engaged but It will probably finally
pass Notwithstanding. Owing to the asensss OF the
session. is hardly probable that the charter for tho
new air ne road will get through but this regarded a
an entering wedge which will eventually afford additional
and better facilities for travel and transportation BE-
tween Baltimore and New York.
NAVAL OFFICERS AND SAILORS DECLARED Ex-
CHANGED.
Two hundred and sixty -four naval onacers and men,
which includes all that have becn heretofore released by
the rebels, have been ofncially declared exchanged
NAVAL PICTURE FOR THE CAPITOL.
The House to-day passed tho resolution providing that
W. H. Powell should be employed TO paint picture
for one Of the vacant panels at the Capitol Mr. Powels
groaA naval picture ofths Bate Of Lake Ere still on
exhibition In the Rotunda, and daily attracts sdmrng
observation from crowds Of visitors
NAVAL DEPOT IN WESTERN WATERS.
The commission to select site for q navy yard and
naval depot In the Western waters have reported In
favor OF Carondelst and Mound City.
REPORT OF THE WAR coMMIrrEE ON HEAVY GUNS.
The Committee tho Conduct OF the War today
throuh Senator Wade, mnde report calling attention TO
three classes Of heavy guns ns those made entirely Of
cast ronthe Dahgren and Rodman gun second those
mado Of cast iron and bound with wrought iron-the
Paot guns; the third those made entirely Of wrought
iron-ths Ames gun The committee say Dahlgren
received any compensation In the nature froyaly
that PARROT charged anything excepting what he
deemed fair manufacturers profit, and that Ames has
made only twenty guns for the government charging
much pound for them. Tho committee have exa-
mncA into the bursting Of tho Parrott guns Of large cali
bre together with tho bursting OF OF tho cast
iron guns Of large calibre upon the vessels engaged
In operations against Charleston and Fort Fisher which
has tended to weaken confidence in their durability and
seems 10 show the necessity Of obtaining II possible
some other gun which bo moro implicitly relied
Tho bursting Of those guns IA generally attributed to tho
premature explosion Of shells within the OF tho
gun Tho committee in view Of all the facts slcited by
the testimony recommend that Congress Immediately
adopt such measures will enable the War and Navy
departments 70 obtain and introduce into the service
wrought guns and probably larger calbrs
early day % practicable.
CoNsULER RxCO0NITr0N.
Tho President has recognized Johann J. Schroeder,
vice consul Of Russia, for New OrlsanA
ArroRNxYs' FKEs PAID Br THE WAR DEPARTMENT..
appears from onical report Of tho War Depart
mont sha. the amour. OF atorneys fees paid snce June
last cas- S0o Of which 900 paid from the habeas
corpus appropriation tho remainder from the contin-
gsncy appropriation Of the army rhore paid 81 900
for the defence Of D. Phillips Marshal for the South
District Of Illinois, TO Browning and Bushnsl $500
Grmshaw and Williams, and $500 10 John Blackburn,
In the CASE g. 500 10 Ewing Hunter the
OF Edison b. Old Governor Tod $500 70 Thorn AZ J.
Alexander for tho defence OF General Cameron $500
each TO D. r. Holman and Henry +. Page In the OF
ths United States Governor Tod and $500 TO H. II.
Hunter In the Of Old Edwards Pierrepont In the
Kohnstamm Case received s. 1885, John p. Hale 81 ooo
and John A. Bingham. in tho Hammond case, $4,000.