New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-16
Late New, Items,
FKOM WASHINGTON.

WAsHESGroN, April 1o.-The only importan,
feature of the House, to-day, was the defeat of the
bankrupt Dill by only three majority. As it was
vote rejecting the bill, another attempt to recon
sider was decided not to be in order. So the bill
is hopelessly lost. During the day. another bill
was introduced, and referred to the Select Com
doubtful if the House will consider a new bill, in
view of the evident majority against any such
| measure.
The Senate, to-day, passed the bill, just as it
Jane D ron inc House, to reimburse the State of
pennsylvania 0r the expenses in calling her militia
into service during the invasion of 1868. The bill
| appropriated $500 900. Governor Curtin was on
| the f1oor of the Senate when the bill was passed,
ana thanked those Senators who so promptly voted
| Tor the measure.
! The House passed bill this afternoon, for the
coinage of new five cent piece, to be composed
OF copper and nickel. 1t will be a trifle larger
| than the new three cent piece issued last year.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs decided
at their meeting this morning not to report the res
olutlon referred to them, to send fleet TO the fish
ing grounds to protect the American fishermen
from British aggression. In its place they reported
a resolution, which the House passed. calling on
the President for any information in his possession
in relation to the situation there. 1t appears that
the government has already taken important ac-
ton in the premises.
The Committee on the Judiciary of the House
had under consideration to-day the resolutions re-
ferred to them yesterday instructng them to in.
quire into all of the facts connected with jeff
Davis, Clay, Cleary and Sanders, relative to the
assassination Of President Lincoln The commit
tee sent to the War Department for all of the evil
dence in the premises his possession. The COM
mittee, at the time, intend to hasten matters,
SO to bring jeff. Davis to an early trial, on the
charge of treason. r...
ReQuistions have been received at the freed
mems bureau for about three hundred freedmen
to go to Arkansas and Mississippi This demand
increases the number to be furnished, for which
requistion has been made, to over seven hundred
persons. No freed man or woman need now be
idle because of the scarcity Of employment There
is plenty to do, and owing to the want of la.
borers in the South and Southwest, planters are
paying very liberal wages.
The superintendent of the freedmen's bureau at
the Sea Islands reports to the commissioner that
the number Of contracts made by him or the mill
tary authorities during the month of March, 1866,
were fifty five, including 1888 freed people. Many
more contracts have been made, which were not
reported from the different islands in season to be
| embraced in the report of the superintendent.
Mr.. Sumner presented in the Senate to-day a
! memorial signed by William Gilmore Simms, and
other South Carolina authors, asking the passage
of an International copyright law.
To-day the President signed an order granting
pardons to thirteen Louisianans, one South Caro-
| !inlan. and one Albanian all under the $40 900
clause.
The commissioner of customs has been Informed
of the arrest of well-known smuggler. in the
nelghborhood of Plattsburg, New York, who has
| been very successful for some time past in lis
smuggling operations and his efforts to elude pur-
| suit.
| The resolutions of the Ohio legislature. asking
| for an Increase of the duty on foreign wool were
duly presented in the House to-day and referred.
An effort will be made very soon in the House to
take up and finally dispose of the Tennessee 0ues-
! ton. The Tennessee delegation are here urging
| immediate action.
Speaker Coltax was serenaded tonight, and dur.
| ing a few remarks said that the complaints that
| l',1 Had
were met by the fact that the President had been
at work eight months, while Congress had been al
| work only four on the same question. He added
that Congress had only just received all Of the off
cial documents the subject, and that they were
now ready to proceed to define their policy.
The President has approved and signed the def
cheney appropriation bill. Among the items are
the following: TO enable the lighthouse board tc
re-establisl lights and other aids to navigation dis
| continued by the enemy, on the Southern coast
100000; for refurniahing and repairing the Presi
dents house, S46 900 in addition to $4,000 for
pairing it inside aud OUT for detraying expenses
incident TO the death and burial of Abraham Lin
coin, a5hO,GUO; for the purchase OF tOrd's Thea
ter, the scene OF the assassination 100000. Thu
act gives the Secretary of the Treasury authorit,
| to sell the property known as the Pennsylvania
Bank building provided it be not sold for sun
less than $l1OCOD.
The President has proclaimed treaty made be
tween the United States and the Winnebago In
dams. This tribe conveys to the government al
their right, title and interest in their present re
| servaton in the territory of DakOtah. In consid
Grafton of this, the United States cede land t,
them in Nebraska, and agree to subsist them TO
one year in their new home and furnish them will
saw and grist mills, agricultural implements. guns
horses and whatever may be necessary to their do
nestle comfort.
The Tribune's special says the Senate Nava
Committee will report back to the Senate thu
House bill to increase the corps of paymasters il
the regular navy, with clause requiring appoint
mpnts he taken from acting assistant n
tiers. With this amendment, there is no doubt 0
its passage.
The Second Controller yesterday decided tina
whenever the account of a discharged officer 0
soldier has been settled, and his travel pay ad
justed under the fifteen section of the act of TIL
act of January 90 1873, or the fifth section of tn
act of July q, 1851 tits not legal competent 70
any disbursing accounting officer to reopen &C
t counts for the purpose Of making additional a
lowance for constructive service or constructiy
travel.
months sea pay is allowed to every officer i
the navy. by law which has just passed Cor
, gress. for clothing lost during the war of 1861
Applications should be made to the Fourth AUD
itor inclosing afHdavits that such clething ne
lost by negligence, or the fault of the claiman
, and also schedule of the articles lost.
! 1t has been reliably ascertaned that applies
tons have been made and are now pending, fo
pardon by eighty-six ex-members of the Confedt
rate Congress, one hundred and thrty-two gradl
5 ates of West Point, but who served in the Confet
I
federate generals, including Bragg, Longstree
Beauregard and several of the Lees also thirt,
a; two prominent ex-Confederate officials, and or
t hundred and sixteen ex-United States officers VII
v held positi ms in the Confederate service.
The Postofice Department has made a contra
to run another overland mail from the westel
j. terminus Of the Eastern and Of the Union Pacif
Il railroad, by way of Smoky Hill to Denver Cit
r and thence to California. This gives two dali
lines to California-the service to be commence
| on the 18th inst. by Holidays Line.
The Secretary of the Treasury has just issue
e the following circular to collectors and other of
d GERS of tho customs, and to supervising and loo
Il inspectors of steamboats,:
. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, April 7, 1856.
Upon careful consideration based upon tt
reports of practical chemists, | am of the opinit
/, that crude petroleum, naptha, benZine and be
l. Zole should be classed among the explosive bur
. ing fluids referred to in the seventh and eighth Sc
# tons of the steamboat act of August 80, 1856
n Therefore, on and after the LIST day of May mex
It no vessel propelled in whole or part by stear
J. shall carry transport either of the articles abo
n named, without having first procured speci
It license therefor, as provided by the fifth clause
r the ninth section Of the act above referred to.
It failure to procure such license subjects the deli
II quent to the penalty imposed by the twenty -fif
section of the same act.
# Signed H McCULLOCH
:. Secretary of the Treasury
l. FROM CHICAGO.
/ CHICAGO, April lO.-There has been a gre
Il freshet on the Cedar river, Iowa. The track of t
Iowa division Of the Chicago and Northweste
u railroad. between Cedar rapids and Bertram, h
1t been covered BY two or three feet of water della