The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-04-18

fss frauds stamps stencils Tho penalty
Than - Egg nne and ave years imprisonment Referred
APPOINTMENT REGULATION or NAVAL orFicERs
n. CRIMES lrepl Of Iowa. introduced bill TO define
me navy which was referred TO the Committee on Naval
provides for the following line officers Of the navy
One vice admiral, eleven rear sdmrals. twenty. live
sa sas az.
and other grades The humber nov allowed By law
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grad. ns1s below and ,Ssi he humber q sdmira
.@sdq IIns once q rear admiral
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5, 70 say the q Sr.s occurring
provided t1s: .slsGSn sh, = made Of officer
TO S on e.. pssssr and e Further
;ssS selection sham from csssrs gosss.sias Che
1owsa.s e ts French and Spanish
assist him in case Of doubt. TT
oosrraNos on rHE CAPITOL LIQUOR SALOONS ~
The CHAIR appointed McssSx Wilson, Sherman and
Guthrie committees Of conference on the subject Of the
resolution prohibiting the sale Of liquor in the Capitol
Buildings the Senate having refused TO agree to House
amendment Of that resolution.
CHURCH DESTRUCTION DURING THE WAR
c.r. With sp Of & ws vs
compensation for church destroyed by Ere while oseu
pied BY United States troops Referred the Committee
On Claims. tff IuT lEl4t4
THE cossRss- NJ oUaALL DIFFICULTY,
Mr. CossEss trepl Of Cal, rose to personal explsns
ne Senate Chamber yesterday Bis colleague (Mr Nc
Dousal made i Lengthy speech in which he stated
s S mat ne 70 II, have
fact which he desired 70 put record,
and for that purpose he rose. In the California State
have supported Mr. McD0ugall for Congress- but that
his chief advocate and supporter was tho notorious Gov
press purpose Of giving that State South
outlet 70 its future confectionery The who put
ss 0y y %n cGu,a r
then nominated and afterwards, in the House of
Representatives voted for the celebrated Kansas Ne
braska act which was the beginning Of the end which
YMxrNG THE REPORT or THE COMMISSIONERS or rArrSrs
Mr. AsrHosY, trep.l Of r l, offered resolution 10
ssoner Of Patents.
Mr. ANTHONY, pending The consideration said that the
public and senate abored under mlsappre hension
e 70 the cost Of public printing ordered for The nse OF
Congress- He had seen It stated in widely circulated
newspaper that public documents atone two
millions dollars year. This mistake. Tbs
tire cost of public printing for the past year was
isrs or this four hundred and eighty four thousaod
was for the War Department. two hundred and sixty
dred thousand for the Post once Department forty ays
thousand for the Department OF Agriculture twenty
Ugh, thousand for the Judiciary and t~enyave thou
the cost OF Congressional printing 70 FIX hundred
sad ninety thousand dollars, includ,ng paper and
biAdipg. In tho thirty4hird, thirty fourth and
thEtyhfth Congresses the tbres hundred and
seventy four thousand dollars par year u must be
sSsss hSadrss and forty sss:a sSos.aa collars shsr
now BE- done for SIX hundred and ninety thousand
SO.x Mt Anthony, N o.nslasion saie thsi the Public
NeusaR, jobs d. Defrees, Who ~ faithful ana
economical officer ia the employ Of the ~,
The resolution reported by Mr. Anthony adopted.
PROMINENT Axsns NATIONAL ,on1 ~
NJ SpTAsuK, (rcp) or r. l., introduced gesohi'ion
directing the Secretary Of War change the
\prts called after prominent rebels Referred ia,
COMMITTEES on Military AHairs
Mr. Wnsns called up tho motion % reconsider th'
vote ON the admission Of Colorado. "a
Messys Johnson, tdem.) Of Nd, and GRIsg>, trsp NJ
Iowa, called for the yeas and nays. -
Mr.. SINNER, trep) Of Mass hoped the vote would no
% reconsidered The question bad boon fully dsrse'
when II last under discussion II had been showI
shat the Territory OF Colorado had not population enough
for STATE aud that the constitution Of cooiado con
tslnod the word white" The great question nov be
fore the country Was on striking The WORD 'wnite on
Of the constitutions Of the late rebel states With q,
consistency then could the senate admit Coorsd" wut
that distinction while inssted on the removal Of suct
distinctions in the rebel statesS ~
TIE HABxAs CORPUS siiI- ~.
The morning hour expired at this point and the Zen
ate took up the House bill IN relation TO the babes'
corpus
RErIEv NAVAL cosTRAcroRs.
Mr.. Nyx, rep) of Nevada, moved to postpone ID,
above named bill for the purpose OF taking up the b
for the relief OF certain naval CONTRACTORS, which was
pend ns yesterday. .-
The and nays were called FOR aud resulted in
yeas H. nays IA So the bill for the relief Of naval con
tractors Was tanen up Il.
The pending question was, upon Mr. Grimes smend
mont, 10 allow the parties recommended ny the Nasa
Board appointed under the resolution OF March last
twelve per cent their original contract price
Mr. SyE addressed tho Senate in favor Of the OH re-
ported by the Committee Naval Affairs Tor The rim
bursemept OF the contractors.
Mr. GUTBRIs, (dem Of Ky, said u was q broad an'
bound 70 make good all losses on government contacts
GAS not followed N Contracts between individual a1a
Mr. SUMMIT agreed with Mr. Guthrie Thai II would be-
dangerous principle 10 establish tnat conIac,ofs snU
~. ~ ,he c,ses Had the Contract been made IN lin