The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-20
Excitement Over the Failure of the
Merchants National Bank.
Inside View Of the Washing
ton Banks.
How the Government Funds
Are Used.
The Treasury Department Looming
Money to Bolster Up the Ma
tional Banking System.
Important Letter from Collector Smythe 10
the President.
@SPeechmakingD Day i'm the House
Of Representatives.
90. DC. dc.
WARRINGTON. Nav 10. 1860.

WASHINGTON May 10, 1866
rRocEEDINos IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The Senate having adjourned over until Monday and
Saturday being set apart Of field day in which
the country members privileged read their printed
speeches to empty seats and galleries. the Capitol natur
ally presented forsaken aspect The usual number OF
Saturday speeches made reconstruction, but
nothing OF the slightest interest TRANSFERRED SO many
members had taken advantage OF the duness Of the
past week visit their homes that the work OF the
mittees retarded, and nothing OF consequence APP
pears to have been done.
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF BANKING AND CUR
RENCY.
The Committee on Banking and Currency had another
meet ny this morning and Is reported to have nearly
perfected plan for the prevention in future of such a
rars as that OF Merchants National Bank Of this
city
THE OHIO STATE CENTRAL REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
AND THE POLICY OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
Some uneasy radicals have denied the statement that
the Ohio state Central Republican Committee had a
cent meeting and endorsed the policy of the adUnis
trston have high authority for saying that an infor
mai meeting was held In Columbus that twelve members
were present person. and five others responded by let
ter and that Of the whole committee OF twenty three
members there are but members who endorse Con-
gvss against the President
THE REPORTED MASSACRE AT FORT GOODWIN
Lieutenant General Grant has received despatch from
Major General H. W. Hallcck in California, in which he
says that there word OF truth in the report that
Fort Goodwin has been captured by the Apaches and
che garrison massacred He denounccs the report as al
together sensational II will be remembered that at the
time the story appeared II dscredted in Washington
on the authority off, Ross Browne who had just arrived
from Arizona
Che President to-day pardoned Ave citizens, two ro-
siding IN Alabama and the others respectively in North
Carolina South Carolina and Georgia all under the FIRST
andshirteenth clauses OF the amnesty proclamation.
william A. HarS. who was convicted in the United
s.eGss District Court for Western District Of Penn
sysvania the charge OF passing counterfeit money,
was yesterday pardoned by the President
TREATY WITH THE suosHoNB INDIANS.
The Governor OF Idaho has concluded treaty with
the Oughes shoshones One hundred and fifty chiefs,
head men women, made the council, representing
from eight hundred thousand Indians, which was
held heart Of the Indian country BY this treaty
tho Governor says the Oughee has been crtn-
gsished and all the lands rich in minerals, known a.
the Oughee mines, ceded to the United States.
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS.
Tho total internal revenue receipts for the week are
SO, 500. l4l
TREASURY DISBURSEMENTS.
The following disbursements made last week by
che Treasury for the respective departments:-wsr
siil347 Navy, ST. 100 2ss; INTERIOR $23s, 256-tota
sSI,45s SOL
DISCHARGE OF TREASURY EMPLOYEES.
Fifty clerks were discharged from the Treasury Do
gpar,ment to-day for incompetency and lack Of EN-
g'oyment