New-York tribune., 1866-05-02


were laid on the table
COLONIZATION OF UAYTI
MI DARLING presented petition for reimbursement Of
expenditures in the colonization experiment at liayt,
West indies which referred 10 the CoHinit'be on
Claims.
THE INyEsTlGATIoN IN THE PRovosTMARsHAL-GES-
ERALS BUREAU.
Tho sprAKrP anuofUeed that he had appointed Messs.
! ShclIabarger Wnlch. Boyer, Cook and Warner tho
Special Committee ordered yesterday on he management
| OF the Provost -Marshals Bureau.
| MORE LIGHT WANTED.
Mr. DAZZLING offered the following preambe and res lu.
ton:
Vkereas Reports are freely circulated end charges made,
that recruits by fraudulent pracces induced to
the armies the United States in the Cay oi New ioIk ana
elsewhere by officers OF the Government ard other persons
employed by officers TO aid In such fraudulent practces
and :, -. -. - -,.. =, 90, o,t,s,oa ,,.va
deprived of their bounty ncarcerotcd In prison. sd this
bounty divided shared between such officers AID the per-
sons who we've employed by them and also thai pefso en-
gagged in the business Of recruiting for inc a%y IA The S ..
NewYok and elsewhere were also dcfiaaded py sucn
amounts oncney demanded ,he asa thas
they imprisoned until such demands we're compiled WITH
aud then Immediately recasedi aud
Whereas 1t is important that the truth Of these grave
ssord That select Committee olive appointed under
the resolution Of the Goth ut be directed to investigate en
charges and that they have fa power " sehd oI peobs
papers and report the results Of such investigation to s
House soon as practicable
THE NIAGARA SHIP CANAL.
The House then resumed the consideration OF The b 10
incorporate the Niagara Ship Canal Company.
j. N. HUMPHREY IN. " opposed the passage OF no
Of Niagar shin canal was Incorporated in 79S aud three
other Acts in extension of it were subsequently passed "
the State OF New York. the scheme could never pesehs
merit enough induce capitalists to invest money "
even to organize company. - r,
Mr. ALLISON (Iowa spoke in advocacy Of the bill Tho
people Of the Western States he sad would not be salts
led with measure alone, but would demand OF Congress
appropriations to enlarge the great natural
flowing into the Gulf of Mexico which IS the natural out
let for the products Of the West whether for shipment
abroad or 10 New-York or the NewEngland States.
M. INGERsoLL III followed on the same side iDe
/ lr.i1d nft
the right direction Tie second step would follow and
that the passage of the bill for enargng the Illinois
| and Michigan Canal Thus without embarrassing tbs
BILL they would the passage Of the other b and
those two great national works would thus receive the AID
of the National Legislature. He referred to the canal sys
tens of China France Holland, England and the Unied
Stas to show the importance Of these arthcia modss
water communication.
Mr. COOK un) also spoke in support of the bill. lie
regarded this as practical The report Of Capt
! Williams Of the United States engineers, which was
printed in the documents Of the XXlVth Congress dc.
monsates the practicabity Of the measure The cost
was small. 1t had been estimated then at from - $4,000
TO $70o000, depending upon the route seeeted-iIree
routes hayng oeen surveyed As 70 .ne and 2
millions Of dollars had been expended on shore deiensea
the Atlantic coast the construction Of this canal Was
the defense that that could be secured for the breo
thousand miles of Cape coast studded with towns and
cities and with trade employing four thousand
bo defended from foreign enemy. Any enc
| my that had the naval supremacy on the Lakes
would have all that interest at its command Ihe United
|
while Great Britain had tbs power to bring through hc5
Weand Canal into the Lakes fleet Of vessels that would
give her naval supremacy there at the outbreak Of bs-
| tites II Congress had the power defend the
coast by Of shore deenses il lad also the cons-
utonal power 10 construct ship canal as work o de,
fense. As commercial measure it would be woik y
immense importance in cheapening the transportation os
| produce from the West TO the East
Mr. DAWES Afass.l offered an amendment, which was
TO- Sg sn at ree S da.
| Mr.. VAN HORN IN. Y. moved the previous question:
Mr.. WARD asked him to yield for an amendment TO %
offered striking out sections 49, 70 and H. being sections
Er. Van ioRS declined to yield for that purpose
Mr. WARD said he could not vote for the BIZ with these
sections in it,
The previous question seconded and the main qoss.
| tion ordered when Mr.. VAN HORN (N W who reported
the BILL made the closing speech in its support Yielding
part of his time TO Messrs. Ross, briggs Harding unI,
stevens Raymond isnd Dodge, who spoke on the eamo
side of the question.
Mr. STEVENS said he woad go for the bill const,a-
onal measure not under the power particularly bne
under the power the Constitution to regulate commerce
between the States Although the canal would be all IN
one State the commerce which it would promote was
commerce between great number Of dsjoined States
He felt therefore, difficulty in overcoming scrgples
gentleman from Illinois Mr Ross surrendering his own
preudces and disikes, and constitutional objections.
Laughter. The measure only proposed to loan weeks
receipts Of the Government to great Object. IL wonId
take time to construct this canal, and be believed
that before completed hundreds of millions Of
would be settled and cultivated along the line of the North
ern Pacific Railroad for he knew that that bill would pass
before many days He besought tho gentleman from
the Galens District Mr. Washburne and the gen.
give the Northern Pacific Railroad bill their support
when up again. He glad to that his stern
reend from Illinois Mr. llardng had yielded TO the ar
guments his colleague ir. Ross and had forgotten tie
principle he announced the other day in his speech against
the Northern Pacific Railroad bill. lie hoped he would
never remember them any more. Laughter Hethoaght
he might also persuade his friend from Pittsburgh Mr.
Morehead and other friends him to vote for that
measure. Voices: So they will lie now that
the day of the millennium was coming. Blind eyes were
being opened and deaf unstuffed. [Laughter lie
knew the gentleman from the Galena District would
like to it passed, but his record was such that
it impossible for bim to do anything else than make
short speech against it. Laughter Ii 1t would 10
in voice of thunder showing the terrible cxtravaganees
under which the Government was suffering merely to im-
prove the country for the present and future ages hs
trusted this bill would pass, for he believed great and
good work. and he should geve for its failure for no
other cause account Of The noble who had It IN
| charge and who failed to act literally
Mr. RAYMOND IN. ~ congratulated himself on the fact
that he and the gentleman from Pennsylvania Mr. aevens
should vote together this bill He believed thsy
the only members of whom could be said that they
had no prejudice iaughter II was the interest Of ,ss
citizens of New.York in common with the people OF the
North Atlantic seaboard TO procure cheap food and
time rolled on that would become and more the great
interest Of the Eastern and North hEastern States while
would become and the interest Of tho granpo
ducing West to obtain TO markets. This work
part grand scheme of work which Congress mussems
day other enter O facilitate communication between the
grain producing and granconsuming portions Of the
try. He should therefore, favor 1t aud every project for
the purpose which he should
The Eastern portion Of the country drifting rapidly
into the condition in which England found herself before
the repeal of the Corn Law, when her whole protective
policy disappeared before the great paramount necessity Il
obtaining cheap food for the people, That necessity broke
down her polcybroke down her peudces aud led to
entire change of her whole of legislation The same
thing later prove true in the Eastern pof-
ton of this Continent facilities OF communication between
the two sections tended rcestabsh and consolidate not
reconstruct but consolidate the Union of the States ard