The New York herald., 1866-07-19
Consideration Of Senator ShermaH's
Funding Bill.
ADDITION in the House Of Concurrent Rssolu.
tion to Adjourn On Wednesday Next.
- Motion to Reconsider Laid on
the Fable.
10. &C. &c
WASHINGTON. July IS, 1855.


mite IN acting upon Governor Randals nomination for
Postmaster General is said be that the committee are
pngged in investigating certain charges made against
binby his political enemes
pur DennisOn to Take the Stump Against
the Presidents Policy.
Gsernor Dennison while in New York State whittier
he pos next week. with his family, will take tho stump
sgais Mr. Johnson's policy. Mr.. Seward is also ex.
pec,t to get rubbing
The Memphis SwindIe.
Sme rich and astounding developments will soon
% iade IN regard to the Memphis swindle II appears
1haahe government lost nearly nine hundred thousand
dors through the transaction of Parkman, Brooks &
Co or that city large number OF surrepttous five.
ewcty gold coupons daily being returned to the
Treasury cancelled The cheat discovered by nnd.
dngwo coupons bearing the same numbers showing
frad somewhere The duplicates appear to have en-
pritcd from the aame plate the genuine Whether
the manufactured in New York are stolen from
fherreasury and afterwards numbered is a mystery vet
TO \ solved
Alleged Election Frauds In Nrbraskn
Agentleman just from Nebraska states that the radi.
Gals carried the late elections by about one hundred
mabriy by dishonesty, counting eighty six Illegal votes
for themselves and rejecting hundred and afty-
eigh democratic votes from the Rock creek precinct
Tippn and Thayer the Senators elect, are Wendell
Philips radicals
Bounties and Claim Agents.
an act approved July l3 all officers OF the volunteer
Tore below the rank of brigadier general who in
seree on the Sd day OF March, 1855 and whose rcgna
fioE were presented and accepted who mustered
out ~ their request otherwise honorably dis
charged from the service after the 9th Of April 1885,
arern,iled TO three months pay proper In of the
Adore, many OF the sharpcst claim agents are already
nooiing the country with circulars Offering to collect
She pay due officers under the act. II would be well
fnfA afpd Tn tha aha and
send their claims with the proper evidence to the Pay
mater General In this city, and thus themselves
aron additional charges
Presidential Visitors.
Very few persons called at the White House to-day
The President receiving granting interviews TO
any for the present except Senator'S Representa-
Gives, or the heads Of Departments
Appointments.
The following appointments have been made:-rssac
Underhi, Postmaster at Peoria, Ill., Assessors OF In
eanai Revenue for Missoun-Jossph A. Hay, Third dis
esict Garland Brooks Firth district; Joseph Grea
con Second district Collectors Of Internal Revenue for
Aissouri-John r. Glover, Third district T. T. Crittsn-
Ass, Fifth district and W. Hamilton, Second district
Ahe I.afe Assault On the Clerk efIthe House
Csmwitfee-A Writ Of Habeas Corpus
Quashed.
Judge wyiie OF the District Supreme Court, to-day
Assned writ OF hsbsss corpus directed to n d OrdwAy
Sergeant At Arms Of the House Of Representatives
sanding him 70 produce the bodies Of BENJAMIN
y Bevsridge and Edward Towers who were ar
rested yesterday the charge Of assauiting
A. H. Painter, Clerk to the Committee Post
Ocss and Post Roads aud correspondent Of the Phsde
phia Inquirer. Mr. 0rdway appeared and made return
the that the accused held In his custody by
srdsr OF the House Of Representatives in pursuance OF
rssoiu.on, copy Of which was attached The counsel
fsr tho parties into long discussion about the
shis OF people and the abuses Of Congress- asserting
chat tho Sergeant Arms guilty OF contempt, and
Tor this should be punished
Judge wyiis said when the application made he
Thought bcst " allow the writ TO Issue because
fa,ned no avsrment which fatal bu, IL the petton
mad the that Ordway held the prison.
ers by authority Of the House Of Representatives, Lie
would not ordered the writ TO ssuc Tho petition
snsrsly states tha. these men were imprisoned
falsely, and illegally held, without stating
under what authority and the return states
the fact wanting in the petition. The
resolution enough aud, reflection, he ss.is.
Aed thai the Court should have taken judicial knowledge
of tho passage Of the resolution as all United States
courts required TO take judicial knowledge Of acts
and resolutions OF Congress He doubted whether hc
hsuid issued the writ The question involved had
aeon settled long since in the case Of Damn against
Anderson reported In Sixth wheaton, PAGE 2o4. whea
n was held that man arrested by authority OF
action for trespAss against the Sergeant at Arms.
ana that the production Of tho resolution =
.ufcicnt justification II not FOR the Court TO know
whether the House right the passage Of the rcso
luton hut Il enough To know that the rcsnnlion
Aad been passed The resolution sets forth that the
parties we're arrested FOR breach Of the peace in the
Capitol and Il was within the judicial knowledge or
enc Coart. II the Capitol 10 TO be made the scene Of
breaches ef tho peace, murdergns assaults. Ae',
and Congress IL powerless TO preserve the Btace
and hold parties in custody who may be
xuls shc emit rq country will wake up in astonhment
Ao the otein 70 the return that the prsonsrs were
90, produced 1hA, fr the Court corider. II
Court inaetsbn the PARTIES being brought into court
they would no doub, be produced Tue writ having
been Inadvertently issued return ~ necessary. lie
aid not think the Court bound 10 require the PRO,
ducou OK Che bodies 10 court and whether they ycrs
an cosxf or not the ght hedscidcd. He cre-ed
sAe Stnoa 10 be quashed aud aIio vel the se..an
Arm, 10 return 70 the custody y-nssshe prison ,rs
The COMMITTEES appointed 70 ivesiies,s the case o
y asssui, we're to-day, and the testimony
all the witnesses excepting tha, Of r Painter who wa
unsee 10 be present Ths evdSzt~ failed 20 show that
Towers directly implicated 10 The assault there.
fore he has been dschvysd In the case Of Beverdge
they recommend ihs, te v held In the custody Of the
ssrgssn, alarms until ~. a,h of March next
Ons Uorc Bill In ,he Hands Of the Ways mn.
Mem. Committee.
The Committee 'of Ways and Means have only on
bin to report viz reorganze the rreasur,
Department. Three only of the general appropriation
bills reIasir undspossd o. and q them are N CON
m,ecs I'll conference
= General Rousseau.
ycnera Rousseau has no, Jet received ihe reprmsn'
directed % administered 70 him for ,he assault uro1
Representative Grinnel
u,,... of Mr.. Wn.hburp-. Of IIiinsis.
Reurs.cn,a,ive washburne, of Illinois after coming
% the Han to-day Vas seized with illness and had 70
eonysycd 10 his home
Haul Of Ceunferfeitins Impiemcnt-.
TIE officers Of the secret servce division under th
Solicitor Of the Treasury have Ja arrested the prncp'