The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-02-17
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.
The following is the detail of the members
OF the Joint Board of the Army and Navy to
consider the subject of harbor defences. tor
pedoes, &C.: Generals Barnard, Alexander and
Gilmore, Admirals Davis and Dahlgren, and
Capt. Alden. The Board assemblies at the
Navy Department on March 1st 1861 i'f
The State Department has received flag
from the people of Lyons, France, dedicated
to the people Of the United States, in memory
OF Abraham Lincoln. 1t is of the finest
fabric. tl
The report made to the House to-day by
Mr.. Blaine, includes the data on the subject
OF the debts OF all the loyal States, except Cal
ifornia, Oregon and Nevada The total ascer-
tanned is $4o7 49,, 1854. 1t is believed the total
amount is not less than $475,OOO.OOO The
separate amounts have already been approxi-
mately stated. The following are those of
New England: Maine, S12,632, $50; New
Hampshire, S13, 125, 600; Vermont, IS, soc, 1859 !:
Massachusetts, $46,S09, S27; Rhode Island, So
5oO,772; Connecticut, SIT $780, ISL. tfI1
The Committee recommend the reimburse
ment OF the States, in part, upon the basis of
the proportion of men furnished by each State.
1t was deemed too burdensome to the General
Government to require more reimbursement.
which would not impair the national credit
Twenty-Five per cent OF the average expendi-
ture throughout the loyal States, or sos for
each man furnished as reduced to the three
! years standard, is recommended
"A bill to that effect is appended: To the
State OF Maine, for 56,595 men, $3,112.725
New Hampshire, for 3S,207 men, 81 ,695. 1856
/ Vermont, for 29,O52 men, 81 ,597 $50; Massa-
chusetts, for 123,S44 men, $6,S1l, APO; Rhode
Island, for 1873 men, 1888, 290; Connecticut.
for 50,5l4 men, S2,778,270. Other, States are
proportioned at the same rate, New York re-
ceiving $20,993, ESQ. The amount to be REIN
bursed shall be in registered bonds of the Uni
ted States, of not less than $1,000 each, bear
| ing interest at the rate OF per cent. per an
mum, payable semi-annualH IN lawful money,
and redeemable at the pleasure Of the United
States. Aftery twenty years from date said
bonds shall be dated July LIST, 1866, and inter
est thereafter payable on the LIST Of January
and LIST OF July. The bonds are to be accent
ed In payment of all claims for expenses fn-
CURED, or losses sustained, during the war for
the Union, either by the State or any munich
pal corporation within the State. The bonds
shall not be delivered to any State until the
Legislature thereof has formally consented to
accept them on the above terms, and on the
Governors receipt therefor. In the third sec
ton shall not be construed to exclude any
demand or claim for State OF menicipal cor
poratipn, Which can be audited or paid under
any law in force at the time of the approval
OF this act.
Among the combinations to-day were a
large number of Consuls, Including the follow
ing: James Covill, of Maine, at Prince Ed
wards Island; Asa o. Adds, of Vermont, at
Nice. rN.7
The following were confirmed as Deputy
Post Masters: E. S. Cleveland, at Hartford !;
Nehemiah S. Perry at New,Haven. II % ha,
Gen. Robert e. Lee arrived here to-day, and
is stopping at the Metropolitan Hotel. The
Lexington, Va, Gazette says he has been sum-
moned to appear as witness before the re-
| construction committee. 7Hgs 80. ID.
In response to an application received to-
day, Secretary McCulloch has decided that no
general permits can be granted to an importer
OF hides, and that before cargo can be re-
moved from vessel, indubitable evidence must
be produced that the hides have not been tax
en- from animals that have died from the eff
fects of the cattle scourge. ssto.. esis "
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