Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-11
WASHINGTON NEWS.
WAsHINGroN February G.
The NIIllarr cemmIlaees.


- The House Military Committee at the
z session to-day, had long discussion owe
Is the bill renewing the grade Of General
e the army. There is a good deal Of oppe
,e sition to il, and its success is doubtful
unless it is made a permanent rank y
the regular army. The Originators OF
are opposed 10 this, as it was intende'
for Gen. Grant.
+ The Senate Military Committee ar
I. ready to consider the report OF the reeen
= Military Conference here on the arm,
{ bills. The Committee appear to be op
q posed to most of their views, especial,
d that which opposes the Incorporation O
j. the Veteran Reserve Corps on the pro
u posed increase Of the regular army. Thl
u Committee will pronably retain this fea
ture, as proposed in Senator Wilson,
bill
Contested Seats.
Last nights dispatch, stating that the
, House Committee on Elections had deci-
, ded in favor Of BIr. Voorhees,, Of Indiana,
retaining his seat, which is contested
should have read that they gave ii to the
. contestant, Mr.. Washbun, instead of 10
the sitting member, thus ousting Mr..
Voorhees,. The indications to-day, i'm the
case Of Mr.. Brooks, Of New York, were
very decided against him. The Commit
tee overruled all his objections to tie
way they proposed 10 investigate it.
Navy Pay Department Reorganization
i The House Committee Of Naval Affairs
this morning agreed 90 report 10 the
House a bill reorganization the Pay De-
p3rtment of the Navy. Under the pres
ent laws the number of paymasters i'm
the navy was not definitely fixed, but
| appointments have been made from time
10 time during the war, as the exigen-
1 cies of the service required. A large
! proportion Of these appointments Were
mSde under the statute ofeighteen hun
/ dred and siXty-two, which provided that
/ they should continue only during the
I late rebellion. The bill now recoHR
m-nded by the Naval Committee pro-
/ vides for the appointment of eighty pay
masters, forty post assistant paymasters
and thirty assistant paymasters. This
number is based on the probable reten-
tion Of eighty war vessels in commission.
The Financial BiII.
The Secretary Of the Treasury was at
the capitol this morning urging the pas
sage of the financial bin as reported BY
the Ways and Means Committee. Ii
will be taken up Thursday. There viii
be- considerable opposition 10 the foreign
clause, and also to the authority allow
than par The Committee were about
equally divided upon these two PROPOSE
tiOns, but agreed to let the whole bill be
reported TO the House, when the matter
will be open for full and thorough discus |
sion, and where each member of the /
Committee will set forth his objections. |
The Proposed Union of Telegraph and |
Post 0niee.
The proposition Of inquiring into the |
expediency of placing the telegraph in .
connection with the post office system |
is under consideration by the Senate
Post Office Committee. Several prom
inent telegraph officials are here opposing
it, The proposition does not strike the
Committee as a practical measure. sill /
they will give it a full and careful con-
sideration, and will get the views of the
POstmaster-General upon the subject,
before any definite action is taken in the
matter.
Pacific RafIr road Convention.
The Pacific Railroad Directors and
Commissioners, who have recently been
holding a convention in this city, left !
here for New York to-day, where they
will again convene for practical busi-
ness-the meeting here being only fOT
the purpose Of obtaining and comparing
views with the officers Of roads connect
ing with the Union Pacific.
The Senate Committee on Pacific Rail-
road had under consideration, to-day, the
question of resembling the order of the
President, made last year, for the con-
-tructiOn Of a road in Iowa, from Sioux
City west 10 connect with the main
line Of the Pacific railroad. The ground
upon which the committee propose
b. rescind the order is, that the
Sioux Company did not carry out the
ie~ign Of the trainers of the bill; that,
instead of laying out a road in a direct
ne west, in accordance with the law,
hey have undertaken to adopt another
'Oute, which is a number of miles fur
her, for the sole purpose of getting pos
session, - the committee believe, of lands
hat are more valuable than those on the
lirrct route. The committee will report
n favor Of resembling the order of the :
President :
The Rinderpesi in Holland.
Our Consul at Rotterdam states, i'm his
lispatch to the Department of State I
rnder date Of January eighteen, hum
ired and siXty-siX, that the cattle D
ilague is still on the increase in Holland, !,
md has now entered the province Of North i
}rabant. An official report recently L
shows the following figures in o
elation TO this epidemic. Number of a
attic infected, four thousand and eighty
our; number that have died of the dis
.ase, one thousand four hundred and a
wenty-One; number recovered, nine 81
hundred and fOrty-One. The Consul says >.
Lat persistent efforts are being made 10 !
vert the spread Of the plague 10y legisla-
ion-such as giving advice and instruct :
ON Is to how further disasters may be
,revented-yet the disease seems to in 4
rease, and daiies all attempts to arrest
T. progress.
Military transportation order
Gen. Grant to-day issued an order re- v
'oking all orders heretofore issued re- Q
1Efing that transportation shall be a
TO furlOughed soldiers, "a
Personal, :
Gems. Sherman and Thomas started for
he West this evening. .
Cabinet Session, f.
4 full Cabinet meeting was held to- v
lay, and was quite protracted. Rumors "a
# changes are utterly unfuunded.
TENNESSEE LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
But little business was transacted i'm
ither house on Wednesday.