Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-30
Washington News.
CaIleetor of Now Yerk.

Collector of New York.
NEW YORK, March 29.-The Herald's
Washington special says: The gentlemen
who furnished securities for the late Pres
ton King have united in a request TO the
Secretary of the Treasury to be released
from their bonds.
The friends of the acting Collector of
the Port of New York are urging upon
the Department the justice and propriety
Of paying him the monies which would
accrue to him were he full Collector.
During the interegnum the fees go to the
legal Representatives of the late Collector, |
while Mr.. Clinch performs all the duties
of Collector.
The stir in these matters may tend to
hasten the appointDent of a Collector for
New York.
The Worlds Washington special says
the Senate Finance Committee have
reached no conclusion in regard to the
Loan bill. Senator Sherman is in favor
of amending it so as to limit the amount
of greenbacks and gold required to be
kept in the treasury. 1t will not be acted
On definitely before next week.
Postal.
The Tribune's Washington special says:
During the last four years of the war, the
Post Office earned a net profit of over
$780, 600 from mail service in the loyal
States. The first three months that mail
service was resumed in the South there
was a loss in the whole country of over
$780, O0. As the mail routes are being ex-
tended over the South the deficiency rap
Idly increases. Tomorrow is the last day
for bids in the eight Western States for
transporting the mails.
south American Hides.
In reply to a letter of the Collector of
New York, asking whether he should ad-
NIT a cargo of South American hides Just
arrived, the Secretary of the Treasury has
given permission for their entry, after
careful inspection to ascertain that they
do not come from q region infested with
the cattle plague.
Interest on SECS.
The Tribune's Washington special says:
Secretary McCulloch stated yesterday that
the May interest on 5-20s would be paid
early in April. The amount of gold re-
quired is $22,OOO,OOo
A Controversy Settled.
The Times Washington special says
that the House Committee on Printing
have had under consideration the memo
rial of j. @. Kennedy, Superintendent of
the Census Bureau, claiming that the ac-
ton of the Secretary of the Interior and
Commissioner Of the General Land Office,
in transferring the preparation and print
ing of the thiri volume Of the census re-
port of 1860 from Mr.. Kennedy's Office
to that of the Land Commissioner, was
illegal. The Committee have agreed
upon q report denying the prayer Of the
memorialist and commencing the action
Of the Secretary of the Interior. This re-
port will be presented to the House to-
morrow by Nj. Latin, Chairman of the
Committee, and its adoption will settle a
long and disagreeable controversy.
The Paris Exposition.
The Senate Committee on Foreign At
fairs have now under consideration the
proposition of the House making appro-
priations 10 defray expenses for the Paris
exposition. 1t is ascertained that it will
nearly absorb all of the appropriation of
the Government to pay for the transpor-
tation of articles sent. The committee
OTIS and others will be compelled to pay
lOI ~FdusDOTlullu VI Inc NaAAO1b dLltCACc-
By this course only will the money ap-
propriated be sufficient to erect the build
ings and defray the other necessary ex-
penses.
The Navy.
The United States Supreme Court has
sustained the government in all cases of
violation of blockade which have come
before it. These cases were in the chSrge
of Attorney General Speed, Assistant At
sOrney General Ashton and Titan j. Cof-
fey, Esq, of Philadelphia. Their final
adjudication secures to the Government
and the captors not less than 81, o00 ,000.
A number of other cases remain to be
decided, including that Of the Petsrhof,
involving 500, 900.
The opinion of the Chief Justice with
regard to the Bermuda and Stephen Hart
secures the validity of the capture of ves- ]
sells in ports inland, or on their way to the !
British Islands with eargoes for insur-
gents. In affirming these prize cases the
Supreme Court has applied to British ves-
sells the rules and laws which in former
British wars Lord Stowell applied to the
American vessels captured and adjudicat- {
ed in the British prize courts. !
The Secretary Of the Navy, in q letter
10 Mr.. Grimes, Chairman of the Senate
Committee, suggests the invitation of leg
islation 10 ameliorate the condition of sea-
men. Their condition in the merchant
service is more deplorable than that of any
of our countrymen and addresses itself to I
eonsiderste and humane men for reforma- /
ton. He admits that measures for their ]
relief do not legitimately pertain to the !
Navy Department. He says that the
man-of-war's man has courage, endurance, {
patience, viii and obedience in o remark
able degree, and that his defects are at
tributable TO the neglect of the govern
msnt which holds out to the enlisted ,
man more inducements to excite his am !
bition, and leaves him without education, I
religious instruction, without expectation {
of promotion or provision for old age for
the support offs wife or children, and con- ]
signs him in his last days to the hospital
or naval asylum. He recommends the
establishment of s homo for their declin- :
ing years, or an allowance Of retired pay .
after 20 years of service, to secure sohs
thing of the intelligence, trustworthiness !
and sobriety of those whQ volunteered for :
the war. .
He would have established Scholarships
at the principal sea-perts, where they