The New York herald., 1866-04-20


Several sxsxross suggested tAey had gone to the
Mr. CorSxss moved call of the Senate
Mr. JoTssoN, (dem) Of Md.-You can't do that; there
Ar CoNSEss-Then move the Senate adjourn
Mr.. JcHNsoS--On that ! call the yeas and nays.
me yeas and nays ordered and the Senate ac
3osrned
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
WASHINGTON, April 10, 1865.
H1m UNETsD STATES COURTS IN EASTERN DISTRICT
NEW YORK.
Mr.. MORRIS (repl Of N Y, from the Judiciary Com
iee, reported back the bill 70 regulate the terms OF
ehe United States Courts in tho Eastern district OF New
Ys and for other purposes which considered and
yasssd
sEsrrnoNY BEFORE THE RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
Ar BoYsR tdem.) Of Pa, offered resolution TO print,
esr tho use of tho members Of the House, rdistrbu
eOn dfty thousand copies OF the Testimony OF Aexan
Aer H Stephens before the Committee Rec
&oa.
Mr. RooERs, ldem) Of N j.. moved to make the num-
Tho resolution referred, under tho rule, TO the
Gommttee on Printing.
Mr. WAsHBuxxE trep) Of ILL.,, desired u object 70 the
introduction Of the resolution but the speaker stated
Nhas ehe nbject,on came TOO late.
RA&n BOZ IkoS-cLADs.
NJ LyScs, trepl OF Ne, introduced ioiat resolaton
Suthoszpg thc appointment Of examiners 70 examine
go fsea fresh for or She
. sse sho Committee % Naval Asaim
.nsAss nsrsuc1lcS ~ AGMcuLruaAI ootL soEs
Mr. Lvxcu also introduced bih 70 pr0,de FOR military
.ssssossor in ths aersnssrsi coeees established under
cot Of JslyA 1892 vhish was read twice and referred
70 tho Committee ON Military affairs
Pn0ONAL KxrrAEArIoN
NJ WAAIxs, rep) Of W. Va, rose toanother cxplana-
ton in reference TO his Latin friend Mr. Eai and had
yosd sarcastic letter from Mr. Boynten, correspondent
Of the Cincinnati Gaseae, denying the authorship Of the
rRisnise DEFICIENCY AUTHORIZATION
Mr. STEVENS. (rep) Of Pa, from the Committee on Ap
supply the deficiency the appropriation for the public
yrinong nor the yeas ending june ~ 1886 which was
road twice and referred 10 The Coniteoof the Whole
tho state Of the Unon aud made the special order for
tomorrow
The bill approprases sll5ooo TO sapply the deficiency
the appropriation for printing, s45oooo for paper aud
e95, 600 for binding.
Mr. wAsnsuRsr OF Ill.,, inquired OF Mr. Stevens how
many Of the ordinary Appropriation ss OF The session
had passed
Deficiency bill and Of the Miscellaneous bil necessarily
kept back TIL about the close Of the session. and the In
dian Appropriation BILL kept back an reference to
nov treaties, all the appropriation bills we're passed
sALAHrys PENSION orFcEis
The regular order Of business IN iho morning hour
being the call OF committees for reports, the bill which
was reported two days since from the Committee on
Invalid Pensions ncreasns the salary Of the Comnis
Of the Pension onicc u 81 500, up.
The House had voted yesterday reject the BILL but
sean on the passage Of the bn Amer some discussion
tn the same vein as that which took place on the bl
yesterday the House vote upon and the bin
passed by vote of 90 ~ ST.
NAGARA snP CANAL
M. VAN HoRS, trep) Of ~ Y, from tho Committee on
Roads and Canals, reported bi construct a ship
canal around the Falls Of Niagara
ME PAsK trep.j Of Wis, oncreds Substitute for the
ball
The bill recres that the OF a ship canal
around the Falls Of Niagara 10 connect The Dayigabe
mons for the passage Of gunpos< and vessels Of war,
Will Afford great protection q miary wnrk in Of
invasion war with foreign power to the large cities
upon and the Of The Dorahern lakes and will
D. Of vast importance 70 the unitd States In facilitating
ooa IN its cbaracter and should s6e oonsructed and
controlled BY The govcrpmeni of ms United etstee The
ssssi = : msy ~ora for The ss of the rovsrnmsns
e the United stales IL B 70 10 .not.is than one
sssdrsa - and -, hss s'si s'Ss ;s on a. s surf.ss
Nm shAn fourteen feet depth Of wN,er with locks
s@ than two handred and scvsnfy ave feet long and
festy feet The President Of the United States
- % appoint engineers 70 MAKE surveys 70 secure the
night OF way and 70 contract with any legally autho
vissd and responsible company charorcd for sucb
poss. The company is % pay all the damages awarded
- lands taken 70 commence ths york within twelve
nonhs after the execution OF The oousact and keep
-she canal all times in good order which canal and
he Niagara river are 70 be military, naval postal and
,Dubic highway II be free from TOLL for the
1oraion Of military stores, &c thc. company nI
the rates Of toll TO be charged Commercial vessels
Weland Canal In 1894 In case Of the com
Uany falling TO perform m Asse OF the con-
~. s oonrs saa .na a u . may
ec 600 600 10 be loaned by tho United States 70 the
company M IN 81 goo bonds ., Tho rate OF zoo ooe 70,
Of the net receipts 70 BE- paid annually into the uea
sy Of the United states, 20 be applied to the payment
svey i've Year, by ave commssoncrs 70 bc appointed,
by the President by each OF the Governors of
New York, Massachusetts, and Illinois and one by the
company The last section gives 10 tho United States
The right TO purchase the canal for the whole amounf
expended
Mr. VAN HoRuE addressed the House for ten
minutes In support of the bill. He was sorry 10 say
that the chief opposition 20 the proSsct came from
,his own state, but he had no sympathy with such
.oppoetol He believed the measure 90 b. of great
public importance And utility, and as he was acting A.
for the whole country he disposed 10
throw Obstacles Ia ts way, even though might seem
10 interfere 10 small extent with the interests OF his
State
MT TArlas tdemb Of ~ Y, inquired what benefit
fhs large expenditure would be American commerce
long the oontvo of the Lawrence river with
the English gtvernmerv
Mr. Vas Hovs replied that would certainly be 0
abe same benen 70 American commerce a. sae weliand
Mr. rAroR inquired of what use that was since the
sbrogstlon Of the Reciprocity treaty.
Mr. VAN Hons stated thai In 1sG2 10 o00,
sf produce had passed down Lake Ontario thrc ourths
sf which vest 10 American pors and not down the -
Lawrence. he would yield fifteen minuses of his
time " The Rasticmap from Illinois mt Moulsonl
Mr. MorIros frcp1 of III, spoke favor % thebiIl
In with the people d his State and Of use gres
vset be fet greaf interest IN Me project He believed
sired by his pcople He held te be the duty OF every
government afford reasonable facility for commerce
between the several States TIE opening OF this
canal would enable the Western psoducers 70 overcome
travel which would effect saving Of seventy cents on
svery ton Of produce raised 10 the West Millions OF
bushels Of used fuel In Illinois during the
past year because would cost more than u worth
- transport u market This canal would permit
western produce 10 N New YORK almost without
hwssking bulh Boats Ieaving Cneago ~ Detroit and
coming Og1snshurg would connect Syracuse Win
- No casal. spd ihps reach Ess Swh dsvb tbe BOD