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they may be charged. And he adds: When the courts
are open, and the laws he peacefully admins
tered and enforced in these States where people re-
belled against the Government when this peace shall
have come in fact and in law, the persons held
in military custody prisoners of war; and who may
not have been tried and convctedfor offences against
the laws of war should be transferred into the
tody of the civil authorities of the proper districts to
be tried for such high crimes and misdcmeanOrs as
may be alleged against them;
think that it is the plain duty Of tho President to
criminal prosecutions to be instituted before
the proper tribunals and at the proper times against
some of those who were mainly instrumental in in
augurating and most conspicuous in conducting the
late hostilies 1t will be recoected that the Presi
dent in his annual message said that strong objec-
of Se 10 rabn5 a ted and +
ascerained by inquiry that the Circuit Court of
the United States would not be held in the district of
Virginia during the autumn or early winter, nor un-
til Congress should have opportunity to consider
and act on the whole subject. To the deliberation
of Congress he added the restoration of this branch
Of the civil authority was necessarily referred with
the hope that early provision would be made for the
resumption of all its functions. in order that persons
charged with the commission of treason should have
fair and impartial trials in the highest civil tribunals
in the country. Congress has not yet, however.
passed any act in accordance with this recommended
tion and to remove the objections of Chief Justice
Chase and here the matter, for the present. rests.
APPLICA CATIoNs FOR PARDONs.
1t has been reliably ascertained that applications
have been made and are now pending for pardon, by
eghty-sx members of the rebel Congress, and one
hundred and thlrty-twO graduates of West Point,
but who served in the rebel army. One hundred
and twenty-seven rebel generals, including Bragg.
also thirty-two prominent e.rebe officers and one
hundred and sixteen ex-United States naval officers
who held positions in the rebel service
THE PoST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT..
A contract has been made to run another overland
mail from the western terminus ofthe eastern end of
the Union Pacific Railroad, by way of Smoky Hills to
Denver city, thence to California This gives two
daily lines across the plains The service is to com
mence on the 18th instant by the Halliday Overland
Mail Company.
IMPORTANT CIRCULAR FROM THE TREASURY DEPART
The Secretary OF the Treasury has issued the fol-
lowing circular to collectors and other officers of the
customs, and local inspectors of steamboats,
Treasury DEPARTMENT, April 7, 1866
Upon careful consideration. based upon the reports
of practica! chemists am of the opinion that crude
petroleum. n ptha, benzne' and benzOli should be
classed among the explosive burning fluids referred
to in the seventh and eighth sections of the steam
boat law of August 80, 1852 Therefore and after
the first day of May next, no vessel propelled in
whole or in part by steam and carrying passengers
will be permitted to transport either of the articles
above named. without having first procured special
license therefor, provided by the fifth clause of the
ninth section of the act above referred to. failure
to procure such license subjects the delinquent hs
penalty imposed by the 18th section of the same act.
IL. McCULLoCH
Secreta of the Treasury.
CONTRIBUTIONS BY The SENATE.
The Senate in Executive session to day confirmed
the following nominations David W. Ballard of
Oregon, to be G9yernorr Of idaho, in the place of
to be Governor of the Territory of Arizona; Moses
Haett to be Chief Justice; Uriah b. Holloway, Mar,
Colorado; James P T. Garter to be Secretary Of Ari-
IONA. in the place of W. Mcdonnell. The following
consuls have also been confirmed: James 5: Ker-
shaw, at Chin hiang; Herman Leib, at Bay Islands;
Henry SOosCy, at Munch Francis Cotton, at Venice.
and Joseph s. Morton at Barbados; Willsm Rogers,
to be Surveyor of steamboats,, for the 10th District.
Among Others the following named to be POstmas-
ters: Caroline > Towkes, Clarksburg, West Nir-
William HidTick. ,ottoSa Iowa; Mrs. Caroline
L. Bibghaus, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; William
Stewart. Binghampton, New \ ork; Albert J. Low
ry, Placerville, California; John Lytte, Oroville,
California; William stowe Springfield, Massachu-
York; Jamos Allen, Jr,. Bloomington, New York.
". Breckenridge, Eastern District of Texas. and
John S. Keys for the District of Massachusetts; To
be AttOrneys-G. B. Thruer. Western and d. j.
Baldwin. Eastern District of Texas, and Alfred Rus
sell. Eastern District of Michigan. Lieutenant Com
Navy; Samuel D: Hueston, of Kansas. to be Re-
ceiver OF Public Lands for junction City Kansas;
feet and an 6be % Z be &c sgS 0T 49 Bfk be
nomination of Assessors and Collectors of Internal
Revenue for all the Districts Of North Carolina and
also EdwdG Webb, Assessor First District of Penn
sylyana; Manse B. Field. Collector of Sixth District
Of New York, and Allen c. Churchill, Collector Of
Eighteenth District of New York; Harvey Chase,
Collector. Tenth District Of 0hio Thompson 3, Old
ham, Collector Ninth district Of Kentucky; Robert
II Fisher, Assessor, Eighteenth District of Pennsyl
military nominations, among them the following
named Coonels to be Brigadier Generals by Brevet,
j. A Stafford Robert L. Kimberly, Thomas j. Nor
gan. 4; ": Ratif, G. 4. Nett, Wm; B; Lazzelle,
AaGon, S. Daegett, Q; Y; Dayton, 7. Z. Ghiekering
c. o. Growing Shield C. J. Bartlett D. H. Bask, II.
Q: y. Boynton. J. R. Quincy, J. N. Patterson. c. W.
Iilden, o c. n Maxwell. F. =. Pe4rcG S. NJ Quincy.
ner, G. F. Jones. J. L. Crocker, 0. S. Woodward, g.
W. L. Gendre, j. L. Wright,J. McMahon, C. G. Hal
pine c. c. Thomas, B. Van Buren, S. Moriit Byron
Latfin, W. ". Ii. Davis, n. Shannon, O. GoodinQ, W.
Steadman j.. B. Switzer, John Hammond, W. II.
Irwin. Il. S. Lansing, Charles Fitzsimmons, and g.
names have been confirmed Brigadier Generals by
Brevet. and also large number Of lower grades
breyetted.