New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-10
Aleu- ORLEANS Daily Grestent,
MORNING, APRIL 10, 1866.
From Washington,


From Washington,
THE DEFICIENCY BILL.
The appropriation for the deficiency of the Ma
val Academy is Sl7S,S64. ...
The salary of the assistant treasurer at St. Louis
is fixed at $4,000.
The clause with respect to the portraits upon
fractional currency, as finally agreed to, is as fol-
lows That no portrait or likeness of any living
person, hereafter engraved, shall be placed upon
any of the bonds, securities, notes, fractional
or postal currency of the United States. -
FOREIGN INTEREST IN OUR RESOURCES.
Ever since the close of the war, and with con-
stanty increasing interest, the diplomatic agents
of foreign governments in this country have been
pressing their inquiries into every department of
our national resources and productions-nat
State and municipal departments and revenues.
If they were responsible for our debts, and were
at the same time forming out resources, present
and prospective, they could not be more particu.
lar, exact and comprehensive in exploring and
calculating our capabilities for conducting our
own affairs at home and trading with them. A
sharp lookout is also kept upon those branches of
domestic industry and production when may
interfere with the several commodities Tor winch
they want a market. Fe5 .-r.. a..
20 NATIONAL BANK CIRCULATION. 49,
Comptroller Clarke, of the currency bureau,
who was requested by Senators Fessenden ana
Sherman, of the Finance Committee, to Draw up
a bill reducing the ratio upon the capital OF ma.
tonal banks, according to which circulation should
be issued, has declined to do so. he mas written
letter to the committee recommending an IN,
crease of one hundred millions for the purpose OF
equazing the issues to all the states and territo.
ries according to the wealth and population Of
each State or territory now without, or short OF
circulation ' =sne "''
- PENSION DECISION.
Frequent inquiries having recently been made
as to whether pension money can be attached for
debt Commissioner Barrett has decided that, as
the money allowed pensioners is in the nature of
gratuity, tbs therefore not liable to attachment
A dispatch received here this evening from Rich
mond, states that the friends of Mr.. Davis are
making preparations to get him released on writ
of habeas corpus.
COMMISSION WITHHELD. .r
Col. VIM. L. Hobson, late of the 18th Kentucky
Infantry, appointed and confirmed as postmaster
at Bowling Green, in that State, has never re-.
ceived his commission. The present incumbent il
comprehend. Col. Hobson was appointed on the
Recommendation Of Representatives Mckee and
Randall. In this connection it may pc we4 10
state that a number of returned rebel soldiers
have recently been recommended by members of
the Kentucky delegation as postmasters in that
State
THE NEW JERSEY sESAToRsHIP.
The interest in the New Jersey Senatorshp con-
tinues unabated. Mr.. scoyel read yesterday a let.
ter from Mr.. r. B. pLeeds-who is believed himself
to be the informant of the Philadelphia Telegraph
of the alleged offer from President Johnson--deny-
ing the statements. The Telegraph OF to-day says
in reply !" We can easily imagine that Mr.. Scovel
had had no difficulty in finding thousand people
to whom he did not read the letter but we nave
in our possession the names Of parties who have
openly announced that he did EXHIBIT just such az
we stated on Saturday"
u'5 CONSOLIDATION OF LAND OFFICES.
The President of the United States through the
Secretary of the Interior, has ordered the consoi
dation Of the following land offices in Arkansas
At Bateville, with the office in Little Rock; q
Champagnole with the office at Woshi, and a
Huntsville, with the office at Clarksvllle
SOUTHERN POST OFFICES.
number of postoffices were yesterday re
opened in North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana ant
Texas.
CONSUL RECOGNIZED.
The President has recognized lsidore Mllioa
Consul of Spain at New Orleans
IMPORTANT ORDER FROM THE SUPREME COURT.
The Supreme Court of the United States yester
day previous to its adjournment sine de, ORDERED
shat the several cases brought into this Court D.
writs of error or appeals from the circuit ana "
trict Courts, for the several districts within tn
States declared to be in rebellion by the prociama
ton of the President of the United States, date
August Is, 1861, be called and disposed OF at til
next term of this Court, under the rules and regt
lations, as they may stand on the calendar
THE CHOLERA n EUROPE.
The Department of State has received oficit
information from the United States consnis
Brest and Cherbourg, stating that from the lOt
until the end of February there occurred 5S dealt
the epidemic has at last retired, no case of choei
having appeared since March LIST. Our minstt
of commerce at Paris had ordered clean bills
health to be prudent. s&o ,o ...a-
nt. ...r MORE PARDoNs.
The President issued orders for the pardon
seven persons yesterday. They were speci
cases for several of the Southern States under Il
18th exception. r
MR.. JUIIAN's BOUNTY BILL. .5t.l..
Some days ago Mr.. Julian introduced bill +
euuazing bounties, which was referred to Il
Military Committee, and which met the views
the sailors and soldiers of this city. The prn'
pal objection to this bill was the superstition tn
t would require 5000 900, but at the request
Mr. Julian MFR. Broadhead second comptroller
the treasury, has submitted to him a carefully pl
pared statement from official data, from which
appears that the amount to satisfy the requil
ments of Mr.. Juian's bill will be less than t'
go h-t-. rI Mississippi Intelligence. 7"f