The New York herald., 1866-04-25

message to day received from the President by
the Senate in the resolution calling for the
proceedings OF the board convened TO make bevet APP
ponmens OF general officers In the regular army, COW
erng the proceedings referred The board consisted
OF Generals W. T. sherman, George G. Meade, Philip II.
Sheridan and George H. Thomas with Lieutenant Colo.
mel L. N. Dayton Recorder The board convened at
st. Louis March J. all being present but General sher
dan. Tho order included classes OF recommenda-
tonsfor gallant and meritorious services and for faith
full service They express in their report sincere desire
to do full and liberal justice and :f the question
perfectly would be inclined TO recon.
mend the abolition OF the whole system Of brevet
rank and to substitute in its place some other mode
of reward for special gallantry action, such as
medals commemorative of the event, to make actual
promotion TO vacancy without regard prior rank but
breve commissions have been conferred in all past
and during the present war; that esopped and
compelled to regard them prccedents binding our
Judgment They express decided opinion that brevet
rank should only be conferred for distinguished services
In tie field in presence Of the enemy and that II mori
torous conduct in non-combaant duty should be thus
rewarded there would be great confusion from dspro
portion Of officers with high rank In comparison with
the limited number of men. Recommendations are
made follows
For rank of brevet major general, Irwin Mcdowell for
battle of Cedar Mountain John Pope for Island No. TO-
Joseph Hooker Chattanooga; W ;. Hancock, spotsy-
vana; J. NJ scohcd, franklin q. o. Howard campaign
Of Atlanta; A. II. Terry, W lmington, N. c.. L. O. G
Ord Fort HARRISON John g. Parke Fort steadman; H.
f. r. s. Candy Mobile II. O. Wright, Petersburg; A.
j. Smith, Nashvillc John Gibbon, Petersburg; jefferson
c. Davis Jonesboro; Joseph A. Mower, salkehatchie
f. J. Wood, Nashville; Charles X. Woods, Bcntonvillc
N. c., and James Wilson, Selma.
The list numbers twenty, ranking in order as named
Sixty six recommendations for the breve rank OF brga
der general were made as foliows:--
David Hunter, for the campaign in tho Valley Of vir-
gina: A. Med McCook Perryvile; j. G. Foster, Savan.
nah G. c. Augur Port Hudson Gordon Granger, Mobile;
George stoneman Charlotte, n. c.; George Sykes Get
surrender Of Lee @. k Warren, Bristow station; A,
Peasanton, the Missouri campaign A. Gilmore, Fort
Wagner W. +. Smith, Chattanooga; George Crook, West
Fort McAlister Wesley Merritt Five Forks; George
A. Custer surrender Of Lee; william y Barry, surren-
der Of Johnston j. G. Barnard surrender OF Lee Seth
Williams, surrender Of Lee John Newton, Atla9ts ;
NJ Brannan, Atlanta H. W. johnson, Nash
son v' Little Rock iOTsr Tnsene e'0se'0c Carr ac RSck
W. II. Emory Shenandoah Valley; {. G. Grover, Cedar
Creek; J. " Crawford Five Forks J. II. Carleton New
Mexico; Absalom Baird, Atlanta J. C. Robinson spott-
sylvana Truman Seymour Petersburg; Charles Griffin
Five Forks; w s. Elliott Nashville H. J. Hunt Peters
stone valley; Robert $. Granger, Decatur Ala John II
King Run7s Station; Frank Wheaton, Petersburg; WIN.
coThn , eentGnye' R. D. Ayres Five Five Forks Forks
Adelbert Ames, Fort Fisher; Judson Fitzpatrick, Fay.
euevile, N. c. a. s Webb, surrender Tennc.see Ken
-
Upton, Selma Ala John Mcintosh. Winchester, Va
Ell Long, Selma, Ala sLouis H. Watkins, Ressca Sid
puane S,st,ysours Buchanan Groys'on
Beckwiih, surrender Johnston &. b. Comstock Mobile
render Johnston
THE NIAGARA sBIr CANAL.
The Niagara Ship Canal bill furnishes topic Of
conversation in the Hobbies this week Most OF the New
York members look upon u ~ big scheme, and talk
vigorougly against IT, Mr. Psine, Of Wisconsin, with
drew his amendment this morning, and Mr.. Van Horn,
OF New YORK; offered another opening the work 70 pr-
vate enterprise Mr. Humphrey OF the Buffalo district,
spoke against In loud and stout manner he was
bound To do. H. does not look upon American ship
canal a military necessity. In case our Canadian
friends should Close the welland canal against West
New York alon. could furnish nifty thousand mon
go and open The fight this bill has only
commenced
THE POLITICS OF THE CALTToRNfA PREss.
California members Of Congress have lately been hgur
ing closely upon the sentiment Of their hardy consitu
ents expressed in the California newspapers They
nnd that twenty-five Of the original repub an newsps-
pcrs firm supporters OF the Presidents policy t~en-
tyfour including two coIored presses and one which
during the war, support Congress All the
democratic presses support the Presidents policy, but of
course they left out Of count
SEw YORK CIGAR MAEERs.
The cigar makers Of New York city have memor allied
Congr TO afford them further protection by increasing
the present dlty imported cigars. They desire II TO
be 40 changed as protect tho labor OF manufacturing
as well as the raw material from which they made.
ALLEGED pIsHoSEsr CLAIM AGENTS.
In consequence Of alleged dshonesty 10 the practice
Of their professions the following claim agents have
been excluded from the transaction Of business In the
Paymaster Generals once In this city " Fisir-r
4 Co Ru,@er Teal A co. J. wcerth, Caspar Keller and
T. De Wayne, Of Washington City, and l. Brown Co,
and J. Lovejoy, Of New York.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The special Of the House this evening for the
benefit Of the Pacific Railroad Committee did not bsnot
that committee much after al. They commenced bus
by reporting bill granting lands for the purpose Of
building railroad through the southern counties Of
Iowa All the Iowa members spoke 10 favor Of this
until point OF order raised that the bill ought pro
perry TO have come from the Committee on Approprs-
tona I,s friends finally consented have IL referred TO
the Committee Public Lands The Northern Pacific
Railroad bill came 10 grief the point Of order
which was sustained by the Speaker Ultimately It ""
recomm,,ed to the committee, bu, appeared again ln
less than minutes by of parliamentary trek
Then the question up s reception, and after
considerable diminishing II the House sdjogfned
rARDoSs.
Forty six peryons from South Carolina savcn from
Louisiana and one from Georgia rardoned by TIE
PresIdent yesterday few Of whom under the hrsi Ind
twelfth. but the larger poron under the thirteenth en-
ceptIon Of the amnesty proclamation The hrSt creep
on refers those Who held ONE under the pretended
Confederate government the twelfth 10 persons In m H.
ary naval civil confinement custody onder bonds,
deaiued for offences Of any kind either bciore %
alter conviction, and the thirteenth N all persons Who
voluntarily participated In tho rebellion and 'he es,i.
..l,. ~ .l, In
thousand dollars
APPLICANTS VoR PARDON
Er.Mayor John 7 Monroe, Of New orleans, ard Alder
man O. Nixon Colonel Nixon, OF the c os-srt news
paper before the war are among the late arrivals of par
don ssekerz
NAH CONTRACTS.
In the srea, ettlns of mail contracts about three
tho sand routes have been concluded. Kentucky,
Tennessee Indiana, Illinois Michigan, wiseonsin, Mn