The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-02-16
NGREssIoNAL PRoCEEDINGs.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 1856.
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WASHIN6T0N, feD. To- 1000
SENATE.
The senate to-day confirmed the fol-
lowing nominations: Isaac NJ. Arnold,
to be Auditor of the Treasury for the
Postoffice Department.; Henry @. Van
DvclS. to be Assistant u. S. Treasurer
of New York; John S. Graham, to be
Assistant Register of the Treasury at
Philadelphia; n. b. Brown, Assistant
Treasurer at the Mint to be Collector
ofCustoms; George M. Bell, of N. y,
Joseph Lemay, Remlina, Minnesota,
Joseph ID. Norton, of Buffalo, n; u,
VIM. S. Adams, Astoria, Oregon. Han
nibal Hamltn, Boston, Mass, John
Young, Sandusky, Thos. wilkins, Erie,
Pa, John L. Miller, San Francisco, CAL,
Wilson G.. Isbell, Detroit, Michigan.
To be Surveyor of Customs-CharleS
w. Bachelor, Pittsburgh, Pa, Daniel
Astor, Cairo, M, Thomas Hornbrook,
Burlington, Iowa, j. @. Heron, Du-
To be Naval oficers-Noah Brooks,
San Francisco, Cal.
To be Collector of Internal Revenue
in Kentncky-C. C. Smith, 4th district;
VIM. @. Giles, sth district; 4; Nd. Hal ,-
loway, I'd district; Phillip Speed, 9th
district, ]. ]. Anderson 9th district.
To be Assessors of Internal Revenue
in Kentucky-Samuel L. Blaine, 9th
district; VIM. T. Onsley, LIST district;
j. r. Grisson, I'd district; Edgar Need
am, 9th district; VIM. Spencer, 4th dis
trict; Il. j. Morrow, Sth district; VIM.
s. Rankin, 9th district; ID. S. Goodloe,
It'll district.
Mr.. Kasson, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported bill making
appropriations for the service of the
Postoffice Department for the year end
ing June 80, 1867, which was made the
special order for next Thursday:
Mr.. Raymond presented a petition of
delegates of the photographers of the
various sections of the United States,
praying for an amendment of the excise
law relative to their business. The pc
tition was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means.
Mr.. Raymond presented the petition
of James Hamilton and fifty other citi-
zens of New York city, praying for pro
lection to American industry by tariff
on imports. Referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means.
The House then resumed the consid-
eratTon of the bill reported yesterday
from the Committee on Postotticas and
Post-roads, providing that the Postmas-
ter General may, whenever, in his opin-
ion, the public service shall require,
until June 80, 1865, deposit postage
stamps and stamped envelopes with
such persons as he may select for sale.
Such persons with whom the stamps
and stamped envelopes are SO deposit
ted, shall engage to sell and circulate
the same under the instructions of the
Postmaster General, and give bonds in
such sum as the Postmaster General
may direct, with one or more sureties
conditioned for the faithful keeping of
the stamps and stamped envelopes SO
introduced to them.
. ~. tna Enln
thereof. The second section provides
that the Postmaster General may allow
to such depositaries commission not
exceeding per cent on all sales of
stamps and stamped envelopes-Such
persons are to be deemed receivers and
custodians of the pubic money. They
shall not sell stamps or stamped enve-
lopes on credit, but shall sell them in
variably for cash in United States
treasury notes, ut a price not exceeding
the prices fixed by law. They shall be
subject to all pains, penalties, fines and
forfeitures now provided in cases of re-
ceivers and custodians of public money
and of postmasters and other persons
to whom the sale of stamps and stamp
ed envelopes is intrusted.
Mr.. KaSSon moved to strike out the
second section of the bill. The first
section, lie said, would accomplish all
that was desirable.
MIR. Alley Qlu not Inlnk Inab Iue
amendment would improve the bill,
the object sof which was to enable the
people of the South to procure postage
stamps Mt the current rates without be-
ing compelled to buy them at great ex-
pense.
The bill was merely for business pur-
poses and to increase the revenue 9fthe
department. 1t would do no harm to
any Individual or section of country.
The bill was n measure for the interest
of the government, and in behalf of
freedom and humanity. No man ap-
preciated more than himself the dan
ger of any legislation which would
bring back in this hall those who have
never acknowledged their allegiance to
the government, for he held that no
man who stood in that position should
be entrusted with the power conferred
by their admission. He was in favor of
granting all facilities necessary to pro-
mote the interest of the great mass of
the people of the South. He felt no
hostility to these people as body. They
have suffered everythinga people ought
to suffer for their transgressions, and
while he had nothing but sympathy for
people as he had pity for all mankind,
he felt that those who led the people
into rebellion, the leaders, ought to re-
ceive all the torments of the damned.