The New York herald., 1867-03-22

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vAssAss ~ ssAjsss - ess sf suaessss inposa.cs
. .ansns special ansndssss % tAs ses IN Order =
| The Fees sf Csnsuss.
The secretary q STATE, N Response 70 resolution .
the senats says the Department has NO knowledgs thas
any ssassd consul once has been permitted v
appropriate Of has appropriated 70 his over and
above the amount Of salary any portion o thsse o. any
otbsr fees stherwiss than IN conformity with the law
and = authorized and directed thereby The Comptrol
Ter Of he Treasury says 10 has 20 means a stating The
amount Of the fsss but ths the surplus aftcr making
the legal deductions for salary, &c 10 deposited with
| The STATE Department.
The Rxpedlalens Agninse tho Indians.
Lieutenant General Sherman has addrssssd letter 70
the Headquarters or the Army, daasd s. Louis March
n 1857 In which hs says III the scops In the Depart
msnes cf Dakota Platte and Missouri embracing the
Indian country have been and being placed In
posihoa 70 anord the best protection 70 tho telegraph
ana mall routes acroo ths plains - we'll 70 protect
The fous principal roads by which tho emsrants travel
merchants ssnd their goods destined 10 the mountain
Territories These troops will occupy posts readily
built, but designed for defence by > fraction
Of the garrison, while tho remainder can operate
eacsrs Of these posts stations will act against al
people violate the laws OF Congress who endanger
the lives property Of ouY people, be they whits.
black coppsr coored 'when there arc NO courts
civil authorities 70 hold or punish such maioiactcrs We
must" he ssys. s'cf necessity the musket pretty
freely the only weapon with which the soldier ought
20 deal. Peaceful people, whites blacks or Indians
win be left 70 DO dealt with BY the civil authorities
and agentsn
General Hancock, in the Department OF the Missis-
spp hes organized special force Of about neen hun-
drsd men with which he win proceed in person to the
country Of the Cheysnnes and Kioways below the Ar.
kansas and will there confer with thsm ascertain n
they want 20 1ght In which he win indulge them.
II however, they will him thai they win remain
peace suecs 70 sheir treaties and agents. hs will mos
disturb them, but impress them the imprudencs Of
assuming an insolent manner and tone when
they visit our posts, and he will impress on
thsm that 10 is 10 their interest 70 keep their
hunting parties and their young warriors Of main
lines Of travel where their presenns gvss the occasion
for fhe many ruucrs which disturb people After
he has done this he win dsbuts this force 90 a 70 be
again easily assembled IL tho occasion calls for IL
In like manner General Augur In the Department Of
The Plaste. has prepared force Of about 1000 mon
70 bc ssnt under competent commander, General
Gibbos, 70 the region Of country ON the head
Of Powder and Yellow Stone rivers 10 punish
the band Of hostile Sioux who have infested
u open No mercy should be shown to the In
dians; for they grant quarter ask for General
Ausur instructed, possible, BY Of runns,
70 notify Ill Sioux who wished TO avoid the fate ef
their hostile fellows 70 como In 70 Of mill
taSy posts On the Platte, where would feed them
temporarily and turn them over 10 the Of their
proper sgsntA But inaauuoh - Congress has lately
provided for commission 70 visit these indiana and
- these commissioners have reached Omaha, the
headquarters Of General Augur General Sherman has
instructed him 10 delay actual hostlitiss until
these Commis,oners have oxhaustsd their efforts and
reported 70 him their inability influence the conduct
Of The hostile Sioux BY pscnc measures In resrsnos
TO thsss two expeditions csnsi Sherman says:-.De-
fsnsvs measures v nos answer against Indians
tied down long routes and detachmsnis are ne
csssArfly small hardly enough 70 build shsltsn
and gather nrswood, The materials for which
| have 70 bs hauled two and three hundred
milss while the Indians move hundreds and theunnds
u miles taking with them their pcniss lodges wives
and children. they ars thus enabled d ons tns 70
attack moisss resds = one point and In month
o. % make their appearance q another husdrsds Of
| miles Distant Our troops must get among thsm and
k enough of them 70 inspire fear and then must
dust the remainder TO places where Indian agents
and Win reside among hsn and b held responsible for
l thsir conduct"
| Cssnrnasisss ~ the sssafe.
me Senate IN executive session to-day, confirmed ths
l following nominasioas:-
Usissd stseas harshal-J. N Passenca, Dstsict ef
Coiiscsor q Custom Nelson g. Isbsl Dssrst Nschi-
Posnaessu- Anthony W. Street, Salt Lake CITY, utsh
Fsrdinand Snitx, Pilot Knob xasonn Lsws y. Klocs
cossuls-Ohriss Milne, Of New Jersey, = cosuah,
Bolivia; ?. 5otcs Of New Jo.ey: = H.T,sn, !. ,
q. II Prcvost, Of PsnnsyvanA, - Zacateca; George
Gerard, Of Pcunsylvania, q Capetown.
1 CollecSovs Al IRtenol Revenee ARTHUR g. German,
Ffth dssrici Maryland; jacob Weart Fifth district
New Jersey; John B. HsadIsy, Fourth district, New
Jersey.
| The following nominations wsre sejscted:-
Suwvevsrs Al Cwkoms-Hsasy W. Tracey Philadelphia;
Robss Caahcsrt BALTIMORE, Nd
dissEict Psnnsylvania; Joha HcKicnan, Ninstesnsh
Naval O0c1-Arhur D. Marklsy, Philadelphia
Rejectisns ~ the genase--Csrrectiea.
The following nominations wsrs rejected BY We sen-
ate on Tuesday and mot CONFIRMED, snonsously pub
iishsd-
Cbuscsoss Of Intrnai Rsuesse-GeoeGs H. Green Sec.
ond district Of Missouri; Henry Wiitsr Twenty third
dissrics of Pennsyivana; Hepburn Mcclure Egheon,h
district Of Pennsylvania David CALDWELL Sevcnteenth
district Of Pennsylvania, and George sanderson, Ninth
district of PennsylvaniA
Posnsdsters-Allcn r. Richardson, st Jefferson City,
q Toledo Ohio Richard Bsaham, at Ann Arbor Mich.
william 5nyder, ~ Franklin, Ind, and samuel D. Trul
~ Cohoes, n \. NN
FORTUTH CONGRESS.