The Portland daily press., 1869-04-08

81 WDlCn Un6 question OF Gn0 aO0ptlOn OF bndb
Constitution shall be submitted to the citizens
of the State; and, if this should seem desira-
BILE, would recommend that separate vote
be taken upon such parts as may be thougnt
expedient, and that at the same time ana un-
der the same authority there shall De an G Giec'
ton for the officers provided under such Con-
situation ard that the Constitution, or such
parts thereof as shall have been adopted 0y the
| people he submitted to Congress on the hrst
| Monday of December next, for It's considera-
ton. SO that if the same is approved the neces-
sary stems will have been taken for the rest0ra-
ton of the State of Virginia to its proper rela
| tons to the Union.
lam led to make this recommendation from
| a confident hope and belief that the people
| of that State are now ready to cooperate
| with the national government in bringing it
| again into such relations to the Union as it
| ought as soon as possible to establish and
maintain, and to give to all its people those
equal rights under the law which are asserted
in the Declaration of Independence, in the
words of one of the most ilustrious of its sons
desire also to ask the co Lsderati0n OF Com
gress to the question whether there is not just
ground for believing that the Constitution
framed by Convention of the people OF Mis-
sisslppi for that State, and once reJe9eeo,
might not be again submitted to the people OF
that State in like manner, and with the proba-
bllity of the same result. q g.
Washington, D. c., April 7th 1863.
PACIFIC RAILROADS.
WARRINGTON, April THE House Commit
tee on the Pacific Railroads held meeting
this forenoon, at which seven members were
present After hearing brief arguments from
Messrs. Chandler and Chittenden on behalf of
the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Rail-
roads respectively, the members had private
consultation and agreed to suggest the adop-
ton of resolution by the full Com ask
ing the House to authorize the continuance of
the investigation and the taking of testimony
during the recess of Congress.
NOMINATIONS.
The following nominations were sent in to-
day: David Noggle, Chief Justice OF the Su-
preme Court of Idaho; Edward q. Gouldsbo-
rough, Marshal for Maryland; Benz. f. Fifield,
District Attorney for Vermont; Thomas NJ
Browne, District Attorney for Louisiana; John
w. Dunn, District Attorney for Delaware;
Collector of Customs, j. A. Magruder, George
town, d. G.; Charles w; Palfrey, Salem and
Beverly, Mass; James 7. Luce, Surveyor of
Customs at Louisville; r. r. Livingstone,
Surveyor General of Nebraska and Iowa; also
many others of no general interest.
The following additional Paymasters of the
army are mustered out of service from June
LIST next: Brew. 1t. Col. David Gribben, Joshua
Ell. Watts and Calvin Holmes.
REDUCTION IN THE ARMY
Regulations have been issued from the War
Department mastering the number of clerks
and messengers allowed to headquarters of
military divisions and departments out of the
general service. Recruits will be received from
the LIST of July next so they will not exceed ten
in the aggregate; all of whom will be rated as
clerks and allowed the extra pay and commu-
tation prescribed for clerks. The number of
hired citizens employed by the Quartermas-
ters Department, whether rated as clerks,
teamsters, mechanics or laborers will be re-
duced as rapidly as possible, so that by the LIST
of July and thereafter they will not eKceed four
thousand in the aggregate.
AMERICAN PRISONERS IN CUBA.
The following is list of American prisoners
referred to by Admiral Hoff, in his dispatches
to the Navy Department. as remaining in
the vicinity OF Puerto Principe and Neuvitas:
Robt. x. Bruce Chas. Mccormack, Patrick
M. Carol, John Titus, Alexander Crowley,
Chas. Smith, John Kemp, John Dalton, Geo.
Foster, Robt. Stevens, wife and family, Henry
Strong and family.
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
The Senate to-day confirmed large number
OF nominations. Among them were the fol-
lOwing:-Wm. Steadman, of Ohio, Consul at
st. Jago de Cuba vice Elisha f. Wallace re-
called; 0. w. Long, Consul at Panama, vice
Thos Kilby Smith recalled; Hiram Ruggles,
Assessor of Internal Revenue for the 4th
Maine District.
TROUBLE IN THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE Commercials
special Washington despatch says the naval
department is in decided muddle all around,
and it is said that Porter or Borie, perhaps both
may be compelled to retire. The department
is already at issue with the House Naval Com
mittee on the question of the reduction of wa
ges in the various navy yards, and also on new
rules defining the standing of naval officers. If
necessary the Committee will appeal to Con-
gress for special legislation in reference to this
matter. 1t is rumored that even Mr.. Grimes
of the Senate Naval Committee refuses to go
the whole length with Secretary Bore in push
ing the League Island job. Mr.. Butler has
promised to ventilate the alleged difficulties in
the Naval Department in the House before ad-
journment, and it is expected he will pay off
old scores against Porter.
THE HALE-PEnRY EMBRoGLIo SETTLED.
Secretary Fish has satisfactorily settled the
disgracetul personal squabbles between Minis
ter Hale and his Secretary of Legation, Perry,
at Madrid, by recalling them both.