The New York herald., 1869-02-20

tnS kock island appropriation from Si,uoV'Vov W
s50o,000 was disagreed toyeas TO- nays 9o--and the
1 appropriation remains at 81, 0oo,ooo.
l The question was then taken on the substitute,
offered last night by Mr.. Blaine, for the copj0ned
amendments OF Messrs. Dodge and Butler. The sub
stute agreed TO by vote of III TO g. 1t is rs
follows:--
And be further enacted Tha, unit, the military force s
reduced to twenty regiments OF infantry five regiments OF
sSa be ssasd IN any regimen: and he
War hereby dirsstsa to % SS1sodse res@sns as rapidly ss
number Of officers viii perm until the aforesaid minimum
And be further enacted, That un otherwise directed by
there shall bs no new appointments and no promotions
ras Department in he Pay Department @ as IN the p%
isrs Department IN the Ordnance Department. in the
Mr.. ELpRIpGE moved to lay the bill on the table.
Negatiyed. The bill was then passed
NEW YORK ELECTION FRAUDS.
| Mr BLAIR, Fep.) OF Mich., from the Committee on
New York Election Frauds, offered resolution al.
e e.. to srest and bring
John H. Bell and David w. Reeve, OF Orange coanty,
NY.
| Ind, OF the minority OF the committee, objected;
tnat the resolution was not authorized by the COM
mttee or a. least that they were not notified OF any
mceting OF the committee at which the subject was
Mr. BLAIR stated that he was authorized BY
majority OF the committee to report the resolution.
| The SPEAKER put the question to the House
whether the resolution should be received, and it
was received and agreed to.
REDUCTION OF MARINK CORPS AND NAVY.
Mr. PIKE lrep.l OF Me, from the Committee Of Con-
ference on the bill to amend certain acts in relation
| 10 the Navy and Marine Corps, made q report. The
most important provision to which the committee
agree Is that liking the strength OF the Marine Corps
a. follows:-One brigadier general, commandant; one
colonel, one lieutenant colonel, three MAJORS one
ad1utant and inspector, one quartermaster, one pay
master, one assistant quartermaster seventeen cap
tans, twenty -four first ieutenants, twenty-iour
second eutenants, one sergeant major, one quarter
master sergeant one drum major one principal
musician, 1877 scrgeans, 1855 corporals, thirty must
clans, nifty drummers, fifty dfers, 1880 pryates. IL
provides, however, that no commission OF any ofll
that no appointment shall be made in any OF the
grades until the number u reduced below that
| authorized.
In reference to the navy, the report provides for
| the abolition oil the grade OF third assistant
gineers but that no commission to that grade OF any
officer wounded IN battle shall be vacated, aud II al
| lows sucn officer to be examined for promotion. IL
also provides that no promouon to me grade OF COM
modore on the active list shall be made till num-
ber in such grade shall have been reduced below M
teen; OF lieutenant commanders I'LL the number shall
be reduced below eighty. As the number oi lieuten
| amt commanders IL reduced the number OF leuten-
ants to be increased Till the number OF eutenants
ON the active list shall be 2s0 IL nXes the num-
| Der Of masters aud ensigns at 100 IN each
grade. EIsigns are to be storage officers,
unless assigned to duty ~ watch and division oin-
Gers. II does not vacate any oa Their commissions
passed assistant surgeons Al fifty, OF assistant sur
geons at twenty-five; paymasters hiry; passed as
sstant paymasters, tweDty-six; assistant paymas-
ters, twenty-five; but does not vacate any commits
| sons now held. 1t continGes the once OF So
licior and Naval Judge Advocate General until the
Mr. PIKE explained the report.
Mr. BUTLER, OF Mass, opposed It as containing the
same vicious principles OF reduction by absorption
which he had been contendine against Ia connection
with the army.
Butler said 1t occurred to him that the failure to
effect reform sometimes IRON The fact that
attempt was made In SO extreme q manner-in SO
harsh mannerthat the very object sought for was
defeated. He proposed TO take the form Of reduc-
| ton proposed in the report.
Mr. ROBINSON, ldem.) OF N. y. advocated the re-
corSs. cSors an4 'D'A' = '0'A'A''0A = '"' '''''n'
Mr. MAYNARD, trep.) OF Tenn. suggested the stop
ping OF the accretion Of naval officers from the
| Academy, and recommended that the cadets when
| they mad completed their education should be al
provision made, and therefore he would vote against
the report 80 a. to have another committee OF co-
| ference.
discussion arose a. to the relative pay of naval
and army officers between Messrs Garfield, Pike,
Logan and others, IN the course Of which Mr. Logan
spoke Of one commodore receiving $780, 900 IN prize
Mr.. PIKE asked him the name Of that officer.
Mr.. LOGAN said that the gentleman as chairman
OF the Committee ON Naval AiIairs ought to know.
Mr.. PIKE said he did not KNOW and he expressed
| his belief that no one commodore had received as
majority OF the commod0rcs had not received AZ
much as one thousand dollars What they did re-.
ceive they received under the prize laws, and no
one, not even tho gentleman from Massachusetts,
proposed to repeal the prize laws.
ference romm,ttee was ssreed 20 w,tho,t division
The House AT half-past four took recess untl
halfpast seven the evening session to be devoted to
the discussion of appropriation bills exclusively.
Evening Session.
The House resumed It's session at halfpast seven,
Mr.. BOUTWELL, In the chair rs speaker pro teni.
ARREST or AN AMERICAN CITIZEN ~ cunA.
Mr.. kEILEY offered = resolution directing the Sec
reary OF State To take Immediate measures to ascer
tain the OF the arrest and incarceration, by
bada, citizen OF the United states. Adopted.
| ExPENsE OF TIE FUNERAL OF THADpEus STEVENS.
On motion OF Mr.. BUTLER, OF Mass, the expense
NJ ving n nj
from washington TO his house In Pennsylvania were
ordered TO be paid out Of the contingent fund Of the
House.
+. REPORT or THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
| Mr.. CHURCHILL. trep.l OF N. r., from the Com
m,l.ec ON tne md ~ rsgn,a, ps ~ remne
tory challenges. Passed.
The bin provides again the United stscs
ye ny Ssa 1s y BE- ssn and
70 Be al 0..srs 70 % .Adn on n
poaisSmsat whereof Unsd states defend.
1 ss sscs ns nsd o moi s
ten and % IN >, :. s. ssss s.:
on trial together they shall Join In their psrempsory
| challenges
| Posr OFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL.
Tnc House then on motion OF Mr. BkAMAN, trcp.)
| OF Mich went into Committee Of the Whole, Mr..
Poland In the chair, and took up the Post once Ap.
The total sum appropriated by the bin is
sao97sos Of which sum ssa Is2so' Ky, & ls TO be de-
mcnL The following are some OF the principal
/ itcms:-
Inland mail transportation, $i3037 $50; foreign
mail transportation. fi5J0o0; compensation 10 post
mastcrs &45e O00 post once CLERKS $4,000, 00o; lot
ter carriers si000,000; advertising tthe washing
| ton papers TO be restricted 10 advertising mail
routes Ia virginia and Maryland), $4,000; postage
stamps and stamped envelopes $500, 900; mIscea
nep,ls payments including balance to foreign
tries $s75 900: steamship service between san Fran
cisco, japan and China, 5000 steamship service
| between the United States and Brazil, s150ooo:
Sandwich Islands, $4,000; supplying deficiencies
| IN the revenues OF the Post Onice Department
S5,1t0,0O0
Mr. F.RSswoRrH, trep.) OF H., moved TO increase
the item Tor Post once clerks TO t2,5oo,oco. RE-
jccted. .
| Mr. BEAxAS moved 70 amend the item for lctiet
carriers by reducing II to t500,0O0, with proyso
that letter shall not be employed IN any city
whose population IN less than 100000, aud that 40
greater sum shall be expended for the free delivery
| Of letters In the next fiscal year.
A general discussion cnsued on this proposition.
Mr. BgAMAN contcndcd that this was q very ex-
pensye branch Of the service. and consttnted more