The North-Carolina standard., 1844-04-24
[coNDENsE1 FRoa THE. ab0nE r.

and the other territories on the northwest coast Of
Moth America, THE 6i1f Rps' 'af1eRae6 on the
suggestion; of Nj Tappah, by striking out the
provision for lhe distribution ef PoqSieqef these
books to members Of Congress. 1twas then or
dered tor be engfosset forea-thfM reading on yeas
and nays, hyaa vote. OF. u to'13? The Senate
then resuned the consideTn6o6sef sef the.bfH felae-
lag the fates.d postage and regulating fhefra1k.
ing privilege. Several amendments were pro
posed ;..some Of whict were adopted An a1nettd1
Inens proposed by Mr Evans and Hlodifed"by bfr.
Woodbury., was adopted'bs vote sof~s4 t9 ~, as
follows: 49,: = ~ - : -. ::
"That there -shall.be charged, ID lieu of the
rates of postage move established by law, theSfoE
lowing Fatgs VIZ For every single letter convey
ed any disatfee under thirty miles three cents
for thirty, and under one hlnFed miles five Cents
ever ons hundred and1lpder font hundred miles,
Ten ce6ts ;~eSer four hundred miles fifteen cents !;
and fora double letter, double rhrse rates, and for
a treble letter, treble these rates and for quad
Iuple letter, quadrlple these Eates, and every
parcelscomposed Of one piece-of pa per, or fwbich
does not exceed one-quarsF of an ounce irf weight
, 'ahaf be considered Single. leterf, and every
parcel composed of4not more than TIVE pieces Of
p7pAr or not exceeding one-haif oHnce'in weight
shall he deemed a de16le Letter; and every parcel
containing not more than oNr pieces Of paper, or
not weigting glover one ounce shalfE6H considered
qadr9pic Ee$trr and for every additional quar-
of an.eance, beyond One ounce IN weight, the
ailuiaaGf postage ofasihele lAefshaft be tidded>"
IneshiA wgsth"H 6xdefed to be printed as "a
na-ndrd; an4,i Further consideration was post
poacd s4i:o,.norrow.-,. Mr.. Basby. y.~Nho" intends
20 ed lFTEs The Senate Upon the subject, will calf
.,p0 the~tarif question to morrow
to the House to-day, the first business OF I'M
portance taken up after the expiFatiot4 of ffle-
morning hour, was the bill making appfopria-.
tionS for western harbors and rivers : The hrst
:
Stitnte forthe whole bill and, this being rejected
q motion was made by Mr.. Cobb to layit pusthe
table, and rejeeted-yeas 55. nays IeT After a.
debate, the question was,taken ca *he eugrpss1hent
Of thebhl, and rejected-yeas 66, faYs'1e2: Mr.;
Duncan moved ITO reconsider that vote, and pro-
Geeded omake- some remarks on ms motion; But
gave way so fegnentfV to explanations, at the reE
quest of different. members that the hour of 8
o'clock, set "A part for the transaction of other
business arrived before he. had finished his Te-
marks The subject then went foVer tll to-mor-.
row. Al 3 o'clock, iii pursuance Of an order
made atMr. Adams request ip the morning,
that gentleman presentedte the House the camp
shest used by General Washington during the
revolutionary war, which was purchased at the
sale at Mount FernoH by Col MaynadfeF by
him presented to Gov Winder of Maryland, and
bequeathed to Congress by the late William
Sydney Winder, his son. Mr.. Adams -accenfpar
AItu PfcStHIdtiOH 81 InfS relic WIFI some ar
propriate remarks and concluded by offering re-
8olutionsof acceptance and of thanks to the wild |
ow of the deviSor After some remarks from !
Messrs. WaAered and Kennedy Of Maryland, the
resolutions were agreed to, and the House al |
journed: : - -
- Friday, April le.
In the Senate, to-day ahe bill authorizing a |
subscription by Congress for 500 copies Of Mr.. |
Robert GreeRholy,s history Of Oregon, Caiifor- !
MIA, and the other Territories on the northwest
coast of America, was read the third time and I
passed Tire camp chest of General George
Washington which he used during the revolution
ary war, bequeathed by the last will of the 4are +
William Sydney Winder to the Congress of the
United States accompanied by joint resolutions a
dopted BY the House of Representatives, accepting
it for deposte as precious relic in the State De
Partment, and recognising to the family of the do
nor the high sense of the value of the bequest and
expressing their respect forthe memory of the do
nor. These resolutions were unanimously pass +
ed The Senate refused to resumeths coAsidefa7
tlon of the post office bill to-day on vote by yeas
and nays, of Fl to 29-all those voting favor oftl
considering the bill being wings The Senate ,
then agreed, by vote of 80 to 70, To resume the +
subject of the tariff, those voting in the negatvet
being wings. In'the contest for priority of action
on these two bills, theswhig senator's without re-
gard to the usual courtesy towards senator's who
~0 APiSSSSN 0CotlO dUuIcSS the OGIldI6 at a
particular time, upon any subject pending in that
body. evinced determined dhsposionto interceptI
any further discussion at this time by democratic l.
senator's, on the tariff This determined refusal
Of the usual courtesy of that body to The SENATOR'S
Mr.. Baghy) who, on yesterday, gave notice of t
his intention to calf up the tariff question today
gave evidence of some ukerfo. motive and pre- =,
concerted Movement to carry h INTO effect Whe4
ther was to cut off the practick Interesting and
powerful speech Of Mr.. Wright to-day, Who I'll 7
was understood, desiredt6 address the Senate up
on this subject for fear that it might be the onf
oppoth1nitY which wea ala be afforded him 10 do
70 fhis session, we know hot bar we have strong
suspicious that 1t was more from fear of the effects
Of that speech than desire to pass>fpon the post
age bill, or other legislative business Of tess i'm Il
portance. Whatever wasrheif design thew did not =
succeed. The tariff was taken pp Mr.. Barbv Fl
yielded his right TO the floor to the senator from
fsav York, lMr. Wrrght) Tkat~senator 'ad p
dressed the Sfnate4er two hours without conetod
ing, We .apprehend that, when his spseck Il +
gtFen TO ee ceanery, thepaFtY which ehdeayored
To intercept t9oday viii have great case f. r.
ST their, want Of sdccssss= Further notice nj
this speeeh will BE given hefeafter, The tenase p
odiourned 1yef tfif Moif1ay: -,-. ~ (st' - "a
I6tAe House, Mi Adams presented eerta;n 20. a
solutions Of The egfsaalre Of Massar6usets ,Te: IA
f'sliup agaiaSs the annexatfon.of Fexas. VI RiT+, +
were laid on the table and ordered to be nrinfed
After disposBgof the executive docttfaents nm fI1s b
Speakefs table antFead dfa q; - - .zs-srF L