The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-02-20

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daring lhs Pass uerk On cereal impr-
sani qaesiions.
The .SESArE. neariy De shols Hrsk
uas spent in discussion q de details 81
he BIZ. which hid ocrapied the two Pc
esAing weeks. zee redscing The rates 81
Posisge IN leners. &c. transmitted By fe
Nal. Thediscnssionhas. however. ban
brought to.a riose in Than body; he ! n
having passeaan Saturday. by the suFpiis-
ing asjority Of iwenly-six votes. al he
membeEs Of Ihe Senate except iwo beng
rrssenl This bill proposes gresierre-
daeiion of postage than We should have
advised. The highest postage lelt upon sin
Gle lellers and packages weighing not
more Than half an ounce Cor any and al
distances being Eve cents. instead of the
existing postage. which. . our resders
know, varies. according 70 distance. frsm
sir and . quarter cents 10 twenty-five
cents Tor each single leIier. and Cor dou-
bic, treble. and larger and heavier letters
IN proportion. We should have coun-
selIe.' : less rate Of reduction. because We
believe.lha for a year or two Al laast the
revenue Of the Post Office. under The ope-
ration Of this change. win fall short Gifts
expenses. and must necessarily be.made
good from the Treasury. We are recon-
ciled 10 This Inconvenience 70 The Govern
ment. however. by The increased accom-
modsfion 10 he afforded 10 The People, and
by,ihe.furihrr consideration that this re-
duction will place The mail on footing
Of somclhingsliks equality with The pri-
vale expresses. the interference Of which
with the Government mails, however con-
vehieni il may have been found between
particular points, has always appeared 10
US 10. have uDhapp ly inleriered with he
intention ofthe Constitution 70 place The
subject Of post Offices and post roads ex-
rlusively within The control Of the Gene
raj Government. By this bill The pri,i
lrge Of thanking letters is iaken'away from
Postmasiers and other Officers Of Govern
ment. with few exceptions, and in lieu
thereof They are TO receive ciedi, for the
amount Of passage on letters concerning
the business Of their respective Offices.
&c.-and severe enaciments are made
against The abuses Of The frankiDg privi-
lege which are said extensively TO prevail.
Members Of Congress are to retain The
ranking privilege as il exists. with The
restriction Of il 10 letters written b them
selves.
II woull be subject Of regret that
bill which has cost the Senate so much Ia
Dor, and the principle Of which is un-
APP roved by The general sense
Of the people in. eyeryspar. Of the coun-
try, should fail in The other House upon
its details; Of which, at This late period Of
the Session. there is great danger, should
the attempt be.made 10 effect any material
change la liz iii, even .h..sh .h~. -,.--.--
be animproremett We incline 10 wish.
that the illmay pass The House
without opening lis details, and that tri-
al Of il may be made as il stands. We
have ohjertionto some Of its pro-
visions; but we have greater objection to
The continuance Of the present onerons
svsiem for whole year longer. short Of
the expiration Of which time there is no
possibility Of Congress acting upon The
subject ifthe present'oppor,uni;y be SUI
fered TO pass away unimproved. No BIZ
on the subject can ever tie expected to be
universally acceptable: sndii is hazar,lng
little 10 say that, If the present bill fail. it
is an even chance aheiher any bill oil
the subject twill be. passed these FIVE
years.
The Report Of the Senatc's Committee
on Foreign Relations upon the Anne a.
lion subject. made on Tuesday last. has
been spread bef re our readers at large;
hut. fur TIE information of ihatI class of
item whose occupations dom allow item
the necessary time 10 mas err papers of
such volume and copinusnes-, we have
prepared an abstract Of, The repor,, which
such readers will find in the following CO.
lumns.
The bill or-lhe establishment of Ter
ritorialx Government in Oregon, which
passed the House Of Representatives ear
~ in the.week, iand: was referred in the
Senate 10 the Committee "on Terrific.
ries," hrs been reported back. from that
Thetbil ought now, it srems
I, US. To he retired! to The Committee on
Forrign Rclali"ns,i.to inquire, not whetll-
er the passage of such bill is, under ex-
lstlng. circumstances, Recommended BY
any very urg nj necessity--for that inqui.
ry was properly wilhia the province of
t e Committee OH Terriiories-bui xheth-
er the passage Of such bill would be
c 'mpatible withihe spirit ofexis,iug i.ea
tie between the United States and forriaa
P9we's, or with tina, comfy which is as
much part of International law IS is the
iatIh OF treaties. Sagacious and reason
ing men begin tnaopen their eyes To the
of inconsiderate action in
this matter. In proof &c which we copy
from The journal of Cumm. thefol-
lowing paragraph, plainly Indicating how
the pulse of the substantial mer, hants. OF
IN great cities is affected BIZ The pen,len-