The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-06-08

was an item Of internal improvement and therefore, he
was bound to resist was liable to be burnt up or
Mr. NIks defined the object Of the Post Master Gene.
raj in asking this telegraph line to be to put down these
Of the Post Master General with the accompany ing let
ter Of Mr. Amos Kendall -
Posr Orr,cr DsranrmrSr June 4. Is4s
SrR-An cypress line for the transportation OF news in
advance Of the mail has been for time in operation
and the facilities which has Afforded for specua,ion
have been the of much complaint, and produced
appeals the department for its suppression
sunde rsood that agents Of the express accompany
the mail from New York to Montgomery. In Alabarua
and proceed on horseback Mobile Ia distance Of -,
milesJ average speed of more than fifteen mill an
hour and thus overtake the mail of the rlecelng ay
Mobile, and continue wh II to New Orleans sailst tho
OF matter which dely goes c,or that route,
can scarcely make five miles hour Thi. is evil Of
preston which may be effected BY "a Increase the
penalties for the establishment, &C sst. by the
much in advance Of the mail and expresses as to
der the latter useless. The mail runs the distance
formsit in about third of the time, oyertakng the
mail Of the preceding day, and thus actually gaining
press from Montgomery Atlanta, the same speed
(Which win probably be soon accompshed) it will 60
the mail cannot be made to 60 that any other
route with the speed given the express which 10 under
equally certain the department cannot Establish an
express the law now stands to equal their speed
government nest
rates of postage that could be charged under the
late law, would DO broken down by the weight of tho
mail matter that would ct once be thrown upon il. In
my Judgment the best and cheapest mode of suppress
sing these expresses will be TO establish teegraphic
line between Mobile and Montgomery he continued if
sion Of intelligence 10 NV o'iesns. The EXPENSE Of
and twenty dollars per mile. as viii be seen in the ac
company ing letter from MIR Kendall who as Of
the company cisn the of the patent right upon the
most liberal terms II certain that an express could
not be n for single year without costing more than
trust IT w,l he tie pleasure OF Conrress 10 nnra,.
the private expresse either by an inci case OF the nena
the law by the establishment Of Other
communication that will render them useless
Your obedent servant
Hon. D. II. LEWIS. G. JOHNSON.
WARRINGTON Juno q 1874
snIn behalf of Professor Morse ana his asscciates
graph, the undersigned in compliance with your re-.
guest submits the basis of for thu use Of
nen line from Atalanta the State Of Georgia, to Mo-
bile in the State of Alabama To that end he max tho
/ That tho United States build. and, during the war
WIN Nexico. control line Of telegraph between tho
bUin,s above namsaEaiiowIng u.s. when it is not in use
Tor private communications and news for the
pcrs Or the government choose, we win construct
the lice ourselves with one wre superior to anv here
tooie put up in this country for the sum Of ,,y thou
sand dollars to be advanced from time to time as the
woiN progresses provided that IL any extra expense
becomes necessary in carrying the wire across any
river or rivers the shall be increased 80 as TO cover
such expense - y ~
That, at the close of the war the line shall be de-
vsred into the possession of the pacnee his heirs or
ment transmit all official Of the 1Jnited
states ree Of charge or refund the of the line
will resign his Office President of the Masnet.c els
graph Company and for reasonable nsation put
up me line IN question with all practical economy and
WIN nigh consideration, ycur obedient servant
AMOS KENDALL,
hon. GAVE lohSsos. Postmaster General
Msssrs. DICKSON, CALHOUN and JARrAoir followed
excessively in opposition to this innovation upon tho
MIR LEWIS arose, and after fsw remarks upon the ne
cs..Ity Of the case withdrew the amendment
mr. CALHouN-ls tho amendment withdrawn
Mr. PErSrBAcKER-Ycs. sir; he has withdrawnn
MT LEWIS next moved an amendment Of $500 for the
printing OF the Post Office catalogue and tho Post or
Zee laws in new edition. Agreed to. Printing to be
done by contract
ATLANTIC MAIL STEAMERS
MT NILES moved an item Of $4,000 toward a line of
mail steamers to Liverpool in addition to the item for ID
line to Bremen Mr. Niles into elaborate state
ea OF the contemplated scheme Of mail steamers acr
the Atlantic. When completed. it would embrace come
Ten stesmers-whch would be built with a view Of
They would be built by contract Mr. Collins nj Ns,
YORK. hal his who'll heart in the matter In addition IN
ported in the British steamers and no doubt u
more largely increase in this business The steanssrs
ior s4oou0J Sso0,u0a each by contract wha, az
Mississippi built by the COVE nment cost $50 Goa -
zee that the government would sustain the taxing
The present mail steamers OF England cost 500 ooo %
Saooo year and 1t is supposed that :srrs could t.
withirawn -enomea' "o"i- DC
AIR H.ywooD desired to know. where the money va.
to come FRONT Are to oo,ro'. ,ss,s Trss..ws.
notes or rase II ny dir .ct ss1 Va hay. already tue
nropsr ws nasicsior ia aid,nto the navy
"a ,sn war apartment Then ssain. i is proposed to
ded to thu cleaners to the iegu!- ~. and supcrad.
whsre II We count in these Ton mail war steamcD
Is the money To come FRONT
ar siMaoss sa the Bremen mail provision had been
stricken out and that this ought TO 80 with u.
Mr. CALHouy argued that II was subject requiring
the eatest deliberate from the magnitude of the
terplise:
the Chairman on Finance certain nterrogatores the
state Of the finances.
Mr. Dix sustained the appropriation Of both lines Of
steamers Messs Haywood Dix, johnson, of Mary land,
and Niles further prolonged the conversation
And without action upon the amendment at o'clock,
tho senate adjourned.
House OF Representatives.
WAsHiScror, June 8, 1876.
PRINTING BINDING AND srArIosgsv.
the private bis reported from the Committes Of the
Mir g. DAVIS asked leave to offer resolution (C,riss
of read read for nformaton was sent to tho Cork
Resolved That the Secretary Of State the Secretary
OF the Treasury the Secretary of the Navy the Secrey
this Hoise"
"lt's only read for iniormaon-1
The cLrR.. rssuming, whether the job printing,
stationery and binding have been let the lowest bid
der in conformity with law"
Mr. McCossELL-I object, sir.
The SrEAKrK-it Is objected to-
Mir DAuI move to suspend the rules and ask for the
yeas and nays
The srrAxER-As many in favor Of the yeas and
yeas and nays will RISE
The srEAsER-1here is a sufficient number, Tho
clerk will call the roll
The resolution again read for information and the
question was taken ana decided in the ncgave-Yeas ~
kays, 66-not o-thrds
Mr.. WINTHROP, from the Committee Of ways and
Means reported joint resolution the distribution