The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-29

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Provided. That the Executive be- and he Is hereby,
authorized to dispose Of the sits and materials OF old
Fort and to apply the proceeds OF such sale
For the commence, emit Of batteries Sellers Point
Aass below Baltimore thirty thousand dollars;
Cumberland sound Georgia, twenty thousand dollars
For the commencement of fort on the east side of
Dauphin Island, Mobile bay, Alabama, twenty thou
Mr. AsHMus of Massachusetts said he would vote for
all the appropriations which may be recommended by
the committee He at all times willing to put the
country in state Of defence but especially now cons
derng the circumstances in which we were placed Ac
cordng to tho letter of the Secretary War Jonathan
ID Stevenson, and article in the organ. the mouth
piece Of the Executive of the 27th Of June, unde
niable that the government made Mexico, and
that the to be Of conquest and colonial
An expedition to be sent to distant region of the
globe which could not be reached in any way but by
within four six months. Stevenson was not in
sructed to enlist men for six months year, hut for
der to be enlisted, to be discharged in Oregon
In any other territory in that region which may become
that Of the United staes Language cannot lie palmer
II was to become war OF conquest California was to
be acquired by force and oolonzsd afterwards The de-
sign Of the employment Of Stevenson was to be kept
secret the letter of the Secretary snoined that it
should not be proclaimed known that the expedition
waste go to any particular place The appropriations of
ed by consultation Of the record. Twenty three mil
lions had been appropriated for the but recently
and had passed making provision for an issue
of treasury notes. loan the of millions
And this was only the beginning. The war, judging
from the extensive preparations: and the language OF
exec hvs s1ceI vi ,Ae to Ne brought speedily" to
close. He wanted the people to understand and know
and see the present condition of things The expedition
end, who say He voted against the declaration of
war; and for doing had shared the denuncations
lavshed on those who voted in the minority that ques
ton But he had followed the dictates of duty and had
endeavored to subserve the purposes for which ne
and not by iexi prominent cause of which, was
the sending OF troops to the Rio Grande This done
without warrant Of ongress-here was necessity
justify 1t. This movement of the troops was to sst
MIR Sldell in his negotiation land he quoted from doc.
uments to support this pos'on) lIe had doubt that
San francisco would he benz Aca to commerce but the
amount to be expended in this war. would purchase
dozen such ports without the shedding blood But
we must have q war with Mexico; we could have had
with Great Britain to hearts conent e here
exhausted his hour without concluding what he had in
MI Mckay said that, in the bill already passed ST.
200 had been appropriated for forti6cato much
sum than Congress had been In the practice Of
year before at $5O0000 We had appropriated large
amounts which were absolutely necessary to meet
binary expenses, as well extraordinary. growing
Of the war We had authorized the issue of ten mil,
lions Of treasury notes, and refused to and cof
not vote for the asked for by the BILL and he
appealed to the wings to stay the progress Of this
Mr. BURT eloquenty and earnestly advocated the bill
The purchase Of the defensive works Staten leland
and their repair was indispensable to the safety of New
York This had been recomme nded by the department
in 1912 at the commencement of the 2sh Congress. and
during the present Congress- and the very officers
identical individuals at the head of the engineer corps
were convinced that these public works should be un.
dertaken Nwould be madness and folly to withhold
appropriations from works Of such magnitude. If the
gentleman from North Carolina will not fortify such
cities as New York Baltimore, Mobile, and Cumberland
what on earth would he fortify 2
The time to which the debate limited Twelve
o'cock) arrived, and the committee proceeded to vote
se os Win and but
procuring title to the pea patch, in the Delaware.
The committee roso and reported the BILL a. amend
ed, when
Mr. DRoMoooLE moved to lay the bill on the table !;
but the motion did not prevail-yeas. 6l-nays, 100.
for the adjustment of the title to the pea patch was
agreed to-yeas, 92-nays, Sc.
The bill was passsd-yeas, 97-nays, 81
ALTERATION RATES or POSTAGE.
The House again went into committee, (Mr. Reid, of
North Carolina in the chair and took up the bill to
The BILL in substance. is as foows:-
For every letter or packet Of quarter of ounce
or less conveyed 800 miles less cents over 800 or
less than 600 miles, 10 cents over 600 miles Is cents
and for every additional quarter of fraction
except when letter is written on single sheet of pa
per weighing over one quarter of ounce less than
one half an ounce tho single postage to be charged the
rate OF 10 cents to be discontinued from and liter the
LIST July ls4s, IT, in the opinion Of the postmaster gene
raj the revenues Of the department equal its expend
distances over 900 miles.
Section provides the rates newspapers, viz -
less thai loo miles, cent over 100 miles, csnt.
pamphlets &c., per Sheet less than 100 miles cent
There is q section allowing DEPUTY postm asers add
tiona franking privileges.
Mr. DoUcL4ss moved to amend the bill, to make the
postage on letters weighing quarter of ounce Eve
cents for any distance throughout the Union.
Mr. Ba'skrnHorr: ('otfO voce) Why, that is not ad.
Mr. DOUGLASS believed that the Post Office Depart.
ment with TINS rate, would support itself IL the
simplest and best system that could be adopted
MIR HorKISs proposed to strike out the sfteen cant.
rate, and leave the bill stood-at five and ten cents
II should be passed. the revenue would be increased
ny reduction IN the weight Of letters-from half an
ounce to quarter of Tho country was not vet
in condition to justify such reduction as that suggest
adopt the system of the British government Our coun.
try was sparsely settled England not He preferred
Of that The amendment of the gentleman il adopted
would take than million of dollars from the re-
venue OF the department He hoped the time not
now We should get along best we may until the
Treasury shall he better condition The deficiency
in the revenue of the department this year will be $685.
600 The committee design moving an amendment an.
proprang $4,000 to the public correspondence
he sad that according to the present law editors
place. Of publication; but this had operated badly on the
paper, one half containing news and the other half
merchants bill and this circulating free of postage un-
der thirty miles He also spoke propriey Of caus-
ing the postage to be prepad ana sent to
the Clerks table, which read stateme nj from the
law, &c.
Mr. THoMAssoS spoke in favor Of substitute which
ne intends to oherfxing the postage single letters
paper not to exceed the fourth Of in weight
Magazines and periodicals cent per sheet; ne wspa-
Pe,s MOI exceeding tnry miles to be transported and
delivered free Of charge that distance one cent to
subscribers and regular Sellers two Others re-
stores the ranking privilege postmases enarges the
privileges 10 memDerso Of Congress, and allows officers
and priv ates in the army and navy receive letters Free
II the bill as reported by TIE committee should become
law, 1t would be oppressive the western postage
payers They already paid fifty per cent more than the
eastern Tor all the principal commercial points on the
mississippi Ohio and the Tennessee, were six hundred
miles distance from another The Second Assistant
postmaster General had informed him that there had been
asaving OF thirty per cent to the department in the
w the III;
was reason why there should a small uniform rate
II his substitute should be adopted less than three
they might reduce the postage to three cents pre-
paid. and FIVE cents delivery. And the department
could sustain itself He modified his substitute to this
enect For the fourth OF five cents for any
and every distances ounces for any and every dis
lance ten cents postage periodicals paper not
sent to subscribers by the publishers to be pre- paid
nations made in favor of men who 50, in the army