The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-26

On motion Of Mr. NILES the Senate took up the bill
providing for the further reduction Of hostages on let
tiers, newspapers and other msilabe matter We have
gwen the items Of this bill heretofore The charges
are
land, cents If paid and cents If not pre- paid.
ounce letters, cents, pre- paid ten cents not pre-
paid. Heavier letters in proportion.
Fer letters by the ocean mail steamers-haH ounce,
three cents inland, to be prepaid 10 cents by sea-
For newspapers under two ounces, one cent inland,
without regard to distance On newspapers within SO
miles OF place Of publication, one. half cent.
Fer newspapers by ocean steamers. two cents Sea
charge with the usual inland charge Of one cent
Penny postage, one cent
ADVERTISING charge one cent.
!hsse are the principal items Of the bill
An amendment was pending for reducing the limit
OF co miles to so miles and the charge of half cent
to no charge at all for distances of 80 miles.
Mr.. Dickinson suggested that the clause providing
for free or reduced circulation within given circle
from the Office Of publication would be productive Of
great abufes for many papers have publication offices
In most OF the large cities at each Of which they
might take the benefit of the law. He would move,
therefore, that the reduced charge free circulation
Of newspapers be limited to given distance from the
Mr.. NIr. admitted that the proposition was judi
cious, and he would accept it. He was opposed to
granting free circulation to newspapers for any dis
lance. Within the limit Of 80 miles from the Office
where published, If newspapers are permitted to go
tree the revenue from newspapers of $4,000 will be
cut down to hundred or two hundred thousand dol
lars TWAS necessary to secure the full benefit Of cheap
postages to all the people, that s sorts Of mailsbe
matter should pay something.
W. n.LLN roee anu auureseeu tue senate IN an enr-
Iee, "no conprehenhve argument In support OF tue
small boon to the country newspapers of free crcu
auon wIhln circle OF sixty miles, or 10 distance
from the ONCE Of publication Of thirty miles all round
He commended that under the obligations Of Congress
to provide postoffces and post roads and post office
send hs;r ION .ne sovtfnmnt would De opngea 70
was not single newspaper published In the country
i1nitd Stt o nsre we're papels Pa onn IN .e
pers Of circulation Of 600 copies per week.
equal to weekly tissue Of two millions of newspapers in
Ills INIT ~ tb;ut M. Iuler esema t sna'
msnt Of n % meS sismp0h from Sns pay
nswsnansr. ua a., Pu ot paess 70 snree on o'
hon 10 IN. cennt NV u,s..ss St @ sue ~ ;',.t;s
n tha rsorIa snS ~ H.; 90 ~ 90 ~. y, III.
ssfstv pS M cnv.r poty ~ SS % IN; ne
@sncs ~ nv ou,. a aePenus upon .ne iuse,
cumha - u nS % tn1 ~ ~ 90 . ~
cum EumoenS upon tne government to adopt Ihs little
HoniS onsrsta - .b 20 .nsPapsrs' OF 'n.y %ss
P, r 81 po.uts wneio .ney 10 not exist, tnus TO-
tht sns IN OF tns people ana preventing
OF power IN our great cities Is We
the power Of France concentrated in the city Of
~ ~ ne wen. on MT Auen protestea agsint the
nortston a. Sna. syssm o. .e.ter OF "sns
49, n"i uVAen men IN TINS cspitoi ned powere
80 - sSs In.ousu Ihe1e houses, whicn not tho
tbroS.h taf%ns e.s IN tho osSd carry
for tSs ri. paa 1gar nunarea Inc vs. aGsr'
na.S. ~ .SI S;s ~ ste, every H'P VI wnaen GA
venns von,d .m.r frarn th' ti .nE Poss 0mte t
iee @ 20 ana yes tne OK
pnI 80 ~ , c iig 91 .uese voesn NAL ssesoLe Ie.e
of WIZ .r n. rsnn,na sov ~
49, M ny, sI tne tecsiPts !rom theDe ocean
tors vonId 49, 81 20 anntn t ths =, Sens
20 ~ we. 10 contempste tne sam aney were
the Great MoeulNthe throne tho four posts Of the
S tIy tr e ZIG canopy i.son, ano inc 1ur psscocAs
solid ds~onS. Rnt vhst doo! ya po.,st. rsns "
W. fePor. Presen' wnore Is al TINS Vast wealth =
.Y.,o OF me report mere
whout dstnrSnS tS nt " . may %
Sown ~ ths e ., 'n no o 0oeah sysen are te
uown az me sum OF $4,000 the yaar-s little
o OF s4Ioyto. mr.. ALLEN dweit upon the powers
~ ZIG iooUy mempeis, y tneir Dining ana ceoing Win
through Congress; and he showed that BY the inhu-
ences OF these obbsrs and behind the bar
responsible in an amount equal to ST. 1884 600 per an
rum The trick OF there Jobs caught from the
rupt jobbers and nobility Of England, in the ocean
mai system which they had ESTABLISHED And In order
to carry out these unconstitutional jobs the NJ.
had been compelled to abolish 200 Of pest
t onces az ", home Mr. ALLEN continued to dsnounce
STOCK and spectators whose lives devoted
to schemes BY which they could live without labor till
reserving much more that he had to say upon these
JOBS TOT another occasion
mr. tad TIE long and able speech 1.-THE Senator
as brief - possible and commenced by saying that be-
fore the world was created there chaos, and H.
ustrate his case he would trace events from that time
downward The Senator had not gone back so far,
but ne had given us something OF the history Of Greece
and Rome, to show the advantages Of letting newspa-
Pers 60 free OF postage for thirty miles Laughter
Mr. Niles charged upon Mr.. Allen that he had been
more responsible than perhaps any other man for the
JOBS Of thete ocean mail steamers particularly In his
speeches on the Oregon bill two years ago, nd
ing the breaking down of the old despotsm Of Great
Britain an preparing the hearts Of the people for
war These lines got up to strengthen the Navy
the necessity had become apparent in the speeches
OF the Senator from Ohio preparing the hearts of the
people for war Mr. Niles spoke in opposition to the
ent Of Mr. Allen, and said that for every dol
lar dimipution Of the Post Office receipts, dollar
would have to be taken from the public treasury The
cost would have to be paid In mere transfer Of the
tax The object was to reduce the hostages as far
Possoe ana YET Is lar a. possible to sustain the re-
'enues o, tne department
. "nsn mr. Mics hsd concuded, the senate ADJOURN
'd.
House Of REPRESENTATIVE
W.su,xaro. Lar "a ,aAo
THE REVENUE 1Avs-1ur TynnITou,r,.N ,,,n,,
BE poNr, AND WHAT SHOULD NOT M now
Mr. HurT from the Comm;tta. ~ ro,uu. ..,s
that he had been reouested to that IN. b
te nd the revenue laws over nner Csiifornia h mt
upon its third reading In October, a circular was
issued BY the department to our officers there Inform
ing them that there were no laws in existence under