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of ball an ounce, three cents, provided post
Office now existing shall be disconiDu nor
shall the mail service on any mail route be dis
continued or diminished in sequence Of any
diminuon Of the revenue that may result from
this ac'; provided, il shall be the duly Of the
Post NJ t>t General to establish new post Of
fees aud pruvde mail rvicc on new mail
routes established or that may be hereafter
tabI-hcd. in the same manner as though the
ACT had not passed and provide !, that ne com.
" 'ailon OF the pr s. masters shall not he d.
III nlohed in consequence of the passage Of this
ac'.
Aitcr an unsuccessful effort to amend, this
va, agreed to-Ycas 81, nays 10.
The first section t nus disposed Of, the Com
rnittce proceeded TO the consideration OF tie
second section OF the bill.
Mr.. Potter moved a Substitute for it, charg.
iHg ON printed matter for two ounce 8, one cent;
books, not weighing over thirty ounces shall
he deemed maiIabe matter provided that news.
PAT ers delivered in the State where published
shall be chargcible with only oue>half the
foreign rates.
Various amendments were off red to this
and rejected. Two similar in substance were
agreed ,o---ihat no postage shall he charged on
newspapers mailed and delivered in The county
mhere published, nor oi!hin thirty mics Of place
If pHbiicdton.
Another was agreed to. dcductng 81 pc r
CEN. on magazine postage when prepaid.
Without perfccting the second section, the
Committee rose and the House adjourned.
WAsHlyGToN Tuesday Jan. IA, 1851.
SsyArE-Nlessrs. Miller Dodge and Glenn
ens, presented petitions Of perio lical dealers in
New York, on the subject Of postage.
MIR. pearce's resolution, directing inquiry by
the Finance Committee, into the expedlency Of
requiring by law, that all duties on goods and
mrtcIandz' imported into California, collect.
ed by American officers, in command there, be
paid into the Treasury, was adopted.
MIR Underwood moved to take up the Join,
resolution, authorizing the assignment of land
warrni t., with view of making it the order OF
the day. Agreed to, and, alter some debate,
the resolution was postponed to, and made the
p ecial order f'r, Friday.
The Senate then took up the bill to cede
public lands TO the States in Which they are sit.
uaied, on certain conditions.
Mr.. Fech resumed his speech in opposition
to,he BILL lie conlended that any change in
the present system of d+posinc of public lands
would be attended with great cost, confusion
and loss to the 'vcrnment. lie investigated
the doctrine hat the right to live implies an
quail right 10 have Il place to live in, and pro.
nnrnctd It wholly unlenabe.
Mr.. Walker commenced a speech in defence
Of the genera pr nciplcs Of the bill. Such con-
" rvatism as Mr.. Fechs had delayed the abo' =
iIon c( imprisonment for debt, and gave cred
itor power to take the bed from The feeble mother
prd the cradle from the infant babe. He con
tended that man had natural rights to food
clothing, and shelter, and that Government
rhould secure these to all. Compared with
these rights, wealth, trade, commerce aud mar
uactures were but secondary considerations
Without concluding lie gave the hor to Mr..
Norris, on whose motion the Senate adjourned.
!loUsE-Tnc House went INFO Committee Of
the Whole on the bill TO reduce and modify the
rates Of postage. The question pending was
the motion of Mr.. Fowler to strike out five and
insert two cents for the rate on prepaid letters
as a substitute for the amendment of Mr.. Car
ter of Ohio for uniform rate of five cents pre-
Tai'.
Mr. Fowlcr's amen lment was rejected CT tt
50.
Mr.. Sacke,t proposed an amendment, the
rate on letters for not more than 500 miles :
cents 1000 miles, 3 cents 1000 miles, 5 cents
and all greater distances, 10 cents. Rejected.
Mr.. Ninlon proposed uniform rate of 3
ntS Rejected.
Nj. Caswel offered an amendment which
was adopted, that no Post Office now existing
shall be Discontinued nor any service be Dis.
N'ltihutu Ut ullUlUlSHtu III consequence bl
any elimination Of nue., and it shall be the
duty Of the p. NJ. General to establish new
Post Offices and places for mail service on the
new mail routes estab shed, or that may be cs
'abehed, and providing that the compensation
Of puStmlsters shall not be diminished in con
sequence nI this act,
WAsHISGTos Wednesday, jar. l6.
SEsArE.-Mr. Miller e-cnted the pctilio,
nj silk IN pf Nn,u ] askinr ,
odlficalion Of the tariff of 1876
Mr.. Hunter presented the credentials Of Mr.
Mason. AS Senator from Virginia, for SIX year
from March 1851.
Mr.. Seward presented The petition Of larg
number Of inventors demonstrating against TIT
passage Of the bill relating TO the Patent laws
also petitions from Washington, Niagara, an
St Lawrence counties, New York, and Morris
town and Philadelphia, Penn, all praying 70
the rel cal Of the Fugitive Slave Law. Lad o.
the table. lie also presented petition iron
ri; hfed \, Y, pra' ing for the abolition @
slavery in Utah and New Mexico, and move
its reference to the Committee on Territories
Lost.
Mr.. Clay moved to lay it o. tie tablc-car
Tied.
Mr.. Seward presented petition from tn
same place. for the abolition Of slavery in tn
ID strict OF Columbia, and moved its reference
Mr.. Clay moved to lay it on the tabIe-car
Tied.
Mr.. IIamlin presented petition for tie re
peal Of the Fugitive Slave Law. Laid on tn
table.
Mr. Dickinson presented the m mortal 9th
Industrial Congress, relative to the Patent law
Mr. Pearce ntroduccda Joint resolution COZ
corning the distribu'i m of the published work
Of the Exploring Expedition. Ordered to /
engrossed.
Mr., Shields offered a resolution calling q
the President to furnish all the informatiC
touching the British difficulties at San Salv
dor, &c, and snch other matter connected wi
The suit cct as affects the interest of the Unite
States, and threatens the independence Of Cer
tra America.
Alter remarks by Messrs. John Davis, Ga
Ca's, and Douglass, the resolution was ado
ted.
Mr.. Benton offered resolution, calling
official correspondence in relation TO the Co
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