The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-06

Under this head the True Delta Of Tuesday
takes Messrs. Bullard, Morse and Penn, oil the
Louisiana delegation in Congress, to task IN not
voting for the final passage Of the Cheap Postage
Bill. Their course is severely censured. Ihey
are denounced as disregarding the admonitlons OF
the press. the interests of New Orleans and the
intelligence of the planters Of the State. This Is
all qratuitous and unjust towards those gentlemen.
On the last DAYS discussion in the House, the first
section of the Postage Bill, which provided for
postage of three cents, If prepaid, and five cents
il not" was struck out and the following inserted
"upon each letter not weighing over hall an ounce
three cents and for each additional half ounce, etc.
three cents' This amendment was carried by
vote of 121 to 49, Judge Billiard, Mr.. LaSere
and Mr.. Penn voted against it. Mr.. Morse did
not vote on this question. The bill then passed by
vote of 1870 to rs. Mr.. LaSere voted for the bill,
and Messrs. Morse and Penn against it. Judge
Billiard did not vote. The fate of the bill was de-
cided by adopting the amendment cutting down the
postage to three cents Judge Billiard, in letter,
says: "The House cut the postage down to three
cents, qcstjout prepayment l voted against 1t
but was willing for three cents prepaid, and hive
cents not" This was correct, and the Senate has
restored it. In this shape the bill will finally pass
Congress. As it passed the House, fixing the post
age on all half ounce letters at three cents, without
requiring prepayment, the Department would be
burdened with the dead letters without any remu-
neration 1t is but right if postage is cut down te
the lowest possible rate, the letters should be pre-
paid. Government would then be paid something
for all the letters carried in the mail, and get clear
of the dead Letters.
| Judge Buard is singled out in the True Deltas
article and censured for not always voting in the
House when there is a division, or the yeas ano
nays called careful examination shows that he
has voted on all the important questions in the
House, from the second Monday in December
when he first took his seat, until the 2Sth of Janu
ary Jour latest dates.) On the 27th he voted alon
in the Louisiana delegation to suspend the rules Il
lake up the bill "makng appropriations for thu
improvement of certain hdrbors and Rivers" calet
the Harbor and River Bill" and make it TIT
special order OF the day for the next Tuesday, ant
| to continue SO until disposed Of The vote wa
1l6 to 7O--not enough to suspend the rules. Judg
Billiard voted in the affirmative, and Messrs. Ii
Sere, Morse and Penn in the negative This wa
a test vote, and a very important one. This bill
appropriates large sums to clear out the snags an
other Instructions in the Mississippi, Ohio, an
other Western rivers. The bill cannot be reache
in its regular order this session, and WILL therefore
be lost. The True DeIta's censure on Judge Bu
lard's course is entirely gratuitous and withou
cause.
We find this account of the bill in the Baltmor
Sun:
"The River and Harbor Bill contains appropriations to Y
amount of about two millions Of dollars, OF which $500
to the Of the Mississippi river and ITS tb
Southern frontier and $500 600 jointly to Improvements
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts