Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-09-09

Important from Washington.
Congress has been in session ever since
December last, but it can hardly be said e.
have begun to work in good earnest till now.
Yesterday there was done in both housr.
much business of public Importance, wort.
locking at here.
The refusal of the Senate, by the very dc
ciSive vote of 80 TO l6. TO consider IT,
Homestead Bill is indicative, we think, c.
its fate. Ii may be considered dead al.
gone, for this session, at all events. W.
give the vote in detail, as there is suppos !
to be considerable anxiety in certain quar-
ters hereabout to see the names:
YEAs-Bright, Cass, Chase, Clark Coog-
er, Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge of low
Douglas, Downs, Hale, Gaines, Jones of To-
wa. Seward, Sumner, Wade, Walker-1G
NAYs-Adams, Atchison, Badger, Boy
ard Bell, Borland, Bradbury, Broadhos.,
Brooke, Butler, Charlton, Davis. Dawson,
DeSaussicrc, Felch, Fish, Geyer Hamb..,.,
Hunter, Jones of Tennessee, King, Mall
ry, Mangum, Mason, Merriweather, NJ
| ton, Norris, Pcarce Prattc Rusk, Sebas-
tan, Shields. Smith, Soule, Spruance, Tou-
ccy, Underwood, Upham-3S.
Mr.. Rusk's (newspaper) Postage BIZ,
reported back with amendments, was tax Z.
up. the amendments agreed to, and the Lii
passed. It provides as follows:
The postage on newspapers, periodica.s,
and all printed matter, not exceeding thr..
ounces, shall be sent to any part Of the IL
ted States for one cent; and where the psi
age is paid quarterly or regularly, in ---
vance, where the same is mailed or de.v-
cred, one half of said rate only shall b.
charged. Newspapers. not weighing C..-
one ounce and half, when circulated il j,
State where published. shall be charra-
only one half of the rates before nal Il;
provided, that small newspapers, publ .c3
monthly, when sent in packages TO one ID
dress prepaid, by atiiNing stamps tho,
shall be chargeable at half a cent for -a
ounce. Postage on all transient matter bal.
| be paid, or charged double the fore-.,ra
) rates, and that all books, bound or unb,lul-
, not weighing over four pounds, sha.- .e
deemed malablc matter, and charged with
= postage at one cent an ounce for all d:=t,u-
ces under three thousand miles, and two
cents an ounce for all distances over r..c4
thousand miles, to which fifty per c-..t.
shall be added in all cases where the SIN.
may be sent without being prepaid.
f The River and Harbor Bill managed ~
5 ter q struggle, TO get another hearil g. -
: Among the amendments agreed 10 in Com.
t mittee. were the following:
$4,000 for survey Of Taunton river, NI.z-
&. Suchusetts.
\ $1,000 for survey of San Antonia river,
/ Texas.
$500 for repairing works at Little teg
t hurbor.
5 $4,000 for survey of Providence HarL u.
. $1,000 for survey OF Falls OF Ohio.
= $500 for repair of Seawall at Mar L.
: head. Massachusetts.
e $4,000 for survey OF harbor at Georgo-
j town. S. c.
= 81 500 for survey of Shrewsbury river,
= New Jersey.
5 $1,000 for repairs OF pier at kennetcc
Il Name.
II $l5000 for removal of obstructions in d..
:. buque harbor.
Y $4,000 for removal of obstructions j..
It Great Sodus Bay, New York.
;, $4,000 for Huron Harbor, Ohio.
= $4,000 for breakwater at Burlington, Y:
d $4,000 for harbor at Conneaut, Ohio.
Y $4,000 for harbor at Newcastle, Del.
IS $4,000 for harbor at Bridgeport, Conn.
II The Naval Appropriation Bill being u
o in the House, among other amendment
? adopted, we see was one appropriatlng So,
k 600 for seamen dying in the New Yorl
Hospital. There was great effort made t
q prolong the talk over this bill, but we ar
a glad 10 see it was finally passed before tn
hour Of adjournment came.-N. y. Express
2lst ult.