The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-12


adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
HATES OF POSTAGE.
The House resumed the consideration of the bill
to amend the act 70 reduce and modify the rates OF
postage, passed March 3, 1851, (having reference
especially to the postage on printed matter.)
The first section still being before the House
Mr.. OLDS resumed his remarks from yesterday
in reply to Mr. Brooks. The one ounce minimum
proposed by the BILL he said reaches nine tenths of
the newspaper circulation OF the country; and he
then proceeded to show the difference between the
old rates and those in the bill, arguing that the
gentleman from New York mistook in saying that
The rates increased, when, in fact. there Is
duCtion IL was true, however, that on pewspa
pers sent under fifty and five hundred miles, the
average postage is high as that under the old
law He stated that the bill has received the sane
ton of both the Poet Office Committees Of the two
Houses, and Of the Postmaster General
Mr.. GiDDlNGS said he had weighed the ~"
tional Intehgenc1, and ascertained that it's weight
was nearly ounce and half.
MIR. Obs replied that the law requires the news
Mr. GiDDINGs. What will this paper weigh
when dry!
Mr.. OLDs One ounce
Mr.. WASHBURN offered amendment, 30 that
the first section may read: GAN newspapers and
periodicals not weighing over an ounce" and q half,
published regularly, as often az once in three
months, and sent from the office of publication to
actual subscribers, shall be chargeable with one
half the foregoing rates" He said he did not like
the discrimination in the bill, the effect OF which
would be to curtail, very materially, the circuin
uou OF country newspapers; The object OF the bill
seemed to be to favor small daily penny papers,
printed on thin paper with small type, to the detri
ment of large papers, printed with better material
He did not believe in the propriey OF such iegisa-
ton and expressed the hope that the section would
be altered so as to fix the weight at two ounces md
half, as was orr ginally reported
The debate was further continued by several
Other gentlemen until the expiration of the morn
ing hour.
DEFICIENCY BILL-THE COLLINS LINE.
The House resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union-Mr. STUART in
the char-and resumed the consideration of the
Senate amendments to the bill supplying defcien-
ces in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1852.
The amendment pending was that giving addi-
tiona compensation TO the Collins line Of steamers
for carrying the mails between New York and
Liverpool.
Mr. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, offered an
amendment in the form Of an additional section:
That the duties to be levied on goods, wares, and
nerchan dse imported into the United States shall
be assessed on the average prices which such arti
cles bore in the principal markets of the United
States On the hrst OF December, 1876; such prices
to be tanned by the Secretary of the Treasury
in order to raise the money appropriated by this
and other lave.
The CHAIRMAN ruled the amendment to be
MIR. STEVENS appealed from the decision,
which, the question being taken, was sus-
tained-ayes So, noes not counted.
The Collins-line steamer amendment was fur
Their discussed under the five minutes rule and
various propositions were voted upon, and dsa'
greed to.
Mr.. ALLISON, at fifteen minutes to two o'clock,
after saying he satisfied many gentlemen
were tired OF this by play, moved that the com
mittee rise.
The question having been taken, the motion
disagreed to-ayes "a, noes So
Other amendments to the pending proposition
offered, discussed, and voted down.
Mr.. OLDS submitted one, to the effect that the
Postmaster General be authorized. with the assent
Of E. X. Collins and Company, to advertise in the
usual manner and at the usual time for the trans
portaon of the mails between New York nd Lv
erpooi, semi monthly; the contract to be awarded
TO the lowest bidder, provided he be an American
citizen.
This was debated. and then disagreed to-aycs
-, noes 10.
Other propositions connected with this subject
were acted upon and rejected, including one,
offered by MIR. ORa, to give the Collins line the
amount of postage received for carrying the
mail between New York and Liverpool, in lieu of
the present compensation. The vote was--ayes 90
noes 49,
Mr.. MARSHALL, of Kentucky, at twenty min
utes TO three o'clock, moved that the committee
rise; but the motion did not prevail.
Additional amendments were submitted and
disagreed to; and, pending the proposition giving
the Collins line OF steamers additional compensa
ton, the committee rose and
The House, at three O'Clock, Adjourned.
PETITION.
BY Mr.. BERNHISEL: The petition of the Govern
and Legislative Assembly Of the Territory OF
Utah, asking Congress TO provide fJr the construc
ton oi a line of electro magnetic telegraph from
some point on the Mississppi or Missouri river, via
Great Salt Lake City to San Diego San Francisco,
Astoria, on the coast Of the Pacific. Referred to
the Committee on the Post Office and Poet Roads
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VENTILATED Cars Tho following (says the
Boston Jcri'nai) is a IN re particular description
Of the new invention for keeping cars free from
dust than have before seen. 1t is condensed
from description by the Hartford Times. If cars
can be constructed to be free from dust, the
greatest of annoyances of railroad travelling will
be obviatcd
THE invention consists-frst, in a row of three
large circular veniators placed in the top OF the
at equal distances apart and haring open 80
to catch great deal Of air from the rapid mo.
ton of the At the height of the ven,i!ators
there is not much dust, as it does not generally
rise so high in any considerable quantity, but what
little entcrs them is caught and Deposited in
scrvoir partly filed with water, and ingeniousiy
attached 10 the bottom Of the ventilator. The air,
thus purified from dust and cinder, roshes into the
car through the ventntors, in consequence of the
rapid motion. ITO make the arrangement still
more eiTectunl, the windows OF the oar have been
altered, that instead of opening perpendicularly
they open sideways. like door. Each window
consists Of two parts, shutting together ut an oh
tuse angie, which pro ects few inches outward
from the side OF the car. One part OF each window
ia closed and deecfs the passing dust from the
while the other part is slightly opened Inward, 80
permit constant current Of air received from
the venilators to pass out and rtpel the external
dust. The invention is pronounced entirely sue.
'oes5fui by the Times Mr.. Paine, the water ga
man, 10 the inv entor'
The New CUNARp STEAMER ARABIA has the fol-
lowing dimensions:
Length on deck. 2S4.2 feet
Breadth oil beam. SI.3 Ieet
Depth OF hold ................ u b feet.
tonnage -......... -Z,SS3 az luO tons.
She has been built much finer in the bow than
Any Of the vessels formerly constructed for this
company, with beautiful an after-run ss could
be well conceived; a, the came time this has been
accomplished concurrently with large carrying
accommodation, her great ZENITH permitting her
to swell out in full amidships without injuring
tho grace of the She is also, like La Plato,
braced from stem to stern inside with iron straps
laid dingonally from the main deck beams to the
bilgetbe first series checked into The timbers and
the other laid across and at each crossing bolted
through the timber. The distance between the
10 aha,t fAa foot and an mi N