The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-23
LATEST NEWS.
TELE G r A NJ S
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
RECEIVED AT OFFICE OF THE
DAILY EXCHANGE.
WASHINGTON, April %.


SENATE.
The only business of interest transacted during
the morning hour was the presentation bv Mr. Sew
ard of the answer made bv Peter Cooper Wilson
g. Hunt OF the American Telegraph COMPANY of
New DIRK, to the memorial of Amos Kendall and
others, petitioning Congress to compel the Atlantic
Telegraph Company to give their business at the
frontier to all the lines entering the United States
on terms of perfect equality. The answer shows
that the effect of such legislation would be to in
jure the interests of the public by dividing the
responsibility or rendering it uncertain by subject
ing messages to delay or repetition on the frontier
by submitting them for transmission by greatly in
teriOr lines, and at no diminution of cost as in
equal division there could be no competition TINS
serious embarrassing our intercourse with Europe
Aside from public interests. it would be vantonly
trespassing upon the individual rights of comma
MES to make contracts with whom they please which
right is claimed by telegraph companies throughout
the onon has been recognized by the several State
legislatures and Is maintained by the memorialists
themselves, in their exclusive connections with each
other and other companies, which in more than one
instance, mentioned have been absolutely injurious
to the pnbllc interests. 1t is shown that the sole
object OF the memorialists is to reap equal share
OF the fruits OF the Atlantic Telegraph enterprise
IN the immense hazard and expenditure of which
they have borne no part, and which, though often
invited to participate in, they have unreentinglv
opposed in every step of its progress The remon-
strants oppose the enactment special legislation,
equally applicable to lines passing from one State to
another on the railroad steamboat or transporta-
ton companies.
Mr.. Mason's resolution respecting the difficulty
with Paraguay was taken up and discussed till the
expiration of the morning hour, when the def
cheney bill was taken up.
Mr.. Seward introduced bill which was read
twice to secure the prompt construction of a line of
telegraph across the continent between San Fran
cisco and st. Louis, and referred to the committee
Military Affairs.
The Deficiency Bill was then taken up and dis
cussed for some three hours without acting on va
riOus amendments which are still pending
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
bill presented by Mr.. Morrell, donating lands to the
several States for the benefit of agriculture and the
mechanic arts.
The House refused to table the bl-yeas 81;
nays l0i.
Mr.. Cobb made a speech against the bill; and
after further proceedings the bill was passed-yeas
lO4. nays l01.
The bill grants six millions three hundred and
forty thousand acres of land to be apportioned to
each State, equal to 10000 acres for each senator
and representative in Congress to which the States
are now respectively entitled. The proceeds of the
sales of the land to be invested in stocks of the
United States, or of the States, some other safe
stocks, the money so invested to be constituted a
perpetual fund.- the interest of which shall be in
violably appropriated by such State to the endow-
ment, support and maintenance of at least one
college, where the leading object shall be- without
excluding other scientific classical studies to
'edeh SuCu DIdHcues vi learning as are related to
agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner
as the Legislature of the States may prescribe in
order to promote the literal and practical education
OF the industrial classes in the several pursuits and
professions of life
The House went into a committee of the Whole
on the State of the Union, and proceeded to the
consideration of the bill granting pensions to the
officers and soldiers of the War with Great Britain
OF 1872, and those engaged in the Indian War dur
ing that period.
No definite action had been taken at the time of
the adjournment of the House.