, 1859-03-02
BY TELEGRAPH.
70 THE PRESS AND TRIBUNE.
xXXETH C0SGREsS----SEcosn MISSION

| WAsHkarox. Taesdas, March 1.-szxA7s-
| The Ssqete vent into Executive sesoiou
until twelve O'clock, after which Nr Shieide
presented the credentials of Mr. Douglas. re-
| elected for six yeass.
| The Post Office Appropriation bill was then
/ taken up-
| 4r. Yulee, from tbs.somn,u.es, appended to
this bill clause sunilxr TO that on tbe Post
Routes biz, raising the rste Of postage to Eve
Agreed to-Teas 90. Nays 2s.
Ar. Wllson Eosed that il !uture tho depart.
meut advertising be Riven to two papers in each
State and Territory having the largess clrcula+
| tion. Agresd to.
4r. Wilson'S farther ameuduent, that the
contract With Buiterfe'd i To. for carrying the
California oFeEland mail, de modified - that the
they may seiec1, was objected to by He9era
futee. Toombs aud lverson, who saw IN tho
proposition 50 astemp. to deprive the South OF
the poor privilege Of q mail Eoute, as well 70
influence the Pacific Railroad. Others joined
in the debate, in the conrse Of which ii csua
out that each letter sent By the overland con-
veyanse >, eo+t tho go?ernment thirty-ave to
Houss.-Geo. Taylor, from the Special Co.u-
uittee, made = report, accompanied with the
following resolutions:
Eesokred, That 4. @. Seaman. iAte Spperin.
teudsnt Of Public Printing, has been guilty Of
impreper sud illega! practices il tho discharge
Of his Official dutf, ia violation Of the provisions
Of the act approved o. the 2ssh day Of August,
1859, creating The Office Of Superintendent and
defining thu dAtitt thereof.
R<solctd, Thst the testimony in this case bs
certified to by the Clerk Of the House Of Repre-.
seatatives and sent to the District Attorney for
,be DISTRICT Of coluuaia
On motion Of Mr. fenton, the House took up
nd %ha4 = %AnN A..
soi!ueut re9ister sud licensing the vsaaets Of
the Buffalo aud Luke Huron RBilroBa Go.
The House proceeded to sct an the ameuduents
reported FROM the Com1ai,tee Of the Whole On
the Slate Of the Union to the miscellaneous u.
preparation bills.
Among tho most important smendueata cou.
Cured in ara the following: Reducing lhe item
Of $3.50. 900 for contiau;uR Tho Treasur7 r1.sn~
sion TO $4,000 atrlking out the $200. 900 for tho
Charleston, and tbs f25o, 600 for the New Or
leGus cus1om houses ind adopting tho pToviso
that no part Of the amount appropriated BY the
Patent 0lhcs be paid to those persons recently
assembled hare BY iny'ts1ion Of ths Interior D.
bill WAS passed. It makes appropriations for the
coast survey lighthouse establishment survey
of The public fands, eso. The OCEAN Mail Ap~
propria,ion bill WA tbken up jn the Committee
Of sho Whole On the State Of The Union. An iu-
cidental discussion Of no great importance en-
sued, IN which is was coutendsd that bounty
should be made to pay for the service that the
! postal treaty which uow afford protection Of the
] foreign steau,eta, shoud be ahrogated, md that
| the poatua1teT General be directed to serd the
nails in American steamers Only. ttat subsidies
are corruptiug. etc. The bill was tabled Oh mo.
tiou Of Nj. Jones, qt Trnn., hT II majority.
Thu bill makinK sppeopriatiGps 1or fulfilling
Tooawanda Indians was p&sssd.
| Tbe bill providing for tho care and pee1Aryk-