Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-02-05
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40 '<",.''It - WIsn1NGToN, Jan. 28..
The railroad presidents today were occu-i
pied in settling the rates Of freight and fares
on the water communications of their respect
i've roads. J, They arrived at no conclusion,
and adjourned till tomorrow.
il, The Diplomatic. Consular bill was reconsid-
cred and passed to-day by three majority -,
Seven Republicans voted for it, viz. Messrs.,
Foster Washburn, Morse; Wood, of Maine,
Morrill,, of Vermont, Gooch of Massachusetts,
and Nichols Of Ohio Some of these are among
the tirmest opponents Of the Administration
in the House, but they voted for the bill part
-ly on the ground that it was reasonable and
necessary appropriation, authorized, by ex-
pressed laws, and that, besides, it contained a
humane provision for the support Of recap
tlred Africans, to which it was desirable to
give the sanction of law. r. ,.v... ,,dt r,.g 81;
d twenty-five, Slave-Trade Democrats voted
against the bill because it contained that hu-
name provision. A majority of the Republi-
cans voted against it because they do not mean
to vote any appropriations llthey know what
amount of revenue government proposes to
raise.
4 The Committee on W avs and Means met
to day, but could agree on nothing. They
adjourned till Tuesday, .o,;,,s ..,J,, g.,o.
( The tide is setting against any alteration of
the Tariff: Mr. Hunter, the Chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee, is strongly op-
pesed to any alteration. alD-..TfG .v..loarnl
Secretary Cobb is elated by the INCREASE of
imports, and begins to talk about getting
through without any new Tariff ''''
Pixies Peak Territory was reported to-day
under the name. of jefferson. ! An attempt
will be made to substitute the name of Usage.
yol;l za2iru pm WASHINGTON, Jan! 80. d
"A. letter, received here from Chill, dated
Dec. "a, says that Senior ;Urmenta, Secretary
Of State, has made an agreement with Mr..
Bgler, U. 8. Minister, subjecting the ship
Maoedon claim TO the arbitration of the King
Of the Belgians.r 1t has been approved of by
the Senate and probably by the House. :,
The compromise about the Franklin is now
law, and Mr.. Bigler would receive the $15,-
900 agreed upon, before the LIST of January.
These claims are of many years standing.
The letter adds that the political horizon is
becoming every day more cloudy, that the
very prudent Chill is rapidly losing her credit,
and that there is no present security. r., ,f
The Postmaster General estimates that
about million of dollars are necessary for the
transportation of the mails between the U. s.
and foreign countries, and from New York to
San Francisco and back, for the next year.
The larger part of the service is to be paid
with the sea and inland postage. No new lines
are recommended.
Mr.. Buchanan has determined to remove
Judge Sinclair of Utah, should it be proved
that he charged the grand jury that the Nor
mons were liable to indictment for offences
cured by the Presidents proclamation.
Mr.. Miles Taylor says that the Louisiana
sugar crop amounted in 1867 to upwards Of
39O, O00, 900 pounds instead of $1,000, 600 as
stated in Mr.. Branch's Cuban report,
The Senate caucus on SATURDAY. agreed to
support an increase in the rates of letter pos
tage to 5 cents. .' .T a'"'..'.f' '.-.7'
The special Agent of the Treasury depot,
despatched some time ago to investigate mat
ters connected with the California Mint and
Custom House, has laid his reporHbefore the
Secretary. He charges gross mis-manage-
ment and abuse, as existing in all the depart
ments of California ,,'.. A.,
An agent of the squatters of the Mariposa
property, California, has arrived here, to ask
the interposition of Government to set aside
the Fremont patent, on the ground of fraud in
the survey The matter has been laid before
the Attorney General.
The Committee on Elections are unani-
mously in favor of the Hon. Bird Chapman's
contesting the seat of Mr.. Ferguson, as dele
gate from Nebraska. ii, - ,......... ....,
-.gys,,.... .ey New YORK, Jan. 81.
The House special committee this morning,
by vote of against 5, authorized Mr.. Cur
tbs to report his bill for Central Pacific Rail-
road, with one branch to the frontier of Iowa,
and one to the frontier of Missouri. The bill
was modified at the instance of Mr.. Corning,
by increasing the amount of land and money,
SO as to make the measure practicable. ~
WASHINGTON, Feb. l.
Messrs. Morrel, Howard and Davis, have
modified their proposed tariff bill with respect
to iron, fixing the duties on bar iron ut $15,
on R. R. iron $12, pig iron Sc. 7o ya." %
The Senate p. o. Committee have decided
to report bill abolishing the ranking priv
lege, and in lieu to furnish each Senator and
Representative with $3.50 worth of stamps
also to increase the rate of postage to cents.
Senator Mallory has prepared an elaborate
report in favor of the increase of the navy, in
conformity with the recommendation of the
Secretary. -' ~ w. '..'.'
j. M. Spillock has been confirmed as U. s.
Marshal for the District of Georgia, in place
of Mr.. Stewart, who was removed on the
ground of not having used sufficient vigilance
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