The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10

MARCH, lst. SENATE-On assem- bling,
went into executive session until l2
O'clock, after which
Mr.. Shields presented the credentials
Of Mr.. Douglas, reelected for years.
The P. 0 Appropriation bill was then
taken up.
M IT. Yulee, from the committee, ap-
pended to this bill clause similar to that
on The post routes bill raising the rate of
postage to 5 cents and abolishing the
ranking privilege.
This was,agreed to by yeas 20 to nays
28. ~. -- aa,sy
Mr.. Wilson moved that in future the
Department advertising be given to the
two papers in each State and Territory
having the largest circulation. % Ts.al7
The motion was agreed to. o7 no
Mr.. Wilson further amended that the
contract with Buttertield IL Co. for car
rying the overland mail be modified so
that the contractors may carry the mail
on any route they may select.
Objected to by Yulee, Toombs and
Iverson, who saw in the proposition an
attempt to deprive the South of the poor
privilege of a mail route, as well as influ-
ence in the Pacific Railroad.
Others joined in the debate, in the
course of which it came out that each
letter sent by the overland conveyance
cost the Government from ss35 to $50.
Mr.. Stewart moved to amend, that the
Butterfeld overland contract be reduced
to weekly service, and the pay to be
S450,0oO, iusted of 100000. Agreed
to-
Mr.. Broderick moved to amend. that
the weekly mail between St Joseph, and
Placerville, be accelerated to o5 DAYS
and the pay to be $4,000. Agreed
to. tt-'..
Mr.. Rice moved to amend, that a
weekly mail be established from ST. Paul
Mimi. to Puget's Sound, the pay to be
$1,000 600. Agreed to. Carried, yeas
33, nays 4.
Mr.. Benjamin moved to strike the
$50, 900 for the monthly overland mail
from Kansas City to Stockton, at the ex-
piration of the present quarter.
The bill was then reported to the SEN
ate, when most of the amendments of the
Committee of the Whole were adopted.
The section raising the rates of post
age, abolishing the ranking privilege.
and generally regulating the details, &c.,
was adopted.
Mr.. Clingman moved to give the P.
M. General discretionary power to con-
tinue any overland mail. Adopted
Some minor amendments were then
adopted and added to the bill, when it
was passed by 30 against 90.
The Naval Appropriation Bill was
then taken up. .rs. ... ts..
The amendments adopted in Commit
tee of the Whole, are to allow back pay
to the officers suspended by the recent
Naval Board, and to pay $4,000 to
the Paraguay expedition.
Mr.. Hale moved new section, that
no promotions be made in the navy until
the number of Captains be reduced to
50. ~ a5t @
The bill was reported to the Senate
and the amendments agreed to, except
increasing the appropriation for the re-
spective yards.
Mr.. .Hale's amendment was lost by 26
Adjourned at 2 A. M. 80
HousE.-George Taylor from the
special committee made report accom-
panied with the following resolutions:
Resolved, That A. G. Seaman, late
of public printing, has
been guilty of improper and illegal prac-
tees in the discharge Of his official duty
in violation of the provisions of the act
on the, Goth day Of August,
1912, creating the office Of superinten-
dent and defining the duties thereof
Resolved, That the testimony in this
case be certified to by the clerk of the
House of Representatives and sent to the
District Attorney for the District of
Columbia.
On motion of Mr.. Fenlon the House
took up aud passed the Senate bill auth
orizing enrolment, register and lcens-
ing the vessels OF the Buffalo d Lake
Huron r. r. Co. . - Z
The House proceeded to act on the
amendments reported from Committee of
the Whole on the state of the Union to
the miscellaneous appropriation bills.
among the most important amendments
in are the following Redu-
cling the item Of $3.50, 600, striking
out the 100000 for the Charleston and
the S250,00O for the New Orleans Gus
tom Houses and adopting the proviso
that no part of the amount appropriated
by the patent Office be paid to those per-
sons recently assembled here by invita-.
ton of the Interior Department for con-
sultation on agriculture. The bill was
passed.
1t makes appropriations for coast sur
The ocean mail appropriation bin WAS
taken up il N, u ,6 Conmit.ee on the Whole
The bill was tabled, on motion of Mr..
Jones of Tenn, IL majority.
The bill making appropriations for
fulfilling the treaty STIMULATING with the
Yancton and Tonawanda Indians was
passed.
The bill providing for the care and