Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-02-09
xxXVM CONCRESS-2d SESSION
SENATE
wAsHISeIox. Februarr 5.

WASHINGTON. February :
The bill relating % post laws vas considered
IL provides for the return TO writers Of letter,
either wholly unpaid or short paid Newspaper
after January Let, 1866, shall be prepaid, and al
ter that date no printed matter. except from for
eign countries. shall be received unless prepaid
Relief is provided for loyal postmasters sustain
ing los. by the presence Of armed forces. Lettei
lists are TO be paid on each letter
All other special agents are to receive 81 pei
day travelling expenses
Ten thousand dollars .re Appropriated for POS
route maps
Clerks tor distributing mail matter on rail
ways are to be appointed by the postmaster gen.
eral
Resolutions are made for Transporting and fer
tying the mails
Mr. Collamer explained each section OF the
bill. 1t was not proper, be said, to make news
paper publishers prepay with stamps This
could not be done in cases of daily newspaper
having immense calculations The New York
Herald. for instance, mails 10000. or it may
be 500 600 copies daily. They could Dot posi-
bly, get their papers in time in case they had to
put a stamp on each paper 1t was proposed to
leave it to the discretion of the pOstmasters and
let them prescribe the rules under which pay
ment should be made.
Mr. CoHsmer stated the bill as /. was reported
by him. 1t met the approval Of the postmaster
general, aud was in par. drawn up under his su-
peryisiOn.
A message was received from the House at
12:45 D m, announcing that that body was
ready 70 receive the Senate 10 proceed with the
counting of the presidential vote. AT o'clock
the vice president and senators will proceed to
the House A procession Of senators. led By the
president and secretary OF the Senate, was
formed soon after, aud entered the House of
Representatives.
At2 m they returned to the climber
Mr. Trumbul offered a resolution, which was
adopted. that the Senate appoint a committee of
one TO meet u committee of two from the House,
to wait upon Abraham Lincoln and inform hun
of his election
Mr. Sumner moved TO take up his resolution
calling on the president for infor nation in refer
ence to th. peace conference The resolution
was read.
Mr.. Salisbury offered an amendment that the
president be also requested to inform the Senate
whether he and others acting under his authority
did not require as a condition of reunion the &C
quiescence OF the persons mentioned in Mr..
Summers resolution of the authorities of the
Confederate States in the abolition of slavery;
and also whether be did not refuse an srmistice
10 the confederates
Summer opposed the amendment ss not suf-
fciently respectful.
CONFESS thought the president would com
municate all the Information in his possession
without the special reques, contained in Sauls
bury amendment.
SAulsbury's amendment was not adopted.
Summers amendment then adopted.
The bill 10 relation to the postal law was then
considered, the 81 section requiring the pre- pay
men of postage Oh newspapers AMI periodicals
was stricken out, and then the bill passed
The bill to establish a bridge over the Ohio
river at Louisville was passed.
Wade called 10 toe bill defining the boundaries
of Nevada territOry-with the bill pending the
Senate adjourned