The New York herald., 1869-02-20

and resolutions to the speaker OF the House OF Rep
resentatves and President OF the senate OF the oned
Resolved, Tnat for the purpose Of giving the Con.
gress OF the United States correct report OF the con-
that body ali such matters rcang to the condition
OF the State and the wants OF her loyal people q may
SSa ballot
missioners members OF this convention, one OF whom
Of of~ the thirty thirty.second s parallel Of Latitude,
one resident Of that portion OF the state lying east
OF the Trinity river and south OF said thirty
lying between the Trinity and Colorado rivers and
south or said thirty-second parallel, and one resi-
dent Of that portion OF the state lying west OF the
| Colorado river, and two commissioners from the
] State at large who being intimately acquainted
the State, shall shall proceed to Washington city to
bring to the attention OF the United States all such
matters relating to the condition OF TINS state ana
| this Convention or OF SAID commissioners require
| the consideration Of Congress.
IL Cabinet Meeting.
All the members OF the Cabinet were present az
THE regular Cabinet meeting to-day. The session
was short.
The Northern Pacific Railroad.
The Senate to-day, without opposition, passed the
! House Joint resolution authorizing the Northern
| Pacific Railroad Company TO mortgage Its road and
property and to issue bonds to aid In the construc
tion OF its railroad and telegraph line from Lake
Superior TO the Pacific ocean. This, its friends say
! removes from the company the restriction In Its
charter and will enable 1t, with its land grant, to
enter upon the work Of construction without delay
| AboiisLment Cf the Passport System in
| ...M.tffs. France.
The following has Just been issued from the State
| Department.:
| DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, Feb. TO- 1852.
Information has been received at the Department
longer exacted IRON citizens Of the United States
irving, travelling or residing IN France. The De-
partmcnt however, recommends tnat cit,zens OF inc
| United states travelling abroad, especially those OF
foreign birth naturazed In this country, should pro-
| vide themselves with passports. as they might be
liable to serious Inconvenience II unpr0vided with
| such authentic proof OF their national character.
/ WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
| The Fate Of the Tax Bill.
The engrossment OF the Internal Revenue Tax bill
was completed by the enrolling clerks OF the House
to-day and the bill sent to the Senate. As already
stated these dispatches there is not the slightest
chance Of the bill passing the Senate al this session.
1t is not expected that it will even be reported from
i the Finance Committee.
| Cost Of Printing Congressional Debates.
the following Is comparative view OF the state
/ ments accompanying the report OF the Senate Com
mittee on printing made to-day:-Cost OF the Dafls
G0be for the Thirty ninth Congress- $S2521; cost OF
the Congressional GLOBE, 5000, ,l7s Total $29l. $685.
| Estimated cost OF the same work under Messrs.
| Rivers and Baey:-Dativ Globe $llo,s5l; Congress
siondl Globe, $273, ,lo4. Total sSs9,455 Estimated
cost under the proposal OF Joseph 7. Crowell:-Dav
slol, $50; Congressional $l5s,65s. Total s2oll4s.
l Estimated cost under the Congressional Printer
| Daily $12o.elo; Congressional sl55,ss5. Total,
| $276, ,s96.
Employment for Female Clerks.
General Jerries, Register OF the Treasury has
provided employment Jr the score or more OF
| female employees OF hts bureau who have been so
long idle BY transferring them TO the ONCE OF the
| Third Auditor, VINO now gives employment to sixty
| eight women borne ON the rolls belonging TO the
| Registers ofice.
| Personal.
| Postmaster General Randall icft for New York
| this evening. also County Clerk Loew.
Secretary Seward states that the report announc-
ing that leave OF absence has been granted Rev.
erdy Johnson is Minister Johnson has not
yet applied leave to return TO the United States
Report Of the Majority Of the Senate Cou,-
| naitfce on Pacific Railroads.
\ majority OF the Senate Committee on Pacific
1 Railroads made report to-day through Senator
| Stewart. They say
| When 1t was determined in committee to report
to the senate bill granting aid to the Northern Pa
enc and other railroads It was not understood the
bill should be presented with report. The majority
1 OF tue committee would now be content 10 let the
bill rest on It's intrinsic merits unaccompanied by
an explanation oil Its provisions and demonstration
OF policy and necessity, were not for the
pected appearance, first IN the newspaper press and
afterwards in the senate OF most extraordinary
paper enti.led ..vlews Of the Minority" paper un-
sound In theory, unfair IN s inferences and ungen-
erous and unjust in its imputations 10 justify now
the action Of tue majority OF the committee they
report ~ the Senate the considerations which IN
duced them 70 adopt the policy Of aiding at the pres
time with government credit the construction OF
additional lines OF TRUNK railway to the Paclnc coast
which have been criticised BY the minority Of the
/ committee IN their published views. The majority
tneir acton In regard to the general railroad policy
OF the bin and defepce Of Its leading provisions
They assert that ralrcads-the highways Of nations
that there Is no object TO which government can 50
prontaDly apply the expenditures Of money as to the
precedence over any ana all other objects Of legis.
iative endowment. The United States own the
country between the Pacific and Lake superior
| The WORK Of development is for the government
The population Of the country ID too thin and too
poor TO even undertake u. The work, moreover, is
/ compass OF private capital. IL is OF absolute
| necessity the government shall undertake II and
penditure Of dollar In money or an increase OF the
public debt. In ike manner, it, Is mani
national capital that now lies Idle. In the Southern
region, between the western boundaries or Arkansas
and the Pacific boundary Of California, there Is .
vast national DOMAIN Of corn. wheat, cotton and
| grass lands, too far from market 70 be prontaby
cultivated for local consumption. Coal abounds
IN this region. New Mexico aud Arizona are AZ rich
Ia gold silver, copper and lead any other known
portions Of the world This wealth In unavailable
TO the nation By reason OF the cost OF moving ma
chlnery and materials to It, Of moving the ores to
machinery. The pasturagc OF the two great terri
tories preemnentIy fitted for fine wool sheep aud
CATTLE which Craze out the winter through IL lost
to the country Tor VI cheap and easy access to
IL. The report then argues that Q debtor
government s bound TO Improve its as
sets; that the governments n under obliga-
tons TO give railroads. to distant territories,
that transcontinental railroads will give US what
railways cannot give England or France namely,
increase OF population by immigration, and that
two additional trunk railways TO the Pacific are
necessary. A majority OF the committee feel sure
tha. the most experienced railroad operators In the
United states Will agree with them IN saying that
within year alter the Union Pacific II opened II
will be unable TO move the freight that will be
crowded on n Iney argue s., ,nas single line VIII
Southern States have the same rights that the Middle