, 1869-11-06
WASHINGTON.
Prospect of Cheap Ocean
Postage.
6eyen Thousand Printed Page3 OF
Testimony In Contested E4ee-
tfen Cases,
Land Office Business During the
Last Fiscal Year,

| " "A1A4hV1UNs H. t.g .tpT. ..
| AMY Or THE TENNESSEE
| Gsat4a!s Shca7uan, Parker, GLes, Sut:1, sut
| Terri, Colonel Dayton, or General Sherman !
| GtAH 6A3 General Thomas l. Cr!ttenden CON
mandut Ut Mchnt md, hare made aryanrep1=pts
! to a1teN sat neeu.sR OF The Army Of the Tenrvs
see, nj 1tt&sille, on the 18th last Tae rrestdcn,
thinks hesly po1nl sle bat he MIL he abe to a.
tend. ltE,ral Porter has agreel to 20 he csy
al7anRshia cf1lc1al buE nesa
TEE rREsIp4 ,ST'5 MESSAGE.
Tie Etsldens Nlll pro baby send in hts message
to each House n NTlt!pS. The object or ,hiA Is tc
TzeEe1tlss premature pct4tcaton. The Secse
ta.J Of tie Treasury u a'ac contemplating the
Eai9e cur1e.
TIE LoCI-xAkA E1K&Tg1oes cAsKA
f:ts etastz1 thai the e1pens=s Of the Election
Committee In the Investigation " Louisiana mat
ten amounted to ntsxly the sum aPHopr1clca By
the l!oast Tor contingent !nnd. The commit tee
however. went no further 10 Lts Wezk than ordere1
to do by the House. Il had no .tt:scret1o1 in the
matser, and those acquainted with tie history Of
The lnsestgat.on Is! that TO unnsnaI expenses
Kere Incurred. The sun MAJ rendered Necessary
in view Of The M nber OF witnesses reecf-ed, and
the long distances they hal 10 travel
-TE OVERLAND t-4rER xAls
Complaints from the line 0! the Pacit. Isilrp.d
arc fFcqucat, Of the aue." failure Of rte osper
malls. There aeems to be 10 explanation that
meets the c.sc, except tue carposlttop ttns tie
papers are ahaszacted ter rea.Ang.
IHK FoS1Al LAVA
The Postmaster General he's appointed tire
onlctals Of his 5epaItnen, 10 examine the rcssa,
inxe as cosItne4' BY the CON a,isstou appointed hy
Congress, with q vsem to sscertain.ug whether :ha
work a completed covers all the needed legfba.
don upon postal n7a.ra. This examination II or-
dered with view 70 Recommendations TO be I'm.
pFaced In the forthcoming report,
ANOTHER CONSCIENCE FUND
Treasurer Srtnnt.to.day received torr hocfs Of
gold leaf With let:etr saving that the gold frona
which It was made batonsed 10 the government
REVENUE AATTERs At TIE soCru'
letter Waa Secercd fEon sn Officer Of tn tefcA.
revenue II the Soatb, saying he WAS over hun
azxd mites rFsm railway. and tha. it IVES 1an-
gerons to III to coecE, 8ad he.ides The Eoads had
been 20 bad for several wecks, that he ha,i no.
s1o3s anything, but hopet,to report better stste
Of a1aiIx sfieE awhile.
CHEAP ocKAk r1E1AGE
WAsHTSnr0S, Nos. a.-Er1cl late intelligence
scce1red tnrougn III: TaoEuton, British Minister,
Il srpeare that Her Majest7's Sorc1nrtut Is prc.
pared 10 reduce The sIuylc r4!e Of postage 10.
the uuited Kingdom to toses pence. There il
little doubt, therefore, OF this ea1iy adoption Of
this measure Of ros,a! resorm,
Representatives Churchill Cessna, and Randall
the subcommittee o! thc Culn11itt*e Oh Eltci1ona
after conference, decided MOI to 70 TO South
frpm TIE Third a,ii Fourth Congressional DE-
tr.cts- The rcAsou for thett cs1ioR ts that The
means necessary to pat the Two OF three hundred
Witnesses ut eessayy to be examined In order
70 afford fu!l Information for the action Of the
House. SoShing more will be done Oh the subject
until The meeting Of IonRresa The Testimony ia
the Louisiana cases, taken hy the Committee On
E:ees,ons I'll n.s.e !, ,.Sa p''a!ea pages, ana 4
twenty othe- cases, Including the Covode ann
Van Wyck contests, will corer prnhably d,n0o
printed raRcA There arc already aaous thirty
N.xHEu1x rosr OFFICE.
The Post ot1,ce oui!ntax NJ Nashville being uuut
for use the Pcs.xnaster General has iuassuctea an
ueent OF the service IN that tI!ytsun to procure
suitable Building IN some other purnon Of the city
rCBtlC rAkIa KxTKhko IN 1864.
Of public lands wero entered under ihe Home
stead and other laws. Yielding the government
between = on. .oa1 and tAoohooa
No action was taken by the Cabinet to- day rela-
ttFe to the appointment Of successor TO AssIst.
ant 11ea&uta EuzerteId
CA1Ikhs 1t TIE WHITE HdCGE
4 delegation Of railroad Iuen frum Tennessee
called npon The President this Afternoon. merely
XnAnot-LoFEz k1nnRRArxn.
General AcMaaon Has before the House Sub
Committee On Foreign Affairs JesterdAy, and gave
lie sAld it wss tnsttutel By Brazil 10 extend mon
- Sens A AIs1 Ln, - ,; ~aS TEM GsAM!su M
y. tfi. S,,ta NV = ni,. n ~ ,a t1s
Guilty had been aestled before ne arrived II
rrs7ssh anh;ar, .rd he rnn,d' MI 49, ~
tai1 49, Mhartx ~ tntayfare n n,e uis ",,s1,
as Minister aas been endorsed by the ssAte Ie-
t0A ns.cv,.xnc.rv
rrha r,m+,az,cnar of tha anT ft>,ra Ia. Sxr4t
~ is,.a- - ~. EaTt.rsr sna nac.,ror - .snns
o'af Esr.. ..iai,Te ~ enrnrfng fhn n.,,,s erd
~ tS,at GSafc Tne toint rr.o,mtton ~ trGa
T., ~ 1aa. ee-,s tSs n11ri,.To ~ nnrrhsssn, = M
~. =. a.t;a. .astttnr tharatn ~ ..*. -
t -. fenes 5.,as isa .-.s - - ns.s .o.s1es
aos eA%ses ~ ,1sees9' e,,tecat,,ns
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,t - ~ 80. go i,s;u saJ ..1e =.
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v.eH1xt11s Sor I'm fhr Snryrme s.nn-t