, 1869-01-21
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Proceedings in Congress
T.: Yesterday: :.
Bill Introduced to Provide
for 9 Reduction Of
the Army.
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Bank et Briseaisr ! il: General: r.
be- Abolished; ':'~:: =: ):
Aouse Bill Passed Restricting
the Frahking Privilege.
Another Financial Measure
Introduced by Mr.
Schenck.
Call fer IA Investigation fato the
Chicago Marine Hospital
Contract.
House Bill Passed Restricting
the FraRking Privilege.
4 Further Hearing on the Postal
Telegraph Project.
Spoetk! Despatch to re Cnieako Tribune.
SvAaats oEoA, Jan. 20.

Telegraph Project.
SpcefA! Ocspxteh to Je Cnie2ko Tribune.
TAantsoEoA, JAZZ 20.
TX .nx FxHAxs Ixsr1kpAE.
The6erarc did u little to-day IL 1t well could.
Eses,body wa1 ps!rfnny pretsed W1tn the Idea
1t1. something important o1ght 70 he doce b..
cause ou'y tI1 Wetki ol the session re1aain. aId
therefcrr Two hours xero sp<ut In IA A.1g about
Etat should bt dcne dstt. Mr. sherman. then |
by OF nsjo<,iy. got up his Nasforsl Railroad |
bin, sgsl1 1Sl whtth Az.Wh3ta, os AH3isnd~ kssose
IL ko1I.
IN TER HoUt1.
Thc uo1.t has actually passed I bill prohibit. |
1rg the Tee Of .rae-stsnLe .tsnpt By those who
tare the frsnkirg privilege. An Effort was made
acnry the abolition Of The frau1tIe privilege er
1iroly ; but the ntnbtst sAsed It teiE postage by
asserting that fuch measure could rot be got
through the eenate, and the tt 81 T'r'ue eoor
5lsfed Of. 14rgr number Of penf1on bills were
worked through by Nj. Au'l:rt, Of Terncssec,
sbo made sevtEal Of hls e1tltaRAnt and charac-
tertstie tpteches, ard kept the House tn roar Of
]sugbter far nearly an hour. Ths Ra,lEosd suo-
Etdy bill Tor the belcdt al the Easttfn Division Of
tic Eniou Pacific was tt n taken up And debated
Ill the time Of Adjournment.
1AH nIHx couk7 or tsQCray.
Fl tie rate It hah got along 1steiy, will rot tush
IT. lrreAuE atton for Jea1 Or two. This conE4rl
for the prosecution 1rs hyinx deapertteiy to
make on. 4 taee agRinet Dyer, but the j71gm.nt
OF the frecrttors Who have heAIt mach OF the
testimony. snd knew noihirG about the matter
beto.e the hearing began. II that TIC e1olt IL
Iallr1e. No witassats Tor tho 1eience have yet
betn c,lleu, md thik eorciusiun 10 blssd on the
evidence OF the prosecution alone The counsel
against hin. filling to get outside testimony, srs
now demanding tho right to overhaul Ill tho
records Of ths War Department 1t thtir ple azure,
and In their own Why, ind have esen presented
zheif clalms on this head to tbs ooerctu1 htu-
Eel. he has rssl.ed sastansl4lly thit
the rccuruA Of the o1dee cannot BE- given inio the
hands Of p+Ytous over whon be has No control,
but that lie Iungs Advocate General or 1ry enc
else he 6eti tiErAtes, can c11mtee thtnr 1u1 that
auy tpeeined record OF document for which thu
Court hss ute Mil ts 1urnithed. Ttia common
sense dtctElou. which, Of eoufee, II the only one
tbst exa Be nade, does not ple4As tho counsel
SID they are now trying to eei Coagsea1 to mkt
sone order on the subject, but II u not likely
They win succeed In getting that bodJ to interfere.
RkrokIs OF RoUs1 coHHLtfkxs.
The Honst Committees In Elecaota, Ways
and &eaIs, Appropriations and Kcepnstf1etion
cxc report II a1y Tine, but mons Of tho other
committees cx1 scpoyt except during tae morning
hour4 /, II called unIess On Aondsy, b, g:ttiEe
= tn6pet mon OF tee fulee. The fulo wig con.
1attncs are cot likely 10 be called sgatn Ills aes
sion, Tx 1tnktre, Ratlso4d, Claims, Com
Hc.ce, Public Lands. Post otnes and Judiciary,
Asc1faetares, Agriculture, ludtau AnA,rs. Mil
t1ry and hasai Afs.se. Foreign Affairs md Ter
1.1u.iea, fhuugh rome Of tht N may be able to
got In enc or two Eaeahntes BY unan.aut cans ent.
INK hEw AMY hsAL.
The principal teSsufe Of the nc II Army bill. IN.
5todreed today by sena:or Wilson, u that Il
Goes AWaJ with the rank Of DsiRaditf Geresl Il IN
time Of pe1cc, and, except ~ STAT officers, IN
time of HA1- 1hs eoIcutIdlng Geressl II to
dtsignRte which Of the Colonxis in bnxste
enau hare cotanxnd, and this Ole II to have the
pay md rank of 1 Beigadies General wills in
COMMAND, lcsinx both when he II returned to
Ills regiment Tho bill also proposes to usks
.he chief ofacer7 Of the as1ny eonaa. Of one aet.
rtal. tssre EeEteuxut Generals, and oira NAas
teIesalt. Tns paassgu Of this measuss u The
pft4<nt sess:oa IL more than doubtful.
ssxArE sx1cc41vx sus1aEss.
1he Executive aeesion Of lie senate to-day vi
principally deToted to the consideration Of The
eafe OF Colo1el C2naElngt fer ConmisLo1et ol
AtesnA KeTtnut- These who think he ought
1ot TO Be eadtled On to the next AdEoiris:r :rn8lor
and arc therefore cpposed to his corntmatep,
wxnsed the nomination recommlu&d; but ano.
i1ou TO 8ht1 shect was b. seven ,rs5arlty
MT. Cameron Ii working n hard AZ he c.u to -
cure eottf1ahtion, and profesata 10 lel,ctc thai
1he effect Will be suecetafpI.
ecAHCLt FINANCIAL 11L1..
The n anc:d hill introduced to-day by Genera
6eherck will probably be agreed to By the Way
and Ast1a Commitiee without Any ve1S r.ies.a
amendment. Tbs section leE1l:1.nr rold con
tracts dots cos much didt. from the slm. pro
1isioa In thtfnan's bill In .he Senate, bnt th,
declaration II 10 the paJuett Of orr bonded deb
j. good dea1 noEe than anything yet tepo.tet
f:om fhs Fina1ce Committee.
Sf1sIA1A
GoTrrro< Wells and other ei.ixrus, black aul
wnlte, we're before lie Recensttucuon Commit
tee and the Selate judiciary couu,tte, hi,
motrtng to co1trorcft the various s.at+,ueuu
made b. the cousesradFe Yisxlaisna IN ths us-
1ao1aaA submitted Jeste1d1s. The Governor sad
his G1tSds don't wact th = Recommendations a.
7he Conservative to b. reeeIved, 3nd pso,eg
zSatnst s1eh IN alteration Of the re coLstttutfor
- they propose.
EXIT roR L1BBT fHtsoA.
1etteF nom fbe stueary Of + II TO dry thow
ahft $a11a rent Was paid ior the Lobf rt,sp.
building prior to June List, et.c: ~hien siue xl1
PR month has been given. he ss5s th. d.part
nenf Pays reHt 10. Ill private hulld1n q used, acc
look tais LOT the Quarte11aAster'e B2stan pecaa,
II quite eoasentent for the purpose.
Hxx1xu. 1ux coLoKxo aLrAN&xrA11vz.
Tbs Committee on Elections will. touorros
ta1e up the eAc from LouIslaua, invnly1ss th
E1tnl& of kcnHd, eolurtd neusef e!ec4. il
aented to Congr%st- Aenard has ro show wha
eVer fcs the seas, and II II likely th.. nc elet
uon viii be ordered.
x1L1rAnx xoxtHA1,o13,
Generrls dIllco R1d Buchanan hAre dna1ly r,
the two Tacsnt Bztrzdiersaips In the rekuls
Nuy, 20 lar u the Prcs1dect Ia conc. taed
feithez stsnds any drezdfnl chance Of beng GU
f1med.
fHK rofTAL 1xLzeHAfH tcHxxE
Shn
nesting to-dar, krard TIE cor etu atom Of II,
chAuneeJ tniths argument IN favor Of post,
telegraph sJsteM. he COMM need By 4 rrst4ts
acns of the proposition thkt each mile Of VI.
c"utt By thu Present eompanies rcpses n,sd
capital Of oref fire hundred dol,ars, nt11e II
capital oi The proposed ennp4nr Ii na,tsd t
1*o hundred dcll2rs per n.!,e, ard thai III. Va
leyt frpost tkews tA4i II tie uAce xe1e proper.
tItnlased tast oue-ellr Hou!d be eut1c4sn. fo
mat hua the capital Eeqalr,d nAy b Il
tcced 10 twelve mi-uors Of dollar
he then went oc to aay tts: still for ,her redue
tion IN The Htles Of wire required might be N adt
bJ the adoption Of Al thslsunent icyentsd b.
df. 6tea1s. fseetdeut Of tho Fzaukhn Trls
graph CoHspznJ. whereby 4 nea.aSe car b
tfsntniHed both wtys 1t the Eame time oret un
~ife, thus Doubling the capacity @! The wire
doWeSer lnGe6nlous men may be ~ to TIL, b
aid the fact il that sreh in.tumerts .sc !,
eonstant dsl1y use On the Frark,tn linz bst4ee,
Boston md New York, and New ! ork sad ratl,
celphla, He, therefore, e1alaei ,ha
The rraent :elegrx2htc bps!re.
OF The courrry could be pe.{o.,aed with mue
1ef4 Gsn tfxty thouAnd nllea9 Of Al,e, cosiin
Lot ost7 two fucdsed dol1.s pr mile. Tue mex
aaesuoe. be stated. xas In cass ths PROPOSED X
aaeloa oe *eu1ed Without the co-opsr4tlcn q
ine foei oNee Department. To an wgt9. he ou e
Lon d saie Il va merely neeesaary u reSe, to Ii
sc..ssa eao7satd 10 the Postmaster General
aono ~ INC tsfec telegraph cosu2at1ss eonao,
oate0 aEto Inc "es'etn Union Coupany In whtc
he5 oehonasfxssd that REDUCTION Of ths r.tt
sonn snsa me companies. nc hope c1u, the,,
lore, BE- e1isrta1ne1 th.t thr nr-.-1, 49,
pa1tes caa srer be prry1i.ea on - ~.
Tie county cheap se,rrr.nn
TIL. boon IL cvc4 to be enjoyed 1t mnst ~ ,h
The rlxu 1eeoEHented BY the po,tnsr~. -.
eral. TIE Companies IN thls county tr.n,r,t,t,
1lts yezr shout three nlEion roeaaseea On a -,
til Of 1ncsr tht4 sixty uLlions Of doilas& q. sho
oae uss,aee for every aEs collars Of capsu
The 2akEt iItestst on tho espiu1 employed, the,
9orr, anoua1 70 thlrty-tye certs per nesaa,
1t IL citaz, hs raid, In coIc11tion, that cheap te
graphing can never b hAd der snca s5str
Nj. ". 0Ttor, PreHdent OF tho Westan Uei
Company, bcsan Lis argument in reply, Wit
viii be concluded to DoE1pw.
ANT pYFrCK1t' KXrxIox.
About twenty of1cen who eerved urde9 &
erd @. Il. Thomas, In the e1npatn asaiust z
lseode-, called on him tonight 1t Willazt's, +
thJ}e1tK .te a1rtst1puJ Ct the otcup4..cu Of
rebel work. II Mil Spring.. Asaong those p.e
e1t were Gtnerals 6ceotf, thep4td, croxtc
Ioomta, Palmer. Este 6sphex, Hasiau, T.tu
B!iasoH Co'o1el Aul1ud. of General Thoml
ftid: AA}or Kelsey, and Captain pea,R. Ths n
inents sepseseated ws1e the Fourteenth 4,
Thirty nth lnslara, Thirty -trtt Ohio, Fourta +
Tenth Kentucky, Eighteenth Resu'&s, seeo
MinnfteiA, 6t3nteEt and loon1ts' B1ttesies. I
xrait wts wholly informal but Of the most SOC
aot tntesrsttIx character.
Tux HnApLKT GAZE