New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-06
nOrsE OLE REPRESENTATIVE.
The Conference report on the bill granting
right OF way over the public lands in California 10 ditch
and canal owners was agreed TO.

The Conference report on the bill granting
right Of way the public lands in California 10 ditch
and canal owners was agreed TO.
THE PROPOSED POSTAL TELEGRAPH.
Mr. WAsHBURN Dep, Wis.,, from the select Com
1nittee on the Postal Telegraph, made report IN favor
of the proposed Government system. lie made speech
in advocacy Of the bill and moved that 1t he printed in
order that 1t may he taken up Tor consolidation next De
ccmbcr. 1t was ordered.
Mr.. PALMER rep, Wis., presented minority report,
accompanied by a bill 20 establish postal Telegraph
system h. INCORPORATE the Postal Telegraph Company
ON motion of MIR DAWES tRcp, Mdas.) resolution 10
nt M OO extra copies Of the reports and accompanying
documents was referred TO Committee Printing
Mr.. WASHBURN, in submitting his report stated that
no honcd 10 Obtain action on the question early Deem
her The report was long, and bad appended to II the
speecbes hefOreAthC Committee, OF Nh Ortun President
~ the western Union Telegraph Company aud Mr. Hub
Is ye He opod that members would AXE time during
the vacation to read the report anu spe chez ana De pre-
nared to act erstsndngy on the assembling OF Con
Tes i'm December II they would so, they would find
That country is far ehnd the countries OF Europe ~
furnishing to people cheap swift Trustworthy aud
comprehensive system Of telegTaphy; that in those
countries as well in the frOf colonies Of Australia
and NewZealand, the telegraph is operated IN c0nHec-
tjon with the postal service with entire sue
cess In England, sthe Government always slow
and conservative assumed the controi OF the
lines by purchase on the 9Th Of February last
and reduced the tariff to uniform rate Of shilling 90
the United Kingdom The result has been that the
number dispatches has increased from week to week.
week ending the ith Of June and 2OO29i for the week
ending June Is and Mr.: scndamGre the oecIe'afy OF
scheme is fully assured that in Ireland, under uni
Uf shilling, they receiving cent
more money than the CONTINENTAL Telegraph companies
before received al shllngs and shlngsi and assur
anCe IS given that the BRUSH pubhc WI soon nc IA
yOred with uniform lillH ol pi.c ilI lI
Kingdom. In France, the telegraph, under Government
management is brought WITHIN me Ieac1 Of an fCf zen
cents, spatch OF 70 words may ne Sent from u pace
ia any department to any other place IN The same de-
parueu and for 20 cents, from one extremity of the
Empire 10 another, distance or over 600 miles, ana az
these rates the ~ stem Is not only sesu.taing put
produces a revenue of million OF francs TO the
Government, exclusive OF the vast amount OF Govern
ment dspatcAc, transmitted rec In switZerand anu
Bel un at an internal rate OF ten cents, the system IS
strides other nations making you have but to reflect
cable was opened connecting England with Bonn
hay, ANA thence by land lines with CAT
also with Madras and the Point &c Gale at the southern
extremity OF the Island OF Ceylon Contracts are al
f' y ,n To- Singapore and thGice TO Hong Kong
and Snaug hd; also from singapore IN Batavia in the
Island Of Java tIen,c 70 AustI@ia ia vOIi
try its entire length To Melbourne thence crossing by
submarine cable Tasmania crossing that country Ia
Hobart IoWn' Hg te-Se 10y anH.ngI oS IN
loo lAllcs II IelSJh 70 NcNLetahu po'h III
Australia and NewZea!and win a comprehensive g.
TEN Of postal teearaphs. But this Is not oil. Another
line starting AZ Vienna passing down the Danube ~ Pc
erWardcu striking acrOss tie country through Turkey to
COnstmtinoplc, crossing the B0 poIus traveslng ASIA
Minor the Valley Of the Euphrates 20 the mouth %
that sacred ryer pa s!ng Oh It's way The ANCIENT CITY "
Bagdld the ruins Of Babylon and site OF the Garden Of
Eden, then by submarine cable III the Persian Gun and
Gulf Of Ormus TO the mouth OF the Indus where II con-
meets with the telegraph system Of India. And sull
another lire mas Dech rteny opened 10 aclntate over
pOndeuce with British India After reaching
the Black Sea 10y submarine cable thence
via Ts and Tohreoz t. Teheran IN Persia from whence
viii cOnnect VITA the land lines Of India. Russia
has extended her lines entirely across Siberia AMI to-day
her capital is in daily communication with Weymouth Of
the AMOR ia the OkhOts Sea and POysat I'm the sea Of
Japan, whence cable viii Doe laid with HOkadRdi
IN Japan while much Is doing In other portions Of
the world for the transmission OF swift and cheap intel
ge nee, the careful and candid consideration OF the
House arked to the report and bin just submitted
conference report the bill for paving Pennsyl-
yaniaave., made and agreed TO.
TIE KENTCIKY COSTEsI4D ELECTION.
The House then took up Tho Kentucky contested elec
ton case OF Barnes against Adams, the resolutions
ported being that Adams the sitting member II entitled
~ the seat and that Barnes, the contestant, II entitled
to be paid his expenses in the contest.
After discussion which occupied over three hours,
vote was taken a motion made by Dir. Maynard 10
recommt the 20 the Committee Elections and 1t
Was negatived-Yeas, y; Nays, 100
The resolution declaring Mr. Adams entitled 10 his scat
Wac then adopted without division The resolution 10
pay the contestant 5000 for his expenses agreed to-
On motion VI Mr.. PETERS rep, Mel the Senate bill
Ia amend the act Of June IT, 1870, establishing police
cr iu the City OF Washington by allowing the court tO
lac organized and the first trial he'd any day after the
Iudge shall have been commissioned and qualified,
taken from the Speakers table and passed.
Mr. BENJAMIN (tep., MOI, from the Committee on
Pensions reported bill 90 pay arrears OF pensiG-s %
some hundred persons named therein who had not made
their applications within the time required by law.
Passed.
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