The New York herald., 1871-12-08
FORTY-sECOND CONGRESS.
second Session.
SENATE.

( SENATE
wAsmsaroN, D. c., Dec. 7, 1871.
Mr. SUMNER Tepl of Mass presented petition for the
abolition OF the duty salt Tabled. Also petition from
the coored citizens Of Albany N " asking for the mmed
ate passage Of
THE sUPPLEMENrARY CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
Mr. SUMNER reiterated his Of the great importance
Of this and said that Congress- would Immediately
Mr. suHsrs also presented ths petition s. W. Adams,
praying the g assume supervising power over
Mr. WILsoS ep q Masa presented the petition Of the
iica'On Of the Den,ySn ySa lsy; Table Ts1sa a..
Mr. FENroN, (rcp) Of N. u. and Mr. PATTERSON (rep,
d. T. s ses Of
: 4 POSTAL TEL IEeRAPa SERVICE.
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i On ss; osss s iss that
Mr. sss noss o qs M g reduce taxation and
abolish the once internal Revenue and
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leave OF waiting ordsrs rear admras AZ sea- on
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Patents. commssioner of Indian Affairs and Commssioner
Si Srsnigrs each $ COG per annnm Commssoner Of
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B, Mr. fasSas lie rates Of
% e posa sy telegraph and 70 nm the
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Tracey Illinois, and ior the Of Se
postal isegraph service under contract with
large number oi detailed requremsns The Postmaster
ran.ms0n provided the net income Of Of hs
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for eSs Po:ma, S m SAID company sssa
PRIVILEGE Of transmitting correspondence by telegraph
he wsg iss IF @ .ss
tran oy any company h operation for the ransms
which ! ne eaa9ss s%s dsppFss: sn:
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oFs nss Sssn t1sa S.rsa and cancelled At the
%s'Sn .a,s Of z Era and
e Sss sssesdSs sss BE- crm
FIRST twenty words Of each telegram including the date nd
9S @ 90 s miles miles
,wsnys Ss erss cents sS, for each Additions,
exceeding 'wsn;yys '''s not
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80 MT M EDMuNps gcp) Of w., moved TO make resolution
Mr. sCoTr 4rgaed that as the committee for which the
% witnesses had shown contempt was joint this resolution
Mr. o.Rrrs1aH 1Mn s,snrs %sn 3, Of w,. THE
whether the were connecsed with the sca
Mr. scoTT said ere Indications that the frcnds
orehren Of the Witnesses were connected with press ana
CARpENrER remarked that II the witnesses were not
on @ with the he was satisfied
was was disposed TO be careful daushter)
and should Se panshea saf 81 on
authority Of The senate the senate co eo
as The could no. punish sybasy s
tempt without the consent Of the adghefbut he
The disc@sson was continued for time by Messr:
he took cso.s and
THE oRGANIzAT1oN OF THE REGULAR COMMITTEES.
ate appointed me eommses On Of Mr. :ne cosR ssR
for one Of ne Fos,s
ON PRIvIEGEs AND ELECTIONS -Messr.. sumn.,
chairman Morton, Rice Carpenter, Logan Hin and Thur
OS FonrIeS RELATIONS -Messrs. Cameron chairman:
ON SASofMessr Sherman charmSn mmG :asser Merl Of
m wright SS. a1
SAWYER, Edmnnds, WINDOW uao' West and Stevenson.
kellogg sna vose c0'
0N sNrs ana hamn charman Robe
Morton ~
.i as ,s
ON Morn Ame. ,s Ms and BLAIR
Nye, Osborn, Ferry Of Mich, and Acorn. ''''''
munds Conkinc Carpenter Frelnghuysen, Pool and Thur
ON POST OFFICES AND Posr RoAps-Messrs. Ramsey.
chairman; Pomeroy, Gilbert, Cole, Hamilton, Ferry Of
ON PUBLIC IANps--Messrs Pomeroy chairman linton.
s
On TsT GsdM Blair
ION fIssiSss Eamuaa; eSaignss: TS,on. ns
On SI4as Fooi, Fss's1si shsirmau
m Scott Pratt
ART Borsman WrSSs and M peys so, Sw YAK
Chairman; SUMNER Lewis Spencer Sawyer, Hitchcock and
on R4TrsTs Ferry conn chairman carp.n-
RI s,s c and
asasSi1 oS&H!'t
Is 4fsSe ss' kellogg h''''os1'
Flanagan Upton Caldwell, xicorn ssusSary '0'n0e''
ON TUE REVISION OF THE LAWS or THE UNITED
Wrsh. and iamon Nd carpenter Stewart
Mo 0T 4SD ANY,
To AUDIT AND CoSTRoi. THE CONTINGENT ExPPysEs
or Inn sESATr-Mr. Fen'on, chairman; Window ana
on PRisrrse-Mr. Aniheny, chairman; Howe and Cas-.
seriy.
os rnr LIBnAnY-Mr. Morrill, of Maine, chairman Howe
and sherman.
on ENGRossEp pILLs-Mr. Buckingham chairman Clay.
ton AMI Davis, of West Va.
ON ENRoLIED BILLs-Mr Carpenter, chairman; Lewis
and Kelly.
sELECT COMMITTEES.
ON THF REVISION THE RULES Messra Porneroy.
chairman Edmunds and Bayard
ON the REMOVAL OF POLITICAL DieABILITIrs--
Mcssrs. Robertson, chairman Boreman Ames Hamilton OF
Texas, vlckers, Clayton and Stevenson.
ON TINE LEvREs THE MISSISSIPPI RTvER-Messrs
Kellogg, chairman; Trumbu Schurz Alcorn and Blair.
on ALLEGED OUTRAeFs IN THE SOUTHERN STATFF-
Messrs Scott charman Chandler, Rice, Pool Pratt, Bay
and Blair.
Immediately after the executive session the Senate ad.
journed until Monday
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 2, ISL
BILLS RFf ERREp.
Bills were introduced and referred rs foows:-