, 1872-11-28
WASHINGTON.
Cancellation the WatchWord Of
the Administration.
The Liberal Leaders to be Ten
der1y Dealt With.
Synopsis Of the Postal Telegraph
Bill.
Bingham to Have a Foreign Mission.


Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
READY FOE BUSINESS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Ihe calendar Of the
order Of business Of the House WAS finished
to-day, and will be ready for Congress on Mon
day next, which will be the first day Of the ses-
sion. There are thirteen reports Of Commit
tees, that u.s. bills reported by Committee, un-
disposed OF, which include the bill Of Mr.
Monroe, of Ohio, to provide for the retire.
1nent of torn and mutilated National Bank
notes, and the bill Of Alr. Haw1ey, OF
nlinoi,.. to secure the public lands to
actual settlers. On this bill there was quite a
contest. The bill reached q decisive vote, but
before it vas taken, the action vas Tec4nsidored'
The bill Of Scho1eld, OF Pennsylvania, Chair
man OF the Naval Committee, to authorize the
construction Of ten or more steam vessels Of
war, will be among the first considered.
table, which have been passed by the Senate,
eaa desaf q the s74e 8eass Se first Of es
is an get to prevent cruelty
means OF transportation within the United
States. Several others are what are termed pri-
yate bills. The fifth on the List is an act author
izing mail steamship service in the Gull OF
Moxlco from New Orleans.
There are two bills to amend the Enforcement
act, which will not be pressed, since they we're
intended for effect during the Presidential cleo
ton, and several relating to homesteads. The
seventh on the Speakers table is m act to au-
thorize inquiries into the Causes Of steam boiler
explosions, and the last ia to encourage the
growth of timber on Western prairies.
This is an unusually small number Of bills on
the Speakers table for the closing session Of q
Congress. Two years ago there we're seventy,
among which there were 80 many jobs and
schemes for plundoring tho Treasury in steam
ship subsidies, ETC., that the House refused to
go to work on the Speakers table till nearly the
close of the session, when q single objection,
under special rule, carried the bill over.
Among the present bills there is but one SUBJ
Bidy job, that Of the New Orleans stea1nship
Company.
BINGHAM 70 90 ABROAD.
It seems, after all, that John A. Bingham is to
have g foreign mission. During a visit Of Dr..
Tibbals and General Young OF Cincinnati, to the
President to-day, on the Introduction Of Senator
gentine Mission, the President said be could not
appoint the gentleman named to that Office, as
it had been already rendered to another gentld-
man, and he considered it filled. He added,
thai he did not think the Ohio applicant,
be entitled to q Mission, considering
the present number from that State. The ad-
ditional fact is, that he fhe President) had de-
clded to appoint Judge Bingham to q foreign
mission. It is supposed that he will be offered
the mission to Italy.
TIE POSTAL TELEGRAPH.
From present indications there will be q hot1y.
contested fight in Congress- during the coming
session, between the advocates Of the several
postal telegraph schemes The Postmaster
Government own tie lines and that
they be under the charge OF the
Post Office Department, to be operated BY Gov
ernment officials. nat The subject Of postal tele-
Committee Of Appropriations, and 7onoiderod
at great length. At the closing hours Of the
session by q unanimous vote Of the Committee,
Representative Palmer, OF Iowa, was directedto
the Committee. No opportunity was then Of
fered, and the measure was not made public. Mr.
Palmer still has the bill and he will present it in
the House during the first week Of the
General shall establish telegraph offices as soon
as practicable at all Post Offices on te1egraphio
circuits, and at all Post Offices within ten mi1eB
OF any circuit, the gross receipts Ct which for
postage are not LEST than five hundred dollars !;
required, and all to be divided in classes, accord
ing to Importance. The rate at which messages
shall DO sent is fixed at one cent word
for each circuit through which it
ta7, shan be transmitted, to be computed as
250 mile shall be deemed circuit; for greater
distances, 500 miles shall be deemed q circuit;
for night dispatches 1000 miles or less shall be
deemed circuit, all words to be counted, and
cents for each circuit. The messages OF Gov
ernment officers on official business shall
out prepayment, and at advan-
tageous terms. The charges On kilograms
shall be prepaid BY stamps, except Government
hA a nnAfArA
stamps are sold; the originals and all copies to
be destroyed at the end OF month, unless
previously Withdrawn by the sender. The money
order system, by which money may be deposited
For in q similar manner to the rail system now
n use. Section S in the bill fixes the rate for
special despatchesto newspapers at MOTTO exceed
Is cents for the first hundred words for each cir
+ sent BY day s1.25. When copies OF the same
despatch are dropped at one or more Offices. the
ate for each Office shall not exceed SO cents by
light and Is cents by day; and at the same ratio !
'or each word in exceBs. The rates for Press
Associations shall not exceed these now
paid. by the Associated OF American Press.
Contracts may be made With any company ope1-
ating lines Of telegraph for the interchange Of
1espatches, aud with any company organized
or laying and maintaining cables between the
aw into execution the appointment Of 9 Fourth |
Assistant Postmaster General is provided for. |
section authorizes the Postmaster General to t
contract with the Postal Telegraph Company |
,raph as his agent for ten years. The
Company have the right to construct lines On all
post roads, and shall provide lines Of telegraph |
o every postal telegraph office established by |
he Postmaster General, the operatorR' instru- |
he expense Of the Company. ANY person or
company transmitting o telegram contrary to the |
provisions OF this act, for the first offence shall