Ii 8 SI.N AM,

FEBRUARY i.
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= FEBRUARY Il
Mr.. ASHLEY presented tho resolution which
follows IN doing which, he sta ted that the trans.
action referred to in ,hc resolution ind not o.
Cured since the presen, Commissioner of the
General Land Office accepted the situation.


The resolution was then read and adopted as
lows. viz'


Resoired, That tho Secretary Of the Senate
inform the Senate it second patents have been
issued upon certificates Of sale by the u. States
for lands which have been previously patented
upon claims adjudrcn,od by the department; and,
if two patents have been issued in any such case.
how many of such cnses-giving the names of
the parties in each case, description of tho land,
uate of each respective patent, when aud TO whom
delivered, with copies of all the papers in each
CASE and the authority and directions under which
such second patents wore issued also copies Of
opinions Of the Attorney General. if any hnvo
been given, and of tho Secretary of tho Trensu.
nv, or Of any other officer of the Treasury Dcparl
ment. touching The propriety or authority of law
to issue n second hand patent while the first pa.
tent Is Outstanding and in full force.


Mr.. ASIlLEl'S remnrks upon tho Post Office
Bill, and the reason why he ohorcd an m,nd-
ment that 81 800. 600 should be appropriated as
provisional sum. 10 supply the deficiency which
would arise from the rtltc, of the Bill.


Under the Post Office laws, as they now exist.
the average letter postage is ID cents. In the
present bill, the average is I! cents. The least
sum to which the expenditures of the department
could be reduced under the existing Post Office
system, was four millions and a half. The sys-
tenn, as modified in tho bill, would yield a reve.
nue. of two millions and half. provided there
addition of $780, 200, added to that sum would
make 50, 100000, which left considerable bal
ance to be made up by the increased lrausporta.
ton Of maabc matter. What was the argument
used against the proposition which he submitted
The Pos, Office of Great Britain was referred to.
Their penny system had increased the matiabie
matter from seventy five millions to two hun ired
and thittcen mous. But the gentleman who
used this rgument seemed to forget tina, the whole
sy>,em in Enga was placed upon different
iooIns. There every piece Of paper that goes
'hsous, the mail goes upon the same foOing
b". here, it was altogether dItferen,; vet he ap.
prehcTded no gentleman would be willing to adopt
that system. IL the bill should be passed as i,
now stands, se Postmaster General would be
compelled to cnrai the expenses Of the depart,
men,, aud this cuitail ilnent would fall upou the
sparsely settled puriions OF the country He he.
l'eved this 10 be very wrong in Praeiplo. This



government, grew out Of tho intelligence Of the
people. II stands upon tic intelligence of tho