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Show TELEGRAPHIC It HI. I 4. B1LVEH CERTIFICATES. Waliiufr;lui), lo. The committee dq buulfiiiK and curreucy, this unru-inn, unru-inn, agred uiiou the bill pruvidiug lor the 1-euiiik ul iivr biitl-un i-ei-liriciiled. Tfe UiLioii itt t hr cdijiiI od at itti fquivalmit iu coin. Ii -s tho mint ctMiHr) and tn dml ol .iaih portal ion. (.' rlllicnU-a nrr to lit-iBeued lit-iBeued by unv mlivr ooitii.ig iiiint or aetay o trice, and lu be ri'dt-cmaiil- at the ansay oilict; in New York .mkI iht aiiut iu dan FranciBCO. The ciTtsti-calea ciTtsti-calea are to be tVjjal Imidt-r iu py nient lor ll goveruuipnt diuo Ttie vote iu the rouimiiun (n ti -bill Was ud loliowa : lu lavor ot re-porliug re-porliug it Dr paanse liuckoor, Ewint;, lUrizell, Bt ll, Vat- s ami Phillips. 6; and Brumal il llrden burgh, EiiutM aijd Cuittt uUen, '6 Mill. MATrElt. Ihe committee on poututlicea aud post rouds of the home hvo u.trly completed the bill fr tho cUsfifi ja-tion ja-tion of mail matter and rutia ol pobt aj;e tliereon. Mail matter in div il -d iuto (our cljiaue.-: F.r.it, writteu mat ttr ; second, printed nowfpap.r mailer of two kinds, privi legtd autl ordinary ; third, other printed matter ; fourth, merchandise. mer-chandise. The rate now l-xisIiuk will probably not he chunne', but the classification ia bimphuVI, The bib will prohibit carrying 8eiond-cla?r. Diail matter outside the mails, aud authorizes the postmabter boera! to use return postal cards and combined letter sheet and envelope. Sample copies of newspapers, etc , are to he admitted to the mails at the same rate us the regular Wue of registered matter. Ttie comruittot is divided whether any diutinciior should be made on the rates ou sec ond class matter, and the probability is the law -will remain as it is, mak- iug the rates two aud three ceuts per pound. DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE LEONARD. secretary Evatls, this afternoon, telegraphed from the Btate dep.irt nieut tho fullowiug, add risked to Hon. J. Rundtll, vpeiiker ol tht buuse of representatives: "A telegraphic communication bar just been received (rum Ihe Uuittd otales consul general at Havnui, staling that liou. Jjhn EJ wards Leonard, representative from Louis ians, died this morning of yd lew fsver. (Signed) W. L. Evarts, Secretary of State. |