Show BY RV I 1 TELE 1 BPS T A DB eil congressional SZ SENATE nate VATE WASHING washington kox tox 3 bills were introduced trod aud and referred as follows by hamlin fixing the rate of postage on third class mail matter and for other purposes referred by robertson to restore the franking privilege redi reri referred area ared morton norton submitted a resolution appropriating out of the tha contingent tir igent fund of the senate to defray the expenses of the investigation into the facts attended attending the election of the hon geo E lapen spencer as united states senator from alabama now being made by the committee on privileges and election elections agreed to edmunds E called up the resolution from the house of represents tives in regard to tho the impeachment or W W belknap late secreta secretary ry of war which was read road together with the statement of the commit tee edmunds then submitted the following ordered that the message of the house ot representatives relating to bo be referred to a select to consist of five senators senate Se naters is 11 E edn d n uda said sald b a subhi submitted eted this order lu in accordance with tile the usual al custom though he did not see why the matter should not go to one of the regular committees of the senate but as it was the custom to have a select committee he asked that the order bo be adopted the order was then adopted and the chair was authorized appoint to ta the committee athe the president pro tem berean here announced bounced a the select committee to corl coti consider eider elder the resolutions of the house in regard to the impeachment of W V W V beik Belh nap late sec bee detary of war edmunds conkling Froling Freling huysen thurman and steven rf ou morton presented a petition from the colored men of texa representing ri that the present state government of texas denied thern them ample school facilities and asking for such legislation as will compel the shiite to maintain a system of free schools referred banning from the committee on military afna afra andias irs irr rep reported gried pried a bill bijl in regald to leave leavo of absence of army rp it authorizes leave of ab men sen eu e of of fibers on duty for sixty days das once in two years yearb for three months once in ja three year and four months mouths once in four yeam without deduction of pay or allowan s passed pas ed N washington WASHINGTO N S the cabinet met at noon noun today to day all the members present it remained erna ined in session until after three the suje sude subjects ets that received consideration ti n were the institution of criminal proceedings against ex secre tary belknap and those associated with him in the practices of or bri buy and corruption that have hav ejust just been officially discovered dig dir covered and the st lection selection of a new secretary of war the president stated to the cabi cabin riet rint pt that while he could take no steps which might losk look like per rution pe towards any one he had tUt not dot to shrink from the responsibility le that rested upon him he therefore asked the attorney general to take immediate steps to proceed with eri erl criminal minal charges against a 11 ainest general belknap and mes r sr rs marsh and tomlinson on and all others that may be shown by any evidence that shall be adduced to have bave had part in the fearful transact ons who were wore now the subject cf f attention upon this litton ini int on of the president there were fu I 1 and thorough expressions of CT c r lion llon favori favoring rig tig such action as the prent had determined on with out vat defay delay the peculiar character of general bew Bed knaps naps of lense lease t ring in lh many respects as I 1 J dies loes lols ies les its from an ordinary case ewe of lis eti iii the subject of or comment r 1 ri LA tho the result of which t i tho reference of the entire r doer tier to the attorney general v I 1 lo 10 0 o will take the necessary ste steps ps tj eu enter criminal proceedings dings just ag as 8 won gon as facts foots can be put in shape to be h sworn to As A part of the dis uis elf els eiff oil oll koll it was mentioned that there ah 1 d be no delay in the proceed i of th the e progress of an inai chan chai chavent ent trial the two trials i bp eLi entirely independent of ii i other judge Pierr pont re ani lui ruf hied tined at the executive mansion for a 1 short time after the other cabinet off meers officers had gone to their respective spec tive departments for the pur pose of getting what facts the pres president id ent might be possessed of in accordance with his determination loi to commence immediately proceedings ce under his charge the discussion relative to the appointment of a successor to secretary belknap was of considerable length but no decision was arrived at the bill introduced by hamlin fixing I 1 the the rates of postage on third class mail matter and fo for rother other purposes proposes for all third class matter the following rates of postage graduated according to distance 1 viz not exceeding miles 1 cent each 2 ounces or fractional part thereof between and miles 2 cents between and 1500 miles 3 cents and for each additional dit ional lonal 1000 miles 1 cent addition al alfor each 2 h jounces ounces or fractional ador part t t thereof hereof A special rate is however flo fio wever proposed for transient newspapers and magazines pa namely mely one cent for every 2 ounces or fra fractional C part thereof for any distan distance C e not exceeding 1000 miles but for any greater distance double this rate is to be paid senator bill to restore the franking privilege provides simply for the repeal of the act of january 1873 which abolished it and for its immediate renewal in the form in which it existed at the time of the passage of said act the president has sigard the act amendatory of the act admitting colorado to the union on an equal 1 footing with the other states |