Mr. WILSON. I doubt very much whether we can correct the evil complained of. We are at the mercy of the press of the country that employ their own letterwriters here and employ their own reporters. This matter has, been suggested before, and some of the leadin journals of the country came out and stated that the country took but little interest in the debates of Congress, that they had to report the proceedings, the business done, and that they adofnecessity to make the reports of the debates very brief. Now, sir, I undertake to say that if Senators speeches are to be reported very briefly, they wrll always be so reported as. not to be correctly understood by the country. I think every person who has addressed public meetingsan had mere abstracts of his speeches made has always felt that he was not well understood by those who read the report of his speech. I never addressed a public meeting in my life and was so reported, that something have liked to have it reported. But, sir, I think have with all the difficulty, that our reports been singularly unfortunate; at any rate during the last 2 or 3 years, and never more. so than in the case of the report of yesterday’s proceedin, and it does seem to meto bealmost inexcusab e. I am glad, however, that the matter is called up; it anything can be done, if we can have abstracts of our ebates properly reported and sent over the country it Will be some advantage, for the people of the country rel upon telegraphic reports and not upon the degates as published in the Globe. I ery few persons see that, or care anything about it. n fact the telegraph, while it. comes news all over the country, carries far less information of the doings of Congress than existedbefore we had, any telegraphs at all. I have not a doubt that the people of the count understand less the daily doings of Congress than they ditLwhen they waited for the regular reports that came along a few days after and werepublished in the ub They do not so well understan our proceedings as they did before; but we have public press. got to accept this state of things, and it does not do muc godd to find fault. I am glad, however, that this motion is made; possibly something may come of it.