Mr. DIXON. The amendment proposed by the committee does not very much chan the character of the bill; perhaps itdoes not change its legal effect at all. The bill originally provided that the PostMGenl might, at his discretion, sell on credit to such persons as he might think proper postage stamps and stamped envelopes. That was obj cted to as seeming to allow a sale on credit in certain cases, which was thought by the Senfrom Nevada to be objectionable. To obnate this difficulty in a manner satisfactory to him, we propose to change the bill to the form now proposed, authorizing the PostMGenl to deposit with certain persons postage stamps and stamped envelopes for sale. That is the change and the only change which has been made in the bill by this amendment. It was thought better upon the whole to strike out the oriinal bill and substitute a provision drawn in this form. Iwill say, Mr. President, a very fewwords in rerd to the object of the billin addition to what I ad the honor of submitting to the Senate a few hdays ago. The present condition of the States lately in rebellion is this: very few, or comparatively few, postmasters have been appointe, although the number itself seems large. It is, in Comparison to the whole number, only about one 4th. There were formerly in those States 8,000 poatmasters; there a e now, I think, in round numbers, about 2,000 appointed. The law provides that postmasters ll reside, at the time of their appointment, as it is understood, within the delive of the postoffice for which they are appoints. It is, therefore, impossible to appoint some parties, indicated by the Senfrom Nevada, who are now, perhaps, refugees from that country. Be sides, if the could be appointed, the compensation would not pay them. The compensation of the eater number of these postoffices is not sue as to be profitable or even to support the postmaster. Then there is another difficulty in the way of the appointment of postmasters. The law reqniresthat the postmasters shall take a retrospective test oath that they have never, in pay manner, taken any part in the late rebellion. For these reasons it is very difficult to find persons who can be appointed postmasters in rge portions of that country, and as post; masters are the only persons who can receive postage stamps without payin for them at the time of their receipt, the people ther s are often obliged to pay as much as 25 and 50 cents postage on a single letter. The business of the cat office Dept is to sell stamps. The PostMGenl supports his Dept by the sale of stamps. He cannot at present, in very large districts of country sell t cm at all, because parties cannot be ound to advance the money, and indeed they have not the money to advance. Men can be found, however, who can receive the stamps and give bonds that they will pay for them and they can sell them for cash and then refund the money to the Dept. The object of the bill is to allow that to be done.