Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-01-24

dollars annually to supply the necessary new pubiica
Mr. J. c. Adams was unsats6ed for bc co,,d GO. ro
reason why the Attorney General should be furnished
WIN library at the expense of the country Mr. A.
'"1 H, 70 strike out the whole clause.
DIE foster thought the contrary that n library in
pc once OF the Attorney General, was Indispensable
ana should bc furnished at the putlc expense Mr. f.
e"en'cu Ia ps9pncy Of the appropriation, with
energy and said he thought it the reasonable appl
cation ever made TO the House
Mr. ID. J. Pearoc opposed the item and sad without
some better cause than had besn assigned he saw no va
Ia reason why the appropriation should be made con-
4derabc amount of the assigned for the pnchasr Of
DOCKS Tor the library of Congress was always exoencd
IN inc purchase OF books for the department. of law to
winch The Atorney-Gsneal had ut all times ready ac
Mr.. Polk further explained
ne question was then taken on Mr.. j. q. Adams mo-
Ayes So, noes r. ' ~ s"'''e'
dpo fes motion 10 amend the clause by inserting
division. So ~ '"
On the clause for compensation to the District Attor
heys and Aarsaals being rvad--
MIR. Foster moved an Jdon,l i,o,n fcr co,nor...;
Marshal of Delaware W i'i ''e
Mr.. roik inquired if this in pursuance of any law
MT ostsr replied IN the negative, but advocated the
eNP Sle pS1y Of Of the approximation;
act aad suggested MIR Foster TO withdraw his amend
en, ana special bill might be introduced to meet the
Mr.. Foster then withdrew his amendment md Tho
clause as it stood was adopted
0n the following item being ed, appropriatng 100000
CUT ana District Courts of the United States &c.
DIR. fafSer inquired how it was, that this amount had
$500 009 800 ""'0 was NV"
Mr. Polk ss;d the increase of this item did not es.
cape inc attention Of the committee who had made the
necessary inquiry fthe Treasury Department and il was
founded on estimates which had been Furnished NV tl,
Marsala of the several States Mr.. P then sent to the
Clcr table table of the various items which was read
and the clause was agreed to-
The clause ''to make good a deficiency in the funds
Tor me relief Of sick and disabled seamcn &C. $4,000
doiiaTs having been read---
Mr. J @. Adams oskcsl how this deficiency had been
MIR. Polk explained and produced document from
te Secretary Of the Treasury setting forth that the de-
hechey actually existed from of expenditure
niF J. u Adams said, though lle should not move TO
strike out the clause, he deemed it very IMPROPER one
snee It led to The expenditure of money without the au-
Nix CambgcIeng said, the expenditure was necessarily
a iiactaatng gentleman fsnln Massachusetts
was IN error about the law abroad who became
disabled must. by law, be sent home by Consuls and
tifs;s the actual could not be antciuatcd
L he conversation then dropped.
: MT Reynolds moved 70 amend the clause providing
Tor the survey OF the public lands by adding for suF
veying lots in Peoria, Illinois $500
MI H. SAID, he had made inquiry the Treasury De-
this object. ~
The amendment negatvcd without a division.
he clauses for salaries OF Foreign Minister'S and
Charges dAflares then came under consideration
ionvas iiisefttis why il that appropra-
Ayrcs! There was no such officer there. Mr. A said
ne ma last year made motion TO strike out this item on
the grosnd that there not only such minister
there, bat under the then existing circumstances no
thought 1t highly improper that there should be- But
that appropriateness passed and if it had been d.
vertcd TO oter purpose he again asked xbv his
was inserted in the bila MIR. A. also ahAdcd to the out
INT appropriated last year for minister London where
no minister had resided
Mr. Polk said, in relation to the COO appropriated
last year fer minister to England he would send to the
table OF the Clerkn letter FROM the Secretary the Trca
sury, which accounted for the expenditure OF SO $50 So
for the pay ola Charge Aarcs at that Co.rt lea wing
balance Of $23z 50 which was paid over to the SUR
ne To AN,ras
nc had sought no information the subject from the
Department, and had therefore received none
Mr.. Adams said the explanation was not satisfactory
lie wishcdthe House distinctly to know what they ap.
propriatcd money for and how it expended
Mr. Cambrecng said, if the facts were as stated by
hc gentleman from Massachusetts, ought to be stricken
ont bat he hoped the gentleman would permit it to 90
to the House, and there upon it,
Mr. Archer agreed with the gentleman from Massacbu-
sets IN The proprey OF striking out this appropriation
we had right to suppose the money be then in the
reasury as the appropriation had been made, the De-
ptment had no right TO divert to another purpose If
such had been DONE it time mark it with dis
tinct brand of reprobation.
MIR. Polk begged TO inquire. of the gentleman from
Virginia If was within his knowledge the mo-
some other foreign mission
Mr. Archer intmated that the question should be adj
dressed not to him. but to the gentleman from Massac
sets.
MIR. Polk then begged to inquire Of that gentleman.
MT. y u; Adams then said he inferred much be-
cause ~ mad not been expended i'll the manners and for
tbs object directed by Congress
MIR. Polk then said it an inference and an in
terence drawn without facts The gentlemen were not
authorized to draw conclusion either that the money has
been, or that 1T would b9 expended in any object other
than that for wlichit intended Mr. p bcgoed for
leave TO dir with the distinguished gentleman fom
Alassachusets-- distinguished in his requirements in
foreign diplomacy that the appropriation for the mission
To England had been diverted from its purpose We
had Minister in Great Britain of the second Grade
who was entitled to half the salary given 10 ono
81 the hrs grade. Congress had made an approprin
uonior Minister Of the latter grade, and from cir
cumstanccs which needed then TO be adverted
10, INC government could not pay full Minister, but
did 1t follow that were to be unrcprcscntedY Mr.
L. nude some farther explanation on this point With
regard 10 the item for the Charge Buenos Ayrca he
would only remark that it submitted among the re-
gnar annual estimates, furnished by the head OF the de-
Parcn and after The very elaborate discussion Of lapt
year, m had not supposed the question would been
agan reagitated. MIR. r. concluded by saving that if
M good reason could be assigned why the item should
b. stricken out, hc hoped the Committee would suffer
70 remain as II stood lie would pledge himself that
additional Information should be required he would
when the bill came into the House, endeayor 10 pro,
it.
Mr. Archer said, if he understood the duty If ,b.
Committee Of Ways and Means, was to be prepared h,
answer al Undergraduates the subjects introduced and
recommended By them lie asked what had become of
@ appropriation made Last year, and he was answered
'h y was incumbent ON tlP gentleman from NIassachu-
sets 10 answer the inquisy. 10 was known that an
appropriation made for a Minister 10 Bueuos
Nyrcs Hast year, aud it not pretended that a Mi
mister had been sent there and he would ask what had
applied TO the for which it was intended and
why were they called upon TO make IL again Mr. A
was by no means disposed f. bring charge Of ,olfc.
SINCE upon tiic Administration, since il mioht be an
oversight, bu hc not disposed 10 vote an appropra-
ton twice over Or the @ne object. lie hoped they