The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-03-07
P o S T. S G Il l P T.
Washington.
ICorrsspondence Of the HERALD
WAsHisoroS. March 5, lSC
House OF n eDrese

ICorrssposdence OF the HeraIdl
WARRINGTON, March s, lSD
House OF Represe ntatives
The House this day reversed the decision of
| Thursday last by which the hour of meeting was
| changed from twelve to eleven O'Clock. or rather
postponed the change until the first of Apra. That
day stands conspicuous in the calendar, but there
have been many frsts Of April of late, to the
| cost OF the people of the United States, or the
conduct of their Representatives does not speak
an ineligible language. Hear Mr.. Fillmore
| in his pleadings for an earlier daily meeting
Communications had been received from the
War Department stating that The funds Of the
Quartermaser had been exhausted, and that ap-
prooriations were required Immediately. From the
Navy Department also, intelligence came that the
appropriations were exhausted, and one vessel,
which had been ordered to sail, was actually de-
tanned in port for want of necessares The House
had been three months in session, they had passed
but one general appropriation bill, aud had business
on the table prepared for them by the committees,
sufficient to occupy them until August. The House
had not disposed of fifth part of the appropria-
tlonbil which they had had under consideration, and
the debate had taken such a turn as would carry
them to July unless it was arrested. There was in
ADDITION an immeEs amount of private business, Of
which some disposition must be made before Con-
gress could adjourn. So much for the necessity for
acton. Now for the business qualitie, of the
House.
Mr.. BARNARD asked his colleague if he sup
posed that by meeting. hour earlier, an hour
would be added to the meeting of the House.
His own experience had taught him to indulge in no
such expectation. Change the hour OF meeting, and
as surely they would change the hour of adjourn
ment. The change, then, without producing any
good, would break in upon the time which the COM
mittee occupied in the committee room. He then
urged, that to effect REFORM they must remove the
desks and bring the members clese together; and
this proposition has much reason to support it. Give
the members no desks on which to carry on the
private correspondence give them nothing to
occupy their attention but the subject under con-
sideraton, and they will not then hear more in
debate than is sufficient TO make il Ineligible; no
oraons for Buncombe-no personal displays to graft
~ an inordnate vanity but they will legislate
without schoolboy praite, and 60 home to the pro-
fit Of themselves and their constituents.
The next subject matter Of debate was the report
of the ReTeachment Committee, and on the reso.
luton prescribing the mode of supplying stationery,
the House has been and still remains stationary.
Some idea may be formed of the extravagauce
which has been practised in this article from the
statement that the average supply, Of late sessions,
gives to each member twenty four reams of paper
nearly ream per week for his own use, besides
292 reams for the Of the clerks Office and COM
mittee rooms. In addition to this, there had been
supplied los dozen knives and steel pens, and quilts
in proportion, and $44s expended for making pens.
wide range was taken in the debate, and the Po-
ltical parties both admitted that they had used
wrapping" paper in the folding room, during the
late Presidential contest, for The distribution of poll
teal pamphlets, to the number Of 100000; and
this therefore may account for some inordinate ex-
penditures. The House had not disposed of the
committees report when the adjournment took
place.
In the Supreme Court to-day, the celebrated
Gaines case was allowed to 20 over until the next
term, when q decision may be expected