Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-03-25

IEGrsLATING IN THYME.-The following is
the sacoId section Of a bill that has just
passed The Illinois House Of Representatives
when money IL plenty, all property's higL !;
But when 1t is gone, there In none 10 buy.
The merciless creditor the debier will sue,
And declare he wants nothing but what is his
due
Yet a COW he will sell to get pay for bis silk,
And leave the poor children to cry for the
milk.
Then The wagon and horse he will cell for a
song,
| And declare he ia doing the debtor no wronr;
| For a full suit Of clothes, lie thinks il no h IN
To take in full judgment a snug little farnn.
To prevent such oppression the law thinks 1t
right
TO interposs in due time The arm OF its might.
To save from destruction the unfortunate poor,
Aud keep them from begging at creditors
door.
| Appraisers should value a horse or a COW,
Or anything else, whether hoe. axe, or plough,
With an eye 10 the value between two ex-
tremcs,
In ordinary times il what the law means"
The LATE ~CoNeREss--A correspondent Of
N. York American gives 4 history of the late
Congress. He says that it sat four hundred
and fifty days, passed more than four hundred
bills into acte, made more than two thousand
reports. rejected more bills, had more bills We
toed, lost more members by resignation, lost
more by death. than any previous Congress-.
Thirteen have died seven have lost their
wives by death during this Congress nine
have married since their election F.; twelve or
more have lost their children by death during
that time seven Senators and twelve Rep
resentatives have resigned one had his leg
F, broken; one had his ear bit off in a fight.
One has been President aud QUO Vice Pre-
sident Of the United S,ates; two have been
Secretaries of State, one Secretary Of War,
one Secretary Of the Navy, one Postmaster.
General, two Attorney Generals, four Minis
tiers plenipotentiary, two speakers Of ferncr
Houses of Representatives., fifteen Governors
aud Lieutenant. Governors OF States and Ter
~ritorles, SIX more have been the candidates of
their parties for governors of states, three have
been unsuccessf ut candidates for The Plesi-
dency, two others have in former periods, been
the candidates Of their bariy for the Viee-Pre-
sidency of the United States.
OF tho members OF the two Houses of this
Congress, three were members OF Congress
mnre than forty years ago. Others have been
memte $ for NOR. than twenty years in IN
broken succession. Several others were mem.
bers mere than thirty years ago: several 9th.
ers more than twenty years ago. Three are
more than 20 years old.-One IL only twenty.
eight.
The only fact necessary to complete the
history is The amount of cost to which the ma
ton was put during its session and this the
Madisonian supplies, by the following abstract
Of he several acts for appropriaiing money
for the support Of the Representatives:
Act of June 25, is4I.
Pay and mileage, S325,64l so
Contingent expenses, 50,636 90
Stationary for second
session, $4,000 90
--s3sl AT SO
December 90, 1871.
PAY and mileage, 100000 90
Officers and clerks, 25 600 90
Contingent expenses, $4,000 90
--s55o,ooo 90
May IS. ls42.
Paw and mileage. 273.7I2 90
Officers and clerks, l2.50o 90
Contingent expenses, $4,000 90
Library, 1880 90
---sss2,46s 90
August 26, 1912.
Pay and mileage, Sl22,630 90
Contingent expenses, 32,05s 90
~s154,ss s 90
December, 1912.
Paw and mileage, S366,sss 90
Officers and clerks, 20.274 90
Contingencies, 100000 90
Library, $3.50 90
--S552 Ala 90