American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-04-25

excepted from the payment ofthe Marine Hos
pltal tax, and be deprived the benefit of said
fund. The amendment was adopted, and the
bill then passed as amended
On motion, the rules we're suspended, and
the House went into Committee ofthe Whole,
(Mr. Thompson, of Miss, in the Chair,) and
took up the bill making the following appro-
prations for the Post Office Department, for
the year ending June 80, l647.
For transportation of the mails, three mil
lions and fifty thousand dollars; for compensa-
ton OF postmasters, one million dollars; for
ship, steamboat, and way letters, twelve thou
sand dollars; for wrapping paper, sixteen thou
sand dollars; for office furniture, (for post-offi-
ces,) four thousand dollars for advertising,
thirty thousand dollars; for mail-bags twenty
thousand dollars; for blanks, seventeen thou
sand dollars; for mail locks, keys, and stamps,
four thousand dollars; for mail depredations
and special agents, thirteen thousand dollars;
for clerks for offices, (for offices of postmasters)
two hundred thousand dollars; for mlscellane-
Gus, fifty thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. find be ii further enacted, That in
ease the revenues Of the department, referred
to in the first section of this act, shall prove in
sufficient to meet the foregoing appropriations,
then any deficiency that may thus arise shall
be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not
otherwise APPROPRIATED Provided, that nothing
herein contained shall be construed to autho-
rize any payment to supply deficiency in the
appropriation for compensation of postmasters
Mr.. Mckay moved an amendment to the
bill approprating S25, 900, being the first quar-
tery payment to the contractor, for the Euro
pean Steam Mail Service.
Mr.. Thos. b. King, of Geo, opposed the
amendment upon the ground that the service
should be performed between United States
and Liverpool, and not as contracted for by the
! Z. M. General from United States to Bremen
in Germany.
j MIR. billiard explained and defended the ac-
ton of the Department, and the Post Office
Committee Of the House in recommending the
appropriation TO carry out the contract, and IN
sustaining the views of the ?. NJ General in
an elaborate report upon the subject.
Mr.. Thurman, of Ohio, spoke briefly in
terms of general commentator of the bill and
concluded by offering an amendment provld
i ing that no money be paid to Mr.. Edw. Mills
the contractor, until the vessels shall be built
and accepted on the part of the Government
by competent person appointed by the Pres
ident as in accordance with the terms of the
contract, which provides that they shall be sui.
table for war purposes.
Mr., Payne, of Ala, spoke against the Post
Office Bill of last Congress, reducing the rate:
of postage, and had considerable nonsense tC
say about the unequal operation of the said
bill,
Mr.. w. w. Campbell, ofN Y, spoke sen.
sibIy upon the subject of the Government en-
gazing in the Steam Mail enterprise, and not
suffering itself to suffer in its commercial
strength and interests, by allowing Great Bri-
tain to monopolize the Ocean Steam Mail
! Service.
Mr. Hamlin, of Me-, replied to portion of
the remarks of Mr.. Payne, and Mr., Hopkins
closed the debate in'support of the bill, and
when he concluded the Committee rose, and
the House adjourned.