The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-31


s~.aKs MEMBERS.
Several Of the Of the bill having hen read,
$40 0C0 for the purchase Of books tor members 1.-THE
Documentary History Register Of Debates, Congress
The qus,tion was taken one or none vot ed in the
Affirmative and half dozen In the negative
The CHArRMAs announced that the ayes hadit;
whereupon division was called, (thst Is, for mem
bers to stand up and be counted
DMr VIsIos One moment. I would simply
mark that appropriation required to carry into
effect the order Of the last session This referred
to the Committee Of Ways aud Means, who had al
ed by the Clerk that this amount ia necessary to
carry The order into execution.
MIR JOINS. Of Tennessee. move that, instead Of
$40 co., SO coo be inserted | learned this ming
the subject Of the books that there we're, perhaps
but about twenty ak copies some of them for sale
this city and perhaps there person from whom
they can be purchased unless from members Who have
heretofore received them. Learned further that every
distribution OF books has contained provso against
republication. There was for some Of the books an
edition Of but fifteen hundred copies or these there
have been fourteen hundred distributed. Several hun
dred copies are in the State Department, and
quently the books cannot be on sale. Where, then,
can these books be bought! II this mendment be
adopted, shall offer another, that the clerk Of the
House report Of whom he purchased the books, to
whom distributed or whether they were purchased at
all ! withdraw the anne dment and move to add
additional provso, viz that the clerk report OF whom
and on what terms the books were bought
The question was taken, and the ndme mt Of Mr..
Jones va, disagreed to, and that of Mr.. vintsn
adopted making an appropriation Of $4,000 for books
TO be gwen TO mehoerb
Mr. VINTor offered an amen ment, empowering the
Sergeant at armf TO employ clerk at the rate OF four
dollars day compensation. He explained the neces-
atty Of having such assistance.
Mesers. BRowr, Of Mississippi, VEsAsLE, and Roor,
oppo,ed the amendment. The latter gentleman offered
pdmen mt, proviso that the Sergeant at
should not employ . messenger He said that this
rsme officer accepted office under Harrsons ad-
mipistraton inspector Of live oak In Florida; but
finding nothing to do when he arrived there he recon-
Depded that the Office be aboishdd, and It was sbo
lisbed He was q little astoDished that Mr. Sargent
now 1ked for additional help. He would hold him to the
doctrine he Mr held In Tyier's time nd not nov.
Mr. VINIor's amendment, ~ amended by Mr.. Root,
was sgresd to.
COMFORTABLE auARrESs ron ovNERAL TAYLOR.
Mr. HoUsToN, Of Delaware, offered an ame ndment, to
the effect that the furniture in the Presidents
house be sold after the third Of March and that pro-
ceeds oftbe eae with twenty Thousand dollars hereby
appropriated be applied to the purchase Of furni
tue a. the Preidsnt elect may direct He statec for
the Information Of the committee, that this amount
did not greatly exceed that ususlly appropriated
the comfort Of On incoming President By gisncing
at the appropriation bills ~ would be seen that