Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-12-30

s, charged for four hundred miles, h came on bs AZ
horse all the way bnt the smbsr from the same All
trict received mileage for 81 or 500 miles Noa
s as; s.snsss . = = ., me Whole turned this
" and yet more, In many much s chs
ed The gentleman from Ohio who on..S ~; ~ A.sn
sion had made the point that there was So As. sos
miscacuIaiiou in the estimate Of distances s. -,
help it they had taken the post Office books M sa ~
hem and if member Of the press bad picked % s
( Il would have been considered nvidous w.
Mr. TURNER called the attention of the member Nm
New York the fact that the Postmaster General hia
had thrown aside that post Office book in consequence ON
ineonectness He asked the gentleman If hc did not kn
i that fact NJ
Mr. GREELEY replied that the article itself stated that
the Department did not charge mileage uponhs book Every
possible and mitigation had been given the article
but he appealed to the Househey the Of the
hw-why would they not change IT. and make il just
| and equal
/ Mr.. SAWYER wished to be allowed to ask the gentle
man from New York question His complaint was, that
the article bad done him injustice, by setting him down as
three hundred miles The Of Government than
his colleague (Mr SCHEscK) was although his colleague
had stated before the House that be m SAwrEn) resided
some sixty seventy miles further Now, he wanted to
know why the gentleman had made this calculation against
him, and in favor Of his colleague
Mr. GREELEY replied that he begged assure the gen.
teman from Ohio that he did think he had been
his thoughts from tho day he had here until the present
day but he had taken the figures from the post office book
transcribed by former cle in the Post Office Department
Mr. SAWYER said, if th gentleman had been parti-
cuar when he made out the statement he now, he
would have been So we'd this trouble. But the ar
ice whether Intentionally not had done him injustice.
and therefore he had felt bound 20 call the attention Of the
House to the fact.
Some conversation (Which way indistincy heard be
mnuey repored) here took place between Mr. GREELEY
and Mr. TURNER with references to tho shortest distance of
the latter genemans residence from the seat Of Government
Mr. TURNER stating that by II line the distance
greater than had been put down IN the newspaper article
question: and repeating that the only modes Of conveyance
from his residence by the lakes by the rivers and
MI GREELEY stating that Gen. Dod Of Iowa, who had
lust taken his in the Senate, had by another and
direct route; which Mr. TURN Err replied that Gen.
Dodge resided three hundred miles bel him, and
sequeny he could take the southern e while he Ar
T.) could
Mr. HOUSTON, of Delaware, said, ma ask the gentle
man from New York single question i wish 10 know
what is meant by the mail 81 whether by
is meant the by which the mai of the United
States are actually transported from this city ito the place Of
the residence Of the member If so and il his is TO te the
standard BY which the mileage Of member rs to be asce
tanned and graduated to be contemplate by the hon.
orable gentleman, then injustice has been in the
publication alluded to- because the by whit my mile
age charged is the only by which the Ills
yeyed from this place che place Of my dene In Della
ware and which is full hundred miles belle II is
the only route by which the mails from the city Of
Washington TO that place. and it is the identical route by
which travel when coming and returning from this city,,
would also inform the gentleman that it is only the<
usual route travelled between the points, which is the
very properly provided for in the law the distance for
which mileage be allowed but it the invariably
travelled by all who have occasion to visit the capital from
that place. There be shorter between the
points, but Of this know nothing. All say il that it
is not the route by which the mails transmitted between
the two places 1t the route that travelled by the
public passing to and from the ponts and yet stand
charged, with other gentlemen in the article referred to- with
of mileage and above what the law ought
allow by some other route.
Mr.. GREELEY said must be obvious that no gentleman
could go around inqung into the mail routes and guessing
whether the distance of the residence Of each member ought
be computed great put down in the post Office
book All that he could do direct the official list be
taken !; he had made alterations in it.
He had felt his duty to call the attention Of the House
and of the country these abuses which existed reference
to the allowance of mileage members of Congress. They
were certainly abuses and ought be corrected There
was mputation IN the article upon any member that he
had made illegal charges but arguments and sd been
brought forward show the necessity of altering the law
carried and the main question was ordered to be taken
which main question the adoption OF the resolutions
Mr. LINCOLN called for division Of the question: 50
that it should be taken on the resolutions separately
And il was accordingly ordered
The question was taken the first resolution and it
adopted.
On the question Of adopting the second resolution
Mr. COBB, Of Alabama, called for the yeas and nays,
which ordered and, being taken, follows:
YEAs-Me.srs. Adams, Ashmun, Bsyy, Bingham, Bow
Chase Franklin Clark, Beverly L. Clark Clingmap, viii
Hanson r. W. Cobb Crozier, Cummins Darling, Diekin-
ston Fiekin, Tlournoy Fulton Goggin Go Green Gree
ley, Grnne Hale, w. r. Hail. n. K Hall, Hammons, Har
Henley Hill, Elias Is. Holmes S Houston, Hub
bard nge verson JAMESON Andrew Johnson j. H. john
George W. Jones' j. w Jones, Kaufman Kellogg, Ken
Thos B. King d. p King Lahm, La Sere, Sidney Law
Lord, McClernand, Mcdowell, McLane Job Mana
Horace Mann; Marvin, Miller Morris, Morse Newell Peas
lee, Peck Pete, Peyton, Psbury Pollock, Preston Put
NAM Richey, Rockhi, Rose Sawyer, Sylvester Smart r.
smith, stanton Srkweather Charles Stuart Strong Fay
or, Thomas, James Thompson, b. Thompson, Thuron,
Tompkus, Turner, Venable, Wallace Wentworth, Wick,
Wimot, Wilson, Woodward-fot.
NAYS-Messrs Barringer, Barrow Blaskmsr. Boyden,
Brady, Butler, Canby Cahcar Clapp Cooke, Collsmer,
Couger Cranston. Dickey Duer G. Duncan Edwards En-
bree Faran Farrey, Fisher, Gaines, Giddngs HanP
ton Henry, Hudson, Irwin Lincoln, McCelssd, Morehead,
Mulin, Robinson, Julius Rockwell, Roman Root Rumsey,
shepperd, Stephens Talmadge, Tuck Ynton, Warren, and
Whites.
So the second resolution adopted
The question then taken the third resolution, and
il rejected.
And then the House adjourned
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