The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-20

be right in the general s4ws he has expressed has moi
made his remarks precisely applicable to the case pre-
scented TO the Senate bold u my hand document Q,
Tune since IL sthe report OF the Secretary OF War
Of reconnaissance Of The route from San Antonio Dc
Bsxar 10 FL Paso del Norle, by Breyet Lieut. Col j.
Johnson, and Lieuts w. +. Smith, F. T. Bryan. and n:
II Mchler OF the corps OF Typographical engineers and
Captain French. quartefmast@i This report was or
be printed for the OF the Senate, the motion OF
the senator from Mississippi who sits before the seat
usually occupy. lMr DaMs BY the law as =, now
The question now submitted to the Senate is whether,
from the character OF the report they will give il
superior binding 10 thai embraced in the contract the
Senate has made. That is the only question, hold in
my hands, do not know how many. Tor have moi
counted hemthrty forty very superior engravings.
They embrace views Of the country They present the
geological features oil the country views oil It's inhabitants
its topography, and, indeed almost veryhng OF service,
TO render il useful and valuable document The work
is thus adorned with some OF the finest specimens Of
craving have Witnessed 1t was deemed important BY
the committee thai the work Should be presented the
Senate and not to the Secretary, the senator from
Missouri snPposes in binding superior to that which
the contract requires
The resolution reported by The committee proposed to
leave Il 10 the Secretary OF the Senate. There was
suggestion made by the Secretary oil the Senate 10
that he would be very glad il the committee would
sumo that duty The senator from Wisconsin Mr..
WALKERl has offered an amendmen proposing 10 leave
mine, will the committee act will express no opin-
ion upon that matter myself leaving il 10 the Senate II
simple question for the Senate TO determine, whether
this report shall be bound, in consequence OF the very
splendid character of the engravlngs in manner supe.
rior TO that which the contract requires, 1t would cost
some hundred dolarsa very large sum, and which
may perhaps, stare the nerves OF others; il does mol
Mr. DAVIS, Of Mississippi The motion which had
referred to by The senator from Maine has no particular
connexion with the question OF binding. The motion
that 5000 copies be printed and bound at price moi
exceeding 12h cents having no view IL special cxpend.
he Qr n "A Last
sion II was resolved to bind all documents. did not
favor IT, lprefer that The documents should not be
points without binding than with it. They no safer
through the mail they are ordinarily put up, than
when bound in the form Of book. Nor do think ~
would answer to order expensive binding, believing,
with the senator from Missouri that the stitching is much
important than the binding In the book which l.
presented example, the first thing which exam
These plates would probably be lost if they put up
in the exact mode in which this hook is bound which
brought sample before the Senate; The engravngs
10 the report why the binding should be
better than usual but not sufficient. think, to make
great departure from the contract as is proposed
have nothing further TO say upon the amendment than
that thisk il is better that the Secretary OF The Senate
should make the contracts than committee Of The
Senate
gard TO the resolution which has been introduced by my
self from the Committee Printing Il provided that
everything should be done under the supervision OF the
Secretary OF the Senate. The amendment. then, in this
respect 80 far as 1t concerns me- meets my views pre-
Nj DAVIS find upon looking at the resolution tina,
offered that requires that the Secretary OF the Senate
shall have the wof bound provided the thereof
not exceed l2i cents each should have been glad II
the committee had reported that il be not bound at all
and then each person who received the document could
ii he thought sufficiently valuable, have It bound for
himself #
Mr. WALKER have already said that agree with
This resolution is useless That my opinion yesler
day, and is to-day. conform, therefore, to LIE de
sire pretty generally expressed around me, that the whole
subject should be dropped and move that De laid upon
the table.
The resolution was accordingly laid upon the table.
REMOVALS FROM OFFICE.
The hour having arrived for the consideration Of the
special ORDER the Senate resumed the consideration OF the
resolution submitted by MIR, BRADBUaY on the oath OF
On motion BY Mr.. WHITC0MB,
..o,dsred That the furbsr consideration thereof be
postponed and made the special order oil the day TOR To-
THE USEFUL ARTS.
The Senate resumed, as in committee of the who'e,
The consideration OF the bill Is. 2oo 10 amend an act 70
promote the progress OF the useful arts, together WIN
The amendments reported thereto,
MIR TURNEY moved TO amend by inserting IN the
eighth line OF the 5th section, alter The word paenl
And upon such proceedings seiys faeias being
person OF persons shah he stayed uu the liberalization OF
the proceedings OF 'e tae,a % the uthef order Q, the
III. r.
ator from Tennessee Mr. TuRsEy that my colleague,
who is absent, Is a member OF the Committee on
Patents and took interest in this bill the last time IL
was before the Senate, when II elected considerable
discus sion My colleague IL every moment expected.
would ask the senator IRON Tennessee Mr.. TURsEYl to
postpone the consideration OF that bill until my colleague
returns, that he may have opportunity OF attending
To H.
Mr.. TURNEY. Mr. President, the amendment which
| have offered, and The other amendment propose to
Offer were considered by the senator's colleague. be-
eve he in favor al iis passage as reported should
have objection TO the posponDg OF the bill nntl hrs
arrival But il involves, think, very important prin
cpe which defeated at the last session oil Congress
consequence OF other business deemed to be more i'm
poftant than this was. had hoped that the Senate
would dispose OF il before the Christmas holydays in
der that might 20 the House and be acted upon there
the senator thinks that his colleague will he here in
tme-withn a reasonable hme-l would consent, after
acting upon this endment, that the bill should Inc upon
the table and be reprinted amended would not then
object the posponng oil the consideration OF the bill
until his colleague arrives.
Mr. BERRfEN. Mr.. President have not the least
desire 10 re,ard the progress Of the BILL but 10 fulfil duty
TO an absent colleague have no particular information
as to the day when my colleague will be here. He was
member oil the Georgia Convention, which terminated
it's sttings Saturday Last under the impression
that he will be here in the OF week That all
can say II the amendments proposed by the senator
from Tennessee [Mr. TURsEYl would conclude any
question in which my colleague takes interest, OF
course would hope that the senator would not press
these amendments But il he is advised that my coll
league concus in these amendments, would not oppose
his proceeding with it, repeat that merely wish TO
discharge duty to absent colleague, without nterfer
ing with the progress OF the bill.
IA, SEWARH Will the senator iron, Tennessee al