The southern press., 1852-03-20
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THuRpsAy, March Is, 1852


BUSINESS ON THE SPEAKERS TABLE.
Mr.. HIBBARD, OF New Hampshire, asked
the unanimous consent of the House TO enable
him TO Introduce motion to take up and consider
certain communications and bills lying on the
Speakers table, in order that they might be APP
propriately referred.
Objection being made, the motion was not re-
ceiyed.
DEFICIENCY BILL.
Mr.. HOUSTON, OF Alabama, moved that the
House go into Committee of the Whole on the
State of the Union, in order to proceed with the
consideration of the deficiency bill. Rejected
ayes SIS, noes GO.
BOUNTY LAND ASSIGNMENT BILL
The Speaker announced that the first business
in order was the report Of the committee appoint
ed to confer with a committee OF the Senate on
the disagreement between the two branches on a
bill from the Senate, entitled can act to make land
warrants assignable, and for other purposes"
1.-THE report recommends that the House recede
from some amendments, and agree TO others
The House proceeded TO consider the report,
and the question Of its adoption, il was decided
in the afhrmative-the yeas and nays being or
dered-yeas 90, nays GO.
SO the report Of the committee was agreed to.
Mr.. COBB, Of Alabama, moved to reconsider
the vote, and lay that motion on the table; which
was agreed 10.
The effect Of these votes was to adopt the bill,
which, after its adoption by the Senate become a
law.
CENSUS PRIsTlHc-NaTIoHAL POLITICS.
The House went into Committee of the Whole
on the state Of the Union, and took up the def
cheney bill
Mr.. SMITH, of Alabama, readan extract from
New York paper, relative to alleged coruptions
existing among members Of Congress- and after
stating that he did not believe IN the doctrine that
"to the viotors belong the spols, ;" and giving il
his opinion that minority administration
could not be held responsible for what the major
ity might do IN Congress, he proceeded TO consd-
er the proposition TO authorize Messrs. Donelson
& Armstrong to print the census documents. He
congratulated the House, and the Democratic
party especially, that this resolution had moi vet
been passed. He alluded TO the magnitude Of the
work, and said that on the plan which vas pro-
posed to print u by, (sImilar TO quarto volume,
showing the Maryland statistics which he held in
his hand,) the whole cost Of an edition Of IA. 900
copies would reach the sum Of 81 ,400, 900. A let
ter furnished by Mr.. Rives, proprietor Of the
Globe, showed that he had received Sl37, 900 for
printing the last census, and made clear profit
on IL Of SIS, 090-or about lbs per cent. AT the
same rate, the profits on the presept job Of 400
would amount 10 not less than $500 900. He
believed that il would be folly 10 print the work
the plan proposed. The historical part alone in the
Maryland volume, which was Of little or no value,
had cost $1,000; and the medical statistics, which
were perfectly absurd, So 900. Each page,
whether il was printed OF LEFT blank, like many
in this volume, would cost Sl25 90. He pointed
out single line which, with an edition Of 10000
copies, would cost $4,000 ltmerely states that
some man died on the Eastern Shore; also other
single lines giving an accident, each costing the
same amount. He (Mf, s had been in print
ing Office, occupying places from the DEVIL = op
TO the editor, and understood what he was talking
about. For this reason, he desired the attention
Of members. He explained what printers term
" fat" and " lean" matter. 70 the evident grstIf-
cation Of members. lie commended that much
smsllsr s:sed volume would be the best. The
matter on single page Of The proposed large
quarto edition could be put on an octave page the
size OF the American Almanac at one-fourth the
cost. In this shape II could be more easily dis
ributed--saving vast expense in the mail trans
nortation--and much more suitable to be read
Books which are cent out from here, while they
ought 70 be food for the brain, are most frequent
lv only for rats and mice. The whole informa-
ion which the people need can be put into such
shape that 100000 copies may be furnished for
100000. He trusted that members would not al
low their ideas TO be too much elevated in looking
upon Washington magnifcence, but come down