The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-08-26
CONGRESSIONAL.
DEFERRED DEBATE.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10. 1852.
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For compensation and mileage OF senators. SiiO,716
The PRESIDENT. The Chair will proceed 10 take
The question upon each amendment as II s read, instead
Of the ordinary course BY sections SO that. as each
amendment is stated the Senate judge upon It's
priety and act upon IT, without gong entirely through
and then beginning back again,
The question being then taken upon the amendment,
The Ths PRESIDENT. The senator from Florida IMc.
MlLLoRYl wishes TO Introduce an amendment 70 'his bill
Il is not in order to introduce at this ,ime but il y Is
the pleasure OF the Senate will be ordered 10 be printed
No objection being made, the amendment was re-
ceiyed informally, and ordered to be printed.
The next amendment stated 10 be, TO strike out
from the second page. commencing at the 10th line, the
following IN, WITH
For the contingent expenses Of the Senate, Wis
i" For printing, $50 goo. 6,lss.4aF a.65
4" For binding. $4,000 B
"For books. $4,000.
"For stationery. $500
=. .Fornewspapers. 81 500.
"gn Congressional Globe. $6, 900. o
"For reporting proceedings, DC $22 600
''Fo messengers, pages laborer polce horses ana
For miscellaneous items, si9. 9.ooo;'
and insert in lieu thereof; Aaa
.For printing. binding, hographing stationery, books
Cong Globe, reporting proceedings
and miscellaneous items, $l6O.OO0." gt -tes 4
Mr. ADAMS. Mr.. President, will merely say that
prefer TO have the items remain specified by the House
OF Representatives. This putting them all toseiner
into one class opposed to: Here we have put down
everything that could be specified, and nineteen or twenty
thousand dollars more 10 cover contingencies, which
ihink 10 enough. If the amendment Is adopted II
be asceraned for what particular purpose the
money is TO be expended shall not know anything
about that hope, therefore, that the amendment VIII
. Mr. HUNTER. Mr. President, | can only say in rela
ton 10 that amendment that have feeling in regard
to the matter Ii was thought by the Committee on FL
nance that it would be more convenient in keeping the
accounts TO consolidate them all into item. BY ma
king a 90 specific as il is in the bill there may per-
haps much under head and not enough under
another and this might lead TO nconvenences, whereas
- ia cnnld
be provided for as necessity may require am ndier-
ent ahou, the matter think sufficient to state the ea
son why the s1mmi''ee recommend IN, me amendment.
TO this In making appropriations Tor the expenditures OF
the Senate the House OF Representatives has appropriated
spechcaly for each object The Senate committee propose
to put the whole together and appropriate heretofore,
aggregate amount am in favor OF the proposition
OF the COMMITTEE We know that occasions do arise
here when obliged TO have funds under the mme
dais control Of the Senate for contingent expenses Ii
the specific items put down in this way, and one item
should turn out 70 be too small-no matter how much
large the others might beyou could not control The
fund al all Il will have the effect, my opinion, il The
clause passes came from the House, OF greatly en-
dent and cannot the OF it, believe the Com
uee Finance is right. and therefore shall vote for
the amendment. .a.....
The next amendment OF the committee was under the
heading Library OF Congress" TO strike out
"For contingent expenses OF said library, $50
For purchase Of books for said library, SIS, 600
"To dsfray freight and other expenses Incurred under
the act regulate the exchange OF certain documents and
o,heT pnbiieaiion, approved June a. ISIS the sum Of
For purchase OF books for said library and contingent
thereof and for the purchase OF furniture for the
''For contoius the preparation and publication of the
works OF the exploding expedition including the expenses
of The green house and o the settlement OF arrears
The erection Of said greenhouse, S25,oOo"
Mr. BRADBURY. call for division OF the ques
Mr. HUNTER These amendments put in at the
sugges.on OF the Committee the Library. The chair
man Of that committee can explain them
Mr. PEARCE. The Committee on Finance were un-
der the impression that appropriation o $40 900 would
be sufficient for books for Inc library. But that reduc
ton was strongly objected to oy The members o. the
finally agreed recommend TO the Senate TO rensaie
the amount proposed by the House therefore move TO
for books for the library from $40 0oo 900 think
that viii cover the whole expense. including iufn''are
am Mr. roB BoRIAND. II understood the amendment Of
the committee, il contains appropriation for cootn-
ung the publication Of the works Of the exploring ex
petition That has been in progress almost ever since
was born think The appropriations ior 1's puoheauon
were about the first OF which ever read. do not know
where II s 10 end. would like TO bsve some expaDa-
lion TO know whether there is 70 be any linn, 10 u
Mr. PEARCE will eDdeavor 10 give the senator
an explanation. In the year is42 when the exploring
expedition returned IRON the Sooh seas, Congress pass
I'd an act directing the results OF that expedition 10 be
ureua red for publication and to be printed They went
40 Tar "a TO specify the particular and style in
hch the works should be up and declared that the
erampe of the work should be the great French work,
shs vovaee of the Astrolabe and Zelee. The Committee
on ,he library thus authorized and required by law,
ed 10 make contracts for the publication, not only
of the narrative OF the expediton--wbich has been
done-but various scientific reports which were 10 be
made by scen6c men employed in the expedition, OF by
others competent 10 describe these co,iecuons 80,
These scientific reports relate TO almost every branch
If natural science-to all the branches o natural his-
torg,o photography and meeoology and the physical
hara-ieriscs Of races We have published one work
upon corals and zoophytes by Mr. DANA WORK winch
is of the highest authority with men OF science IN ts
country II was n great dtsderafum IN that line oi
khowiedge and II has been pronounced by most cee-
brae peooqisi Mr. Lyel az being one OF the most ad
irabs Sooks ever published 10 that department of SCI,
ence Then we have published work on ethnoioEy ana
philoloey which has been supplied by Mr. Hale. An,
other work has b. en- published on the physical races o
men-a work somew bat similar in iis character TO the
great work Of Prtchard Ii Is estimated OF so muen
value that 10 England has been repuoished m cheap
edition by Bohn The first edition has already peen ek
haused, and another has been called or ana - now ~
the course o. execution Then we have prin'so a"o"s'
work upon the onlthology and mammaogy OF tne enpe.
dton we nave another upon the geology OF hs cfu'so'
and volume on meeorology has been published.
nWe have made contracts for the publication OF ohef
scientific reports Tor example. have contract pend
ing with DR. Gray, the hrs boanst OF the United STATES
Mr. Breckndge has been employed and has nearly com.
pleed work the Ferns Professor Bailey, OF West
Point, has been employed the mathematical depart
meat Dr. Gould and Nj. Dray,op have been employed
upon volume OF conchology which has been printed.
so. sr from e 10 time, we have been pnbshing these
works. and preparing others for the press
Several OF them are nearly completed. Contracts are