New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-07
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

The House passed three private bills, and
proceeded to the consideration Of the joint resolution
providing for printing and binding the returns OF tue
seventh census.
Mr. GoRMAS Qa) commenced explaining the
iii, when 80
air. CAMPBELL (Ill) asked whether, if the
Census should be printed during the present Con
gress the members now here would get anyf
Mr.. german replied that the present MEM
bers would not &c, copies unles they shall be printed
during the present Congress. He said several BIDS
were made for the printing OF the work The last re
cCiyed from Lpplncotte Co, wds four hundred dol
lars under the prices OF the public prute and another
from PaTlh s. Co, OF Philadelphia, three thousand
dollars lees but (deductng payment by Government Of
the freight not more than twelve hundred dollars
under the prices of the public printer but considering
that the public printer has inside an outlay, IN material
OF fifty or sixty thousand dollars 10 do the Government
work and Congress has provided superintendent OF
Prniifg would be proper 10 accept old al only iour
cr twelve hundred dollars less The committee haVe
fixed The prices that there may be no doipns. The
work Is 20 be printed IN compact qusrIo lorn
Of one thousand pages, n BREWER type, without The
benefit OF fat. For thousand copies the isoor
and paper VIII cost nineteen thousand oae hun
d,ed and sixty three dolars-the former li,le over
ter thousand dorars An effort hes been made by the
D4aocTo.;c Rerisr 70 alarm the country with the oelei
n NJ this Is two hundred thousand dollar iOh but
cannot by any kind OF calculation, exceed The sum be-
fore named Tao bQ proposed - PRINT noth!ps more
nor less than TIE ordered 20 5e taken IA ier the
census law, throwing ont the hNtofieA pISPaiAaioh
printer cannot make more man tNeA'y'A'o nUni's'
dollars on tie thousand copies
Mr.. STANTON (ky) remarked he had re-
eeived intelligence that Lippineott Co, or fsrrsh y
Co would print the work much less cost than was
proposed to be given 10 the public printer -
Mr.. GoRuAN said Lippinc0tt ~ 20 would
perhars publish il for nothl = the purpose OF having
he Exclusive sale Of tie work besides the pflees o.
printing were much less in Philadelphia thAn u ~s
ington. -.
Mr.. Brown (MiSs) offered an amendment,
that the work shall Be done in style similar 20 vac
specimen volume lsd before the COMMITTEE ca RIM
Ing. TO be embraced in two volumes OF one t0nsahu
pages each the cost Of the printing no; 10 eAceS ~
prices pud under the act esUStlng iht.pGoho E'hs
The paper to be purchased, now, by ()Fernnih te
binding 10 be done in the style OF Tie C0aSTeSsCta
6Io5s aud appendix, for lsJ2 and Mt to exceed hty
cents volume -.
Mir. HAVEN (N. y opposed the amendment
Mr.. McMulLES Va.) was for the resolution
MIR. STANTON (Ky.l said Parrish, Denning X
Co ofr 20 do the woik th tyone per cent under ne
ia OF Iirpipcoit a. Co. and twenty per cdnt De-
lev hose o the public printers He had therefore pre-
nsyed an amendment, to give the p1o.e printer ne
woyk AZ t,e t,er cent above Parish q ca pa anu
be should not take IL at this to give &c Parrish Co
Mr. SrAsLY N. c. offered this amendment
Mr.. ORR Is. CO. offered some remarks, ana
moved the prevous question under the operation OF
which the amendments were voted down and taeloiat
resolution was passed, by Yeas III NA!s'I
Tie House then adjourned.