The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-07

ished by the act regulating the prices of the pub
lie printing; the paper to be purchased as now by
the GoveF4ment; and the work bound in the etvia
of the Consvessional Globe and Append;r for 1859,
and the binding not to exceed fifty cents per vol.
marks.
Mr.. HAVEN opposed the proposition consider
ing it to be elastic, like India rubber to stretch to
three, four, or six Volumes
Mr.. @McMULLEN was for letting the public
printer execute the work
!. Mr.. STANLY obtained the floor, but yielded
it to
Mr.. STANTON, of Kentucky, who showed that
Parish, Dunning, Mears and Co., offered to do
Lppincott and Co., and twenty seven per cent.
below those Of the public printer 1t was his in
tentlon to offer an amendment proposing to pay
the public printer five per cent on the bid OF Par
ish, Cumming, Mears and Co.; and II the pubic
printer should not accept the work those terms,
then it shall be given to the said firm, they fur
nishing good and sufficient security for the per-
Torrance of the work.
Mr.. STANLY-withth the permission of Mr.. STAN
roN-offered the above amendment to the joint
resolution, and made remark ks in its support.
MIR. ORR supported the original joint resou-
ton, and concluded by moving the previous ques-
ton, which was seconded; and, under its opera
ton, the pending amendments were voted upon
and disagreed to-
The joint resolution was then passed-yeas lit,
nays "a, and provides
|. That the returns of the seventh census, as re-
CURED to be taken under the provisions of the act
of 1850, and nothing more nor less than these,
shall be printed by the public printer; and that
there be printed in addition to the number of pub
lie documents usually ordered by each House, ten
thousand copies for the use of the House. THE
prices for composition and presswork spec;-
fed)
2 The entire work to be printed in a compact
quarto form; the type to be used, brewer, except
for the headings of the several columns of the tabu
lar statements, the notes. and such tables as will
not appear to advantage in BREWER, which shall be
printed in nonpareil.
8. The binding of the work to be executed under
the direction OF the respective Committees
Printing for each House.
The House adjourned.
PETITION.
By Mr.. MOORE, of Louisiana: The petition of
Isaiah Kirk and 62 other citizens along the route,
praying for post road from the mouth of Red
river, in Louisiana, via Burrs ferry to Huntsville,
in Texas.
following notice of the late Major Townsend, from
one OF his brother officers, appears in the Boston
Adpertiser:
"Major Townsend, after graduating at Harvard
University, obtained commission of Captain of
Infantry. at the commencement of the war of 1912
against Great Britain Having completed the en-
listment Of his company be marched to Sackett's
Harbor, where he commenced the more perfect
discipline of his men, and in short time rendered
them sufficiently acquainted with their duties to
attract the notice and commentator of his supe
rior officers. In the campaign of 1913 he crossed
the st. Lawrence with the 9th regiment, to which
he was attached, and which gained such high dis
tincton for its gallantry and hard-fought battles
throughout the war.
Gin the battle of Chrystler's Fields, fought on
the banks OF the ST. Lawrence, in Canada, in No.
vember, 1913, the 9th regiment being much ex.
posed to the enemy's destructive fire, Mai. Town.
send, in pressing forward with his command, re.
ceived severe wound, and was taken prisoner
He was found on the field with his leg broken by a
shot, and in consequence an amputation was per-
formed by the British surgeon. He continued es a
prisoner until he had sufficiently recovered to re-
turn to Boston, when he was included in an ex-
change of prisoners, and, in his disabled state
reached his fathers house in this CITY, the late Dr.
Townsend, of the Revolutionary army.
"After having sufficiently recovered to act in
less exposed service than the battle-fie he re-
ceived the appointment of assistant paymaster in
the army, which was continued to him until his
death, period of thirty years. During this time
ne gained with all classes of people in this city and
elsewhere, their respect and friendships and the
more SO with the officers and soldiers Of the army
in this district, from whom in the execution of the
duties of his department, by his kind hospitabe,
and courteous conduct, he won their esteem and
friendship. Major Townsend married a daughter
of the late Vice President Gerry, and she survives
him with her children to mourn the loss of a de-
voted husband, kind and affectionate father, an
honest ard honorable citizen, and gallant SOL
der"