New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-18

:. i. Of this discretion. he made contract run
u s a. freen years at an annual rental OF so3ml
su sggregate, within small fraction OF t:oooSV
GO has already been expended in constructing the
49, machinery 20 enable this office TO periof IN me
ssnired Of H. Certainly another 100000 viii be
sIIepted before the fifteen years lease 'ermaa e'
s:,rr,s will revert the lessons at the exPuduon
Of this period Here then by continuing as ls-ees we
have al expenditure Of million OF d"h.s lOr ~" VI
S;,g s and loss of our fixtures BY the terms OF the
ecutrsct Go, gnment il at liberty to terminate Tue same
for an amount, email fraction over cal. ou VI 1I
lars, by wh,h Government comes ino posees'o 81 ,1e
norerty in fee and 1t whenever deemed adVaois
r The public interest be sold, 70 re'mburse the ofisiAa
nsyments and TO the Government the beeht oil US a2pe
f;.tiop in value ,Cer;anly If We may Judge from t6e
1e,;e,re oi the last fifteen years this advance could
moi he less than one hundred per cent ior the next
fifteen years He deeply regretted that during me
Srss;oo any suggestion should he made that the City
~ NV York Is hostile 10 the legith,n required by the
want Of sny secton OF the country He sh"od the moro
cot h Il Ibis opinion shall gain crtdence THE floor.
Idsnt;s,d with even village aud hamlet in the country
by the liz imeDts Of trade, fok is interested in
hsteyer elcps the growth industry Of any section
Of the couary Consd, ring he SAID, pop4l,ion and
Growth the record will demonstrate that we have never Oh
trudeo claims on Congress to me inu'ce OF any OF
the other sections of tbs Union The aggregate popua
tiop this country is not yet twenty five millions, tho
seventh OF whom reside within oar State limiis
The aggregate Of personal aid real property ia the
United States is eight thousand millions doss Tbs value
of PROF city III New lorh 10 estimated at Selye hundred
millions dollars showing our wealth as well as our popn
in this Union More than one hall Of the revenues OF the
General Government sum exceeding ih,,y seven mi
lions dollars-were received at the Newfork Custom
Mr.. PHILLIPS ala moved to reduced tho sppropra
ton to one dollar lie not opposed TO the appropa
ton and would vote Tor It ia another place but he did
not wish load down the bin aud peril its passage BE
Sides lie did consider he appropriation OF such press
Messrs BISSELL, OKR and STANTON (Ienl took
Nj COBB Ala viewing the item in an economical
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Mr. CJlllNG N. Y commended that It wa, den
cheney the Assay Office having been established by the
last Congress and provision made IN the contract Tor the
rent of buildings Tor this purpose. lie showed that the
appropriation would secure To Government the buildings
and Iro, at tie end Of fifteen years whereas
we pay the annual n:a for that period viii net have
brici OF ersin Of ssnd In the tho Government
will be beneiedn the other, the banks who no" own
Mr. BAILY (of Va offered an amendment with G view
Of getting nd of the if not detrimental to the public
service.
pration for the purchase OF the assay buildings.
Mir LE1CHEK (of Val moved an amend cent that the
appropriation is rendered necessary ny TWO ousns c'
tracts of the Secretary Of the Irasufy Laughter IL
would repest he said tie true state OF the facts and OK
f'M Mr. DEAN ON ~ opposed it as bungling amend
Mr. FLORENCE Pa protested against this aPPropria
ton being a deficiency. lie could not ascertain no"
$3.50 90 could be deficiency Of tho slOOOOO originally
Mr. WALKER IN. r. advocated the appropriation on
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not relate mainly TO New York, but was question OF ma
topai importance lie stated among OTHER things, the
amount Of bullion brought into New YORK annually IS
H6OCOOCCO As il costs - cents SlOOO TO carry ITO
Pbilade ha the of $4,000 by the Assay once at
will thus be saved not to hdt city exclusively
but to persons belonging to all paris oil inc United States
MIR wife Pa said this Assay office would cost
million and half OF dollars. while the Phaoelphia Mint
which only cost quarter OF million is nov compare
fyeIy cd and abundant for all the coinage anu
assaJing purposes One length of The proposed amount
would purchase lot three times as large ahd not De ur
Their the business OF New York than the Philadelphia
Mi FLORENCE further opposed the appropriation as
matter of economy, when was stricken out-Ayes 81
Noes SO.
that the Committee rise. which voted down by the
majority who anxious TO press the bill hrongh be
fore the adjournment The minority disappointed in Sc
curing the adoption of the Custom House ana Marine
Hospital appropriations. eDgagodln parlime n'ay nghf
making sundry motions and requiring ihe votes TO he
taken by teller defeat the purpose Of the other side
some Numbers occasionally emitting TO vote thus leaving
the House without quorum. Not Fronting mnch b; TINS
they susp nded aggressive opetaons LOT wa - anu G,u
of The Committee stole march on them by rising when
the bill a. amended was reported 10 the House.
An inc ffeciual motion was made to ADJOURN .
ssso GOO for the purchase OF the Assay Office buildings in
New York concuntd in Yeas % Nays %. ,
Some voted in the majority for reasons other IMAM oppo
,;,ion 10 the Assay Once in New York-smong the rea
sons that the appropriation for the purchase OF me building
was moi such deficiency should be provided for IN The
bl bu could be inserted in the general appropriation
hill and that its retention in the Deficiency bill might
again cause the defeat Of the latter NJ. ;,
The SPEAK Err laid before the House a communication
from the State Department, by which appears there ar
rived from abroad during he year ending 5Oh OF sep
tember 1ssa 4OO777 persons viz In Maine > sOi; New
Hampshire % Massachusetts, % 9~9 hhode is'oho' ca;
New York, 294,sls; Pennsyivama' ig,@l a
II soc; Virginia, South Carolina loos Georgia 80
Florida 93 Alabama, 2O9i Louisiana, 45o2o; ie1as'
20el Oregon II.
Adjourned till Monday.