Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-20
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z .ould not bc stopped here, we could, az
east, 50 saF cnliehten The public mind at
! oac Us to hear from them. and have n
voice como l,p to THIS Hall that would ope-
rate.up '!he sctiGn # members; a voice
praclaiiEmg that (liefe.4ust be steanach-
pee}t amd reforgs' in tI.s branch of the
public service
Sir. trust that such voice viii Comic
Up here; that we Shall hear from the l,ccs
plc ihat rigid economy must be observed,
and this leak must be stopped. Ieu may
say what you please of these books, but the
publication OF them amounts to moth
ing nQre nor less than this: that the
Congress of The United States is to be tie
book publisher for those whose works viii
not temp ihn bookseller to hny them; tho
publisher IF such works a. s.rillll sss5 i--
I'd the booksellers and printed By them r..
sale to 'hcir customers throughout the coun-
try. These books, sir. are to be brought
here, and we are to print them; and under
the disguise Of distributing them amongst
our cons tituents, we are TO saddle The tax
paying people of this coantry with the a.
mount Of money necessary to foot the bill.
And # H'ambers have looked into the sub
ject, they will find whole volumes in which
there is little else save title page In
some Of these astronomical explorations
there is nothing except stars and lines, and
one thing or the other Of that sort, that ne,
body but an astronomer could undet.stsntd
and thatnot one out Of every twenty mem
bcrs here could understand tftl
If there is to be reform III ills matter.
adopt a regulation by which you will hold
TIE heads Of Departments of this Govern.
ment to 4 responsibility for whatever is to
be printed here. fla we-k istof come
from the Department of the interior OF the
S, cretary ofthe Treasury let the ofic T.,
upon his responsibility and after due exam
nation, report the manuscript and appeal
to this. House to print +, it for the Govern
mentQf the Tinted States: if 4. shall be in
need ef .. And. sir, when it comes here
finished and ready for publication, with his
recommendation, let It be examined by
committee, and then We can never be caught
~ .. .serapo Ike that in ahich we have beer;
caught, oftaking one volume and commit
ting ourselves to the printing Of as many
other volumes as the party chooses to
write. And I believe that even now this
booll-writing is going or. The second vol
ume Of Enory's report has been written III
part, and probably printed in part. Yes
sir, printed in part7and written in part, and
not yet completed in either respect and
they are going ON continuing this writing
until they get the book to suit themselves.
Now, sir, FINAL -for have not tho
time to 60 over the ground intended tooc-
cupy if had the usual limit Yet the House
come up squarely and meet the question.
Il they haye authorized their Committee on.
Printing t5 maize these contracts for the
publishing cf.all the books if they have
gone on and executed its order; then, Sir,
however economical [ may be; however
much may favor retrenchment in the ex-a
penditures Of the Government revcrv-
body knows from ny past course have
done-yet, sir, when the credit Of this Coy
ernment is involved by a contract entcred
into by the vote of this House, over my
own lead ard against my vote, shall be
prepared, sat leastas member OF the Coul-d
nlittee of Ways. and Means, and as, "a mem-,
her Of this House, now and at all other
times, to appropriate the amount necassa-
Try to falRll that obligation on our part. I
am ready, sir, to meet that responsibility.
to 60 before my people on every such vote;
and ! think | know them well enough to
say that they viii approve of my course in
doing what Is necessary to maintain the OBJ
legation which the Government has-aSsl,p,-
ed, and to discharge that obligation on its
part. .aa ,f.
4 SimooH-Fac5d tiWdia. Under this
heading the Worcester (Mass) Spy gives
an account Of the failure and fight from
that city Of q person vino has Ggured some
what prominently there as an attorney and
SPECTATOR in real estate. The Spy SAYS:
The catalogue Of clients ruined, Of widows
and orphans robbed Of their all by his d.
vices, would furnish the materials for scores
Of tragedies, bnt al these are cast in the
shade b. t2e lat grand sYf2dIc,, Is which
he fia8 robbed many 81 our most Cnterpris-
ing business men Of hundreds and thdus-
ands of dollars, and with his ill-sottett
booty in his pocket, clandestinely lett tile
1laeo. ~ f-a.t,...
The amount Of his Indebtedness to various
parties in Worcester and vicinity foots AZ.
thus far, more than one hundred and Filirt1s
thousand dollars, which WAS owing K,
numerous persons, in sums ranging from a
few dollars up to twelve tEo;lsand, for which
they have no security or ex pcctaton OF any.
His plans wers 50 sk;1ifully arranged and
SO secretly executed that he was able 10
turn everything into cash, leaving no assets
bekiind him, and there is no reason te doubt
that he carried away with him fge,,r 800,
00O to $4,000 in current funds, thus
making many Of his creditor bankrupt ,anJ
some Of them even penniiess tA HyAi
FASHIONABLE 5CQNGREG 4}Tl0N.o 3
The newspaper reporters pay itayery
equivoc2l compliment to this or that preach
er whcn. they.fs1l Us he was listened to by
fashionable" congregation. Fashion i.
ill right at the theatre or the opera, or eti-
eenablic assent lage OF a Standardization
b2>t the Jade ought to have nothing to do
in the Temple Of the Mos. High Think
Of Paul preaching e p fashionable con-
ertgation or Mars 1lll, or 4 greater thar
Paul delivering Sermon on the ,Monnt to
q ''.'trniIer}sss and fashionable audience. -
True, y have fashionable preachers bi;..t,it,.
is a question whether their preaohiag Tsoald
not be followed with better reflects if the