The Washington union., 1858-02-03


the bill under consideration made AN appropriation for
specific purpose. The amendment OF the gentleman from
Alabama proposed change in the existing laws that have
been in operation for considerable time and there
fore could not be entertained.
Mr.. HOUSTON explained that his amendment proposed
to dispense with the publication of all those notices that
come from the departments mail contracts othen-in
all the city papers present The law says
all be published in two paperE in the District having III.
largest circulation and the third be selected by t
President of the United States that they found the
notices published in three papers, and every member who
took either the Union, the ntelligencer the Star o.
cssonay received batch of notices in relation To the
postal service and he ventred TO say that these things
very seldom found their to the interior of the conn
try where the services were TO be rendered.
The CHAIR sustained the point of order made 10y Mr.
Nichols and the amendment not received
Mr. BOYCE, OF South Carolina submitted the follow
ing amendment, to come in additional section
further enacted shall lawful to
order the printing Of any report or other writing submitted
until the Joint Committee Printing shall estimate report
the extent sad probable cost Of the report Of writing be printed
The amendment agreed to-
Mr. GARNETT of Virginia, submitted the following
amendment which WAS agreed to-ayes 9s, noes not
counted:
And no extra copies Of any shah be printed escsa m
as are ordered by a Joint resolnion
Mr. NICHOLS of Ohio, offered the following as an aa
ditional section and it was agreed to
And Dc further enacted That hereafter when any report or
other communication submitted 10 either house Of Congress b
any department bureau government or by aSy
other and such report other
ordered be printed additions kind shall be there
without the direction Of the house Congress giving order 10
print and no alterations on corrections shall be made therein
and ordered TO be printed which add to the cost Of printing
Mr. MORRIS, of Illinois, submitted an additional sec
on providing that hereafter it shall be the duty Of the
executive departments to procure the printing upon the
most favorable possible Of all FORMS blanks &c
used by them at such points in the Union where II he
done cheapest provided the cost shall not exceed in price
the amount heretofore paid for the He stated that
his object to have the printing done In the States
where it was needed and required
Mr. LEICHER opposed the amendment the score
of economy If they had thrtyone places for printing
these blanks they would have to pay thirtyone tms
for composition At present the composition was only
paid for twice at the outside and the only additional
cost was for paper and press-work
The amendment was lost.
Mr. CRAWFORD, of Georgia, submitted all amend.
ment to come in Immediately after the word s.colLrs
in the amendment of Mr.. BURNETT, and strike out all
else until it reached the amendment of Mr. GARNET in
structing the Committee Printing to inquire into and
report whether not any portion of the Reports upon
the Pacific Railroad and Commercial Relations could be
dispensed with without injury to the volumes already
printed.
The amendment was lost
Mr. BURNETT moved to amend his amendment by
adding thereto the amendments submitted BY Messr
SEWARD of Georgia. GARNET of Virginia. and Nicmo Of
Ohio; which motion was not agreed to-ayes S. noes
90.
The question then taken on the amendment az
aiheiueu, dlu IL WaS NOT tSIeeu 10 ayes oil,
On motion of Mr. PHELPS, of Missouri, the committee
then and reported the bill with amendments to the
House
The question being on the adoption Of the amend
ments
Mr.. PHELPS demanded the previous question
MIR. SEWARD moved that the bill he laid on the
table which motion was not agreed to ayes 49, noes
103.
The previous question then received second
The amendments Of Messrs. PHELPS, of Missouri and
BoycE, Of South Carolina, then agreed to-
The question being on the amendment Of Mr. GARxrTR
OF Virginia, which provides that extra copies Of any
document shall be printed except ordered by joint res
lntion
Mr. SEWARD moved that it be laid on the table
which motion not agreed to-
Mr.. GROW, of Pennsylvania called the yeas and mar.
upon its adoption: and they were ordered sIr
Being taken, they resulted yeas llG nays 10 So
the amendment agreed to.
The amendment Of Mr.. NIcIloLs was then agreed to
and the bill was then read third time and rejected
yeas 81, nays l35 as follows
YEAS Messrs adan, Ah Arnold Bishop Bocock Bowie nu
roiph Campbell Chanee Chapman Connecticut uhrk a
Davidson, Davis Of Maryland Indana asis Il MISSISSIPPI
sa pSms Sossns,l Ens ,l + n Florence G Goo
CLANCY Jones Of pennsylvan Pennsy X.
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Phillips poe lursianec Reilly, Richie, sanaidse Scott searp
Of Pennsylvania, Ward white and wortcnayke-e7 % '' s"'"
Abbott Anderson Andrews Aks Avery Bark.
nrlngane Burnett, Burns Caso taskie, cayson ienr Cling
man. Cobb cockeri Cofx Comi oyodc lrsgm Case North
sets Davis Of Iowa Dewar Dodd Dmfec Emunaon o En~
nsl Faakner ienon Foley, Foster Garnc Gare GLIDING
ma G'mer Gooch Goodwin Gryngcr Gregg Grow Hall Of Ma.
sachnse Harlan Harris Of Illinois, askin Hill Hoard Hon.
Horton Houston Hughes Jackson jenkins Jcsc Jones o Ten
aessee ke kigore, Knapp, Kunkcl Lawrence LEACH Letter
ys"y M Mc.een Marshall Of Kentucky Marshall Of Illinois May
nard Miles Miller Moore Morgan, Morrill, Norris OF Ppps
Norris OF Illinois Parker, Petit Pike Potter Powell dmau
Ready Reagan Hcaud Robbins Royce Ru scales seward
shorter, Singleton Smith Illinois, spinner Staworb stanton
s,sphens Stevenson boi Tsppan, Thayer Thompson Tmp
ns Trppr Underwood Wade waibrse waldron walton wash
nurne o. Wisconsin washburne Of Illinois, Washburn Maine
kins Wheey Wilson, winsow Wood woodson Wright Of orr
Wright Of Tennessee, and ZollooGer-lah
Mr. HOUSTON, Of Alabama moved to reconsider ths
vote by which the bill rejected for the purpose Of re-
committing the bin to the committee with instructions
to report Bill approprating money cover all the ex
penses which have been incurred
Mr.. LETCHER moved that the motion to reconsider be
laid on the table; which motion was agreed to-
YHE LEcoMPToN CONSTITUTION
The SPEAKER laid before the body a message from the
President of the United States which the latter informs
Congress that he had received from Calhoun president
Of the constitutional convention of Kansas copy of the
framed by that body duly certified with the
expression OF hope that he would transmit the
Congress, with view to the admission of Kansas into
The Union as an independent State Having but one copy
Of the constitution he had sent that to the Senate Ie
message of the President entire will be found in another
column
The message having been read
Mr. STEPHENS, OF Georgia, moved that the message
be printed and referred to the Committee on Territories
pending which,
Mr. HUGHES, of lndana, obtained the floor
Mr. HARRIS of Illinois, appealed to that gentleman
70 yield the ioor in order to allow him to introduce