Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-20

tied States and Mexico, together with proof
i of such maps and illustrations as have beel
i completed, numbered from. one to sixty.
three. The plates and blocks from which
these nrc ofs ssc strnek ercsh cid ~ ne sub
ect to your order, or that of Congress.
The general map cannot DC completed un-
! til next winter; and the map Of the new
I Territory IS not quite 'c33lifpletcd' hut when
finished, no delay will cnsuc in the publlca-
ton By consultation with the printers
| find these nlltns e.ill be done quite as soon
as tic printing Of tie report, should It be
concluded to print that report.
Besides tic volume now ID, hcre uW b
IN apleadir, containing reports upon the
botany and natsral liistors at tlo country
adjacent to the boupslary with from two to
three hundred illustrations, many ct which
arc :IroadV cn5na.eas assd he a,i;ttcs deposit
ted in tlsiy oAiae These reports arc :ln the
hands OF Drs. 'I'orrcy, l1ngleman, and PRO
lessor Baird, and other Swans Ct the coun-
try. They premise to bare them ali finish
cd in the course Of the year These reports
not being Of the same general interest, |
concluded it was proper not to delay send
is.sy IL the general report until their compile
ton.
Should It Be deemed proper u pss;fbiiiisli
the general report and and i limited num-
Der Of copies Of the appendix, | beg to call
attention to my letter to you Of April .:
1856, by which it will be seen there is a
large surplus Of funds which may be made
available for the purpose, and which has
been saved from the appropriations Of Con-
aress for the prosecution Of the work. hat
surplus is at preseat more than 800, 09o
have &c honor te he, your ob't scTyt,
w. III. EMORY,
United States Commissioners
Hon. RoEEer McCLrLLaNn, Sec. Of hpte'ior.
50 says Major Emory On that letter
the report was sent into the House for pub
licatich. Now@lct us see what it cost. The
first volume Of that report as ordered by
the Senate, cost S26, 1870 g. The same
Tolame as ordered by the House. cost Sill
OBS; making the total cost Of, The first vol
ume, to say eothins u the appendix, SI3.a
125 to, a
tie second volume, or arpenlix,. 0hrec
thousand four hundred COPIES for the Sem
ate edition, contains Eve hundred and twelve
pages, and will cost SIS, $40 IL. The
edition ordered by the House will cost $ST :
400 making the cost ef the, second volume
for tie Senate House, sl13, l4O II; to
say nothing Of engravings, maps, illustra-
tions, and other things Of that sort. And
then, sir, the item Of rengraying constitutes
q SEPARATE charge Tie ts7o veEames, them
give us a cost Of $1S6, 1865 IS. Well, sir,
it is proposed to color parcel o. these en-
CRAVINGS in the second volume. 1t is said
thSt if ninety-two .rSlatcs Of .nattral history
out Of. tb-o lstndrcd ard serenty-frc plain
illustrations be colored by hand, and has
been suggested, at ascost Of seven cents per
imnKassttons there A,;1l be one million three
ailndrpd and seventy thousand eight hum
dred impressions, which will cost S95 800.
which, with the amount have already sta
ted, makes the entire cost Of the two vol
ames S282, Al &c. Ne QI B8Eilus
But that is not ALL Accompanying these
books are nine maps; one .ef t~Eicfl, covers
the esslre country Between the forty-slinth
parallel Ct Latitude and the southern bound
;::ly Of the United Stases tic plate for which
was engraved ri the first instance hat 1t
vas erroaeoesly engraved, and was reject
q as bciaS incorrect. Fills plate was en-
SraVed attain expense of 81, 500. We'll ),
now sir, it is asked that these nine maps
shall be engraved ard printed. I. File OK
pcnse for printing aaaQno, 70 say nothing Of
the cost ct engraving is estimated at about
$l2, 900; for paper S.. 6oc making a
cost Of Sis, 600 for publishing these maps
Then the cost Of engraving is 80 much III
addition, which, according to the estimate |
have, will amount to the neat little sum Of
= 10000 more; % Fiat mhen aea COME to
foot re The .Hill fer printing tits report Of
the boundary survey by Major Emory, you
lind that tie total cost Of printing the report
is $50, o2, 7g. ..n.'e
Now, sir. when Tas tie Printing q that
report ordered It was ordered at the
second session Of the Thirty Third Congress
We'll, now, sir, come to the printing Of
the report on Commercial Relations. The
first, third and fourth volumes Of that re-
port have been printed. Let Us see how it
got into this House, and let US see upon
what information tic, iIousc acted | refer
to the Congressional Globe, Telume s..
part first, page 630: .S II
'.0Ir JGNEs, Of Tennessee | wish to
ask the gentleman from Illinois if he has
made any estimate, Or received any, as to
what size the work is likely to below
many NolliGes. and how Fsany pages duarto,
il viii be likely to make
"NIr. WAsupuRNE. II will meke enc
volume quarto, J suppose, Of about three
hundred pages 1t is important, as stated
before, that it should be printed in quuto
form, because it embraces tables which it
will be difficult to print on pages ef less
seize. M hi . ~
"Mt. JoSEs. It seems, Mr.. Speaker, to
ne, from the pile efrapers 1 pon your table,
that the work must be very voluminous
one; and tie character of the work is one
that will be very expensive in printing. 1t
will be fully as large, | should think, as
the large volume Of the census report"
Mr. STEPHENS, Of Georgia. Read the
resolution which was offered.
Mr.. IFTCHER. The resolution was il
these words
..Resolved, That lie answer Of the E3rcasi-
dent Of the United States to the RESOLUTION
Of the House Of Representatives,, Of Decem-
Der H. 1858, upon the commercial relations
Of the United States with all Foreign nations
he printed by the Printer Of this House III
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