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

and where the public money could bessa
we'd. 1t will be rccollccted, SIT, that. nn
der that nsarine hospital Legislation Nilicl
Vas proposed ~ tat time fiseasands Of dol
lars would have been saved to tic Govern
nlcnt If the recommendation Of the Secreta-
ry Of The r,asur, had been carried cut by TIC
passage Of the measure, which was propo-
sed by the Committee Of Ways. and Means
But, Sir, it was net sustained, and that was
regs-dca then as a good reason for defeat
ing it, Ills
Mr.. CAMPBELL, Ct Ohio. Will tic
gentleman yield to me for d moment?
!! Mr.. LETCHER Yes, Sir; for a sin
Gle moment.
! NJ CA t.'e1shL's, y. =nhio | think
Tic gentleman frons Kentucky, IT. RuR-
NETT..i who has just .ioscd J. very able
speech, was one Of those whe et,n,asssl. the
proyiso which the gentlcsii-', from Virginia
alludes to m regard 70 the marine holpit-
ais.
| NJ. LETCHER Now, Yir, it seerss to
nc that ! hege caearly defined, according
to tic rules of the House, the relative du-
ties Of the Committee on Printing, and Of
the Committee Of Ways and 6ieans.
come now to the action Of this House,
under which this expenditure has been
made necessary, aud which, ! think will
illustrate with sufficient cloarilosss the pro-
pricty Of the course Of the Committee Of
Ways and Means in reporting this bill 80.
The first item to WHICH call attention, is
frat Of the naval astronomical explorations
to Chill. My friend ftem kentucky Mr..
.;:l1 i .undosa ST SIT slytlke Hlrels he
tells Us that but Is rec volumes Of that work
have been printed, and that three Or pore
volumes remain yet to benriisea. IF I am
,aia:' t mach mistaken, six volumes Of that
work have been already printed and dcliy
cred to the members Of this House.
Mr.. BURNETT No, sir; only three
vonn.es have been printed and delivered.
Mr. STFpHFhS, If Georgia. They
! Fave Printed tie sixth volume, but hsve not
printed the internlediate ones.
/ III. J.l2H,csf1lT1is Archer yo5ame IS
1slgeal1,ayca, alti two more are in process Of
preparation The whole work will be COM
prsed as now reported by the Superiuten-
dent Of Public Printing, in seven volemes
Now, rho oriiE:iinasea That publication @
+, ~ 4 is itnot done in this House? The Req
rcsenta,ive from ME State Of .kent~eky
Mr. rat4aton1 us the man Who Introduced
il Fore for tie action ef this body, and it
was passea sinder his advice and undet Els
direction And now Jet Is see what it viii
cost taking The average Of the cost of the
vol;smes already printed. Che average
cost, per volume. will be S16,44l Oil
The seven volumes, therefore, will cost
S115. lO7 81. Now, when the House Of
Representatives ordered this book 10 be
printed, did it 4ii.sttsts,l 10 print ID When
the Committee on Printing was ordered to
make contracts for the execution Of the
work, did they intend to fulfill these cor
f.~aiiaaa, sdjr did they intend AS iii: fiI;end
from kentucky would have them do after
the contracts were made, and when prar-
r'i;as vas made q their performance that
the fi,ui'ise sl.osld ton undertake to declare
that the balance should rot be nlpletcsl?
| Mr.. SyKp4l EMS, Of tseo,-,a. siyrl. the
gentlcnisa read the authority Of tic IIousc
for is publications. ss g'a..sik
Nj. LETCHER. 7 oans,0t vi c.s W: It
lust NOW fst4@@
- s'r ''1 Gisi Il Il It is resolution
that six thousand copies Of thcrcport and
two thousand copies Of the observatiesas Ct
the United States astEorosA.iea1 expedition to
Chill be printed. That is the only authori-
ty find fer it at ALL @
Mr. GROW When was Tat resolution
NJ LtrcHEp. 8'hat vas ii tic first
session of tie Thirty Third Congress ..,
! Mr STEPHENS, Of Georgia VIII
the gentleman allow NE to ask kiut ducs-
ton?
Mr. LETCIIER Yes; cir.
Mr.. STEPHENS, Of Georgia. II this
sort Of construction to be given to the reso
II in Is it to be presumed that this
= case intended to print anything but a re-
port then made? And is it not fact that
that report is still unfinished ard that men
are actually enesecd ii writing other vol
umcs?
MI EETCIlER The gentleman from
Georgia las walked up very late. When
the Commercial Relations were ordered to
be printed, it WAS said here that they would
occupy but one volume; and yet tic gen
tlcman from Georgia did -fd5 LIST year ar
rest the publication e sthc third Or fourth
volumes ct Y. SO in regard to others which
| siull have occasion to alludc to directly,
in connection with the Pacific railroad. -
Now, why is it that this thing has passed
along quietly until the attention Of tie rec
pic has been attracted to it? Wig is it
that while yo,i have gone on here to publish
ard distribute the first and second and sixth
volumes Of work, YOU are to stop in re-
gard to that work, and not publish the
third, fourth, and fifth volumes? But
] must so on, for have little time to
dwell on this subject ! call atten-
ton to these items e,sIt 10 show how this
thing is beglts.
I Sow come to the Pacific railroad report
Seven volumes have been already printed,
and the eighth volume is about prepared for
delivery The average cost Of the. volumes
already printed is $77,526 49h TIg eight
volumes, then, amount to $600,gff o43
There are yet three additional volumes to
be supplied which, at the same rate, will
cost $3.50 $40 IS; making for that publ
catieaa Clone, when completed $s32,79 433
I hat work was ordered at the second ses-
sion of the Thirty Nk;rd Congress, and the
work has been gceDg on from tEat day tc
this. NJ M.s-,