Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-05-06

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item, we do not kbow--but suppose they got tired
writing down all they did have
| The other Houe has some thirty clerks with sal
aries ranging at 81 900, $780, 80 00 the clerk OF
the House $4,000.
But let S make Off our bin in form
Total pay of 300 members of House
and Senate, including expenditures
on Capitol, se,oss52s
Total, deducting Capitol, 5,Os35
Total cost of a Congressman, includ-
ing Capitol, 2O,27s Al
Total cost of ditto, deducting Capitol, l6,954 O5
According to our inquiries rs far as prosecuted
the following with regard to few items is
'THE WAY THE MONEY GOES"
Post Office for Senate, "a persons,) $4,9sO os
Do for House, "a peTsons,) 6,lO0 90
ls Messengers for Ga Senators 2l,60o 90
SO do for House. at SAY 81, 200, 4s,2o0 O3
Pages and mail-boys for House, $500 90
Writing paper for Senate 1900 90
DO for House, 10000 90
Newspapers for Senate, YI f 5000 90
do for House. l2,50O 90
Clerks to the 81 Senators, 24602 90
Clerks to committees, pages, police, aH..
horses and ctrryalls for Senate, 32,500 80
Sc clerks for House, at (say) $1,000 $4,000 90
We Gull out also, the following items, 1--WE are
taking all this from public document, entitled
Estimates Of Appropriations" sent to the House Of
Treasury.) He gives the amounts appropriated for
1859, and the estimates for 1s59-6O. Our fig
ures are the appropriations actually made for 1858
and SO: -.. Ir.
Keeper of the stationery, $1,742 90
Draughman, (Senate) 1850 700
Binding for Senate, 10000 90
Binding documents, (Iouse) 10000 90
Lithographing and engraving, (Senate) 10000 90
Do do (Housel $4,000 90
Folding documents, (House) 10000 90
Carriage (House) 1000 90
Fuel, OIL and candles, (House) $4,000 90
Miscellaneous sweeping ((Senate) 10000 90
Miscellaneous, (House) n 10000 90
Horses, carriages, and saddle horses 1920 90
"Horses, carriages, and saddle-horses es'-don't
These gentlemen also use tobacco. They take
snuff. We see (ths is also from public document
though different one from pleceding)
IL bottles Maoaboy snuff r.air
5 bottles Martinique snuff.
l3 pounds American gentlemen's snuff.
walnut snuff-boxes (all for House.)
A member of Congress of course takes snuff and
has god-headed stick, and looks extremely nice,
walking about the Capitol. tr
american gentlemen also part their "back
hair" We see the following convenient arrange
ments: at -rf.. 5.-.a
27s buffalo and other combs, (IIouse) $l7l 90
$50 (one-and-a-half to each member) Eng
lish and other brushes (IIouse) $50 81
Whatever be the corrupt public sentiment, they
also rash.
4s5 bars toilet seap, soap-Gishes (House S2O4 act
Is a member of Congress good looking? He has
perennial view of his magnificent person. There
80 magnificent French plate mirrors, S9,565 90
Has he corns? There are
3,457 yards velvet carpet, l0,904 20
Perhaps friend likes to look outupon The beau
tiful fields, and make verses TO his mistress eye
brow! There are
Single windows, costing $4,000 apiece.
Does he like to lounge under magnificent arch,
and whisper to his heart-"Oh, am one of 'em?'
There is a door at s s $4,000
Is the air of heaven too rude and pleban for hts
pampered nerves.
The atmosphere is attuned with the luxurious
ether of a mammoth steam,pump, which pours its
vapors into their splendid Hail.
Oh with what emotion of admiration and won
der must the foreign ambassadors and secretaries
look upon one of these magnificent beings-with
his soap-and his snufi-and his paper-and his
combs--and his cane-breathing that arl t-