Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-06-02


CoxcREss.-rhe Senate spent yesterday in
The consideration OF the Posotice Appropri-
alton bill. sc House of Representatives
vhile engage on resolution of Mr.. Wins
low. in regard TO the action Of the: Covode
Investigating Eommittee-was turned aside
by imprope: language dropped IN the heat
of debate by two repreSentatlves~-To the
consideration of resolution OF censure-
The matter was finally adjusted by an apol-
ogy from the offending member.
Mr.. PRYOR, III his comments in the House
o. Representatives, on Thursday, on the
abuses of the Public Printing, declared that
''he had no desire to throw the mantle OF
concealment over the enormous and crying
abuses which had been disclosed by commit
tees of Congress in conncxlou with the public
printing. They were gricvan ces that smell
ed badly in the nostrls of the people. In
The matter Of the Post Office blanks, there
vas shown to be an immense profit, the surplus
;Thy diG not the President inform Congress
,,,lat here was n place where money might
De saved, instead Of allowing this distribu-
ion among partisans? lie denounced this
ct OF the Administration, and invoked the
Judgment of the people against it," Being
.,ebuked by Mr.. Barnett of Ky, for having
nad., AN assault on the PRESIDENT Mr.
l,rvor replied, he had made 10 attack on the
President whatsoever. lie was eXhinltlnG
the fact OF an abuse winch clamored lor
;,dress, when his friend from Kentucky, with
-ou.e manifestation Of indignation, charged
nm with running Il muck with the IrcSl-
dent He was the representative OF nun
drcci thousand irecmen, and Is such ne ana
net fear to run II muck with the President or
gay BODY else in their interest. lie scorned
alike menace and bianlshmeut and would
contend with the President IN the interest OF
:Ae people rs readily as Alexander the
Great would contend in the Oiymplan games
if nc could have kings for competitors. lie
did say that upon the testimony under oath,
t had been shown that the Executive was
-jrivv to the giving Of public money for the
sustentaton OF prostituted party papers, and
he made the charge not alone upon the te>tl-
mony ofMr. Wendell. but upon that OF gen
fleman high in the confidence Of the Presi'
dent hinself-Mr. Baker. the present Col
lectot Of Philadelphia. He would quote
from his evidence, not before the Covode
committee, for which he had nothing but
contempt and reprobation-a committee EN-
gagged in raking up the embers OF roue"neS>'
and prying into a very body's private affairs
in search Of some skeleton of an accusation
against the Administration but from his les
timonv given before Il Democratic committee
of Democratic Senate. Mr. 7. then read
from the testimony of Mr.. Baker before the
Senate committee in relation TO the under
standing As to the distribution OF the profits
on the Post Office blanks, and conversation
with the President on the subject III wh!tA
the President is alleged to have remarked
that he understood from the report that the
profits amounted To some so. 600 per annutn,
and if that was the case Mr.. Rice could
afford to pay the Daily Argus lOI per cent.
lie had not charged the President with nav
ing directed the distribution OF the money,
aad did not even say that he knew II had
been riven to these editors, but he did say
she President knew thar Congress, under
:. mistaken apprehension, IL was 10 be pre-
ramed was paying three times too much Tor
Il specific service, and he did not AK Con-
grass to amend the law.