The national Republican., 1862-05-28

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oonvonlslt route 70 the fscl1s.
MI TRfnBLE Of Ohio, Moved hat The blll
be reeerrre - the Committee Of Ne Whole
on ~ STATE 8 Ne Uaion.
nr: PHkLks, q Missouri, spoks In favor Of
~. CovoDE, 4 P...s,lv.ais, though. u.
dsssrs could b wsssssa for svary alternate
Nj. POTTER, Of Wisconsin,, said this Gov
II granted 70 California, Il b poesible these i'm
provements will be made.
Mr.. POTTER moved the previous question
On The motion to refer.
NJ. wAsHBURNR, II Illlsols, moved 10 lay
The bill on The table which latter motion was
Tss Bin vas then rsssrsd TO the COMMITTEES
rUBuo SURVEYS.
Mr. POTTER, from tho Committee on Public
Lands, reported back the Senate bill to reduce
the expense Of the survey and sale Of the pub.
lie lands Of the United States.
Under the operation Of the previous question,
the bill, with its amendments, passed.
oonNrrrnn CIERK.
Mr.. POTTER, from the same committee, 70
ported resolution authorizing The committee
70 employ . clerk 70 lake charge Of certain
maps. httiDs up q room In the Capitol for his
Amer disousioa thereon by M. POTTER in
IL favor and hr. =. A. CONKLlNG sgaipst u,
Mr.. POTTER called The previous question 90
NJ. +. 4. coNKLlNG moved 70 table the
resolution, on which he demanded the yeas and
The House refused 10 table BY vots Of 4s
yeas to n nays.
The resolution was then adop'ed.
MsssAoE.
A message In writing from the President was
delivered TO the Houss by hr. NrcoLAr, bis
Mr. MOoRHEAD, Of Pennsylvania, moved
that II be read, and II was 20 ordered.
The message was accordingly read.
(It treats Of the measures adopted by The
President 10 save The Government from an over.
throw, and is presented entire elsewhere In our
M. NOORHEAD moved that two thousand
copies Of the Pres'den message just read be
printed. Referred to the Joint COMMITTEES on
Mr.. WADswoR1H, Of Kentucky, suggested
that there also be printed an extra number Of
Camerons speech, In which the late Secretary
said he could buy Congress.
Mr.. HOLMAN, Of Indiana. moved that the
message be printed, aud referred 10 ths Com
mittee Of the Whole on the state Of the Union;
which was sdoptd.
WASHINGTON HosrrAL
On motion Of Mr. STEVENS, Of Penusylva-
mia, the House resolved itself into COMMITTEES oi
the Whole, (Mr. Mcpherson, Of Peon-ylvsnia, 10
the chair,) sod went into the cons deration Of
the bill heretofore reported by Mr.. Richardson
| from the Committee on Military Affairs, To pur
chase hospital In the city Of Washington.
GOVERNMENT EXPENSES.
Mr.. DAWES, Of Massachusetts, replied to
the remarks Of Mr.. Voorhees, on former day,
when the Inter condcmned, In his review, what
he characterize ID tho unsound, false, ruinous
system Of finance imposed on the people with
In the last twelve months.
| Alter reading Mr.. Voorhees, array OF figures
as TO the assumed public debt and lis incrras--
ing magnitude.
Mr.. DAWES presented tho followed statistics
Of tho expenditure If the Government, OBJ
tanned rom official quarters:
| Up 10 Friday lsst, the whole amount Of the
expenditures 10 the various Departin OF The
ernmeLt from March 4, 1861, TO May ~. 1869
(including public debt before existing,) wa,
S4sl 796,145 05. D.
These exp .nditur. w,re d vidcd follows
Interior Department, $3,GSl. .S60.84 civil
list at hCme and abroad, S2l ,6S5.0OO; WaI
Department, $S74, .llg; Navy Deparmsni
some $4,000, 900, is added 10 this list The
average daily expenditures Of tho War Dapart
ment during this period, was 1897 ,295. OF The
Navy Department, Sl00,s52. Total daily ex
penditures Of both Departments, 4998,l41
The amounts paid out vary every day. Last
Thursday the payments were Ss64,9l746; Fri
day, S2,000, 900; Saturday, S5O0,0OO. The ex
penditures Of the Governm' Mt (outside cf The
war sxpsnses) during the frat year Of Presi
dent Ltncoln's administration foot up S2l,
| 325, 900.
The expenditures OF the Government duSine
the fret year Of Mr.. Buchanau's administration
were over 100000.
The excess Of the expenditures Of the latter
over the former for the first year are over $40,
O00,000.
The entire interest on the preesnt public
debt. at six per cent, only amounts to abou'
He said for every dollar the gentleman (Mr
Voorhser) will show him wSs taken from ID,
Treasury by Republican, be will show him ,
corresponding dollar taken by Democrat.
The beef contracts ana the New Euglsnd and
other heavy contracts were in the hsnds o
Democrats.
Ar. STEELE, Of New Jersey, wanted to know
who made those contractsi p
Mr.. DAWES. Simon Cameron.
Mr.. STEEL. Who is responsible for his con
Tracts?
Nr. DAWES. The Demt cratic party Is res
ponsible for Mr.. Cameron! (Great Laughter.
Mr.. VALLANDIGHAN, OF Ohio, replied Il
defence Of The Democratic party, and olaimet
that the expenditures Of the Government wer
much greater than had just been stated.
Mr. VOORHEES,, Of Indiana, replied to th,
remarks OF Mr.. Dawes, taking Issue With hin
ss 10 the amounts Of these expenditures, placing
them nearly three times higher.
He justified his vots against the tax bill, Of
the assumption Of Ito inequality and injustice Il
the We, l.. He despised insinustions against hi
loyalty, and said he who uttered such charge
was false In bis testh, in bis throat, and In hi
heart
Nj. wADswORTH, Of Kentucky, dsfsndet
bis State In the assumption Of her position o
neutrality taken ct the outset Of the war. 81
compared the acts Of Gov. Nagonin with th
recent act Of Gov. Andrews, Of Massachusetts,.
Mr. DAWES spoke briefly In reply to th
remarks Of Aeasrs. Voorhees, and Wadsworth
when
Mr. DAWES replied to Mr.. Voorhees,, and
in the course Of his remarks, said be had give
the amount Of average daily expenditures
which the gentleman did not appreciate. II
did not think that the remark OF the gentleman