Stationary For Congressmen

-Theclcrk o ihe House of representatives hos advertised for proposals for supplying the annual quantum of stationary for the members at the nexl ses&ion of Congress. There are wanted six hundred reams of letter paper, .one hundred and thirty of note paper, one thousand of foolscnp, four hundred ofcartridgo pnper, 500 four bladed and 150 two bladel English penknives, and ever so many steel pens, vory folders, lead pcncils, leiter stamps, morocco portfolios, memorandum boolts, pen holders, &c. &c. all to be of the very, very best - the paper extra superfine, satín finish, gilt edge, &c. and the knives of best pearl liandles and highest finish. - II ow such luxuries would excite an editor, who nibs his pen with a single-bladed American knife, and vvrites his lucubrations upon the back of old letters or upon outsidequires of six-and-nine-penny