A Peep At The Public Expenditures

The Union lublishes the Report of the Clerk of the House of Representativos, in obediencc to the act of 1846, which requires himto publish a statement of all the appropriations made, neiv offices creaied and salaries fixed by each Conjressas soon alter iis session as possible. lt occupies sixteen columns, and ihe following is a Recapilulation of the money appropriated by the last Congress : READ IT! - For civil & diplomatic expenses of the