Mr. HORRILL. Perhaps, in addition to what I said yesterday, I ought to call the al. tention of the Senate to the charter of this institution. I am only desirous that the Senate should understand precisely what they are doing. It will lay the foundation for other appropriations which I intend to urge. 1f the Senate adopt this principle, I shall not complain of it, and I do not intend to argue against it. The Senate must judge for itself whether this is the kind of charity which addresses itself to the Treasury of the U.S. This is a private corporation in the strictest sense. It is not a public corporation in any sense whatever. The Government of the U.S. has no control over it in any way. It is not responsible for;it and so far as these rights of these parties are concerned, they are entirely independent of it, and it was so designed to be. I will refer to the charter. It will be seen by the 1st section of the charter that certain females. 5 in number, I think, are associated with the ordinary powers granted to similar private corporations, and with the power“To have, purchase.roccive. possess and enjoy any estate in lands, tenements, annuities. goods. edhisaptotesles.moneys or effects and to grant. devise, or of the same in such manner as they may deem mostfor the interestof the liospital: Provided, That the real estateheld by said corporation shall not exceedin value the sum of$l50.000." “The next section declares the object: poraStEioCn.‘2 Abife: That the said cor and body politic shall have full power to appoint from their own bodynpresident and such other 0mm as they may decin necessaryfor the rpeusripgonsaetioofnt, heir creation; andIn caseof the death or refusal to serve, of any of the ir number. the remainingmembers shall electand appoint. other personsin lieu of thosewhoseplacesmay have been vacated: and the corporation shall have full power and all the rights of opening and kecping a sumcohdal in the city of Washington for the careof sick and invalid personsas may placc thein spoolrvaetsio under the treatment andone of thesaid cor The 3rd and last section is in these words: “Thatthe snid corporation shal lalso have and enjoy full powor and authority tomakesuchlay laws.ru es and regulations as may be necessaryfor the general accomplishmentof the objectofisuid hospital: fro pailcrl. That they be not inconsistentWith the laws in force in the)DistCol: Antlprovirlerl further, That this act shall be liable to beamended, altered, or repelled. at the pleasureof Congress." When this bill was passed, it was proposed by the ComDistCol, who desired.to make the institution amenable to the public, to provide that it should be liable to visitations on the part of the public authorities, and the bilLwas reporte accordingly. But that was said to be objectionable. It was said that this was simply an object of private charity, and these persons wished to associate. themselves together in this way for the better facility oftransacting the business, but did not make it a public institution, and they did not desiretheintervention of the public in its affairs; and that an attempt to do so would destroy the objects which the parties had in view. Regarding it in that light the committee consented to have the amendment stricken out. I say this to advertise the Senate of the fact that it. is, in the strictest sense, a private corporation, in no way under the control of the Government of the U.S.; nor does this amendment subject them to our visitation nor to our control in any way whatever. That the object is worthy, I do not doubt; that these Sisters of Charity are ladies of the highest respectability and worth there is no doubt; but the question still is, whether the ComFinance intend to recommend the endowment of simply private charities or private corporations associated in this way, over which we have no control. I believe this is all I have occasion to say.