The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-07
MISCELLANY.


From the National lntChgcutur.
M RauSoi)h aud The National bhHigfHcer
There are one or two things IN the speech OF
the honorable Representative from Virginia
which appears IN the preceding page, that II
seems incumbent upon ut to notice, coming FROM
SO high authority, and apply lng directly aud pea
sonallv Ia Us, IN connrxipn with the public
expenditure, nnd with ON editorial vocniidn.
To begin, then, onr fthe trst mca ~ the
country >" on whose information, the honorable
mcmbc, has spoken, has entirely ms informed
him, in regard 10 the hnie at which The present
prices of the printing tor Congress ~ele fixed,
| 81 far from thci, having been hted daring
| the depreciation OF paper monry' they Were
| fixed ON the 80 day Of March, l5lp when eve.
~ business doing bank in the country paid
| hard dollars for IFS paptr. and, so far from la
| Dor aud material, being cheaper NOW lhan thcn
bolh have since that time advanced IN price
| W. do not here say that The prices allowed ioI
work nle too high, or too low this Is not th'
proper place toi rs Ia discuss that question. II
Is vrrv certain thai We had no agency IN fixing
the prices aud iii equally certain that they
were mol established for any advantage To uS
but after lahorous inquiry 10y a JOINT commit
| tee Of both Houses Of Congress, two Of the
! Members OF which. instead OF one, rs suggested
b, the honorable gentleman hom Virginia
1
and were qualified 10 doeIdr upon the matter
/ coniidrd 10 them.
In the next plnce the Editors of this paper
! have no more control over the quantity o.
/ printing ordered by the House Of Representa-
fses than over the prices allowed ior II. II u,
cost oflhc printing ior the current yenr thal
have been $4,000 dollars, The House oil RepIG
seniatlvrS will have had null value ior II IN woIb
| performed,
! Thirdly. We regret that there should hr n
necessity Tor alluding TO ssch subjects here
! but what Is introduced ON the hnur ofthc llous,
| Of Representatives, however irrelevant IL itself
| Acquires, 10y rs association. dignity which III
! titles IL 10 notice We think II proper, thefr
! fore, IL say, that the profits Of the printing %
! the House u Representatives me- greatly over
rated but that, were they double Is Etent ~
the largest estimate oflhem, the, would be toe
| poor II price to purchase our professional indie
pendenec. lie thcy what they may, more
| ~ less, they have neither now, nor heretofore
suffice for thnt objecl-nor will they eyer
! A. u our political existence, # moi quite az
old as that OF the honorable gentleman himsr
| by whom II was alluded to. ~ Is many year
older than any participation OF ours IN the pin
! ting for Congress; aud It Is hoped will long SUI
| we The glorious eTn which beams upon his VI
sion. when our co nexion with II snail cease.
Wen the honorable gentleman spcais .
| our hayug 50 900 dollars year sinkrd upol
the Issue Of the Presidential election, he speak
! ut random. Say, that the printing Tor Cou
| gre 3. amounted, within the last year, 10 50
UtO dollars. To execute TINT printing the icd
gfs alone paid on our establishment (rkclusy
OF wage, ior work on the newspaper and othr
underlaklngS,) have averaged 900 dollars pc
| week The year round. and the DdDcr used for III,
laIge rhc totat weekly wages paid IN Mi
establishment have averaged, for IL month
past. something like. eight hundred dollars
From these simple facts without going as ia
even as the rule of three, a more accurate idct
to say the least Of II, may be obtained Of In
profits OF such business, than seems 10 hnv
brcn formed bV the honorable gentcuan iron
| Virginia, upon he erroneous information whic
he evidently has received
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\ correspondent OF the y. \, Gazette gives IN
following particulars as TO the personal az
pearance and behaviour Of Mr.. RAspprrH
No man is more fantastic IN hlscKirfior thai
Mr. X. No man assumes nolo To he a manner
l,t With a figure and general character OF ms
pet suikingly peculiar, he seem 10 pride bin,
sell IN the uotOrIcty whirh the sibgulaIriy Of hi
/ appearance gives INN. Hence be often appear
/ lui bbolr Session III coming out ol all HSh
! ion, aud which serves To make him an universal
marx Describe John landolphs DIRE and hg
IRE Ia Il stranger aud be could not be Al mo
meui's los, N recognizing him from he Gallcry
OF the House misrepresentation So complete
~ yti geHertS does In fantastic apparel lende
/ him.
Last year Mr.. Randolph assumed charac
ter OF conduct aud exterior entirely the reverse
Of that which marked INN during the preyiou
| session. lie wore clothes similar IN most res
poets 10 those around hin--a blue body co6i ,au'
vest aud pantaloons Of the same color, gre,
stockings aud shoes, constituted his uniform
dress. lie then moved cisurcIy about the Sen
ate, took little or no apparent interest Of VIVA
passed aud specially disappointed number o
| ladies who attended ia the lobby OF the Senate
| anticipating speech from him on the Banklup
| Bill. As il ia scorn OF what was passing aroun
him, he held his peace. What Was still NOR
remarkable was his punctlIious cvty, To som
. those very persons upon whom he bad poure
out his severity the previous year lpariiculai
" remember 70 have seen him meet and shals
! The hand of Nh Chambers ~ Marylani vii
eteat apparent cordially --ut whom, during IN
To- mer wear he had been known t9exptess hin
self most coutcruptunusly. lie opened hi
mouth but twice IN the whole session Once NJ
on tine hill to increase the salary of the postma
= General audoh ilc last night ofthe ses.io'