Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-06-23

as much, we should rejoice at his pro.uertv-.for,.
he would have deserved Il all
iet let US take the lowest annual sum he has
ever received, u IL greater-consiierabty greater
Than the profit which the Editor derives from m.
ruonc renting. Coalition Print knows. that
tne Eaitor shares but one-fh,rd Of the profit IA,
tnat ne has associated himself with Printer,
,s Ss We purpose OF conducting the public work in
me oes' manner although he attends to its gone
raj duties, proof Sheets &c. in person.-Tbe Goa
iition print knows from man OF the highest sens,
OF honor, who keeps the accounts Of the Office thai
.he Eiitor does not share more than to 600 Dol.
lars from the Public Printing; and that he Inv,
only been withheld by considerations, which have
been already explained to the public from throw
ing up the Office several years ago-And var
TINS Coalition Print snsinudfc. that the Office
Of public printer is vastly moro profitable" than
the coliectorship. Yetit can still i,,snuate. thar
ne would take the Colectorship, il he did not re-
eeive more by his present office.-Does the Editor
OF the Coalition print believe his own insjn-
uauon Does he believe that T. r. would
accept an Office under the ad,ninistrat;ons W.
almost undertake to saw that he ,rom,d J;.is;,s
any such belief, let him ascribe the conduct of r.
r. to pride, to interest. or whatever motive HE In
venuVe genus may suggest-(A no tims would r.
NJ nave taken an office under the adnainistration:l
yet this coalition print can insnuate and in,in
uate, and insnuate-ascribe to us acts of svhici,
we never dreampt-speak OF letter of remon.
STRANGE TO Washington. against the removal OF Ma
!or eiooon. which we never wrote--thsn con-
jackson CQmmiftpA 90 irl
mas been absolutely def~pct since November last
ann shape out our motives to suit its own vie ara
and disposition. Let that print shield itself under
the IMMUNITY which bis own course inspires. III
s sne" coalition print as that is. be csps.
BILE OF injuring any honest mans char.cte,
tits scarcely worth the defending. IfK pleas.
es the SAID paper, then, it is welcome to a.
buse us We know perfectly we'll how to esn.
mate the value of such attacks although an FslItor
IN Baltimore (who has drawn US into This err,,a-
DatfOO) IN ho Al.
VIII not defend ourseves-and as 10 retaliation,
we scorn t-though there never was an Editor
agains; whom the materials of attack might be 90
cop'ousy Collected, II any one would cfsoose to use
them or one 10 whom the m NOR able words Of J,r
MUS might more strongly apply that he can ssopIv
pass without censure, when no passes without
observation. "-Henceforth and forever ,oe have
done withit 'a!9
Perhaps the last was the worst wear for tina
collector (at least hope 80 and excent oe s,ens
the receipt Of the Public Printer was the larrcst
although we told thai sin some D.ors iris
amount is exeeeded." We are furnished by the
book-keeper Of the Office with the foIIo,,inr t,t
ment:
Gross amount received, "a sa7 10
fper folding and stitching, Sls4 40
Paper for printing Iaws,1
Journal and Public Docu. ; 1000 90
JOurneyman's wages, lat least, 1900 oo-2.e64 DO
:, balance Salts IL
For which the following additional duties ara
required to be performed, wiz: to publish in his
Gazette, or otherwise, may be directed. all in
teiiigence, notices OF particular laws, proclama.
tons and advertsements from the Execua We: and
also, all advertisements directed 10 be published
by the Superior Courts, the Treasurer, the Audi
tor, the Attorney General Justices Of the Peacn~
and other public persons or bodies, acting in the
public employ, and to supply the Executive. Urea
surer' Auditor and Inspectors (of Tobacco,) will,
blanks; besides otherduties. The Public adyertis.
ing alone at the usual rate. 10 the sum NJ
or 500 dolls There is another item of expenditnr,
winch we might with propriety desguafe tits Office
rent & various oher.incidentas, which eyerv
man who has conducted any kind Of business.
| knows too well how TO appreciate
The following short paragraph from the Nat;on.
al lntelgencer, respecting the Congress Printing.
viii eifectuaily remove some doubt upon the pro-
fits ofthe office: f'''
some Of our contemporaries, justly condemning
the system OF description of rewardine'' editor
by giving them fat offices, while they have puns,:
ed better men by taking from them, estimates AZ
TOO high rate, the boon of the printing for Con-
gress, which is reckoned among the douceurs.
! ne whole amount OF the printing for the last Ses.
| SION will not probably have exceeded thrty.6ye
thousand Dollars Gnstead of seventy thousand,
and the profit upon that amount, after deauc-
, ting the interest Of the Capital, or credit en-
pioyed in the business, would not hardly buy
years bread for single family; this |, a fact.
! trary." MAT Int IT,, ~
| 1hTfyfiUe thousand Dollars amount OF Print
ing hardly yield profit enough to buy bread for n
small family! and 'this the fact" too. ",vhatever
general impression may exist to the contrary'-It
does appear TO us. that these gentlemen ought ID
| have done much better, even ifthey had taken in a
| partner-Now, how is il possible that Al 693 ~
can yield more, Ito the Editors Sd) than 500 o,.
$boo, when thirty fire thousand dollars yields on
bread Tor single family II appears TO be limos.
sible; and II il can be done at all, it can ONLY be
by extraordinary management and econonru. II
| Is believed, that the prices paid by the General
Government, are at least equal to those receiyed
by him, and he would not be disposed IN sb r;ntr
from a comparison Of work.-The General bas
been proverbial for its Iberality over the State
Governments.
an Wdshington-The newspapers say that hff.
Walsh has just returned from Washington-tbA
following seems to be the result of his personal
observations
"GeneIal Jackson appeared to be in good health
fortnight ago. His address Is prepossessjnp ana
MS conversation easy, liberal and sensible. Hisdci
pertinent in his new residence and the manners
oil his family, nave given much satisfaction to tho
foreigners as well as Americans who have held in.
tercourse with them. Testimony is also favorable
to the mode in which the heads ofdepartmcnts re.
Derally receive persons on business and iabor =,
their sphere oil duty. tits true, however, that the
removals, executed or apprehended, in a borIv an
numerous, and in Washing ton so important as the
corps OF clerks, have, for the time, affected ipi,,-
riously the pecuniary concerns of the METROPOLIS,
ihls must be regretted, because its prosperity
should be universally desired; but as far as the
evil has been produced by the dismssion of culpa-
bic or incompetent persons, there is no solid ground
OF resentment or complaint.
"We await the explanations which are likely 10
be given hereafter. before we condemn or appIaud
We have seen in the newspapers, on this head.
much that we know to be exsggeration or misre.
presentation. Hasty reProaches and clamors, fierce
pre-iudgmens, extreme Ienity or incredulity az to
real mse-pracfice, will not, in the end, serve tf<
ruhich fhan, mn be iufo