South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1834-06-28
MAN AaRPER, RosASEX, Va.

uilS uiduhS, tuOuSh H'C SuuS dppSdIlHS III
the Blue Book, as paid to them, amount
only to $1,494 Sc.
| Horaiio Hill also had mail contracts
for which he received $6,272, with "nsws.
paper privileges" aswe have seen, though
the Blue Book does not notice the fact in
the list of printers and Hill and-Abbott
appear also on the list of mail contractors,
both for Maine and New Hampshire, with
Hill and Morse, T. s. Abbott and Co.,
Hill and Crane, and Rabbit and Hill.
During the same period, Shadrach Penn,
who is the printer and proprietor Of the
Louisville Public Advertiser. was employ
ed to furnish blanks, paper, and twine, 10
the amount of So SOS IS, although ia the
Blue Book his name appears on the list Of
printers as in any way employed by the
department only for the sum OF 2, 297 81.
Other sums we're paid within the same
period to other persons, for "the paper
and twine," amounting to 24,562 81.
The sums allowed during these two years.
as appears by the vouchers 81 accounts
for printed blanks, paper>and twine, aot
Including the large sums paid 10 other
editors for printing Email proposais,o1
amount to more than $4,000.
The account now exhibited BY the de-
pavtment shows that Francis ?. Blair, adi-
tor Of the Globe, received from the 3oth
of December, 1881, to the 26th ofOcto-
Der, 1888, inclusive, the sum of $21 ,634
| on III 10 no Bi,,a r.
only $14, 81 81. Bu, as the department,
on the application Of the committee, sent
US only part of the vouchers for this &C.
count, and deferred sending the rest until
it is now loo late 10 examine them in time
for this report, we cannot say how far the
official statement in the Register is correct
or Incorrect. The rates at which this
printer is employed are enormous, and, 10
our opinion, are not to be justified by ref.
erence Ioany thing which has occurred in
the past history ofihs department. We
herewith submit specimen of the rates
paid him for advertising ; and accompa-
aging the same is statement of the rates
and sums allowed for printing advertise
ments in July, 1880. The sum allowed
for printing these advertisements is, it will
be seen, about four times the amount then
paid FOR them. See the statements marx
ed X.
During the interesting period between
the Ist of July & the SOh Of Dec, 1882,
the 'incidental expenses" were S22,>
95S on. Within that time $l3,67s 81
was paid for printing, to the editors and
printers of newspapers, besides SIS, JOG 16
for other articles by them supplied. OF
the sums SO paid to printers, Francis P.
Blair received $3.50 SO "for printing
proposals for carrying the mail from the
2oih of July, 1882, to the 11th of Octo-
her, 1882" a period of two months and
twenty-five days. The period immedi-
ately preceding the Presidential election
was the time selected for paying from this
department to this single editor about one
hundred and sixteen dollars for every day
his paper issued from the press. At the
same time "the mail proposals" appeared
not only in the city prints, and others
having extensive circulation in different
parts OF the country, but ia the most OBJ
scure country papers, some of which, ha-
wing consumed the ailiment they fed on,
have since persisted for the want oft. We
present few examples, and inquire what
possible purpose except that OF disappearing
a party press, while an excited political
canvass was proceeding in the State of
| New York, we're the following expendi,