New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-16
IBtolerable Condition of the Pablo Printing
A Crying EVii-TallSed OF Recess.

Corr sponc ence Of The Tribune.
WAsHISeToS, Sunday, July Il
There is always an Appropriate Stiffness about
the Sabbath, here Washington being rather an or
DERBY place, of late years But today has seemed
extra ssbbatical in this respect One feels after
the hustle yesterday, the visited in family cir
Giles often feel, when the visitors have all suddenly
and simultaneously departed The metropolis
never seemed to sleep as now. Nor, perhaps, did
it ever more need repose.
feel that too need rest But my pen cannot
stop While there is anything calling on to keep
IN motion have taken it up to correct an erro.
IN one OF my teleeraphic dispatches which | did
not notice TIL after my letter of yesterday was
mailed.
am made to represent that the contractors were
" to be stopped from printing on Friday aud that
some Of the documents were so badly executed
that the ~ork has been refused by the Govern.
meut' This is only partly true as it stands record
ed; and, as the tybh is bad enough. do not feel
like ADDING to II, to the disadvantage Of those COZ
cerned The printers were not stopped by Congress-
p0t stopped OF their own accord, ana discharged
ell thelr bands on the day named. They did il, as
they alese, because they we're losing money on
Their contracts a. rapid rate. Hal Congress done
It's duty there would have been two tru rs a. east
IN the distorted statement which / AN CORRECTING
The printing was executed in a shameful manner,
some oil It. l myself have seen specmens Of
documents which, by accident, or 10 some other
way got printed on paper strangely contrasting
With that on which the rest OF Impressions were
printed IL seems 10 me that the duty of Con
gress would be clearly the dismissal Of the con-
tractors under such circumstances But, perhaps
! an too green for the way of doing things here,
when Uncle Sam is 10 foot the bill Certain It Is,
that no movement has been made for the remedy Of
this crying evil, unless we call Mr.. WESTwORrH's
Committee movement IIt lis, il 10 like some Of
the ether inv estigating move menis-Eery snatishl
IL Is to be expected. the printing having
con e 70 q stand still that Congress will BE- com
PEELED 10 take some steps 10 TINS matter. Ii it'll
not attended TO- the public FOR whose benei! much
Of the documentary contracts we're ordered. Will
have 10 wait great while for the poor b0Ons prom
ised them. Some Of the Opposition papers have |
complained Of your establishment getting oas the /
more valuable and anxio1sy awaited pIrtiOns Of |
the able Patent Report Of Mr.. Commissioner E4. |
BANK. / think that at the present rate Of progress
on the part Of the paid printers you wo0ld do |
service by transgressing little further in that d.
rectionl At any rate, there is no other prospect
of some other valuable documents finding al er0-
du, from the Egyptian gloom to which they have
been subjected for these many long months.
10 connection with this suffering mater OF toe
Printing, | will take occasion 70 state
that there is pretty general talk, among the mag
mates Of Congress- Of a recess for month or two in
order 10 give the new Administration an opPort7.
pity 10 arrange its programmes plausible pre-
text truly. Should this scheme be cons1nmated,
and the public printing be slloEed 10 sleep until
Congress reassembles, the people need not be sur.
orsed at the FINAL adjournment OF the session
Without The appearance Of many Of the most vsla-
lbe documents that have been got up ior she En-
ightenment Of the masses, as well as for the
yuio snce OF their servants here
Ia i, possible that the constituents Of those ab-
enting, lodging, droning, mischief plotting Do
IofAiHgs. called Representatives n, who are in
ault in this matter, will bear with this state Of
hiDgs foreveri Il cannot be Ia this belief that
here 10 yet bope Of arousng them TO the reality Of
he case have felt Il to be my duty 70 speak plain
thereof on former occasions as nave dOne on
be present SlGnA.