The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-09-14

the duties Of the Presidency, on tho foundation
of the Washington Globe. The interest OF Mes
srs Blair & Rives in the newspaper, comprising
the whole property, together with very vaiu
able collection OF ma ierials, was purcn'Sea III
the name Of Thomas Richie, for about $50 900
Evidence about to he brought to light will prove,
that though Mr. Richie was the party named
and recognized in the contract, Mr. Simon Cam
eron. who had then Inst been elected TO the sen
ate, as Mr. BuChauans successor, by the wings
of Pennsylvania Legislature and lew boiling
democrats furnished tina chief part oil the FUNDS
required, and had substantial and honehc'a
interest in the concern, until near the opening o.
The. Twenty NmgreSs, in December 1870
The first payment on the G. lobe establishment
thus transferred to Mrssrs Richie, Cameron and
others unknown, amounted tc eleven thousand
and some hundred dollars, was made without
any contribution from the first named. hlr
E Cameron nd vanccd some nine thousand dollars
1t was ditincly understood at the time,
that the editor and nominal proprietor OF the
! Union, Mr.. Richie, contributed no part OF tIis
payment; Tor it was notorious that he came /"
| Washington with debts to a large amount hang
{ ng over him, certainly not less than vi ooo'
Such was the origin or the Union. HE other
payments to MeSsrs Blair & Rives were proVld-
ed for as they fell due, ont OF the profits OF the
, Jobs granted bv the Executive and Congress,
/ which during the fist two years OF the oXs-
tcnrc oft.c tuion, were SO enormous as almost
to surpass belief, and continued to be large oc-
ring Ia" Mh"" o. '" a@", mnr"acnr sonaor
! Cameron SOLD ont Ms n,ero,. in to U,,on to
Mr.. lo,,s, and received for his nine thousand
invest d., $4,000 At the end OF two years
@' nal" MF r '"'si 'v,' sol" ,a m oro
H-,c,or. had been co",Ily successful and lortu-
nate. lie had cleared OF mortgages on property
IN Rehno.d to the "mH1n' OF $4,000, was , ha
po'S'sSor o. NC GHr' printing eS'a'' h" rr
a,"S,. .x,easye and yalnIhle than when ire ms
forred by alessrs Blair & Rives, on account of
the immeHs' patronage OF goEernnenl OF mana ,.
1,i" "''o 'oS ~, o,",,or cf o,ber ,tnInctiyn
property. In short, the poor Richmond edhor
had become rich man in less than ,hr"" years
service oi'he pubic at Washington"
But the prohgacy of the expenditure
was such, and the profits to Richie evi-
IDENTIFY 50 enormous that the Doth Con-
gross, with large Democratic majority
passed a Joint Resolution, approved on
the Bird of August 1916. directing the
public printing 10 be let out by contract
to the lowest bidder. Under that la " the
greater part of the printing for the 30.h
Congress was let to Wenlall & Van Ben
thuysen Of Albany. A portion was, how
over, under bid OF member Of the
o9th Congress given to Tippln s Streeper,
of Norrl,town, Pa who were informed
that comparativelv uninpoltant part
of,he lob had fallen TO them, though it
is said TO have been the best OF the whole
letting,) and they were thus easily ndu.
ced without consideration totranster their
contract TO Richie who made so good a
thing of i, that he sent to Tippin Streep-
or a nus, by way ofgratuIty, lie amount
of ,rh,eh theu decline TO mention, and at or
about the same time. one oflhat firm had
proffered to him, and actually received a
commission in the army If issue be Ia
ken on the above the proof will be fur
nished Under oath.
In one of Rit,hie's abusive articles
against Mr. Evans, he quotes as a sci of
to MIR E's opinlons an article in his
Ritchie's) praise from the Norristown
Register, modes,lv remarking that II is
..much too nat,ering and too extravaganza
in its chavacter.' Need we observe that
this Norristown Register. is. as we be-
Iieve, published by the aforesaid Tippn
( Streeper
EItcl,ie having thus obtained renew
ed taste Of the plunder with which the
29lh Congress had crammed hum to the
pnroe. and which was sand to amount 10
5000 600 profit, sci himself to work To