The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-16


RE Onssssa.
Reports continue to reach of TIE attacks and raw
ages of this disease from the western country
All the daily papers in Nashville issued joint extras
on the 9Th instant, follows
The propretofs Of the Nashville daily newspapers. hsv
ing suspended oPei atone until the excsmen which -
which they are happy % announce that from The report
dc in;ernens the epidemic is the decrease, and, with
proper care and attention. on the part Of The cizon they
strong hopes thar the city and eghoorhood will soon
BE- enabled TO show clean bill Of health.
The deaths on the 5lh.sa Nashville. are said 10 have
amounted to 60 On the 9th, there nearly 100 Al,
the prison the disease the increase IL is more
fatal. malignant and rapid than it has ever been known
there.
number OF deaths have taken place al Drennon
Springs, Ky.
AT Memphis, July 4, fears entertained Of the
cholera. There said to be two cases there on
Wednesday previous.
There have been OF cholera two OF which
proved fatal, at Chillicolhe, Ohio.
AT various points in the West there is an occasional
but almost invariably produced by OF in
temperance
Al Louisville there were few sporadic cases.
The Board OF Health Cincinnati report for "a hours
ending at noon the 18th, "a deaths from cholera and
80 from other diseases.
There had been few deaths at Columbus Ohio The
Slate Convention which had been sitting at Co.
Iumbus several weeks for forming State constitution,
had adjourned without finishing the business in conse.
quence of the appearance Of the cholera.
The Washington correspondent OF the Baltimore Clipper
writes, on the l4th instant, the following etter--very
Liberal in its general spirit but one or two|
spects:
The raiNrNo.-The committee appointed by
the House Of Representatives are still engaged in
examining into the mode and of executing
The public printing, and OF many incdentas
iheiew,sh The Of The Union Office to-day
anouit OF work is be done,) the purpose con
psing Congress to take such action viii secure them
ofe rates paid not beng equivalent the price
Of white paper The printing 10 better executed than
ana Is shsmelu .na Congress ahoud expect any to
resolution will be Introduced to repeal the contract system
Of printing
II true that most of the compositors have been fur
Laughed Tor short time, because there quantity
Of 10 be done the second volume Of execu
tive documents, (Which is large volume OF more than
twelve hundred paxes) Many Of its forms are still 10
be worked on yet is expected that complete copy will
be laid before the committee OF the two
up, too-on Wednesday or Thursday. There are other
heavy jobs, too, 70 pass through the press The press
work on the first volume from the Patent Office will
commence immediately bat this work being stereoyped
no compositos necessary Tor its execution The
journals OF both houses up sufficient number OF
is still retained to carry the more pressing
documents which wanting in Congress. The CON
ositos who have been furloughed will be recalled in
short time, soon they really wanted. Besides,
he contractor is free to say that he is compelled to cur
ail in degree, the tremendous expense which has
been incurred since the commencement OF Congress,
under very hard contract For relief he has
hitherto appealed 10 vain Congress though he cannot
hesitate to hope that will be many days before their
Justice and msgnanmity will grant the memoralist the
relief which he has sought.
The quantity OF work which has already been exc
Gated immense. More than jobs have been turned
out and zen. to Congress- and among them than
80 900 large Volumes which have been bound up; and
now there coming in hand than $4,000 copiesI
Of the second volume. containing than 1900 pages
The contractor ianot afraid to subject the manner and
time OF executing the documents OF the present session
to the severest scrutiny.
The memoalist specially indebted TO the correspond
ent Of the Baltimore Clipper for the compliment which he
pays to the manner in which the public printing has been
executed during the present session The work has been
"better executed than ever every impartial will
attest The contract "a losing is) has been faith
fully executed far possible The contractor con-
tends tha the work has been WE'LL If better, exc
cuted. and promptly, than and Congress had
only allowed him fair and mi 1eats price, and thus en-
abled him to obtain more presspower, to share with
another Office the execution OF the work, which he
really and anxiously desires, the work would have
been, and would still be, promptly executed, and
the public interests have been promoted by the arrange
ment The correspondent of the Clipper promises some
rslisl-some arrangement in few days-by which
the contractors interests, well those Of Congress,
would be efectually promoted.
The New York Mirror, from which the Baltimore Sun
and papers have copied has stated that Of the
printing has been done badly that not received
and nnstss that consequence of that defect the
rac, would be annulled This is incorrect No job has
been refused and just complaint has been given On
HE contrary, the work has been we'll done, and cheap
" that the California Message making about 900 pages
costa Congress- when neatly bound too. only about l0
cents SO much does the contract operate against the
1t is true that undeS the system of
binding which has been introduced by machinery, and
an the bands became expert in the use OF IT, few|
copies met with some objection several weeks ago; but
thsss copies have been taken, and the slightest
complaint has been made about the binding since The
gable printing and binding have never been done in a
ye worthy OF the archives Of the United States
The volumes would grace any genteman's private IL
bsary.