The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-02

Rives prstsnds to find with the account against the
Glots Office was a charge Of 5000 for the suo'onp-
ton Lat referred 10 above To sustain himself on that
point. he publishes the following correspondence
"wAsnIssroS, December Is 1850
ISAAC HoLIAND, Washington
SIN Mr. Richie saws that stated 10 MAJOR Helss
h.t was Willing 20 give $500 Tor the subscription list OF
IL. cs~s...,osaf U.iea pseember 1915 Did you tell
him 90 Did you tell him that would give anything iof
~ .Rs,Dscriuly, JOHN C RIvEs."
'WAsnSeroS. December %, 1860
.sDxAs SIN In your of this date. have g
say never told Major Hess that would give him $500
fos the sabsc pon TO the Congressional Uno" and that
be asked anything for tho l;s Alter the transfer
he remarked 70 ms that he was glad that he hau go
oft and think he assigned a that they had 50
much public wS 10 do that they could a NO! M Mo9Np
"Joxs C. Rlvss. Washington. D, c."
Truly. Mr. Rives has bad memory In lsi7 this same
matter was subject OF controversy; for Mr. Rves 'en
made the assertion that Richie Heiss had mol PAID
him farhing Of the subscription money received Tor
the assertion which he repeated
in substance, in his assault on us IN November ~ APP
psared them appears now that the sum charged Tor
the transfer the only obstacle TO iuI settlement ana
then. n now, Mr. Rives endeavored TO prove by Mr..
Lease Holland that the charge was improperly made. Mr.
Hollands letter on that occasion in the following
words and figures. 10 wit:
..Mr RIvEs. In Mr. Heisss statement in this morning.
la :. as:sSs. % sGs
When entering subscribers for the congressional paper
willing 70 give $500 Tor ihe list / mentioned this
authorized BY you 70 make the proposition, Tor hnd no
what you had said he would receive any pay Q.
compensation for the transfer and alter the transfer had
scrbs 70 he Uo he said he would rather
have given $500 Than publish the cSsssgTSi G.'S
"FxssuARY s. isa7"
II is needless to point out the discrepancy in these two
atatsments The only difficulty touching the matter was
that which related TO the charge of $500. Richie
Hsiss have offered to pay the balance due Blair Ryes
and have more than paidit Admitting that Major Hess
was willing gius TO Mr. Rives subscription list for
which he knew from Mr.. Rves's own clerk he will
ling to pay 5000, still it is perfectly manifest that Mr.
Rives was not so attentive to the fact he might have
been, when he endeavored 10 create the belief that
we had without any plea of justification, wrong
fully detained every falthing of the money received
for subscriptions to the Congressional Union But
as Mr.. Rives has been forced to make admissions
which amount to a direct confession that he did
state the truth in his charge relative to this mat
ter in the bill OF indictment he preferred against in
November. will not press him further; will we
expose the in which he attempts to shield him
self by quoting an error which he have known
had pointed out and corrected than fortnight
ago.
We come now to Mr. Rives's article of the als Decem
duction is the labored effort which its author makes tc
mysfy and mslead his readers and TO throw discred
on the calculations which we have presented setting
forth the large profit he received for furnishing the
Congressional Globe and Appsndr during the las, session
of ,lc III NJ ~,
assail
Mr.. Rves does not pretend to gainsay exposure OF
his attempt to create the erroneous belief that he was
paid the same for reporting for the House OF Represents
tves tina, was paid the National Ingeneer and Union
for reporting the Senste's proceedings. In lieu Of 81
tempting TO justify his equivocaon in this behalf, he
makes lame effort TO dsprove calculation, by which
we showed that he made profit OF 81 IS column. In
order to do So he preends that there is than
size Of BREWER type and that the Globe different
size BREWER type from tina, used by the Uaion The face
of the type used by the Globe is somewhat smaller than
the face of the type used by the Union, but each is
cast on body of the size, and they consequent
" measure the same. We have had column of the
0Ao6s measured. and il contains exactly 4.356 ems
we have stated But admitting that il contains 5000
BREWER ems as Mr. Rives afrms then his profit would
be 81 90, instead oil as we stated IL 10 MI
Rives next states that he good deal OF smaller
type---nonparel We made the statement, and al
lowed for that and proof-reading-an allowance which
Mr.. Rives does not pretend to say too lutte,
Our estimate showed that he made profit OF ~ 50 a
column. and that that profit two thousand columns
was sufficient 10 set up the amount OF Senate pro.
cesdings from the Unon Inteuigencer and still leave
q O00--a sum which we allowed for proof reading and
the OF nonparel type.
Mr. Rives 10 the profits he realized on the
Congressional Globe and Appendir for the last session
He does not deny thai he received from Congress sll si
more than he would furnish the same number Of copies
private individuals for He tries 10 himself how.
ever by saying that make deduction for The copies
Of the Union furnished 10 Congress. But Mr.. Rves
reckons without his host. We furnish each member
Of the Senate with the Union without charge. The
House Of Representatives allows TO each member
tain TO furnish himself with wspapers during the
session. Those who choose take the Union take il as
individuals, and pay for il asindivduas Besides, if MIR
Rives will look TO TERMS he will find that we do no,
furnish the Uaion to any number OF subscribers cl
rates, unless they pay for wtois year. We repeat,
therefore, that the House OF Representatives paid Mr..
Rivss fifty per cent for the Congressional Giob,
and Appendir than private individuals, each taking ten
copies and paying the OF The most distant banks
would have been charged. Mr. Rives find nothing IN