The southern press., 1851-04-04

acrfce" 10 the loss he would incur by {" the I'M
mense quantity Of toork on his hands" which he
says he 1" attempted 10 persuade them Congress-
10 assign 10 antaher Office" For this Patent Of
fee job, which was to pile additional sacrifice
on previous "ruin," Mr. Towers zone who has
executed work faithfully and to the satisfaction
of Congress) offers to give Mr. Richie $4,000,
which is 81 500 more than offered The sum
Mr.. Towers offers is the one | contemplated
Offering myself in the first instance; but re-
duced il to y 900, because the amount OF proht
over the premium rendered would about make
good to me the interest MIR. Ritclne Withheld
from me on the deferred instalments Tor The
Globe office, and the balance of subscription due
me on the Congressional Globe, furnished TO
his subscribers by me- aui willing to give way
TO Mr.. Towers, and let Mr. Ritche have the ben
eft of the $4,000 offered by him for the job.
But rs MIR. Richie says in his valedlct ry that he
wished 10 assign the printing on hand 10 another
office" now propose to take it all, and save him
from the spirit in Congress which he intimates
is opposed to crush him. will take all the ex-
ira numbers off his hands, (and it will be seen
from The table above, showing the number on
hand ordered by the Senate, and not yet printed,
that they are very large,) and give him pre-
MUM for them, TO be computed ut the rate OF
$4,000 premium on the Patent Office report for
the first session of the last Congress-, which he
has printed, and can therefore calculate how
much he can make by accepting this PROPOSE
ton.
viii print all the regular numbers for the
prices mentioned in my calculation showing that
he can make money on the extra numbers, in-
GLIDING the regular numbers ordered on the
same document, which calculation he published
in the Union. All the prices set forth in that
calculation We're taken from the evidence of his
witnesses who testified before the Printing
Committee, except those for composition, which
fixed, and are as follows:
For composite ofsmall plea, plain, per page so rs
Do do do rule, do "a
Do do brewer, plain, do q
Do do do rule, do ! .
For paper, per ream a
For presswork, per ream q
For contingencies, 10 per cent on the cost o.
the paper.
will give him bond and security to execute
all the printing, both regular aud extra mum
bers, in better time, better style, and on better
paper than he has done it.
This proposition is made in good faith.
think | can sape" money on it. If Mr.. Ritchis
will let me have the printing, q will take any Of
the printers who work in his Office Except John
H. Trenholm, his foreman,) into mine, to see
that the work is better done than he has been
doing it; and | will give him right to reclaim
it, with forfeiture, in case it shall not be per
formed according to my bond. am willing tc
take Mr.. Belt in whose name he holds the con.
tract.
say to Mr.. Ritchie, in conclusion, that when
he has finished his ell borate Series Of fabrication,
in reference to me, from which it appears be
means to speak out his session as an editor for
my advantage, will take his track and tree
him, or run him into hole. told him at first
and now tell him again, that will never suffer
myself 10 be the subject of deliberate defama
ton without exposing the ibeller.
April 3. JOHN e. RlVES.