The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-27
Our Washington Correspondence.

Our Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 1851.
TIE Pablo Pr'n,iwe ana the poi1 organs Of wasAimgon
Interesting fdcs and Statistics, DC
The following stasscs and fAcs Will give TO the read
OF the HsRAD idea Of the crcuaon and importance
OF the Washington party organs ~ newspapers, and Of
e rich pickings Of the pablo plumber upon which they
contnue 70 hold soul ana body together
Daily circulation OF the Unsow, l,700 semi-weekly,
5000; weekly, o0o Ncnolson has nothing 10 do with
the Senate printing having sold the sase 70 Wendell
who gives half Of the bills Nicholson Under Kschle
Hesa thu hesviest paid for printing and binding,
together with the furnishing OF the paper amounted to
S276 ooo Th session will the printing bill, withoutthe
coasrscton having 20 furnish the paper
Government advertising, which is given to the UnioR
snnusly. Tne binding which IL done By Mcclure fcr
The Senate House. amounts 70 nom $50 600 10
me IxhUeee~ prints Congressional debates, nom the
Il an annual oos q rom sec zoe 70 $40 pront
mo circulation Of the IN eltgsscw about 260o daily
sSoas 5000 me circuisscs q Rivss Sioos Il merely
nominal; y mainly confined - members Of Congress,
who vote themselves from eighteen twenty copies.
number OF bound copies OF The Glohs By BLAIR from
$4,000 70 $4,000 Money thrown aeay Tho reporting
for BY oOnsrss The 00bs vas sssabishsd before ale
graphs came In circulate throughous the country
ne nsss: nsws. now rendered waos useless By the
abolition = supported by sss Abolition Society and has
weekly circulation Of $4,000 tho tree States wen
cells building for the printing put up, presume with
view OF selling the 70 Cong Ia the event Of bu
reau being established for the paoo wors he bought up
Oh Tie machinery of the Uin add 10 baoted b. Ncure
who u the cspftahss Tue Committee Printing have
ehe power . select binder Members OF that commit.
tee heretofore, u alleged have frequently become
wealthy and have lived free OF rent already
furnshed-have had their carriages furnished gratis
30 but all this must oe taken with some graas oi al
iowance seaman appointed by the President AMI Sc.
nate 10 superintend the printing and bills for the same
purchases paper for the printing inter esed with Wen
cell IN the receipts OF the printing; for spocua
eon bills by hi % sent into the Treasury and refused 70
be audited BY wnittesey the before Congress for
examination decided a. anst Sea man.
You Win see Of once by the above figures what ID
meant by the sale OF the UNioN Newspaper establish
mert to Mr.. Appleton. The purchase by Mr.. A. Of
the Union office materials soptcrptou list and adyer-
tisers included. would be poor bsvan-a bargain in
isct which would consume handsome fortune In
tW0vemoAb. But the Ausfer OF the Union TO Nr APP
Peson understood 70 embrace tbs transfer Of the print
ke OF beth houses Of the next Congress- the democrats
having des iAeo majority IN bosh But The old adage
that there 'many sup between the cup and the lip
may yet be brought 10 bear against M Appleton for
where the profits of,bs printing plumber about
$500 600 year. there viii be more than democratic
competitor for H.