New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-29

ideAEsm in the souls Of our people.
We are in the vacation Of the Xxyyth Goa
gre.s. Ihe Superintendent Of the Pab6c Pral
irg bewsils his inability TO report the Completion
Of the various Reports ordered to b. printed isr.
ing the XXXIud aud XxXtvts Congress
The printers have been ready to prrt he nn
and the binders to bind; but there has besa
manuscript for them TO work upon.
The want Of efficiency ia an Important depU
ment Of the public service indicated by this or'
inc regret of the Superintendent Report beg
10 lock ike a virtue in It's connection With aefs
that tne niuth volume Of the Pacific Railroad
ports, now On its way through the bindep,s
exceed By more than one huadred per cent
estimate laid before Congress, both in lts slun
cost. Instead Of making seyea hundred Psga'
the Supenr tendent was solemnly assured II wSAl
by the gel try charged with the manatactureota !,
volume. il WIS swollen by them ~ fourteen 10
dred ard eighty pages of leiter-prcs'' beaf
large number Of plates, and will coat sV@
instead Of So, 600, which wa the eStimatss
the publication was orderce. Part Of this ets
of S5a, 900 over the estimated cost Of single, n
4 rather worthless volume, ia the expense Of bn
ing it in two parts, instead Of one-a neces.i,
which the Superintendent apologetically bes.ls
a cOnsequs nee of the size Of the book. lie esrs
estly assures Congress that the binding authorized
by law, will not restrain the centrifugal .euaeuca
Of that macs OF printed psper-thst the i,s
pages Of letter press aud the large namber
plstes, will go Wild, if any Of their honorable aos
shall handle the volume with the conGdlHg pgrps
Of drawing from its perusal, either profit or pIes
ure. For this reason, be informs Congress that
has deemed it to be hi. duty 10 suspend the bindA
OF The ,Xth Pacific Railroad Report, untl nc :
oeyes Instructions from the Printing Conrfee'l
TO 20 ahead on the feeble lawful cover, or %
authorized to add $50, ,0Oc TO the coat Of the "OfA
by double binding Il.
Involved in this ststement is another whss cs''
tainIy will surprise the public, familiar {" tne' ~
with the Democratic mIsnansgementof oar ; eaei
AFFAIR.". All Of the Reports ordered to be pnnh
by the XXXllId and XXXIyth Congresses ".
20 ordered btors they we're writer, and, Of coGns
without the possibility of reliable estimate of!as
size and cost.
To soften tie ill-humor Of Representatives bn
gered BY The ScoDstituent, for copies Of the Pss'!
Office Report Of ., the Superintendent dses'
the fact, that that Report was Transmitted to Cor
gress on the Ilth Of May, but 10 SO impsre''
state that leave was granted to withdraw the msns
script and to retain IT until tie 3Ist dsy Of Ausa6
for con pleton aud arrangement for printing q
potion Of the copy was furnished a1d printed pro
yious TO the last mentioned day, and on tast dy
mass of manuscript, purporting TO be the re'iu''
was received at the Superintendent ofice' ousH
confused state that several days elsP'ed oe'o'
it could be properly arranged for printing '''
consequence ol which was that the Report w"b
iuny ia type until The middle Of October. am
Gully then aroge respecting the ensrs'ings ofaer'
70 accompany the work, which cau'ed 'ur'nef %
lay Oftesers weeks, and the Report "As mol h0'l'
prepared Tor The binder until the second weeA
December.
Tie Report Of the Regents Of the Smith'0nS
Institution surely should have been ready Iof o'u
position when placed in the hands Of the Pno'e'~
But this franAest Of superintendent se0~ '''
prises us with the statement that it was co"".u,
Gated to Congress in june last, in 40 J" F'"~
state, aud, after the printing was ordered, VIC ~
uscript was withdrawn for completion and a'ralse
ment and was not returned to his oiiice unHi
20th Of October.
Tie Public will think it proper, as the sapen'
ter dent has thought it proper, for Congre"
take notice OF the fact, that immense SUNS
money are expended for printing, for which ~
Government or the People receive no equi'sle''
v whateyer-that IL, for double componIon -"
settiDg type twice, where they are only ~' oa'
in fact, and where there exists no Dees'slv -,
setting them more than once. Inc acs ~
required that whenever . document should !"
ordered To be printed BY boA hoasee
entire printipe should BE- done BY y"
printer Of the House which hrst o'"'
the work. This vas an obstacle 10
way Of plundsr 80 aggravsting. that it was AsocA"
Ou, Of sight, With the approval Of Franklin r'e,g
in 1854, b. an enactment that when there s'''I
ferebt printers for the respective Houses e
lhaD do the printing which may hereafter
ordered by the House electiDg him. unaer -.
,nactment an arrangement exists between Wv
printers to the two Houses, by which the ~no"
\ ork fo- both is executed BY third persoo' VIM
an afford TO pay TO each Of thsms larger sum |"
money Tor TIE printing than either can InaAe"