The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-26

share Of 3 riot. lie cannot pe oIiven OF OuA-
lied 90 be Is to DO beaten. We have no doubts
as to the result. The Superintendent Of Police
Mr.. Tsllnadge-hss already had sone expe-
rience In putting down riots; and without
doubt be will be quito ready to mako short
work with this one. The manager and stock
holders Of the Academy will see that there is
sufficient police force to protect their property
and preserve the public peace. So this last
ooup of the oyster house critics, with the friends
of One-Eyed Thompson=-what Q splendid ALI
auce!-win be only q miserable Easco.
The CONGRESS- PRINTING CoRREcnoss-The
lucky Candidate elected printer Of the HOUSE of
Representatives for the present Congress sends
US the following note defining his position in
regard to the spoils:-
no The Eparos o. rHs asxALD.
wAMs0roN, April -, 1853.
In ycar cxiy issue Of The $50 inst al editorial us e<
Tie bead Of Ire oDsress Protsg" as-erted that
Mr. Wen te pays TIE parties eeceA pricsers 70 the
House and seeate toe handsome OF 90 0co MONTH
or s24o ycx, for ths mort privilege Oh dong me
This stsscsneot n SAID ,aaee on fAcs developed BY
the report Of the aelocs committee appointed 70 nvesu
gate the pubic rrusng
gru+sly deceived By stmescny il this matter ne wnoe
stateeo< the MOST outrageous abr1oa,sos ever pro
On The oh day Of Deccmber ouI months and bali sgo.
and total amount pale mo b. the EoveFnmect for
printing up % this date q exhie by tne books ns
Printing twerty eighs thousand hundred ana four
teen dollars and twenty cee. Thus, you viii sec
ton has been aSou, six Thousand doliars . month.
May AK, eo OF simple justice 70 me- thai you
will publish this stateness JANIS B. SrEEDAAN'
Giving Mr. Steeduan the full benefit of this
explanation, what does 1t amount TOT BE has
been paid thus far for this House printing
S28,ll4 27; and the costs of the work since his
election have been ''abOut six thousand dollars
a month" Very moderate indeed. AT the same
ratio the House printing would scarcely exceed
S72, 900 q yesr-a calculation which we know is
all moonshine. What says Mr. Taylor, of the
House select committee ON this subject, in bis
carefully prepared official report. Hear him.
The per centage paid By tbs sub coaaotor referred to
10 the public printers deuignAtea-enoiumerso or
oOO during the month Of January last and will average
nearly sc coo per month THIS includes NO ao vance u
per oenase upon the House printing for the rhir fourth
CpIsress the contractor mentioned "a public priotsr
OF that body the himself, and thus was ssved
pay ent for privilege The gross amount thus pc d,
s the SUB oousrscscr 70 the a. varies
slEes, and ABOVE thai large prof nan Asosae 70
Thus, il Will be seen that Mr.. Taylor's state
ruents cover all the public printing and public
printers at Washington, of whom Mr. Steedmaa
Is only one. Nor have we any doubt
whatever of the substantial correctness
of Mr.. Taylor facts and figures. Nay, moro:
we undertake to say that If these subsidies to
the public printers, amounting to s2l,OOO, for
the mere privilege of doing the work. for the
month Of January, were ferreted out, they would
be found TO be divided among the following
parties to witt
To Mr.. steedman, embracing also Banks and
Pyor, Of Va, and soue persoa OF Onoinnau. 3
To Mr.. Rice, Of the Phiiads'paa Pe'nsy5c0nsa",
To n.,or Isi.o. Of o.; The S.ii.4:co sse.
10 other p~rt!es MOI remembered ............."-
Total ooo
We leave II to the several parties concerned
to Ill up the blanks. The money was paid, or
agreed 10 be paid, by Mr.. Wendell, for the mere
privilege Of doing the public printing involved
In bis sub-contracts for the month Of January
last. The sum of $2s,ll4 q on the books of
the Superintendent Of Public Printing for four
months and q half work, Is another affair
The S2l, 900 clear profits were from q purely
private operation between the public printers
and the sub-contractor. Thus, according to
the books, public and private, the case with Mr..
Wendell will stand as follows
PAid for the privese Of doing the pu Slc printing,
various jobs for January last 900
Received 90 account OF House printing, sAy.. 1000
Due nom the several parties concerned, 70 make
all straight Slb 900
But this sum Of $2s,ll4 ~, as the gross
amount for the House printing for four months
and half, does not begin to tell the story of
the average House work per month for the
year. How much Is yet due 10 Mr.. Steedman
d Co. for their work performed thus far ?
How much work ordered by the present House
remains unfinished These are important
questions Then, again, we must remember
yet-those extra editions of voluminous reports
Of stuff and verbisge, and those costly books Of
scientific rubbish, swelling up 10 the nice profits
Of ten, twenty, thirty, forty or fifty thousand
dollars O job. Mr.. Steedman's explanation will
not do. 1t proves nothing. We must have the
names Of all the parties concerned In all the
jobs Of this government printing and binding,
the contractors and the subcontrsctors, aud
the lobby shareholders of the moneys paid by
the government and Of the subsidies paid by
Mr.. Wendell This Is the sort Of explanation
we want, and nothing LEES will answer.
This explanation is within the reach Of Mr..
Steedman. Let him demand committee Of in.
vestigatioH, with power TO send for persons and
papers We presume that Mr.. Taylor will cheer
fully second the motion. Finally, we are sorry
10 perceive that while the black republicans de-
sire TO hold on TO the present corrupt jobbing
system, in view Of these printing spois for the
next Congress there are some Southern men,
s,,ch for example as Mr. Johpaou of Arkansas