The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-03-28
PRICE TWO CENTS.

uIscnarge or oversee everything pertaining to the
puouc printing. L employ Mr.. Rives to execute
the work mechanically for me- for which nav him
at the rate OF 672a cents on the dollar of all print
ing that snail De executed and passed by the Super
lntendent of Public Printing.
q. How much money have you invested as Sem
ate printer to execute the work required of vonS
A. What money have invested? | have Mr.
Rives, as | stated in the beginning emnIoved 70
| execute the work for mechanically
Q. Have you invested any money? Does he not
do all the work2 Has he not all the materials?
A. Yes, sir; he does the whole work.
| Q. He owns the presses, materials and every
thing with which the work is done2
A. Yes, SIR
O. Have you made any investment for the pur
| chase of presses?
A. No, sir.
Q. by Mr.. Hndman. The presses are your in
vestment for the present, being in your employ?
A Yes sir; and have control of the office Just
OF the work have to do
q by Mr. Somes. Mr.. Rives is a sub.contractor
under you?
A. No, sir; he is simply employed as a foreman
[ by me.
O. l understood you to say that he did the work
for you for sixtyseven and one-third cents on the
dollar?
A. He is employed by me as nv foreman. inst "a
| employ foreman in the The Constitution office
| to superintend the composition, read the proofs
make up the forms, and attend to the business of
the othce l give it all the personal attention
| required
Q. by the Chairman. Where is this public
printing done which you were elected to doi
| A. In Mr.. Rives' office, the Globe office, ON
| pennsylvania avenue.
| Q. Who owns the building in which it is done
A. presume Mr.. Rives does l have never in
quired.
Q. Who owns the type used in the composition,
and the presses?
A. Mr.. RVes.
| Q. Who purchases the paper?
A. The Government; the printer has nothing
whatever to do with the purchase of the paper
| Y. w no employs the hands who he typa and
| work the presses2
A MIR. Rives,as my foreman-simply as nv fore
| man.
Q. Have you invested dollar in this concern of
Mr.. Rives where the printing is done, which you
were elected by the Senate to do?
A; have employed Mr.. Rives as my foreman,
and he furnishes the Office and the material
z. Are the profits of the Senate printing, or any
part OF those profits, appropriated towards sus-
tanning the newspaper known as The Constitution,
| or any other newspaper?
Mr.. Hndman, | obiect-
Inc witness interrupting. BY my election as
Senate printer, there no appropriation made
| the profits thereof.
| Mr.. Wendell furnished the committee with q
statement, from which it appears that under a
different system, there might have been a saving
effected by Congress, in printing alone, during that
| time, amounting to the gross of seven hundred
and torty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty
eight dollars and fortyfve cents not including the
| Congressional Globe upon which estimate of a
| saving of two hundred and forty thousand dollars,
| for the like period, might have been made.
| Thomas ii. Ford, sworn, examined by Mr.. Hind
| man.
| Q. You are the Printer of the House by due
| election and qualification?
| A. believe am, have the certificate of my
| election from the Clerk.
| Q. If you have made any sub ARRANGEMENT or
partnership, or division of the profits of the pro-
ceeds of the printing business with any person or
persons, state when and how, and all the Details
nearly as you can recOllec?
A. When was elected Printer / went tn Mr.
Hearts, the Superintendents, room, and directed
the printing to be done at the same place it
being done at
Q. by the Chairman-The Wendell establish.
ment?
A. Yes, sir, l understood it was the Wendell es-
tablishment; that is, for the time being.
Q. You made that order between your first cleo
tion and your reelection?
A. Both tines at the time of my first election
had never met Mr.. Wendell, or Messrs LarcOmbe
English to my knowledge; between the time of
my first election and my reelection, | met Mr..
LarcOmbe, who was introduced to me in the Super
| intendents room; l had no conversation with him,
| or at least do not remember any conversation |
| had with him. after my second election. | entered
into an arrangement with Messrs. Larcombe q
| English, believe.
Q. Was that agreement in writing?
| A 1t was.
O. Can you furnish it to the committee?
A. | could not.
Q. Do you know where it can be had
A. | do not, but think Mr.. Dufrees has it.
John d. Dufrees affirmed, examined by Mr..
Clopton:
Q. Where do you reside?
A At Indianapolis State of Indiana.
| q. What is your occupation?
A. | am printer
q. practical printer?
A. am.
Q. Are you the same Mr.. Dufrees who was can
didate before the House for public printer this ses-
! sion?
A. am.
=. O. State who does the printing for the House at
A. Messrs. Larcombe & English.
| z. Do you know the terms of the contract under
| which they do that work?
| A. do.
| A. drew the contract and have it here. 1t is
follows:
Memorandum of an agreement made and entered into
this 9th day of March, 1860, by and between Thomas H.
Ford, of the first part and John Larcombe and James
English, doing printing business under the name and
style Larcombe English of the second part witness
eth That the said Ford being Printer of the
House for the Thirty sixth Congress hereby agrees en-
ir partnership with the said arcombe English in
the execution of the printing for the said House e
time aoresaid upon the following terms and conditions,
to wit The said Larcombe English shall furnish al the
necessary materials cash and other means perform
execute the said printing eXpedtously and in good
workmanlke style, and to do it to the satisfaction and
approval of the Superintendent of Public Printing The
said Larcombe English do hereby guarantee that the
profits of said printing shall amount twenty per
on the gross aggregate amount of the printing to be
executed for the House aforesaid and
said Ford to be in anywse liable for the use or occu.
aforesaid or any expenditure outlay about the
tion of the rules aforesaid the whole being at the
charge and cost Of the said Larcombe & English. tits
further agreed and understood that in the payment
by the Treasurer of the United States account
of the House printing aforesaid executed by the said
Lacombe& English, the said Ford shall pay them
the sum of eighty cents out of each and every dollar
received by said Ford from the Treasurer aforesaid In
witness whereof the parties aforesaid have heeunto
their hands and seals the day aforesaid.
LARcoMBE & ENGLISH.
q. In what establishment, or where do Lar
cOmbe a. English do the work?
A. As | understand it, they are the bosses
Wendell's establishment from the trustee.
q. State any person or persons who are inter
ested in this twenty per cent. which Ford receives?
A. | will explain. Mr.. Ford, who was elected
printer, is not acquainted with the business, and
consideration of my experience and knowledge, |
have an interest for which | have agreed to assist
him in experimenting and managing the printing.
| know of no other interest.
Q. What is the extent of your interest?
A. 1t is a contingent and not a definite interest.
1t is per cent. and contingent.
Q. That is upon the amount of the profits real
ized2
A. Yes, sir.
Q. How much per cent. is it?
A. The amount is not fixed. The per cent. re
ceive is not agreed upon. 1t has been left open.
Q. At what time was this agreement between
Ford and you entered into?
A. After he was elected
THE New YoRK MURDERs.-Johnson, atlas Hicks,
implicated in the tragedy on board the oyster
sloop E. A. Johnson was, on Monday, brought be
fore the United States Commissioner, and was fully
identified as the person who had landed on Staten
Island. The watch and money-bag found in his
possession were also identified as having belonged
to Captain Burr. johnson committed to the
Tombs.
Jackalow, the Chinaman, who is charged with
having murdered Captain leete and his brother ON
the oyster soOp Spray, was, Monday, arrested
while attempting to the bridge over the
Hackensack river, between Jersey City and
Newark. After his capture he taken to Jer-
sey City, and committed to prison to await the
tion of the United States authorities.
The CALoRIc ENGINE IN A PRINTING OFFICE
The press of the Savannah Gazette is driven by
of ErriccsOn's patent caoric engines, and that
paper says that it is now working to perfection,
running the press at speed of about sixteen hun
dred impressions to the hour and at an expense OF
very nearly three cents day. 1t requires
to attend to it, beyond making the fire and repen-
ishing it twice or three times.
BEGUN EARLY.-Those inevitable hangers-on at
all great gatherings, the thieves have already do
miciled in Charleston, s. G., and commenced
operations. On Tuesday night, two OF the cheva-
lers robbed five travellers, at the Mills House, OF
$500 and two gold watches. They were arrested.
The same night a traveller at the Charleston Hotel
lost his watch and a sum of money.
The DEATH PENALrY.-The New York Assembly
has ordered the bill abolishing the death penalty
to a third reading, by the decisive vote of 81 yeas
to q nays. 1t requires 65 votes to pass bill on
its third reading The bill is very brief and sim