The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-09-17
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. II. $3.50.


TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. IA, $500.
the ~ York Evs.ias Post
Proessdings hs HOUSE Of Representatives yesterday
We have been expecting some rejonder from the New
York Evening Post reply to its lbeous article OF
the 5th Instant That journal Of tho 18th contains mis-
cradle and abortive attempt justify itself. which our
readers will find annexed in full
II is now evident that we were right in the sup
position that its article Of the oh was prepared in
Washington. and emanated FROM a corrupt coali-
ZION in this city. which is banded together for the
primary object Of inurng us 10 order to attain It's
selfish ends Our reply OF nature which forced the
writer's for the Post in New York to say something
without waiting for its Washington writer's TO fur
nish additional material. such delay could not be
explained and i,woud have been held in New York, as
well Washington. proof positive that the Post was
compelled to await assistance from distant quarter,
We will not criiicise infinitely the article below. We
would. however. call atteation TO the first paragraph
It SAY tina, the original article in the Post stated tina, the
editor Of this paper in debt ia is45, when ne
cane to Washington and that he has subsequently paid
Oft S2i 900 of lien on property in Richmond. Then II
says is obvious that both statements may be correct
for il does not always follow that pays all his
debts True But the memory OF the Post is short. Its
arliCe prepared IN um thot We WSAO
indebted to the amount Of oooo and that had paid
of $2l 0o0 II asserted the II asserted that
we were indebted to the Of s2looo and that we
had paid OF $4,000 Of Indebtedness. Now, we say,
although may be true that it does not always follow
man pays all his debts, yet think it does generally
follow that man does not pay $4,000 when his liabil-
ties are only $4,000.
The New York editors Of the Post should learn their
Al. fhosr Waaht
editors to keep them better posted up They have in this
instance been betrayed into grievous They al
lege lha, the select committee has made report. Thai
aegaioni not true The investigation is not yet con-
cluded before that committee. and report has beer
made II any has been prepared, it has been prepared
on an er parte and incomplete evidence. Mr.. Went
worth may have prepared such report and il may b
cnt and dry in his pocket and he may have informet
the editors Of the Post Of its contents. for aught w
know or shall ever know Blu, we feel confident tina
no other member Of the committee has seen it. or viii
sanction the preparation Of any report before the whole
evidence is heard
..THr PUBLIC PRINTING -The Washington Union in de
nmns show that tho article In sheet Of tn
one DART Of that article that he wa. in debt wbe
his political purchased the Globe establishment
My @ az. apon
that nry be corect e, does not Away
follow from the lucky circumstance Of an individuals max
ing bis fortune, that he pays all his debts
aAgain the Union endeavor. 10 show an nconsistenc
and honorable bidders the competition, by Purlng
In of his instrument osrs to DO the work al rate
the coasrae, a and the assertion that wln sundry fraud
charges and made and ~
der contract, may be fulfilled without positive loss
perec, ruth Of 9TH statements is demonstrated BY the re
pon OF the selec, comm alleged frauds.
when report sta be published the TACT Of the cor
spiracy belk the contract Of doug the prin
w Cd ~ i win reed no other noos Our Informs
ton Washington win not permit US to don THIS ID
ina. oIdsIsd h.s been enormously beyona pieos
dent greatly lesson the psrauve est Of eKecut
dollars might be scan,y compensation for prin,,ns
thou volumes, huudr thousand dollars 70
BESIDES The outlay OF capital required Tor the proper pei
iormaucs Of S20Ooo worth Of work In this business va
.Bus there are ZONE points in Mr. Ri,ohie's dsf'ncs
denied that the ,wenty-ons hundred dollar bills III
Bank Of the Metropolis Washington. which were paid
,be ODE poperiy, came from Pss,dent Polk. Well. tn
hi. contribution wa: levied upon the pres,
unwarranied by circums.ancesi but we VIII not urge IT.
1--WE would ask, hopiag tina, in doing so no
intrusive from whom did beso little biu Of paper which
II A whom s ds hss ss%. not from
Wso ny P os eonToS Ss 70, such paseo..s
a. Fida. Aohs.si wsr. they part Of hs pr
ceeds OF the allowance OF certain most nnrm and doubt
lu that had been struggling 10 make US weary way
IN the Tor many yeats, and wal
only al length allowed by tho chief oil that Department
La few WEEKS before Mr. Tyers exit IN order that tht
nllowin might friend NJ the ear AND
elbow of the President 10 plead for has retention "a
office Our ailusion may be clearer, " We state lha
the particular amount Of the allowance was Slo,oo0
In connexion with these articles in the New York
Evening Post our attention is drawn further TO The sub
ect OF the public printing. II is with much reluctance
that we touch this subject at all, il is matter in
which our readers can take very little interest We shall
be az brief as possible 10 VITA, we say OF IL thus morning
particularly as we may expatiae on it in another form
al some early day.
Our readers are spprzed only by the articles in the
New York Evening Post, but by the proceedings in Con-
gress that more than four months ago investigation war
moved in the House OF Representatives, By "e Hon John
wentworth into the subject Of the congressional print
ing and especially into transactions which
nected with the present contractor His resolution
published in this paper at the time OF its production We
heard day or two after the committee organized,
that was in session and dreaming Of any objection
to our appearing before IT, the editor Of this paper, With
his friend, who had promised TO act his counsel, en-
tered the committee room, when we found John Went
worth in the chair We suppiesss the indignant feelings
which his course towards rs 10 calculated provoke,