Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-30

An article was inserted by our local reporter
on Monday, copied from the Baltimore Amori-
can and Baltimore Republican, censuring In
severe terms the management of the Southern
Telegraph Office in this city on last Thursday
night We regretted its insertion, as, for our
own part we have no fault to find with that
Office. We had occasion on Thursday and
Friday to employ 1t many times, and have no
reason to suppose we were not fairly treated.
We insert below, from the Union, the mate
rial portion Of communication on this subject
from Mr.. Tree, the Superintendent of the
Southern office:
"THE TELEGRAPH AND THE VIRGINIA ELEc-
rIoSs-The Baltimore American and Republican
OF Saturday morning censure the management and
unaccommodating spirit of those engaged by the
W. and N. .. telegraph line in no very courteous
terms, because those papers failed to obtain cleo
ton returns from the State Of Virginia on the
evenings preceding their issue. This failure Is the
only specific charge they make. The other
charges are too vague to warrant the trouble Of
refutation / should be spared the trouble of dis
proving even the count in question, If the gentle
men who edit the American and Republican had
not been imposed upon by false statements as to
the facts In the case The southern wires on
Thursday night through Virginia were in good
working ORDER and every operator throughout the
limits Of the State at his post anxious to satsy
public curiosity as to the result of the election
The offices are closed every night ut ten O'clock
by standing rule of the company, unless business
on the line at that hour requires operators to sit
up longer time to transmit It.
To accommodate the press another rule has
been adopted by the company, requiring operators
to sit up any length Of time during the night any
person may demand, provided they pay the opera
tors fifty cents per houra price which few OF the
complainants, think, would regard as fair COM
pensaton for the loss Of their sleep Last Thurs
day evening, all ofour operators were requested to
keep their Offices open, and cheerfuly assented.
Apart from the attendant compensation, they were
as eager as other men to learn the news No class
Of persons were more disappointed than they when
1t became evident to them that atmospheric cleo
tricty rendered the probability ofgetting election
returns Thursday night doubtful. From p. N.
to near IL P. NJ, tie face of the heavens was not
less troubled than were the faces of politicians.
A few moments before ii o'clock the Baltimore
operator asked Washington to answer what were
the prospects Of getting any intelligence. Wash
ington replied, as the facts warranted, that there
was but little chance. Not wishing TO hold any
one liable for so cents an hour upon such contin-
gency, the Baltimore operator sent his messenger
twice to Mr.. Fulton, of that city, to know II he
should continue open under the circumstances.
Receiving no reply be concluded to close his Office
and go home. To this determination, which it
was easy for Mr.. Fulton to influence, but which he
did not think worth his while to notice, may be
attributed the failure of the associated press of
Baltimore to get dispatches over the southern
line, If they desired it,