Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-07-23
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Cbrrn2sioss Of s:,e Hack Denoc,.s

WASHINGTON, ,suis 10 icy.
The fecking corruptioHs OF the at,rn,,.,.-
lion begin to ooze through the crcyices y.
drppings OF the spoils have been sermI,,,.i 'ae
fall too thickiy IN one place. Mr. Ran /"
throwna Paisham shell among the s.eore,,. 20
confederacy. His exposures Of the stops aeS
tracts and of the bribery practised in ,hc .ou'
ton oil the new cusion,-houses has excited ~.
ror throughout the departments. One els,l .
C. Morgan, N the office Of Capt. Bowman IN !"
military superintendent of these edisees snd W We
Yonnss, the architeet.in.ehief, has been aI,a.a.
dismissed, and more thorough c,s.,,s a.'eaay
viii be insisted upon. The scandal 4, e. out
ism aud Galphinisu, IL completeIv aetsa. a,asr'
these new discoveries il. tho art Of s,e,i;po Sy
easy. "'4ue
In addition 10 the specific Act, os ,,,,
porpetrated by fayorites of the Denoc, eosy
charged in afiidayits of Democrats; in cooS ~
ing, Mr.. Ball and his committee are br;n,,;,."'''
hight an appalling system proiiga,e and wa. !"
fui extravaganza, resulting iron JEFF. Dav;.' V
nitrary military SUPPLEMENTARY over civil vet
MT. BAN SHOWS that when, four or five -
ago, the enlargement of the capitol was g.
meneed the estimate OF the cost was go a. 4. No'i'
but that 81, 100000 has been already ar,,.,,'.Y
ted and expended. The additions viii ny
finished with total expenditure of ss.ooo noo
or $4,000, 600. S'''VV'ooo
In the stsnc contract awarded to Beaf 4 n
on. Mr.. Ball believes the Treasury has h..
swiudled ont Of more than slDo1oo Uo ,G.1
a few items OF the astonishing extrayac,nns
use no more pointed term, OF Cant. Ne;,,s -,
agement OF this work. By the original so, ,'1".
the stone work upon the outside wj,aows .e'
10 cost $3.50 for each window. Tb,, cn,,.'a,
has been annalled, aud the cutting and so,,;"I
OF the stone for eneh window will cost 4, 400
The change has increased the aggregate in ~.
one item from $4,000 to $40 6tO. ''''
Capt. Meigs, acting by the orders of JEFF n.
WIS has changed the original plan adop,ed h,
Congress so as to introduce a vast npmhcr !,
columns, not less than two hundred nnnn H.,
outside and interior of the buildings, very f..
of which we're included IA Mr.. Walters dos
The outside columns unwrought, win COS. 81 i,o
e'ch-the whole $4,000. Mr. Ball chsrpe,
that this work, totally unnecessary and super.
huous as IT Is, will cost 900 more than
ought to. Again, Mr.. Ball has detected roc,
lar mandatory OF foreign statuary attached "a
the Capitol extension establishment. In ,b.,,
shops, the only thing of earthly or human ~
semhlance which the Committee on prhE,
Buildings could detect, was statue of the d..
| parted wife of one OF the workuen, which ,s n
be set mp in one of the halls az the goddess Of
something or other.
But need not pursue the subject in advance
of the official exposition which the Commt,s,
will soon make. The facts thus far elected do
velope shameful system Of reckless cxpend.
ture, and furnish proof sufficient to warrant an
investigation OF the most rigid character.
1t is very curious and remarkable that tho #
tidavit Of Wendell, the Public Printer. ON which
these inquiries are based, should have hid mn
noticed two years and hall, while all the vii.
lainies which it suggests were in full and unds.
turbed progress, WHY was il suppressed Why
was this charge of $4,000 bribe, BY which a
contractor makes $4,000, kept from the know.
edge of the House and the country? Who i,
the "iricnd OF Secretary Guthrie" whom /, wa,
! necessary TO fir before the wheels would work
smoothly? Whose palms had to be creased be
fore the door of the treasury vault could be-
made to rcvo|ve upon their hinges, PENAqrip.