The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-07
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CFron me iowa State o tzette, Deo 81
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AA~s0 A .iv.ssassy AL&doa 90.
CFron. me iowa state 6txette, Deo 81
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oowsss. ' Of the 20 present asser Xoasy SS.rssS
navigator ana Railroad Company--su organ sStion ooa
troilsd in Wall streehsve oommenoed their abors vita
nuSsc he sc with he operations Of tie CON
Any II has already been as israined by the committee
tnat under their construction the consrao made With
the Commissioner Of the Des Mones River improvement
the managers Of this company In the habit OF noad
ing their expenditures sccount OF their contract 70
improve the Dss hones river great variety Of iuotden
n charges such as travelling expenses 70 and from New
York, hotel bills venison suppers, brandy nhes,
snug s sa% ali Of winch Inc sso e.asa
cd, we suppose, to pay for N lasds u one dollar
and quarter, per acre tuas are really worth
about twenty. Is, consequently, easy TO that Wall
stIeet afford for once TO be gene GUS and henso
hear that oyster suppers venison steaks and cod whs
key" unusually abundant ABOUT 40 Capital and
Legislators do not live like ghas cocks this winter,
opine must be because they don't appreciate such evil
Not content however with exercising cor. Of watch
fu supervision over tho unsophsoAted but fortunate Ia
dvdua who have been sent up to the Legislature OF the
State BY the people, In the vulgar belief that they knew
the difference between a na~k and hsodsa~, it sp.
pears 80 rsmn and vide spread arc tbs operations Of
the Des MONIES Navigation and Rar ,a1 Company, that
became necessary during the last session OF Congress- to
grind two al Washington, the better, we pre-
sumo TO enable them through Of the obsruo
tons that stood the way OF the speedy aud profitable
prosecution Of their efforts TO- "buiid up the
state" To accomplish this desirable task 1T
proper agent at wsshington-,ome uuserupulOus
dishonest stock jobbing trader In Congressional
votes, familiar with ell the zaods 0perdadt OF corrupt
and fraudulent legislation, and aware d tina fact, which
il everywhere notorious that this sort Of Legislation In
the present Congress entirely under the control Of Mr.
Speaker Banks Hon o. B. Mat,es0n, o. New York, and
their black republican associates In Congress-, the
Company with tact An ssgsctty deserving the highest
praise, the advantage OF employ Ing ~ their
agent who could from his position, be sure to bring
the proper influences 10 bear With this view, we sup
pose they selected the Of all others best calculated
TO accomplish purpose, whatever 1t might bet And
who do tho people Of Iowa think was the oomplaisa.t Ia
dividual honored a. the special representative In the
lobby of the Des Monies Navigation Company WHAT
will the good subscribers in Iowa Of the New York
TribSne-What will the host OF. freedom 8 hrekng
worshippers from Gov Grimes down 70 the least rene
gade, not forgetting the paous parsons whose Bible
during the late political contest was the Tribune,
and whose God. was Horace Greeley-what will
that " old white coat" hmsef was the happy man, and
that for the nice little Of thousand dollars the
honest and immaculate Horace Greeley editor In chief Of
the New York Tribune, and the Great Aogui Of that en-
lighted and VII tuous party OF which he Ii the chief 0rna
men sold himself body and breeches white hat aud old
coat eowhide boots and ALL TO the Iowa branch OF Wall
street,
We learn from the best authority that receipt for this
handsome little docv 10 the genuine hand writing Of
the philosopher OF Hb exhibited TO the committee,
and the evidence directly TO the point that II had been
paid 10 him for log rolling" ct Washington.
How many other develop ements may turn up" In tho
Of the investigation cannot toll shall look
for the report Of the committee with considerable in
terest One I" culud pusson" has been smoked out Of
mercies Of his niger worshppng brother Of the New
York HERALD,