The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-14
The PRINTING AND BINDING OF CONGRESS-.
Senator johnson not Connected with these
Contracts-His Statement and Evidence
Who ls II. q. Smith,
TO TIE EDITOR oF THE NEW YORK HERALD

Senator johnson not Connected with these
Contracts-His Statement and Evidence
Who IL p. q. smiths
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 1865.
Irequest that this note with the accompanying
and correspondence may be published in your paper
have sought in vain TO ascertain the author, and
gret ha. you should deemed proper TO publish
my letter you OF Feb 15 1853 demanding the au
hor's name and that you should have failed make
| any reply.
The extract which SANDERS me Was taken from your
paper Of Jan. q.
ID very gross Islander, and cites oshsy nanns o.
authority in s support than that Of Maj Jno p Hess.
Ny letter to you of the 18th Feb 1858, request, shall
be again published i proper order, and thai the
closed copies Of correspondence with MAJ Hoiss may thea
follow.
Having failed as yet, TO uncover the author, will tres
pass upon you further than 10 declare the charges 10
be and slanderous and ask the justice Of publ
cation Of these papers your columns, where this SIAN
i know Of nothing more that Il ia at present in my
power 70 do In the premises. Your obedient servant,
P.s-Unlsss you conclude 10 publish this entire, you
will please return the same 70 me without pubnshng any
From the Herald Of Jan. q, 1851
The printing Of the House and OF the senae not the
only nt jobs about the Capitol The binding another,
ae % q . O ,ss so sas ,sn
ton 10 In for that Also The lucky recipient OF the So
nate binding, however, a. have already said Mr.,
Of ofconnection with Wendell though Of what
able 70 say Boteler is neither nd minstraton
Of tbe know Nothing order. has been q violent red
mouthed leading member Of that party In Washington
and the circumstances that such man has obtained from
q democratic Senate 90 large slice OF the patronage
which supposed 10 be the peculiar reward OF the faith
full in itself sufficient excite series Of curious nqui
ries Happily, sm able 10 explain circumstance which,
to the initiated, must inevitably abstruse but the
explanation, az have previously remarked, involves
another exciting e7oss OF Congressional and lobbyin
trigue
!, appears that some time since hr; Boteer and the
were mixed up together in certain mysterious but no
doubt perfectly honest business transactions the result of
which was, a. s said, W leave considerably
In Bo,eler's debt Mr.. however, became mem
Boteer became through what Mr. Weller would probably
call remarkable coincidence" candidate for senate
binder To overbalance the fact that he Was a violent
member Of The opposition, he had that "hi'le oill
negotiations are understood TO have been commenced on
that basis Bo,eer offered 10 cancel his little bi the
largest part Of IT, In consideration Of receiving the very
partially arranged, when Mr.. . conceived higher
notions Of the profits he ought 70 derive from the oo IN
question: and advanced bis estimates Major Hens Of the
Saies then called in, and told conndenay, without
Boteer's knowledge, that he might have II he would
Sonssn' uvoe M',o. ts ne p~ S sac % -. ac,s
bright spot about the whole ansacon appears be that
the latter Indignantly declined entering into bargain,
and threatened 10 expose the attempt amper with his
integrity. II seems almost impossible 70 conceive that
virtue OF such refreshing greennees should exst in this
botoed Of corruption but The old stascrs here will
tanly say that Major Heiss have had more cosent
than sheer honesty for rejecting such tempting
oner However, reeoe he did, and Boteer an
took the prize He WILL probably nrst learn from this
letter how he wN 70 losing entirely through the
grecdness Of an honorable and chivarc suthern
tor "To encourage all valorous (honest) hearts, and
show honorable examples" old Froieart would
say feel bound to add, authority derived from q
source very the White House. that Major did
inform the President Of the proposition which had been
made him. and that the conduct OF the chvalrc senator
received rebuke from the lncorrupble i'm.
partial chief magistrate Of the nation.
wAuuyoroy, Feb. Is, 1858.
EDITOR THE NEW YosK HnuDs-
sIp-On my return yesterday from New Orleans aner
absence Of several weeks paper Of the 2s OF
January last handed W and nnd an articls
upon public printing the signature Of Peter j. smith
which charges corruption upon the part OF Soutbern
Senator In the appointment OF Mr. Boteler public binder
Of the Senate, but gives no name Of any Senator.
This appointment election made by the Senate Com
mi,tee Public Printing, and the committee compose
Of but three members-one from the North and two om
the South on the two from the South the only one
Who supported the nrm Of Pettbone Boteler who we're
duly elected appointed public BINDERS and OF couse
quence am the southern Senator against whom these
charges are leveed.
The charges are defsma.ory TO the last degree. Ire
quest you read them in your paper OF the 2ist ul
The charges without foundation and are utterly IN
true. never had business uansacton with Mr. Bote
er and certainly hp debtor for ny dollars In
my life have known bim for years Az merchant
man In supporting him for this appointment vas gov
erned by interest," direct remote and had
no motive other than that OF befriendng him in manner
entirely legitimate, and not nsonsstent with the public
So much for that charge
The charge that sought 10 confer upon Major Hess the
appointment Of Public Binder upon co,dron that he would
share the profits with me- equally wholly untrue me
truth that ne ker sought nor ever had