Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-07-01
From the Kansas City Journal of Commerce.


From the Kansas City Journal of Commerce.
A Rich Development-Pacife Railroad.
II will be remembered that Hon. John S.
Phelps wrote long letter 10 some gentle
man at Fort Smith, Ark, who had asked
him down TO eat some corn dodger and ba-
con, and partake of the native juice Of Ar
kansas maize, in which Mr. Phelps elabora-
ted his views in regard to "the beautiful
valley of the Canadian" and carried the
Pacific Read by hop, skip and jump, clear
across the continent, at an expense of about
two dollars and a half; which route he very
faceliously called the Central route."--
Great were the ealogies by the St. Louis
Republican, of this exceedingly able letter,
in Mr.. Phelps usually clear, concise and
inde'atigabie style, showing immense labor
in its preparation, and an intimacy with the
subject, which no other man could have
brought to bear" etc,, etc.-we copy from
memory bu. this is about the extent of its
trium phant Qualification.
II now turns out that the letter was writ
ten by certain A. r. Corbrn, a noted lobby
jobber a! Washington, and signed By Phelps
at bis solicitation. Whether he also pro-
posed the dinner at F ort Smith, and did the
"william ducks" has not We. transpired,
but we have no doubt SO expert a master
in his art was too sharp 10 commit SO deli
cate Job 10 the hands Of tlis barbarians Of
Western Arkansas he must have
done so.
This Corbin has lately been before an In
yssiigating Committee Of Congress, in which
he Acknowledges that he received several
fees, amounting, in some instances, to
thousand dollars at a time, for assisting
ThurlOw Weed, James Watson Webb, Hor-
ace Greely, and others Of the Black Repub-
lican crew, in swindling lobby jobs and
tariff reduction measures; and that he is a
regular job broker and legislative horse
jockey-dealing in nick-tails, fled teeth,
fy-fed horses, painted mules, etc., for aeon
sideration. Il will be recollected too, that
about the time the country had head Of
Phelps letter, (for we believe we arc the
only unfortunate in Missouri who ever read
it, save it was some poor proof-reader in the
Republican office;) and when several pufs
TO order had been inserted in newspaper
at New Haven, Philadelphia, and other
points, and Phelps had succeeded in boring
the House into the appointment of CON-
mittee, so that he could be chairman Of some
thing-that the New York Legislature
passed resolution approving of this Seem
trail route by the beautiful vale! Of the Ca
madam" Well, it was 70 US wonder, how
New York, of all other States, could be SO
egregiously gulled; and not until these de-
yelopments did we discern in what part Of
the wood pile the niger lay. But snow We
can see i, all. Corbin, with his affiliations
with Weed, Greely, Webb, and the balance
Of the Abolition lobby agents, has been able
Ito get up this paper endorsement of his
route, and through the Republican, which
Is very bitter against freeing niggcrs, and
Phelps, he has succeeded in hood-winking
portion of the West and South.
So we have the whole affair in group;
Weed, Greely and Webb, on the one hand,
Phelps and the Republican on the other, and
Corbin between with his hands clasped in
both. Thus i. is that while the Republican
is crying emancipation, emaneipation.s and
endeavoring to iucite strife and bad blood
among the citizens Of the Slate, tits striking
hands with the blackest Of the Abolition
gang, to swindle the State Of Missouri out
of the Great Pacific Railway, for the bene-
fit of job. Some of these investigators
will wish they had never embarked in the
business.