New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-31
TIKI AND CROss-TOwN
RAILROAD.
A Gard Of vindicatisn fssn Oar Ceres
pssdens-The Charge sEainst Lfess
Gsv. AIvord ReiiersteA-Bsnsrs Of ihs
Lobby Nsfed Down.
PRICE OF A GOOD LETTER.

PRICE OF GOOD LETTER.
To The Editor Of Then y T,ibun.
SIR: j observe that my Albany letter relative
to the Broadway and Cross town Railroad published In
your Issue Of last Monday. appears to have caused
very wde and not pleasant STIR In all circles OF profes
sional politicians-hc Albany Scribe Of Tas Daily sr'
aging me the compliment Of saying that was paid nc
less than g. 90 for It's compositions statement which
leads me to inquire how much was The TRIBUNE paid
for its pubcation-Iny price for writing It having been
precisely tie same yours for Its public production
Another Albany Scribe attached to one Of oui
great daiiies." is making quite capital with the pro
Broadway Lobby in our State aCpital by giving the
following veraciOus history Of my letter and his own
connection thercwith-tbe price which he claims
for having suppressed II" in the paper to which
| he is attached (aud, "in all such matters. con-
trolls ~ being alleged to be the with the amount
alleged 70 have been paid To for the brief evenings
labor involved in writing that exposition. His state
ment is follows:
STATEMENT OF AN ALBANY scRIDE-BE DOES BIG
BUSINESS.
THAT my letter was seen by him more than fort
might ago In the Office Of the paper to which he II
atached-and, in all Albany matters controls That
he had then great deuliyto prevent appearances but
deceived gentlemen who is sole editor and proprietor
said editor changed his mind altogether and arrived Al
the conclusion that be didn't II they ran CANA
ND and down Broadway or words-oniy more sner
getic-to that effect.
That after hottie Albany Scribe--had quilted
New. for return to his important lobby at
tho State Capital said editor again beseiged by
large delegations OF Broadway property holders oil
camorous for the publication Of that remarkable letter
and oil not only willing, but eager, to pay any con-
ceiyablc amount for lis publication.
THAT the edtor--after al-is but human; and was,
acr many sleepless nights spent In debcration Just
on the eve Of yielding to the overwhelming pressure
brought against him, when he-tbe Albany Scribe
aforssaid-suddenly reappeared upon the scene gave
soc kdologers all round TO the Broadway property
holdera and strengthened the spine Of the yielding
editor up to the point Of Vgor requisite for plump and
positive refusal 20
"This done. the victorious though minute Albany
Scribe returned TO his favore stamping ground In the
Hobbies Of our State Assembly and Senate-perfecty
confident that the pro.Broadway gentlemen could not
offer him less remuneration for his services In this
matter than the o. 900 which Mr.. A. T. Stewart" Uo
says the Scribe has paid TO the subscriber for his serv
ces In this affair 1t then that my lcttsr-already
ignoniniousy rejected in ono newspaper ofhce--was
carried to your paper for publication"
FULL CONFIRMATION OF TIE sCRTDE's STORY.
Tho accuracy Of the statement made BY this little
Teutonio Miesan must be perfectly obvious to yeur
SELF the editor Is the other great daily and TO Mr.