, 1869-02-09
WASN'T TON.
Simultaneous Dttrtass Of LobbYi4lt
Blusk.Mailcrs, Compounden and
Corrupt Cangrtnmen.
Row In Committee.
Contempt; at tho Bar Of tho
Il r
Personal Itama,
From Our QFu Correspondent.

From Our o m Correspondent.
WAsM1xofoH, Feb. 4, ib13.
advised you two weeks uso that corrup'
ttou had come 10 Its cllu,nx and that the era
OF sctsibulion w4s about to begin. This was
shown On Wednesday, when the corrupt stu.
tIoncfs, Dempsey &: O'Toole, were driven
d1grace1 through the 1obbIes o{ the House,
ana With them The dynasty Of 6taslouers'
Hall came to its conclusion. I'm Thursday
the indian sink went out Of existence
with case Of contempt for its closing
catastrophe. Meantime h case Of
1iack. mailing was being adiu Heated In The
silent cloisters of a committee and this was
The vital case, around which all larger ard
lesser corruptIons hung. proceed to make
this plain to you, 1or 1t is the most familiar
iostauca hare ever met of oclIberate al
tempt to combine the press, public Office,
and ruffanism in one extraordinary league |
against deccncy and honesty.
REAL LIFE OF l NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT. |
came to this city year ago and found |
the average Of newspaPer writer's very low,
The was good deal Of industry exhibited in |
chasing up items Of news. There were few |
acter ind worked townrd it, Bnt the aver
| egc taste was low; the talk was low
then there have been few
rehned accesslons, like Don Platt. but |
ear above Scandal have al.o been added,
some of them earning rEccariuus livelihood |
| between Post Office agency and an odd job
ut reporting. had occasion soon afterward
to test the magpanimily Of this body BY 4
Senator Ben Wade. They provcd to b,
politicians rather than writer's and stood
ready, with few exceptions, to hail the
rising, sun by executing his Teageauces un,,
solicited. Mr. Wade at that time expressed
BIZ opinion Of many Of them By saying that
them the more they cling to you." Mr.
Whitelaw Reid resented this, understood,
/ as it fell from 1fr. Wade's mouth, and Gen
eral Boynton reused TO telegraph the ID.
gsaas3on gfnt1sbi ot 10 %ed aesna fssueFs tss o,o
sion rather than to elevate It
was most apparent, ono Instance Of which
| happened only two Wcekh ago, when SEND
| tors Harlan apd Polncroy rebutted the at-
lacks Of The newsRapsss. Or one Of M thsse :sa. ssn.
snrakcd out By compliuentlng the press.
Tho sneak WIS spared, and the bolder man
was scored. / should never have Inflicted
this severe estimate upon the public bat To-
The discovery speedily made, that in 1egis'
, csally party. Tic corrupt journalists con.
. centratc shout ono Office, and tho agent Of
: | the Office has ut last been discovered, and
: | will probably lc dealt with. II q condign
example be made Of the case, thtDk you
:. aegressivencss of the correspondents upon
Jobs nru jobbcry.
:. The name Of this man you have already
q ordinary cxmpllac.tlon Of the heights
a md depths 10 which audactty cur
70. Without education, breeding
L or appearance isu has been IN absolute power
n In politics md journalism here, aud the who'll
y the terror he could inspire. No c!ul,n, Just o'
unjust, could escape Ills ccosurc unless 1T
10 bearers suffered the stigma OF personal cou
Is Incl with him. His activity fur snal'gnit,
H. extended !nto gil domains. IL appeared b
~ =. War md made tho scyercst statements, upoI
G. Generals the army. Unable to speak IN,
- larguugc cutrectly, even bis own, he went 4
~ -. Europe 10 ru:li Tue fortunes q patcnt rtc
=. lie was an active agent ofthe Paclilc Railroad
10 fdentiai iricnd Of Senator Wade. lie VA
N made the Clrrk to the Post Utllce Commit
I'd tee. The high tariff rug, the Union pacitl
Eastcrq Dlslsion RUG, tue Jay Goo
"a Laq iDta5a9ee n,, 1;inE, m nre al, all believe
ia spondent OF the New York .sua md the Phi'a
or ccIphia Inquirer. in the former paper claln
ar Ing to be stockholder, and his oiiiec In
re- BEEN the rendezvous for the most slipper.
r.. men N Congress; fomc .n.ny there to be DE-
49, fend.d, some TO be admitted to Jobs, sot1,
:, contagion. Around him pair Of foot pad
u! waited TO run down the game that he cout
:" scent. No one wished to face his unse1upr
=, lous md wanton viudlctivencss. lie steppc
ow forward with Inventions to stop confirm!
II tions. He sent to Butler scraps for lmpeac!
ng ment. To. dag, because he was charged for
ug copy OF the Elo1t, he threatened 10 ssbu
to it, In revenge upon Simon Cameron Ii
In contrived matcrial to beat the formers Sol
css iu-law for Congress. George Adams, tt
correspondent Of tho New York 1Yorld, sal
mr. m "If that man had been down upon me,
~. should have gone to tho Old Capitol Prise
- during the war" can summon 1ity poop
~ asa Of this city who have bccu mo1ested by' tu
o. oa, person for motives Of gain: At last, bold
nee he has been exposed, notwithstanding pe
the sIstent efforts to intimidate witnesses.
Ind consider that Alaska is cheap1y acquired
the the opportunity tt has given to smoke Q
cd, tnwartcd all sincere journalism hithers
heF The committee are now beinE exhorted
tai. suppress bis name. II this vile nest
into broken up, Washington correspondence "
,me not continue the thing II WIS, With Il
..a ',eh ,paralyzing or dcbaslpg example Of succc
~ - iul rillainy before II.
" REVISING ETACTEs.
sue William Johnston and Charles P. Jam
'tas commissioners to revise the statutes Of
10 United States, report that more than
'me repealed ny Congress to give sanction to Il
sing small part Of their work which refers to t
army, the navy, and the public pfintl'
They show the exceeding magnitude and
Ice. tanglcment Of their work, chiefly caused
the fotwarlncss OF Congress to lcglslate
hes every comfortable matter. And they dec1
ties that In order to rccast the statutes prope
into they must acauaint themselves with the
uail tire history and machinery Of the COVE
4 ment. Their report is q dlgnified docune
Mr. c1cmplifyinE Ii Its results the principle
feet "maEe haste slow1y.'
hing DEPARTMENT OF HOME Affairs.
$ Of Senator Henderson, who has sailed to CT
.her with his young and beautiful wilc, introaa
on the eve Of his departure bill cstabl
rect Inc Department Of Home Affairs. The
N m partmen' OF the Interior Is row yast Nor
Oh. ark of disconnected Interests. There b
sea been split from 1t two or three bureaus. s
Ct Ct a. as agriculture, cducatien. and pate
s;rs x a The great building, called the Fat
n. snt1. patent models, and to this end b5
ID b. 1esuttry Of slow approaches, theY are
gent lug 1t the Interior department building.
sdcd four splendid galleries, now filled with II
o,e1t els, are mcnaced with the loss OF the blu
,ches great front gallery, and Us tue models
:men ssacS growing in uumber, it is proposed to 81
inted them OILY toF limited number OF &c
'o11t. Heuderson's biii aims to consolidate
= y ne Land Office, Indian titiee, Education Bor
nnfe "efe Freedmau's Bureau, and Bureau OF II
ween | md Mining. pass no opinion upon
nifty proposition, leaving It for yonr cdltt
d dc: judgment but I venture to suggest Q 11t
assed oi accommodating the Secretary Of the
aktn& rior without annihi}ntinE the model rooE
!, fGe 7os thu Patent ot1lee. Here Is . huse: feu
ntnss .tT Smithsonian. Half Of It IS occupied by
CIV. families oil two Of its Professors, who
ing i; great parties there, and dream that
those dwell In marble halls. A very little OF
R9'1Ss ssso! + asyo,sa stts to SO
cas,on Y lites The rest Is tho residence OF the G
nen:s e iss Es. leops 0' 1ne sps vii 1S of and smt
:og,D;;- OPP; the founder Of thi; pepper-eastor.
Aasl' already been violated, If 1t had any Int
INT tation TO it. Ills money vas lost In Arkt
,,aseG /, 90 State bonds. The present edtticc Was
Iassu bs;4 with half million OF goyernmcnt mono,
have Is surrounded by spacious RESERVATION
,dcro. on a knoll beside It the Department OF
eicna. culture has been put up; Here Is roo1
slsna' .s; tue homo department, Let the Grand
ansas 60 elsewheseI Utilize these marble /
,., cop1" Clear ont of the middle Of Pennsylvania
y .b. ~. enue the miserable market sbambles =
nd Of suss .ns h .sr+s ~ rn,rh oro hninc n.
,taec ~ private people for government room
tnese Treasury Department alone e1pc'
ouusss .nass S,9eu q year, and hiring FIVE outi!
iaIa Thus wil' snithson's will have cheeri
cir de- T. ro,,+ r. 1,oanls rom the
for no w. MI, 10 ~ d..,-or Nm hcs, montt
to the QUIZ ~. - %-e.r3cn1, t1sr;rs + cost I
wledcc y. ~ ~ 4.onf ral5Srr " the natrnt
) take 1o " ~ -" EoS, r. ~
OF the n1n noa3 ai.ar - =, i, roto nficcs Tai
~ e'ef nlty Thousand dollars aud pu
1862. plain b1lck pnaIo!ne ~. souas'
nd bust | But save the nooels. 41eIc auteAtois r
yc.r1ry ! every dag cleaning hints tor new iueel
to lh:m | combinations The Patent 0thce IL no
stscttoa. administered. Commissioner Foot }
Wenl, uANI1 tae eoas Ss"N'oAe' 1'7 ~
overland mouln " wv. ,..-,,,~.-
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