, 1869-02-20
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS.
The Chicago journal is kind enough 10
tho following fr o1n The Con-


c.1d IN. H. Etd:tsman:
"Gco1ee Altrd Town-cnb> who wAs formerly
wItt& OF some bltlllaucY. but never had
Tho reputation ot reliable correspondent. has
fAllt 4 into degradation, aud become los, dtunF-
en- epcLntntEt and thyAitr. uufccoEnlzed ana c1.
cuscd IRON lh.is eocicty by the pre.s core
tpo1t. nte at Wnsh.rc'o>. lie hevsn hss c+Fc-s
BY M nc NV f9rk IL. ord ~ ma
vie attack. OF ihc BRICK potneroy stge noon pnh.
sa:i I'd srnator Wade, and ks hss recently written
scn1rilous srt,clca abpns senator shetmau. 1:n'
csa L2eae nf5sl no9'hsss asS as o1 %
trEn, Nnulwcli Iu the sasno xs',cles " his cuio.
s:zrd .ja,lc. ssooks and Fc,nunos Wood"
Slikc cut one halt Of the propsr names
In the atogc list and insertthst Of W. E.
Chandler, attorney" Of the Uaiuu
Pacific Isailfo d, Els.crn Division, in
whose interest the Concord IN. H.
Siot,ywan is supposed 10 be published,
snl iomc considerable light Is thrown
upon the paragraph quoted from that
SHEET, Mr.. CnanJltr ls law'er who
rrac i.rs bt fore CON mi tees OF Cor ercss.
IIr IS now, ard has been f,r snlne time,
pleading for railrold subsidy. Mr..
Townsend filed a demurrer to the plea
not long since, aud it seems that issue is
now Joined. Our symp.thies are with
Mr.. +" G .,ll in this contest, AID we havc
! not the smallest doubt that he will win
his case.
No man who kscps his hands in his
! own pockets, ano uses his position and
| ipflut nee to mstntain the public credit,
will have any cause to quarrel with our
Washington correspondents, or any need
to crmplaln that they arc mot in "gcot
society,"" The young man Painter is
equally shocked with the Concord
Stal.xman by the low company ant
erovelling tastes OF Mr.. Townsend. VI
have, now and then, an ouiburs: Of in
dignation from CoBgtessmen against thu
newspaper. correspondents at Washing
ton yet The man Painter is Clerk of tn,
House Committee On Post Of3c-s ans
Post ROADS, snd there seems not to b
enough virtue in the committee or in th
House TO cypcl him. lie Will
perhaps, have to be removed BY
Indictment. There is law which pro
vides that if any member or officer Q
either house OF Congress shall receive q
ngrcc to receive any money tor procu,
ing any contract. office or place from th
government, or any department. thereo
, he shall be liable to fine Of ten thor
, sand dollars and to Imprisonment
, the penitentiary two yesrs. Mr.. F. I
, Stanton testifits that Painter offered
2 receive money TO procure the passage I
: the Alaska Appropriation, and thrca
| encd to work against 1t unless none
was paid to him. 4 year or TWO ago, c
the occasion OF Iii, receiving Aosglr
from somebody, Mr.: Painter VI
: designated "an officer OF the Hou
: of Representatives by resolution
e the House, for the purpose Of punish'r
: the tl:gger. He cannot be an officer
II the ucu:e at one time, and an irrtspol
d slb7c nobody at another, while continu;'
e to hold the same office. It may be alice
5. that procuring an appropriation is 4
IF the same thi1g IS procuring a cnutrh
:. and hence that he is mt lisble to indit
10 ment under tie law; but that is q mi
ae technicali'y, having no moral 'orce wn
5 ever.
Ct 1t is fair, however, to state tha> !
:. Painter claims th4t Mr.. S'suton's tes
ri no1y is rot in accordance with the tat
n which, Of crurse, brings it down TO Qu
1g tion Of versci.y between the primo,
OF unlmecached witness and the allet
" OluckmgilCr,