Mr. SPALDING. I wish to say that that mistake was brought about to some extent through my agency. When the Gentfrom Iowa [hIl. HunsAan] spoke of ct al., I supposed that it was the name of a man. I ca led the attention of my friendfrom WestVirginia to the matter, and asked whether that man was one of his appointees. In doing so, I was in error. Laughton], Mr. WHALE. Mr. Speaker, I believe the reporters who have seats here in this House are either employed and paid by the House, or assigned to places in the reporters gallery by the consent and order of the House. I believe indirectly they have seats assigned to them by the Speaker. Let me say the able reporter for the Gazette, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, has been gone from this city for 4 months. I have known him for many years, and l have rearded him as an excellentgentlemzin and an able correspondent. His successor, H. V. N Boynton, isason of the Chaplain of this House. Every member of this House must willingly confess that we have all profited by the pious prayers ofour Chaplain; butwhen his son, occupying a seat by the courtesy of the House sends forth an article so unkind, so ungeneruus, so unfair, and so unjust, against me as a meniberof the House, it is a duty I owe to myself and to my friends to set the matter right here and before the country. I appeal to the old members that nopersonal attack could be made upon me because of any personal misconduct on my part. I feel assured all will agree I have done in duty. Members with whom I have associate know that I have been uniformly courteous in debate, that l have been kind by nature; therefore the attack upon we must be ascribed to some political motive, and to nothing else. Now, I de served better treatment at the hands of the Union men of Ohio. When the rebellion was powerful, with others I made an effort and such eeeded in throwing up a barrier which saved the border counties of Ohio from the pillage and ravages of the hordes of secession. l have only done my duty in so doing, but it deserved some better return than this malicious attack. I will say. in conclusion, that it has grown too common for correspondents who have been assigned seats here to slander members of Congress. I do not fear them where I am known. My associates know I have done my full duty. Who will deny my earnest effort to discharge my duty to the country when contemptible rebels attempted to destroy it? During the death struggle Iwas the uncompromising enemy of the rebels and the contemptible doctrine of secession and what I have done I have done to the best of my ability; no one could do any more. I thank the House for its attention.