Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-08-22

residing in Hartford, Come cticut, has for
warded TO us two or three poctica cffisions,
and one prose essay, for publication; and as
they came to US under the guise of original
productions, one Of them was published as such,
to our patrons. 1t was prose article, en;i-
tied Paul Peters, and as VIC considered it quite
clever thing, as much to crafty our cores
pondent, as any one else. it was given to the
compositor. Since then We have been inform
cd that it was not original, but was published
some months since IN the Chrystal Hunter,
literary periodical, issued from the Ncw-York
Press of which we, Lowc,cr, know nothing,
as we never had the pleasure of reading it,
THIS information, was acquired of the gentle
man who communicated the article, and, who
for his cond t, has handed to US the follow
ing explanation.
To the Editor of the Cadet-The prose
piece headed "Paul Peters," and two pooti-
, cal productions, which have sent to you, the
ore entitled "To Marict," and the other
Philip Of Mount Hope" were both taken
| from periodical, recently published in New
York VIZ: The Crystal Hunter.
! believe the prose piece had no signature
! IN the original publication, and | clapped such
an one to it as happened TO cross my mind al
the moment. The lines "To Mariet," we've
originally signed Cimon; and Philip of Mount
Hope" was signed Nv. Il. of N. Haven" but
a. had signed the frs. Cimon, thought no
harm in putting tho same to the second, a.
presumed that neither you, and probably bat
few of your readers had ever seen the Crys,.l
Hunter. My motives in sending you thes. ar
ticles, were merely to give them more OK
tended circulation (vhich thought the, de-
served) than they Id already had
Hartford, August IA
Ths explonltion, rs far from being sa,;-,r"c.
/ tory to us, aud w!!hos. intending to be 70, u
even uncivil, We will remark 10 our corresr,r.
dent, that by attaching signature to The pre-
ductions of another mans fancy, and then
sending those productions to us as original. he
| has committed an of'ncc on all the rules OF
literary license; and has rendered us liable to
be severely scodcd by The Editor of the Crys'
tai Hunter, and the author Of Paul Peters.
Such impositions, arc TO us, exceedingly vexi-
| tons and mortifying, and excite in MS, foelia3s
which we arc always unwilling to harbour.
! The mot res Of the gentleman, are AZ unat;.
, isfactory as his explanation; We do no. con.
ceive them to be proper or correct. If lie
wishes TO give circulation to the Crystal Hun
ter, by causing the productions contained III
its columns, to be Published in this paper, he
should at least pay the postage Of his letters;
for really, we cannot conceive why We should
be taxed forty or fifty cents week, merely to
give currency, and circulation, to a periodical
publication, published in the city OF Now-York, ,
, and about which. we know nothing more, than
what is gathered from the reports of the ito
rary circles Of the day. Our correspondent
will perceive, that though not angry, we are
not pic ascd with the course he has pursued
and II he communicates anything moro for our
paper, which has graced the columns Of the
Crystal Hunter, We insist upon his paying the
postage and then, if we think proper, we
will lay them before our readers. II is unnec-
cssary TO say, that the two last articles to
which he alludcs, will not be published.