Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-07-12
Awful Week-- Bennett caught ut last--John
Haggerty victorious.

Haggerty victorious.
am al last on apar with Tom Hamblin. am
convictin the Court Of Sessions Oh Oh oh Yes
terday young Gil Hays came posting TO my Office
and muchin the decisive tone the sold chip" said
Bennett my boy, you wanted at the Court OF
Sessions"
l started, all over in a fever On reaching the
Court cast mine eyes around-there were the
venerable Recorder, Alderman Hoxie and Alder
man Smith, on the bench. Below were Mr. rne-
Nix the District Attorney and to my utter asenlsh-
ment, saw arrayed with him, against one poor devll
OF an editor Hugh Maxwell and David b. Ogden, the
two crack counsel of New York. My heart sank
within me, and my squirt eye was ten times more
triangular than ever. Turning to police officer
asked
"Can you point out TO me my friend, John Hag
gerty!"
"Dont you know him = replied he.
"No DON'T don't know that ever saw him.
should like to see him before die"
"Do you see that old gentleman sitting behind Da-
vid B. Ogden?'
81 do"
"That is he'
ever saw"
"Do you think so?'
eyes l do think SO. He is good looking an old
gentleman tina, would no, hesitate to shave his note
at once"
"Would you jim 2"
"Egad lwould-I would take his paper sooner than
the post notes of the Morris Canal of which he is a
director"
"No you would not!'
"Yes, butt woud-there is no mistake in thatface.
Queen Elizabeth said, good face is letter of recon-
mendation. say il is better. good face is good
an Endorsed note and negotiable any day in Wall
street. If had seen John Haggerty's face, before
published my list he never would have found his
name there--thars all"
BY this tiRe loafer was convicted, and then Mr..
Phenix called upon began to think of my awful
situation. "What chance haveI," thought !, against
these mighty men Of law? None at all l csm-
mitted the sin of publishing John Haggerty's NAME"
SAID to Mr.. Attorney. "Thercs no use of denying
it, am guilty Of publishing-but not guilty of any
HARM"
AT this moment Hugh Maxwell and David B. Og-
den were just preparing TO put on steam They look
ed awful, to my Imagination. Casting my eyes upon
the court jury, prosecutors terrible array ofcourse,
like an army crossing the Alps, stood up and pleaded
guilty to the charge.
swell, Mr.. Bennett" said the Recorder-"you can
put in your affidavi,s by Saturday,"
81 will, SAID l.
And thus ended the great victory of John Haggerty
the rascally editor of the Herald. thought Mr..
Maxwell and Mr. Ogden looked rather disappointed
but the spectators faces all grim from
to ear If the two pre-eminent council have re-
ceved their fees they ought refund them for there
was nothing earned
Seriously, however, the Wall street bankers will
never forgive the truths of my Wall Street Reports.
They try to make the warm feelings Of John Hag-
gerty the instrument to punish me, through grand
jury for my revelations of their tricks in trade, made
during the last and present years, in my popular
money market articles Very well-be it So am
ready to meet all Wall street. Before all is over
before they succeed in their object, the island Of
Manhattan and all Wall street itself will sink into the
sen. To John Haggerty himself never did any
harm. BY mistake, published his name among the
unfortunates, and correctedt next day. The respect
able houses of Burns a. Halliburton and Davis g.
Brooks were placed in a similar predicanent-but on
making the amende honorable, they did not act as
he has done. Since have seen him like him much
better than thought would. Towards John have
no bad feelings-but towards the fnanciers of Wall
street, shall ever MAINTAIN the same stand l do
now. have no fear of meeting jury Of freemen
in New York. The banks have not suspended all
Justice in the City Hall, although they have
pended all payments in Wall street "Come on,
vipers-you bite file"
RELIGIOUS CAMP MErrIso-An enchanting and
pious Camp Meeting is now holding at Bulls Ferry,
and will continue through the present week. Every
two hours steamboat leaves New York for the holy
grove. We learn that numerous very worthy people
Of fashion proceeding thitberward, tired OF
the gewgaws Of this world and ready to embrace the
first opportunity TO light their dying souls at the torch
of heavenly love.
Camp Meetings, as they are called are of very an
cent date. In the primitive ages Of Christianity, the