The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-03-20
Pittsburgh, Pa.
lCorTespondense OF the HERALD

tr PirrsBrRoB, Feb. "a, l84I.
Bankrupt Lasc-Aiss Crogan-Me Press-Duteh
Row-Decency Rotc-Fancy Baii-Hon. Harvey
Boihman- Boz-he Banks-tLe Heraid-t.s Clergy
Gambling HeAs, and ,oorse places!
DEAR BENNETT
Business is as dull here as every where, and just
as many folks are taking the benefit in our Iron
speaking. Only the other day a chap took the
benefit OF Uncle Sans law, and then married for.
tune next day talking of such things, that eope.
ment at Staten Island kicked up quite fuss in
city, the husband not being the one a young lady
should have, and would probably be tarred and
feathered if he ventured here.
COL Croghan left here yesterday for your city,
whence he departs for Earope in quest of his er-
ring daughter The fortune Of five millions was
left her only upen condition Of her marrying with
her parents consent.
Our newspapers are going ahead in the same
manner as in your city. The credit dailies, the
Advocate, Gazette and American, are crawling
along slowly ,.busng the "derald and Bennett, and
the impudent Chronicle, saacy little cash paper,
which has been going for some months past, not lit
tie either, for il has enlarged twice since it
started, and gives more reading matter than any of
its stupid opponents. II may not be uninteresting
to give you a short account Of these opponents Of
yours. who are firing away at you and your enter
prisng agent, Mr.. Berford, him of the Literary
Depot, 65 Fourth street. The first of this Pitts
burgh Cerberus of the rotten credit press Is Mr..
Parkin, who calls you an "hunnaturalized halien;"
he published q Political paper here, years before
he was naturalized-oh. consistency But George
Is good natured creature, and we'll let him OF
easy. Second on the list, is Greasy Jim, puff-r of
the bravo Temperance House, (which "has iustre
ceived some choice wines and liquors,') cam
phene oil, &C. Jim Biddle 10 the chap who had
the fight with our 'st master and got most essen
TALLY used up. He's an anti mason, which he says
- ''good enough to fool the country people," aud
fights with deacon White, Uhe third Of this beau.
tful tri0,) who used to denounce anti onry but
gave his masonic principles in part payment for
the anlimasonic paper, the Gazette, which he now
publishes. The deacon is very moral and pious
gentleman, tho was formerly engaged IN the re.
dreth's pills.
ball on Tuesday night, at Concert Hail, Of the fan
cy kind. l am unable to give the parti culars.-
There was deuce of aKrout row among the Dutch
soldiers on Liberty Street, on the 22d, in which
with a brOad-swOrd; also q small one in Third
street, in which son of one of our Judges and
son OF an old Congress man took part. Our old
friend, Hen Harvey Boilmaa, returned fromEurope
The Bank papers are abusing the old Pittsburgh
Bank because It has the audacity to pay out specie
In these days of rascality. Boz has not arrived
yet,and the Lord knows when he will The Herald
Is increasing its circulation wonderfully, and some
OF our merchants talk of advertising with you in
preference to the city papers Of small circulation,
and the attacks Of the venal wretches with which
our city swarms, only serves to increase your popu
larity with the honest and christian portion Of
feilow-citiz; ms. The clergy are great lovers Of
yours and one lately showed his affection, by taking
lecture from your paper Of October 4th, and read
ing It to the Writ Institute as his own
wish to heaven you was here yourself, dear
Bennett; you could rake up most awful quantity
Of rascality that 10 now unknown; hundreds Of oar
citizens, in respectable places in the community,
are in the habit of visiting bells, and Il had almost
and (alas y not the virtuous,-spend their hours
l will expose some of q most astounding nature in
my next, as want of paper compels ms to conclude
Yours. &c. BLIND SAM.