The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-06-09
The Beach Indictment.

| and in the American" a commentary equally
false and contemplate. Here they are =
Ihe suit instituted by Bennett against Beach for vile
and geous libel upon Mrs Bennett published IN the
Sun time since, has, understand, been discon-
tinued Mr. Beach in yesterday sun made very com
prt hensive retraction and very humble acknowedg-
merchandising that there a shadow OF truth IN
the article, which he says was written by Mr. Bartlett,
the publication the Mr. Bartlett has made al.
hdavh to the facts that he told by Mr. Beach to write
article character thu Beach gave i'm the
lines oil IT, real before its publication and afterwards
expressed his full approval it, We have been told that
this reracton Beach pays Bennett $4,000 to have
the suit discontinued. The criminal suit on the indct-
ment found against Beach for the publication is yet
10 be tried but by the agreement Bennett pledges him
sen 10 90 nothing 10 procure conviction. We trust the
District Attorney needed neither Mr. Benefits assistance
nor to induce him to do his whole duty
IN the matter without fear or avor.-N y Tribune.
SO lar the Tribune and to the arrangement between
thetw editors whether the beer pays the injured par
" 5000 or 600 we have not word TO say 1t quite
natural that money should such persons be the
chief measure of injury and the satisfactory means
OF redress but the public have word or two to say IN
this matter and remains to be whether an indic
ment by grand jury be arranged the footing OF
mere individual transaction.
quite time the abom Unable practice of certain news
papers, 10 drag females and the relations Of private life
be checked by something formidable than the par
tia ignominy ofpubhng lie, and the subsequent HUI
initiation of avowing il to be To ingenious minds,
this would be the last disgrace but then ingenious
minds would never commit the oence.N Y. .4merican
In reply TO these remarks, we have only to say
that there has been withdrawal Of the civil suit
no settlement on part. Our COUNSEL A. l..
JoRDoN, Esq, has directions proceed at with
the process-to place the whole case before jury
and whatever verdict be returned, whether So, 900
or 10000, or SIS, 900, the whole amount after pay
log our bare legal expenses, shall be appropriated for
the public charities of New York-one half to the
Protestant, the other to the Catholic. We would
not polute our fingers with a single red cent of mo-
ney by way OF reparation for an attack on female
reputation that is pure and spotess is sacred.
| We mean TO make this case a marked era in the
history OF the newspaper press, and we shall do it.
In reference to the criminal suit, have nothing
TO do. We have done our duty, and the RESPONSE
bility now rests with Recorder Talmadge and the
Court of Sessions. We shall, an individual, call
fora just and impartial execution of the laws. Re-
corder Tallmadge must, in this affair, take care of
| his own reputaton-look TO his own heart-mea-
| sure his own duty, and remember that the eyes of
the community are fastened upon him-and not of
this community alone, but of those beyond the mar
row limits of this city.
In reference to Beach himselfwe have word to
say. His recantation," it is called, his confess
sion in court, and his confession out Of court, we
regard with equal contempt. II it be possible to
conceive nyblacker and meaner degree of wicked
ness than the original libel it is to be found in the
in court. After having spent several months In
looking up among my discarded servants and wait
ers whether he could not find some wretches base
enough TO swear fasely-after being foed in his
attempt to suborn Baker-after being abandoned by
his own wife on numerous charges of crime and
wickedness-thism man, Beach, and his miserable adj
visers have the bold efirontery to avow to the world
that they had to make thorough search in the pr-
,( hall
ii moral and respectable. And this is the recanta
tatien which the miserable man dared to think will
furaish him with the means of escape.
But we perfectly understand all this buslness-all
this skirking and skining-within the precincts of
the walls OF justice, and round about among the salt
pork elite or sour-krout arisocracy The infamous
conspiracy in which Beach has been caught did not
originate with him. He is only the low-minded,
vulgar villain, who had more effrontery but less
cunning than the others The conspiracy TO destroy,
| by fasehood, my character and that Of my family,
began IN 1910 ] was no sooner married than GER
tam cGqaes Of the pckled-mackerel aristocracy of
| New York began to iabricate iaslehoods about the
birth, parentage, and character Of my wife, who in
every point, is equal TO any in this country. The
| ''Courier and Enquirer conducted by James w.
Webb, and the "Signa, - by Park Benjamin, called
upon the proprietors Of the Astor House, where we
then resided to turn out of doors for want of char
| acter. Gross and outrageous insinuations were
! pubshed-and direct and false charges made-by
those two papers, aided by the Evening STAR, con-
Quoted by M. M. Noah SANDER in private and
SANDER in public were resorted to.
But the proprietors of the Astor House were too
manly TO heed such nsolence. The war went on.
Private SANDER secret espionage, and all sorts OF
tricks, were resorted 10 to put down Bennett-to put
down the Herald-and TO put down his influence
and power. Spies were deputed to watch my house
| in Chambers street, and If shutter was opened or
closed it marked and told of as something very
mysterious. il ] went TO Saratoga-to Rockaway-
10 any other public placelitlle knots OF the salt
pork aristocracy would get together, and circulate
every species of SANDER and falsehood against my
whole family. At Rockaway, last year, caught
young fellow, by the name OF Henry Allen Wright,
commonly known as Poke Wright, taking too many
| liberties of this kind called him TO account-he de-
MED it, ending lesson that he will not soon forget
| The New York Aurora" now the organ of Captain
Tyler, and especially the organ of John c. Spencer,
commenced lis existence and continued for long
time with the most gross and beasty defamation of
my wife and family. 1t was probably this quality,
| that recommended it to the guard The Z" New
| York SUM- took up the horrible theme, and under
| the plaudits and encouragement OF M. M Noah In
the "Union, it went farther and faster than any
of the other conspirators, until he has been brought
up all fast in his present position.
The purpose was, from first to last-to destroy
to destroy our family peace-to destroy our
blshment, by every species of falsehood, persecu-
tion, untruth, and private SANDER. A more afro
cous conspiracy never existed in any country
against single individual Happily we were made
of that stuff, that could meet-resist and
whelm the whole confederacy. The day of retr-
button is now come. We are in a stronger-a
better-and more invulnerable position than ever
and the knaves shall feel it, before it is all over