The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-02-22


The Recent Expresses with Foreign News.
1t seems that the last express run from Boston to
the NsW York Herald office, with the news by the
clipper steamer Hibernia, which beat the expresses
of the combined press of Wall street, and which
made the fifth beat in the receipt of important
foreign news that we have given to the other New
York papers in the last fortnight, caused some con-
versafion In the city yesterday and the day before,
and produced an unnecessary sensation in certain
quarters AS the Wall street press feel the effect of
these repeated exhibitions of enterprise on our part
and are disposed to grumble little thereat, we think
IL no more than farto all concerned to give brief
history OF the expresses run and attempted to
be run, with the news by the Hibernia
According to all authentic accounts, there were
three expresses arranged to bring this news, de-
cidedly the most important that has been received
here tor years. One of these was, of course, for
the New York Herald another for some one else,
nobody knows whom, perhaps for Shocks,
and the third was for the Courier, Journal Of Com
merce, Tribune, in fact for the allied press OF Wall
street. This last given to those extraordinary
express riders, Messrs. Harnden & Co 10 arrange.
Ours was managed by 'Messrs. Thunder, Light
ming 81 Co., capital Express line in Boston, and
the second affair was arranged by blood relation
TO Burst-his-Boier, a chap remarkable for "dry
exploslOns"-as they are called at the West.
Harnden, who was determined to beat every one
and outrun himself, or leave his breaches behind,
made arrangements to express the news by To-
conceive over land TO Stonington, and thence
take the Mohegan to New York magnificent
arrangement, and exactly like one he made few
years ago, which resulted in as complete defeat,
this last did, except in this last he did not
dare run. The blood relation to Burs-his-B had
locomotive to Worcester, and was in hopes of get
ting one to Springfield, but his steam and tobacco
gave out, and he was therefore compelled to run
thence by "strong" horse to Hartford, where we
supposed he arrived in safety, and lodged for the
night. Thunder, Lightning Il Co., who run for
us, managed their rcins much better than either
of the others-thus
The Hiberria arrived at the wharf at Boston a
few minutes after eight clock on Monday morn
ing. At half-past eight, Lightning started with
Thunder's horses, and reached birmingham,
twenty one miles, at quarter to ten. He then
flashed on to Worcester, where he arrived one
hour and a half before the relation to Burst-his-
Boiler reached there with his locomotive, and left
there two hours and half before the latter could
get the said ''strong horse After this he went so
rapidly, that anything but his streak till
he reached the Ne,D York Herald Office about five
O'Clock on Tuesday morning. His movements
along the route were like constant succession of
flashes of lightning.
This is true statement Of the three expresses
run, and attempted to be run, on this occasion. In
consequence of ours being the only successful one,
the result Of which every one has seen, it was cur
rently reported in the Courier Office yesterday and
the day before, that we had bought off Harnden.
Now we are authorized by the very best authority,
to contradict this, and that we do so most emphat-
cay. We do his, because it was reported in the
Herald office that Harnden is not considered worth
buying off, and upon tracing this report to its foun
dation, we found these reasons for the reports-
Two or three years ago, we made contract
with Messrs Harnden IL Co., to run an express
under certain contingencies from Boston on the ar
rival of one of the steam ships. This contract in
cluded the Courier, and, we believe, some
other papers. This express was to cost $3.50
of which we were to pay our share. 1t was run
by Harnden in most bungling manner, without
any regard to the said contingencies, and against
positive orders, and he then brought in bill for
1915, or the whole amount, 1t matters not which |
We paid him $50 on account, till We could exa-
mine into the"matter We found that the express
was an abortion, and contrary to all orders and
all advice. We, therefore, considered, that Harm
den was not entitled to a cent, and he is conse-
quently $50 IN her debt. This, and the interest
thereon, at seven per cent from the day, we paid
Mr.. Wyman, his cashier, to this day he now owes
us, and we wish him to bear it in mind What we
thought the Courier thought also, and we do not
believe that they paid him single copper for that
miserably managed express. We mention this
thus particularly, because Harnden has stated in
the public bar rooms, that we owe him $500 |
This he is to prove.
This was reason for the report in the Herald |
office. Another is fresh in the recollection of
every one who cares button about the matter |
We will mention it, however.
Within the last year, we again, in connection |
with other New York papers, made an arrange |
nent with him to express the foreign news to us |
rom Boston, and three consecutive times paid him |
,ur share Of the expense of said expresses, for |
which We have his bills. When we expected the |
Jews for the fourth time, we were astonished to |
ind that it was very mysteriously received by a |
ingle establishment in this city. No could |
ccount for this We made our charges. We said |
hat Harnden ought to have sent the news to us |
nd the others per agreement; but these charges
we're never noticed, not to this day. What were |
We or the public to think of this conduct!
This was the other reason for the reports in the |
Herald Office and taking every thing into consde-
alton, they were just
Now, Harnden is a very clever man; he can car |
y parcel from this city to Boston with perfect |
'afety he managed his latter business very well
while he was connected with the post office, and
about which he and Postmaster Graham got into
beautiful little quarrel; but when he gets too big
or his breaches, and steps out of his regular bu-
siness common carrier" to run expresses
against every competitor, especially against Thun-
der and Lightning, he makes failure, and bursts
his breaches or his boiler, and sometimes both
WALL STREET FINANcIERING-All the papers
north, west aud south--are making some of the Sc
vercst commentaries we have yet seen on the re-
cent astounding exposition of the management of
he North American Trust Company Some of