The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-14


We repubsh in our double sheet to-day, the Sc.
ries of letters called the "Wmorr CoRREspoN.
pEScE," giving very curious and original descrip-
ton OF the Of Fanny Elsser in this country
during the years lSiO--'4l-'f2. We have published
different portions of this correspondence at brief
intervals during the last fortnight but we now re-.
publish the whole in one mass for the purpose
OF presenting TO cur readers, the public,
and the newspaper press Of this city, and
country the evidence which we some time ago
promised them, tending TO prove the gross false
hood and atrocious mendacity of the charges pub
lished in several OF the papers Of this city, under
the name of one Henry Wikofr II is needless for
US TO so now into any further exposition Of the
merits OF the controversy, or to say another word
in defence OF our conduct throughout the whole
affair.
For many years past our contemporaries in this
city and elsewhere, have been in the habit of
making the most baseless charges against the pro-
prietor and editor Of this paper, accusing him of
exterting black mail' from various individuals
This imputaton originated, we believe, with NJ M
Noah, who published the Ev,ning Star, and who
could not for the life of him comprehend how single
individual without the sast aid from banks or veal
thy capitalists, but BY the single exercise Of his own
talents and industry in dgnied and honorable pur-
suit, create such an extensive and influential public
journal as the Ne.o York Herald Without the slight
est foundation, in tact-without the shadow of evil
dence that man Noah, and all those in confederacv
with hun, from that time till the present. have been
endeavoring to Impress on the public mind, rhe idea
we were IN the habit Of making these extortions
on the public. When we asked for evidence, no
reply was made. When we called Tor proof, our
calumniators answered only by fresh abuse. No
evidence was ofered-no proof was attempted-it
was all surmise, and conjecture, and caumny.
AT last, creature came forward who had served
in the capacity Of "agent'' to Fanny Ess!er, the
in her career in this country, and who,
In that capacity became possessed Of certain ordi
nary facts connected with her, and with this new
witness, our contemporaries, 10 whom we have al
luded, revived the old exploded calnmny-greedily
seized upon and paraded before their readers the
infamous falsehoods Of this 'agent' Of the cele-
brated danseHse, and shrisked out in the old style,
that We were guilty of extortiDg black mail from
Fanny Elssler. Fortunately, we had preserved the
whole Of the correspondence wyaten by this very
lndvrdnal--tbls "aSent," and we now, give il in
bulk, from bt ginning to end and thus pat into the
possession OF our numerous readers IN Europe and
America, the most conclusive proof Of our dyinter-
.sedness, and the fansnlng evidence sfthe "axnts"
rslsehood.
The proof thus exhibited of an innocence If all |
hsse vile charges, and Of the namy Of the creature
who made them, is, indeed overwhelming. We |
hax we have never seen drawn by any han&, by |
any of the most skilfus painters OF human weak |
hess and depravity, such portraiture eff nfamy,
ls this creature WikoE Mas given in this coryee-
'ondence, in which his % character is mirroysd |
rom top to bottom, i'm all the hideousness of it's |
broad outlines, and all the disgusting minute sss
If Its details. The sillines-the utter des,ituticn,
which he manifests, Of even that shsewdness
which often gives pscude-dignity to knavery-the
entire absence of that self-respect which 80 rarely
altogether deserts even the most abandoned-she
the cool unblushing falsehood, the base
ngrasltude, the low vulgar malice, which are ex-
,ibned in this correspondence, makes us blueh
or that humanity, to which one is tempted to
ioubs whether the creature has Legitimate right
and title. AS to the vindieation which it affords Of
;lsser's in this country, there is no neess-
tty 10 add u syllable.
All that we want now is to see our con.enspo-
aries, who have been led astray by this malicious
erson, coming forward like men, and aeknow |
edging that the evidence presented establishes |
he perfect propnety OF our conduct This |
,as been already done by one--the Tsibwns |
in frank and manly way, and we trust |
hat there is magnanimity enough in the |
,thers to impel them to like honorable course |
# conduct. We call upon them, then, to come |
onward like men, and admit that we have been |
slandered. Ii they do not do SO vounta-
lily, we have only course left-,hat is, to COM
ei that justice, which, their own sense of honor
will not induce them to exhibit