Mobile register and journal. [volume] (Mobile, Ala.) 1841-1849, 1845-10-02

HIHE BOOK OF THE DAY. - ne streets are
placardcd with announcement under this heading
of publication which purports To give the secret
political history Of The State of New York for some
wears hack and To contain the 'ives and opinions Of
Benjamin Franklin Buer,f nd Jesse ll0yt, with
Anecdotes or Biographical Sketches Of stephen Al
lem George p. Barker, Jacob Baker, james Cor
DIN Bennett, Samuel r Belts, Isaac w. Bishop,
F. P. Blair, Walter Browne, e. c. Cambreeng,
Moses L. Canine, J. I.Cotdngton, VIM II. Craw-
ford, Edwin Croswe, Isaac Kible, Cornelius W.
Lawrence Isaac q. Leake, Charles L. Livingston,
Edward Livingston, VIM, l.. Marcy. NJ. NJ. Noah,
Thaddeus Phelps, Elijah +. Purdy, Roger Skinner,
Peter w. Spicer, Samue Swariwoui, h. 1. Ihroop,
Henry Ushoefer, lohn Van Buren,, Martn Van
Buren,. Prosper Nj. Wetmore. Campbell T. White,
Levi Woodbury., Silas Wright, Samuel Young. and
their friends and political associates, by VIM. L.
Mackenzie. Cook & Co., Publishers, Boston,
Not having read the work, are only able to
speak of its character from the accounts Of 1t, and
extracts, which find in the Tribune and the Tx
press-lhe only journals that have been unprincped
enough to make OF private papers, obtained b.
fraud Of the most attrocious and damning charhctr.
For this work is IA collection Of notes said TO hae
heen addressed To Mr.. Jesse Hoyt, while Collerbr
Of the port by various persons OF more or less po'li-
cal eminence, during time OF unusual agitation All
excitement in The public mind. How far these note
are authentic; how far if authentic, they have bee
mutiated by the scoundre who has the cfrontery
place his the title pnge, and to what extent
if both authentic and unmulIated, they involve tn
regulations of the individuals so unwarranabiy ant
malignanty dragged before The public, we canno
say. Those are points upon which we shall not re
mark until wa are better informed of the particulars
We are told, however, by pei sons who have looked
into these papers, thai iflue they contain nothing
culpabe the part OF many ofthe distinguished per
who abused.
But there is one aspec, Of the business TO which
are bornd to refer. We mean, the utter and I'm
para leed disregard Of all moral and honorable prin
cipe by which the confidential papers of private IN
divdnals are published To the world. We think We
have never heard OF more despicab,
piece Of kna,ery than has been resorled 10 IN pro
curing and printing these documents. The edito
ms nuales thai they WEE lied by the PoIndexte
commission and transmitted In washington, where
by some nexpicable chance, they were bought t.
light. Yet this we have authority for saying, is
positive fisehood.
The private papers Of ifr. Hoyt have been stored
away in box in private room OF the Custom
House, under ii strong lock and key Mackenzie
about two years ago, was appointed 10 cierkShip
under Collector Van Ness, and pu' in the exclusive
occupation Of the room, in which Mr. lioyt's private
and legal papers were deposited. 1t is said tina
other clerks were removed from the rom, at Mack
enIze's Instance, that he might indulge his searehn.
nropensltes un'uolesed and 10 The full. ! he pro
bIliS is therefore, hat these papers, so far az the
are genuine, have been stolen from the box, and 81
ieloninusy made public OF the proceeding, and o
the publication OF letters obtained in this way. w
agree with morning wing paper, the Courier am
Enquirer, with which do not often have occasion
TO agree. 1t says
tIt ia nsau;,ied in preliminary notice, tina
these papers were obtained by the Pondexter com
mission, and carried Washington, and in tina
way, by some unayowed means, has seen the light
we do not believe this story, and rather imagine il
will turn ou-if, we suppose ia undoubted, the
letters be genuine--that they have been leonioush
purIoined from locked depository in of the
OF the Custom House, where thew were left for safe
keeping by Mr.. Royt, and are now given 10 the pub
ic from mingled feeling oil personal vengeance ant
mercenary speculation. ..
''In this shape the publication is infamous. and
should be denounced by all who value the invloabili
ty of private papers, which than the invo
liability Of persons, goes to make freedom secure.
alt is a sound axiom that the receiver of stolen
goods is better than The thief; and to publish any
portion of these letters would, in opinion, put us
on a par with the individual who has thrown them
before the public. ANY editor who would publish
them would, it is to be presumed, have done all thai
Mackenzie has done. Certainly, no person pretend
ing TO entertain the feelings of gentleman could
possibly lend his columns snch AN iniquiious pre-
ceeding. That some papers have and will publish
them, no one can doubt who is familiar with the
character Of IA portion Of The press; but most assur
eddy. no respectable press will thus proclaim ita
any editor Thing bit gentleman. ri Eve. Post.