New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-12
NEw-YORK SATURDAY MORNING, JULY H. rs45.


FOR the DAILY y. 7. Tribune.
Reply of PLiSY MILES 10 an article published By
PREF. FAUvEL-GoURArD, ~ he " J. Tribune
ofJD,e 25k
NORFOLK, va June .. ls45.
r. FRANCES FAuvELGouRAuD Professor. g..
SrR. Is you seem determined 20 have d correspond
ence Will answer your communication OF tie 18th
Notwithstanding the immense superiority which you feel
10 my humble self You win, trust excuse me for ad-
dressing ih letter directly you through the columns
Of The Tribune % You state have violated my word
when had -oemnly pledged my sacred honor. IN
certain articles Of agreement between IA. cl You say
that willingly submitted those articles Of agreement
without solicitation by you. 81 You'll lay claim 10 large
amount OF disin,ereed patronage and confidence gwen
me Now Sir what are the facts Those articles OF
agreement were mutual. You agreed 10 certain cond-
lions and agreed 70 some As % was not a peruniary
transaction but mutual pledge Of the word u Two par
les when that agreement was broken by one party Of
fe 0fir party discharged from hs part Of me
9o1af0n Your part Of that contract agreeing 20
furnish with any quantity Of your books 10 carry on
my eciurng. which my part Of the agreement opAsel
20 purchase 81 you, 20 supply my audiences Win
How / would a-k ln the name Of common sense could
furnish my pupils with your books, when you refused
f0 eel them 10 me You admit. 10 communication
the Charleston Courier that you refused 70 furnish
books. Iha' the nrs violation of our contract
You dared the Of that refusal lou Know
IL was because went 10 - Louis when held your per
mission in writing 20 lecture that place. % - aE
from submitting those articles OF agreement without
Your solicitation YOU well know thar you had the Wtleies
printed Gho cost Of which you were careful 20 Obtain
from the pupils you accredcd) and then You presented
the articles and requrfd every puph 70 h tnehl vrt
y0u tcOaH gre than fter cTfifc0s OF c1pfouNg IN
articles You aruly appended the words s4 capt
as) II soLEMNIY PLEDGE Ny SACRED HONOR 70 mat
par OF the contract that signed by the pupils but
omitted the SOLEMN promise in the part you yourself
agreed to. by simply wording il o. agree. &c.
3. Disinierested patronage :" Very di,interesied
that give the broad banner OF your Credentials 10
IN and O-A
techny and the binding them % an agree
10 furnish each and every Of their pupils with
copy of your printed Principles " small Pamphlet IN
sheets OF less than 100 pages for which they must pay
yOu--hOw much Why the m0dcrGc prce OF : piece,
SIS hundred when the cost OF printing ana paper
YOU have admitted, was less than cents per copy -
That exOrhiisni price often more than the lecturers
profits Some demonstrated at the outrageous price
Very well You say then go without my credentials
Then the course would have been Il was with some
YOU advertised them a. impostors Where are your hc-
credited Lecturers Nearly every one Of them, !
perhaps all, with the exception OF yOur servant o.
the present writing have LEFT the business m conse'
quence Of your eXtorton and selhshuess. fou say |
I never give any credit for your Invention
have always given you the credit OF accomplishing
much-more perhaps, than any other man could by
commencing without any knowledge OF the language |
That you are Of the first scholars OF the age have
over stated You quote the Editor of the Louisville Cou
rier a. evidence OF my violated contract man whose
shallow understanding only equalled by MS uhoiushh7
impudence and knaycry who, you well know, a-shied
the sysiem of Phren0 Mnemotechny calling huinbug
assaing yourself personally in the columns OF ms nsis
nhcant paper calling you and the teachers Of the sys
TEN by all Of vile ephets. that would have dis
graccd any decent journal while the miserable BOBBY
did not know the alphabet Of the system. When we |
signed contract It true that the system could
not be taught 70 any advantage without your books sim
ply because yours the only published on the
subject But necessity" that mother OF invention, /
has shown that any person Of ordinary abilities who
Is wei read. and who understands the English Language
perfectly, can get up Acknowledging applications ana
publish a work that the sysicm can be taught success
fully from Is it strange. sir that in constant practice
of this subject for fifteen months ! should md some
Improvements that could be made to this system On |
the contrary person must be remarkably stupid not 10
make Improvements and those in science which
progressive and stands in need Of improvements az
much a. this does
Our laws, Sir very properly protect all OF an author
composition from piracy bat this j. not country that
allows mORODois in any pursuit. An end must come 10
all Improvement when any one man can be allowed 70
usqrp field entirely to h ~ la Ms&ysD iaSr
OF their contemporaries you come 10 reside among
US This boasied land Of Freedom hope VIII ever be
an ASYLUM for the oppressed and dOwntrodden peasant
~ Of the Old World and really SIR do most sincerely
hone that we shall ever invite here receive cordially ana
protect and cherish scholars and Philosophers from al
nations But sir no man need come thinking that ne
can have entire hed his talents and enterprise an
TO himself You eau DE protected m any hechaical IN
veniiOns of yours by Law Of Patents ana IN me
compositions Of your pen and scientific reports wheie /
YOU tho actual author Copyright Law wal pro |
You must expect ere long II Phreno sipooo,cchny is
half what it, admirers say is 20 works on ihr LIB
iect az volunnous your own; which may not make
50 great dispiag Of scholarship, but viii perhaps con
tain much valuable science as your own lhNo't' D'l
lincs Ny small work OF 20 pages / shall soon PRINT
second edition Of and that mean shall nave some nm
prorcmcnfs on the first. Your remarks about keeping
me from starving fOr the last ID months are too parry
Ia need any reply You 10 think that quite mum
Der Of young Americans had nothing TO DO Tor 'lhs
until YOU came here from your own country ana gave
them an opportunity pick your pockets ke-pectus
o., ~ Al
YOU and which YOU say you kHOr you never -hal re-
ceivc' allow me 10 say that perhaps you VIII oe ulsap
pointed. shall hope 10 take You by surprise nj no very
distant day. by remitiin, you the money though non
esty believe that Jury Of my countrymcn would say
that had paid you money for books already thah
you IN kind OF Justice are entitled TO- as yon nave
for many months sold revised edition OF your Prlnci'
pes (rha contain Is pages than those YOU sold me
did at $40 per hundred when you always charged me
s7j per hundred Allow me to speak little OF your ia
ings since you have made such terrible cutlery ABOUT
what you are pleased 10 term my breach Of honor.
I'VE here om, several paragraphs which are devoted
70 attacks on Prof g. on grounds entirely foreign to this
controversy We have room for any such and we
enireat all persons who claim columns for the vind
cation of their personal characters nights 10 BE- br and
direct as possible avoiding all exiraneous matter No
matter though they pay tor the space they occupy we
have none 10 sell for needless personalities FL Trbl
Hoping most learned sir that you Will come TO bet
ter understanding with that dominant spirit within you
and also with your humble servant he sao.cr.3es nm
self Yours, fLiNl Mills
: Editors OF papers who copy Prof Gouraud srti-
Gle from the y y Daily Tribune Of June 23th Will, Tor
the sake OF Justice and right give this yndlcatlon an IN
serton in their mot advertising columns and any
reasonable charge not exceeding the value Of the books
offered BY Prof Goursud shall be paid IN cash on send
ing copies OF their paper, and their bill 70 me A.
Norfolk, Va. PLiNi MILLS.
DIR. Lardner's Lectures.
From the Boston Ladies RepOsOry-July. l-i5
This is no sphemera, buia valuable edition 10 per
msneni literature w are glad the publishers have
given these lectures TO the public in such handsome