The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-01-20

THE FoRxIoN NKws-THK WALL STREET PRxss
AND THE PILors.-An obscure evening journal, pub
lished somewhere down town, Of small circulation
and less influence came out yesterday with an artI-
Gle charging the pilots Of the pilot boat New York
with purloning the letter bag of the ship Liberty,
and OBTAINING it seventeen hours before they sent II
to the agent, and Of retaining, in like manner, the
foreign papers intended tor the press of this city
Now, we happen to know little Of the facts OF
the case, and we pronounce the statement of that
journal false-false In every particuar-and an
unfounded calumny against these enterprising men
We charge tn, propretors or editors Of that paper
with malicious design to vent their spleen on
the pilots OF New York, because they were out
matched by the superior enterprise and perseye-
rance of the Herald.
The Wall street press have long enough le-
yelled their abuse at us, attributing infamy, and
everything else bad, to US, whenever we Water
looed them in obtaining foreign news. But that
game is too stale to be again played, with
any degree OF success. The public have long
since seen through that miserable ruse. And now
having exhausted that, and finding il no longer avail
able, they change their tactics and wheel round and
abuse the pilots, attribunng theft to them The
only theft there is at all connected with the last TO-
reign news, can be easily seen by the public. Let
any man take the extra Herald published on Sun
day, and the Wall street papers Of yesterday, and
compare them, and they will see plainly enough
where the theft Is.
The factsa are these. The ship Liberty was board
ed by the New York; and the letters and papers be-
longing to the Herald taken from her. The Captain
of the Liberty requested the pilots to take the letter
bag Of the ship up to the agent in this city, which
they consented to do On arriving in the city, they
sent their boy to the Atlantic House, where they
derstood the agent, Mr. Philips, stopped Tor the pur
pose of delivering the bag. Not finding him there
the boy left note, addressed to Mr.. Philips from
the Captain of the ship, and desired the barkeeper
to say to Mr.. p, to send for the bag; that he
would find on board Of the pilot boat at the wharf,
and also stating where she was lying. The bag re-
NAMED in the hands Of the pilots on board the pilot
boat for time, they expecting to be called for
every moment, but no person coming after it, they
very properly kept it night, and sent it to the
agent yesterday morning.
AS to the newspapers that arrived by the Liberty,
any charge against the pilots, Of favoring the Herald
in the way mentioned, is equally false and ground
less. OnreceivIng the newspapers, they were di.
for two other papers, we believe in the Post Office,
which they did on Sunday afternoon-all the asse-
verations OF this obscure paper 10 the contrary,
Notwithstanding
In the whole matter, the pilots acted very proper
ly and judciousy. On not fading the agent of the
ship at his hotel they carried the bag back to their
boat, of course feeling anxiety for its safety,
and left directions for Mr.. Philips, where it could
L 4 ,T
ter it, they carried it him the morning Now,
suppose the bag had been left in the public bar
room of the hotel, and it had been stolen or taken
from thence, on whom would the responsibility be
charged? Certainly and nghtfuy on the pilots, for
such wful neglect. As to the newspapers, they did
all that was requested of them. They put them IN
the Post Office on Sunday afternoon, their arri-
val in this city
The public will now perceive how con-
temptible has been the abuse resorted to in or.
der to conceal the true cause OF our beating the
Wall street press All their biingsgate poured out
on the Herald for a length of time, having failed,
these ndolent creatures turn round and lay all the
blame on the pilots; and to subserve their ends,
do not hesitate to mpute theft to them The fact is,
if the propretors Of the press in that region had but
1.-THE of the enterprise and honesty which charac-
terze the New York pilots, they would have no
necessity for resorting to such baseness.
NoTrcE.-If the widow, or any Of the children
Mr.. Nathan Framework, formerly Of this city, are
now in this vicinity, they will hear Of something of
importance to them by applying at this Office Mr..
Farnsworth, believe, went from this city TO re-
side in or near st. Louis.
NEGLIGENCE IN THE PosT OFFIcK.-Two letters
from our Washington correspondent were received
at the Post Office in this city Sunday afternoon;
yet we did not get them till yesterday morning Can
our Postmaster tell us why these letters were kept
from US all that time
STEAMSHIP MAssAcHusKrTs.-This steamer was
to have left Liverpool yesterday, for this port.
The PACKET SHIP OXFORD is to leave for Liver
pool on the LIST proximo.