New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-11
PHlllOFIrHIl, Tatsaay aiterncoa' )


10 the Editors Of the Courier Enquirer on The an INST
in .,lv 10 An attsck on u.s. their paper Of the ID Nov
+ he Rev ! T Headley. which expected would appear
the next roruinE instead Of which farther sses rom
Mr. Hesdley appeared that day, and this morning onS
they ublshed part OF our letter with an expansion
stating also that anything farther TO be inserted i'0
,V marty must be placed the footing Of an advertise
-, AID a, we are DESTROYS that the public mar Judge
Of ,b .nte letter As ritten by have sent Ie4e
,phe Dispatch to them this afternoon requesting the IN
.-rton Of the same paid advertisement tn their paper
Of tomorrow.
Fearing farther delay in its appearance lin case our mes
SAGE did not reach the) request you will s'o insert
a. rad aderis.nef the ID paee Of your journal OF
/ The ilth inst and send bill to
Yours respectfully, CAREY hARt'
Pnl,nglruA, Nov. 8, is47.
/ r, tie Editors oftie Courier & Esqu'rrr.
crNrtyNsN--ln your paper Of the ID inst. We notice
,he n.rrtion Of letter from Rev J. Headey respect
ing the publication Of Washington and the Generals Of
the American Revolution In which he states We nave
sabed his letter. we here bes you to observe tha We
distinctly stated notice that we s-Vs az efffac' ron
Mr. Headeys letter Of 2st September not ms et'e' en-
tire and he gives in your paper the letter as ren og
b,,,lf in which he states hs had such swork as the
ons NJ. nrorosed 70 publish 10 contemplation for some
time but does add he did m his original letter re-
eived BY %. that the work he contemplated publishing
(which Is evident from tho tenor OF that leefl W"
n Of
Generals A. will appear BY farther extract rom "A" 'a'
t, Of sent 2 1916 which he has omitted In your col
umns- via
"Iha,e had in contemplation history OF the last ws
condensed history-perhaps II night De easea MI
arv one for which think there place IL IS niue
singular that should have standard history OF ,nat
war shall return TO New York IN week or Two; ~hen
| shall decide on what undertake Nothins wou'u tN'
me greater pleasure than 20 publish work with your I'M
print the title page There y no house IN me country
/ should prefer TO have my books before yours
You will therefore, perceive that the gsrbns II any Is
not on our part and the gentleman himself is isry
entitled to al the epithets svshly bestows on MS
He s.ert. that order eNculpste ourselves IN con
sequence Of the publication Of our work we have found II
necessary assail him with heavy charges We had no
occasion TO exculpate ourselves, we applied TO Mr.
He.alsv to compile a book for (which he snerward
wrote for hisef) entitled The Generals Of the Amer
can Revolution" OF course Washington was included as
one o. tar GESERALs-snd we had objection 10 use
his usrou. name prominently tho title page. IS we
have conest the same time retaining our original
title (and) THE Generals % rHE REVOLUTION
Mr. aesdl.y state. that he had previously been spoken
10 on the subject Of publishing that work Washnston
and His Genersls) Perhaps he will he kind enough 10
..te the name Of the House who msds application pre-
yous to as It strange indeed thar he should
under those circumstances have offered ashingon ana
HI. Gen.rasr 10 the Me..rs Hsrpers lsiter he had
ceived on letter. partly arranged with those gentle
men, but upon being offered larger P'tes by Me'sr'
Baker scrlbuer the publishers Of his Napoleon with
drew the work from the Messs Hsrpers and gave Il TO
them We quote the following extracts from Messfs
B.ker scribners letter TO OF nth February, 1884,
| in evidence Of the foregoing
Having had reason 20 suspect that Mr. Head,ey
, wa. employed on such work, We inquired OF MN als
ncv and then for the first time learned that he had
had partly written, and had partially asfeed WIN me
Messrs Hsrpers publish and could not give US ms gooA
Mr. H. also stated ths, he son,qe.ed 5 asx "a psn VIA
NAPOLEON TO which Il would naturally follow as Sc
quel, the unanimous opinion Q, All ns spo', a' "s
1--WE had then. in compliance with the wishes OF MI
Stewart. determined 70 abandon his wofs e.
and his staff y under tho fuyposon too, that MI Head
sy with the Ps were such that b
would publish for hun ana we na, IT,. n OH
he could make be, with the consent OF the Me's' HAT
pers. gAye us his book"
We could make our letter much longer, and produce
farther proof TO show how unfairly have been treated
both By Mr. Hesdey and his publishers could also furnish
YOU copies Of the written opinions have In our posses
sion from Of the most eminent publishers Ia ths c)
4 and NewYork who read the hOs correspondence prio
to the publication Of either Mr. Hesdleys or our book dc
dare 20 encroach farther your columns or readers
bat offer YOU for publication In your paper II Mr. Headel
but desires II and you willing afford sufficient space
he snfre eorresponencc from. ne Oh September, 1885, 4
March L. 1871 between oursslre' NJ Headley and hssr'
Baker 4 Scribner that the public may fully Judge bsfHes'
u.s. The correspondence brought TO close at tia
date by the ptanee, the part Of Mr. Hesde
and his publishers Of offer TO leave the whole matte
in dispute between 10 to three dsnteesed Pubshin
houses in New.York whose decision should be final In th
r matter as the following paragraph from our letter Of 2
, March lef7 10 Messrs Baker scrbner will more full
show:
an order 10 settle the difficulty between sthous
Ourselves in the ght before the Trade propose
leave for ai decision 70 two publishing houses
( your city v you oA0oe one TO be selected by your
selves ana the other chosen by which two IN the
should be able 70 agree to call IN third whose deci'
!, Mr. Headey and ourseves 20 whether you sha
have the publication Of Mr Headleys Washington an
= shall be conclusive, az IL Of course requisite that NJ
10 Headeys should BE- first obtained BY you to h
e proposition) Should you accept Of this arrangenen
please advise Of the same before the 9th inst
Had Mr. Headsy and hi. publisher. been satisfied tbs
= the course they pursuing WA correct one the
u would gladly have accepted Of offer. Farther CON
o think unnecessary.
10 We have reason to congratulate ourselves that Nj
Hesdey did not beeoms the suthor Of book,
have been more fortunate in obtaining WORK every wa
superior and at the time asenite and BY author
At who have obtained their materials from The drckfvi
IA s Separate Stairs" Ia support Of tho above bes
L. quote the following from the Richmond Tins>s
There are interesting circumstances attending the PR
duction Of th. work and Tor ourselves, DO res,
O. Messr. Carey Hsrts disaPpointment In lieu Of n
ie.ri syfs ,snsbIe sssfei(s nom number Of othe
" zentemea com petsnt the task allotted 10 them"
ar In conclusion beg say that have been in bu.
upward Of eighteen years, during which ume "
= have bad Transactions with many authors for
works and 10 the Of thousands Of dollars but tn
~ the hrs, time unfairly treated BY
Al 4ua<rioaa AutAor. Youn, very respectfully,
10 CAREY HART.
" Acadia Justice 70 c. r. HoffaAs, ESQ. we dee
IL proper that he the author Of any porto
10 Of our entitled Washington and the Generals Of n
70 Revolution" The Memoir OF Gen Schuyler d
b. formed By Editor, would be written By Mr. Hohm'
for work and Mr. Hart under tha, impressc
a, q. the time he attended the last Sevfors Trade Sal
and he there exhibited q specimen Of the printing e
srsyinz binding and sls Of The volumes, and stated
= names Of several contributors 10 the book
On the cen pleon Of the work iis; Of all the contrib
40 Tor. ga. forwarded for the purpose Of mssDs pa
Ee ent 70 the various authors FOX their Contributions,
then learned that the spied Memoir Of Gen schuyl,
10 contained Ia book bad been written By him, b.
OF had besa furnished By another writer New York
CAREY BART, Publishers Of
a Waning ton and the Geaersls Of the Revolution
as Philsdslp his. Nov. s. lsf7. nli 81
g. -