The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-26

value to any party. Mere party journalism in this
country is every day sinking into greater imbeciiity
II Is to those great centres thought and action,
the large cities of the Union-and first amongst
them, our own mighty metropolis-that we are to
look for the journalism which sways the public
mind. The election of General Taylor was sig
nal and striking evidence of the power of the in
dependent press 1t was then that, for the first
time, that independent press operated in political
affairs II nominated General Taylor. 1t sus-
tanned him, in opposition to the wing newspaper
press II secured his election; and in that import
ant result were seen the first fruits of fifteen
years labor in the cause of the people-labor
performed independent Of all parties, and sus-
tanned by the spontaneous support of the great in
dependent masses of the country. Politicians are
now awaking to sense of the potency of this
new agency of public intelligence and public vir-
tue The real "organs" of the government and
institutions of the United States, exist not at
Washington, but are to be found in the unbought
and unpurchaseable independent presses of the
great cities of the Union.
FoRREsrs FoRAY UPON THE Massive have
been inundated with correspondence, grave and
gay, serious and sarcastic, relative to the curious
literary productions with which Mr. Forrest has
been recently electrfying stultifying the public
we hardly know which is the proper epithet to be
used on the solemn occasisn. The following is
the shortest, and we give it,
MY DEAR Sal you very obligng, and
therefore feel confident you will publish this note
Every few days your always amusing paper Is crammed
with the literary productions Of Mr.. Forrest who by
his confession Is thus endcavoring "to define his own
position" Do my dear MIR Bennett, him the
labor is superAuous, and will be more proAtaby
ployed on his farm" He very clearly defined his po-
sion last autumn, at philadelphia and there is no
person having the slightest connaissance de mems,"
who since the astonishing outbreak there hesitates
where to place him He and his target have both given
their sign and by that sign will be judged.
am nevertheless, astonished that you, who ordina
ry understand the merits Of we'll, should per-
lists in calling Mir Forests affair quarrel quar-
rel is, in respect, like bargaiut takes two to
make and it is as ridiculous to style this contro-
versy as would be to place the angel and the sick
man at the pool Of Bethesda footing. The angel
troubled the waters but the sick was healed there
by This fact suggests solution Of the enigma that 80
overtasks Mr.. Forests brain. Ho cannot conceive
why he should have been unfavorably received BY the
agency of enc whom he is pleased to call his rival
Now the i'll success the disease, lies in himself and
unless he aves in the agated watcrsthat is catches
something Of the fine tact nice conception and studied
elegance of his and the dramas mastcrspiri may
cease to wonder if the discriminating do not although
the may raise their hands he passes by Is not
this your opinion, Mr.. Bennett Do speak out, and
obge your present correspondent. so AND SO.
We know thing or two beyond even what our
correspondent Mr. So-and-so seems to be acquainted
with. On second perusal of the last letter of Mr..
Forrest-(which, by the by, is not to be the last,
for as soon as he plants the early potatoes and
puts his cabbagcs into the ground on his farm
near the Gothic Castle on the North River, he in
tends 10 give ancther,)- 1--WE have fathomed the
mystery of that extraordinary difficulty under
which Mr. Forrest appears to labor with regard to
Mr.. Macready The enigma is solved. Mr.. For
rests 'last" is preceded by anonymous note ad-
dressed to him, giving him the first intimaton of
the theatrical intrigues in London and Mr.. Ma
creadys enmity, under the significant signature of
***** ******. Now what do these ominous as
terisks mean? When read over this note, be-
fore we got half through we became satisfied,
from our knowledge of the man, and the intrinsic
evidence afforded by the note itself, that the wr-
ter was no less parsonage than Henry Wikoff-
the celebrated Chevalier Wikoff-the notorious
Wikof-the Wikof who trotted Fanny Ellsler
throughout the United States, managed her little
affairs and appearances, and then got up quarrel
with her when the pair returned to London
This note is Wikoff all over We have no doubt
indeed, that the whole Of the prejudice which has
been created in the mind of Mr.. Forrest against
MIR. Macready has been planted there at an early
day by the oficious conversations and fragrant
misrepresentation of this same meddesome
Wikoif, who is perfect adept in the creation of
difficulty among friends, and in multiplying quar-
res, from which he takes care to keep himself free
He is, in truth, perfect Marall. We happen to
know something of this individual, even in con-
nection with Mr. Macready. We know that he
once attempted to fawn on Macready, in order to
be invited to the social circles of that gentleman
Failing in that, he became the foe of Mr.. Ma
cready, and fostered this difficulty between him
and Mr. Forrest. We do not believe that Mr.
Macready ever had anything to do with those
criticisms in the Examiner, or any other paper
which provoked the ire of Mr.. Forrest. Mr.. Ma
cready is a man too much taken up with his own
aflairs-too fond of his own fame-too vain of him.
self, if you please to trouble himself about others
as much as Mr. Forrest imagines
Enough on this point at present. We have no
potatoes to plant; but as soon as Mr.. Forrest has
got through with his farming business, we will
endeavor to explain to him in most satisfactory
manner how completely he has been duped in all
this business by the writer Of the anonymous note
which he embodes in his last episte; and who,
we are perfectly satisfied, is Henry Wikolr. Will
MIR. Forrest admit or deny this fact!
Posi- OFFICE Accommodating the adj
ministration of Mr.. Polk, there was no branch of
the general government conducted with more
looseness than the Post Office Department, under
the direction of Cave Johnson. From the time
when he was appointed to the responsible situation
of Postmaster General, until he delivered the keys
of Office to his successor, there was succession
of mail failures, of quarrels with contractors, and
of complaints by the whole country. During that
period, we alone received as many letters complain
ing of the non-receipt of the Herald by our SUBJ
scribers, would fill three or four large-sized
trunks and we presume that many of our cotempo-
rares can say the same. In fact, the Post Office
became an instrument Of annoyance and perpetua
trouble to the public, rather than benefit and ad
vantage.
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