Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-08-30

pant" DC, neither have we desire TO en-
snare the vulgar We applied those words,
some Of them particularly, because we knew
that they were most appropriate to the writer,
and best described his condition. lie claims
to have spoken Of general discomfort
general want of accommodation, general
complaint" we take all this, p ,rtcularly no,o
| since we have ascertalnedthe name Of the au-
thor, in connection with his personal complaint
few mornings since, when he threatned to
publish the Ocean House in the papers, be-
cause everything did no, exactly sut him.
aud are more than ever sat SIZED that he stands
comparatively alone in his suterings. There
may he and undoubtedy are others at the Oc-
can House, who have no, all the convenences
and comforts OF home, and they cannot expect
them, under the circumstances, and in such a
crowd but they have too much good sens e
to make themselves ridiculous by clustering
about triAes through the columns Of pub ic
journal. This young man charges us with
using Billingsgate slang we ask the reader
carefully TO mark the tone and meaning Of his
comments on Mr.. Weaver's standing among
his fellow citizens, not doubling that he was
ian ornament to the profession which he fol-
lowed before turning his attention TO his pres
ent business" and just before,he asks if we
are so /" hopelessly stupid as to suppose that
all the boardors at the Ocean House are con-
tent, &c. We intend that Mr.. Charles Astor
Bnsted shall fully understand that we are not
tery stupid, and we think the public will come
10 the same conclusion His allusions 70 Mr..
l Weaver, his attempted slur at him and his
previous occupation are as contemplate as they
| are Httle Tin the most diminntive sense of that
word) and are only worthy OF the brain Of Mr.
I Charles As,or Bris,ed. Mr.. Weaver is in
every respect the equal Of this young man,
and if he did not possess more valuable com
mon sense, we should indeed pity him. AS
to the charge Of BilIingsga,e language, we
throw the foul imputalion back upoa this
pompous yonng aiis,ocrat, with the full as
suranee that we are not to be awed by his
wealth or in,imidated by his letters. We
invariably pursue one straight course, and un.
der no circumstances do we devia,e from it
He again says tina, he understands one Of
Mr.. Viewers assistants has filed high Of
| fee in the church I'VE presume he allude, TO
! Mr.. Olmsted, whose soJriquet is Deacon;"
,hs Is another specimen of Nh Bristed's re-
! fined literature Mr.. Olmsted is one of the
| gentlemen indirectly complained Of by this
\ Dung man in his letter to the Mirror. and
Trenon, House, as its leading spirit, for the
| last fifteen years, and has the universal ropu-
tation of being one Of the best men for the
business in the country. And even his ef'
forts cannot please the ias,idious Mr.. Bris.ed {!
| O Temporal q Morcs
/ Mr. Bristed is willing to wager fifty cents
against the yearly receipts of our paper, as he
canno, make large bet, that the Ocean House,
for hotel Of its class, is adly kept Well,
we should think he had s,akcd just about
! enCugh, and il is exactly the max imum value
of his opinion on The subject but we arc moi
ambitious to gamble on so small matter. lie
also thinks that If poll of the House was ta-
kens the question would be decided by nine
tenlhs vote in his favor this is only another
proof OF his vanity. After his letter wa. pub
lished, circular was proposed 10 be passed
around among The boarGers, by large nun
Der Of The most rcspectah; inmates Of the
house, and it would have been signed by a
very large proportion of them, but Mr.. Wea-
yer desired no such manifestation Of appTecia-
lion OF hi. services or Of the character Of his
!, house AS to Mr. Bristed's comparison of the
! Ocea, HOUSE with other standard houses, it is
q matter Of ,,;ule Importance; VIC are willing,
however, to have ,ss Ocean House compared
with any other houses OF its SIC, anywhere
by competent judges, with an equal i''fnoer oi
boarders of the same promiscuous class, a1o
VIC know that it will maintain lis rank as d
frst-class hotel, in every respect.
| 1t is unnecessary for US TO reiterate what we
have previously said, in our reply to the letter,
relative TO the Ocean House, because it is not
rcfuted, and not the slightest denial of it is
made or attempted, except by the complaints
of this queruous young man,-and they
amount to-nothing.
\ In conclusion we have only to say that those
who know us are perfectly well aware that we
invariably trea. every gentleman as he de-
serves, and arc always courteous in the man
agement Of our columns bu, when any are
disposed to place themselves in an uncomfor-
able position, and then TO defend their ground, ),
although manifestly in error, we pursue a
course that the circumstances require and we
shall teach MIR. Charles Astor Bristed as we
have taught others, that discretion is the better
par, Of yalor, and that, in the estimation of
sensible men, he will come out of this matter
no better than he escaped from his unfortunate
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