The New York herald., 1850-01-30


nous Journal, meaning the Herald, received 1880
IN black mail, from the democratic party at the last
election. If he wants the whole truth of our black
mail operations, We can give them to him, for we
have no conceaments and no fummey.
1t is highly probable that, instead Of $500, We
have received over the counter of our office nearly
$4,000 from the locofoco party during the last
year, up TO the last election. We certainly
ceived much larger sum from the wing party
during the same period Of time, and we will state
how. The following may be considered fair
transcript of our receipts of black mail during the
last year.
Cash received for sales and subscriptions of the
Cash received for sdyerti.ement... 10000
Aggregate amount received during the last
Aggregate circulation Of the Herald nearly 10000 copies.
This vast amount of black mail has been received
not only from the democrats, but from the wings,
and In far greater proportion from the latter
Upon fair estimate we believe that two-thlrds of
our receipts and patronage proceed from wings and
the wing party, who are generally composed OF men
of business, and the men of intelligence in great
cities. One third of our black mail Is furnished by
the ocofocos, and similar classes; and considering
their poverty, in comparison with the wealthy
wings, we think our subscribers and black mail
contributors have been very liberal and generous
towards us. In fact, we thank both parties for
supplying with the sinews Of war, and care not
il they are called black mail by any other name.
Yet it must not be supposed that we have
pocketed all this sum during the last year. Out OF
it, we have paid our paper merchants, Messrs.
Persse & Brookes of Nassau street, probably 600
o. l,lla Gret ., buotn
with their house, we have probably paid them
nearly 100000, and their profits at five per cent,
ought to be at least 900, which they have made
out Of us, and which ought also to be called black
mail Iftherefore we receive we also pay black mail
TO our paper makers. But we not only pay them, we
also employ nearly one hundred and fifty agents,
distributors, carriers, news boys, number of
printers, editors, reporters, correspondents, and
others. All these, with their families, are supported
out of the remaining fund Of black mail, which is
generally paid, as we have shown, by wings, loco
focos, independents, and men of all parties When
there is balance after paying honestly and pune.
tualy every just claim and demand against us, we
take and think is own property and requital
for our labor of nearly thirty years, editor con-
nected with the American press
This is our black mail development, and if
Fuller, who has got an Office and salary from the
government, for supporting Gen. Taylor, can make
any thing out Of 1t, he is quite welcome.
GOVERNMENT DErAurTERs Washington
correspondents Of the Courier and Tribune are
giving. almost daily, accounts of defaulters and de-
falcahons, both Of Dir. Wetmors here, and of
others IN other sections Of the country. How silly
and foolish these Washington correspondents make
the editors and proPristors Of these journals to
stand before the public When our Washington
correspondent was the first to announce the fact
the astounding devslopement Of Mr.. Wetmore's
defalcaton in this quarter-the editors of both
those papers came outindgnantly, and charged US
with false eheod. and a. being liars Nr and hold
up the principal defaulter himself a. IN innocent
man, an hoasst man, patriot-nsy, q saint We
hope it may turn out 50; but yet think it due to
the cabinet at Washington, that amidst all their
silliness and failures, they are and thea thus
spirited up anddo their duty, as we perceive they
are attempting to do in the cases Of defalcstion,
had had the moral courage, and would have taken
good advice, they might have been as popular a.
any set OF men could have been with such man
one universally beloved, and the fsvorte Of the
people-as General Taylor. But as the matter aow
stands, they now are wrong by system and moral
obhquity. and are only right by accident, and by
whipping and spurring.
IMPORTANT CRIMINAL TRIALS IN PRosrEcr-For
the next few months our criminal courts will pre-
sent scenes Of great and deep intesest, in making
number of deyelopement nts cor ected with certain