New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-05
Our Partisan Correspondent and Hon.
Abbott Lawrence.


The following letters explain themselves.
We call upon the Buffalo Commercial i'd
uertiser, Ne,o- York Express, Utica Gazette,
and any other papers that have given cur
rency to the SANDER upon Mr.. Fry to state
the fact of its utter refutation by Mr.. LAW
RENEE himself. We give place first to Mr..
FRY's note to us:
PARIS, Tuesday, Feb. IL, 1851.
Messys Editors Of The Tribune:
The statement by the London Core spondent OF
the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser that the Pari-
sian correspondent of the Nelo- York Tribune had
sought to borrow money Of Mr. Abbott lawrence,
and failing in the attempt had attacked him
through your columns is, OF course, as you assert
ed, utterly false. l never had any comm Inication
directly or indirectly, any subject, with Mr.
Lawrence, and only know him a public man,
whose acts i have the right to discuss. There
may have been some sharper in London passing
himself off as your correspondent, and hence the
story. i shall instantly address line to Mr.. Law
renee on the subject. Please to publish this.
Yours, truly, W. II. FRY.
The following is copy of letter addressed by
Mr. Fry to Mr.. Lawrence afeer the publication Of
the SANDER:
PARIS QUM VoLTAIRE, No. II, Feb II, 1851.
SIR: take the liberty of enclosing two news
paper paragraphs which will explain themselves
The one is part of the London Correspondence of
the Buffalo Commercial AdrertiSer, under date Of
Jan. l. 1851, and you will perceive that it accuses
the Paris Correspondent OF The Nc'o. York DAILY
Tribune of endeavoring to borrow 500 of you, and
failing to get black mail proceeding to attack you,
and that Mr. Lawrence tells the story as a good
joke" The charge deem, for my own part al
together beneath notice. but, as you will perceive
by the second paragraph inclosed that the Edi-
tors IF T,sIs, bava indlx dart
to deny it on their own responsibility, and as l
have been told by my friends it would be proper
to have your denial to it, beg the favor of line
from you, stating that the circumstance, as de-
tailed respecting me, is wholly false that have
never called on you in London or elsewhere that
l have never written to you, and never sought to
borrow money of you. / would be additionally
obliged to you if you would send duplicate Of
your answer to this note to Z. P. Fry, Wallst,
New. York, otherwise it cannot 60 by the next
steamer, so as to appear without delay in The
Tribune. / have the honor to be
Your obedie mt servant, WIN. II. FRY.
Hon. ABBoT LAWRENCE, Envoy Extraordinary, &c.
The following is the reply to the above;
UNITED STATES LEGATIoN, I
DUPLICATE London, Wednesday, February r. '5i.}
SIR; am requested by Mr.. Lawrence to &C
knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th
detailed in the enclosed extract from the Buffalo
Commercial Advertiser are not true, as regards
yourself.
He requests me to add, however that another
person. representing himself as the Paris Cores
pendent Of The Ner- York Tribune, did, last Sum
mer seek to borrow money of him, and that with
reference to that person, some of the circumstan.
ces stated in that extract are true
He desires me also to add, that the letter in the
Buffalo Advertiser was neither written at bis in.
stigation nor with bis knowledge.
duplicate of this letter will be sent to New
York, according TO your request.
am, Sir, your obedlerl servant,
W. H. Fry ESQ., Paris. JOHN c. B. DAVIS.