Washington telegraph., 1851-06-11
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New YoRk, May 90, 1851.
The .sfar daughter Of the dawn" must haze got
wet while taking her usual airing this morning.
for q very heavy shower OF rain DESCENDED ere
SHE had ridden q mile.
Yesterday, Miss JENNY Lind, dissatisfied wtn
her up-town establishment, for which she PaIo
am told, S 900 per quarter, removed 10 rrooA-
lvn. with which it is said she fell in love the other
day while visiting friend there. II, willie thele
she should only think much Of Rev. Df. y. .
preaching as 10y his published letter. Judge 'nat
he does of her intellectual oveliness she may De-
come his proselyte. :.
The Rev. Pastor is not only man Of d'gnIhed
and venerable presence, but as cogent and nfes's-
tibIe in his preaching John Knox himself
l am not informed, but suspect that Jenny
suite are not with her in her new home, where
it is said she will remain during the summer.
Brooklyn well deserves her praise, for t Is a
beautiful city, abound;ng in charming walls, and
from the "Heights' commands magnificent
view of New York and its bay all alive wrh ves-
! sells, scuddlng through tho water on the srrands
Of commerce or pleasure.
Miss Lind sang again last night in Castle Gar
den, but this is not SO favorite resort as lrper
Hall, than which there is not probably more
brilliant concert room in the world.
quarters, but mainly from the East, by arrange
ment under which their fares route and tickets
to the Lind Farewell Concerts are included III pne
slump"
You have already, perhaps, in your paper made
some mention Of the newspaper war between Gen.
James Watson Webb and MIR. N. P. Willis the
author of some popular sacred poetry. know
the parties only by sight and reputation, but both,
l thought, were too respectable for either to be
oc
have made against each other. The history OF
their savage conflict is as follows: After the ap-
poinlment Of Gen. Webb, in lo49, as Charge to
the Court of Austria (then engaged in suppressing
and Furnishing in the most outrageous manner the
Hungarian patrIots,) Mr.. Willis published in his
own paper, the Home Journal, and o,er his own
initials, article reprehendng in the seveIest
terms not only the papable improperly of tas
republics seeking any representation at that seat
| OF tyranny, but casting intense Opprobrium upon
the personal unftness of Gen. Webb, WHO had then
| departed upon his mission.
Some months ago, Gen. w. returned from Vi
emma, and resumed his duties as the EDITOR of the
| large and valuable commercial journal, the Cou-
rier and Enquirer, of which he has ior so many
| years been the proprietor. In the meantime, his
| intellectual and literary efforts have been mainly
| limited Il am sorry 10 say to an elaborate defence
| of the Of The Austrian government and
even Of the butcher Haynau himself; and to co
| this the more effectually, he has accused kossuh
| OF the greatest crimes recognized by the statute
| book. But it appears that he neither gnO-
rant nor oblvous of MIR. Willis's assault upon him
| in his absence, and last week turned his cannon
| upon the editor of the Home Journal. After some
+ generdLSmS, calculated 10 throw contempt Upon
| Mr. Willis for alleged betrayal of friendly couti-
dence of the English society," to which he had
entrance while abroad, and for Jeremy Diddersm
and licentiOusness both abroad and at home, his
accuser specifically charged him with seducing
the daughter Of one Of his Gen. WIS., friends,
and subsequently being compelled TO return his
victims letters 10 him in behalf of the father, who
not long alterwaid ds died of IA broken heart
These accusations, especially the latter, must
confess astonished me. 1t seemed impossible that
a man OF Gen. Webb's standing should have either
| the heart or the moral courage to make so open
and explicit charge without foundation for it,
| Two things shook my confidence in it. One was
that had better opinion of Willis; the other,
that had very poor opinion Of Webbs candor
| in defending the treacherous and sansuinary
course of Austria towards the Iiungarans Nor
was solitary in my astonshment. Hundreds
entertained the same feeling. "Have you Gen.
" ebb's attack upon N. p. WiIlis?" was COM
mon inquiry at the tea-tables that evening"
| Then, again, there were hundreds who expressed
no surprise at all, but at once commenced specu-
laling as 10 the identity Of the anonymous victim
Many belle, and many married lady of rank
among the upper ten thousand was mentioned
in most uugraceful connection with the Courier s
story.
On the following day Mr.. Willis appeared in
the Herald with an unqualified denial of Gen
Webb's aspersions, and explained the most serious
one, by saying that young lady of poelical mind
had written him some letters, which he had re-
ta'nee as evidence Of early genius, but which he
promptly restored, through Gen. Webb, when de
sired to do SO. This lady he said was now a
married woman and mother of family, and
living in neIghboring State, free from any re.
| proach except that which his accuser had So
| gratutously cast upon her.
THIS explanation appeared plausible, and Sun
| day papers came down hot aud heavy upon the
editor OF the Courier and Enquirer
Yesterday, Gen. Webb published in his paper
Wiiliss retort, and added rejoinder, in which he
intIlnates that amid the numerous iaiS0nS of the
editor OF the Home Journal, the public have s.-
lected more than one as being the case in question
but they have in no case surmsed rightly nor is il
IN their power to do SO, nssinuch as no one but
| himself and Willis and his victim are knowing
to it.
The defence of N. P Willis Gen. Webb stg.
matizes as entirely fabrication, and reiterates
his previous charge. Moreover, he offers Gen
George F. Morris (he partner of Mr.. Wi!lis) the
privilege of seeing "the letters (withont disclosing
the writer) provided Gen. Morris will report the
result OF his examination for publication. Thus it
stands at present.
U. 5. CENsUs-Apportionnaent Of Rep
reSentatsres.-The Washington Republic
OF the 23d ult., publishes complete
| abstract OF the 7th census of the United
States, exhibiting the representative pop