The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-21

city, which h the habit OF putting every ridicu
lous huIab1g Of the day, made charge cgaisst
the INV YoRK HERALD that ito opposition to the
Ase, hambug, and is ex Pcsure OF the same, arosa
fom tho circumstance that tho proprietor of these
dTaifs had refused to Civ his printing and sd-
vertsements 10 TIE Hk AID establishments. Tho
jorinala Of this city cCnspi,ing in such charge
against us, were, the Journal If Commerce, the
Er,nirg Mirror, tho Ecenmg Pos the M1rning
Eagr.ss, and the Eew York Tribune. Tho charge
ia contained in an affidavit sworn to By person
calling himself Joseph Morris, and claiming 10 DO
acquainted with, and considered respectable by,
Cromwell, Hnisht s. Co, Fe lows, Van Arsdals s.
Cooper, and joan Belany, merchants aud in
por,ers.
We pronounce tho charge made By these jour
nails 4 gainst Us. wi!fcl and nalic ous-ialse, from
beginning 20 end, and that III witness has, under
Tic sole mnity Of IN OATH test aad to what i, utterly
srd ure4uvoeslly ta Sc. In proof Of the fllsehood
Il our opponents, nd the trsth Of our own aver
ments, we refer our readers to the a1idagts of
reaTly half dozen geu-lerlo shloa will be found
ii the inside of the dsube sheet. These gensle-
men are MIR. Freders Hudson, who has been long
connected with this Office as prime pal manager, in
The absence of the editor AID propr esor; Mr.. Ed.
ward w. Hudson, our money market reporter;
Mr.. ConneYy, cur theatrical reporter; and DR..
.. g. Morehead, Of this city, who is not
conn ectea " tn the HgsAJ.D. All theae gentlemen
testify Gle lily and conoiuSiyey thas the sworn
statement Of tho other journals is utterly and I'M
sualfediy false; and if that affidavit had been
made in legal presses, the signer Of it would
have been liable to prosecution for perjury and to
the punishment provided for that oTaaoo
For many years our ma icious and obvious rivals
q the New York newspaper press have eldeavored
20 circulate rumors and stories similar to this.
against the integrity and purity Of the NEW YoRK
EARALD and its nagement; but no authentic fact
OF such character ever established against this
establishment, although such stories have been cir
culat. for years in the disreputablo portion of the
press, both daily and Sunday. We pronounce all
such assevtcGs 70 matter where originated, without
fourdaticn and without truth. No journal in this
city, in tie course Of its existence, has exhibited
career and presented a management SO upright, in
dependent, aad fearless, IS that Of the New YORK
HERALD, from tho first moment of III existence to
this Gay. It's patronage and popularity, from its
first day OF eSisten,e, has placed us always beyond
the reach Of want or poverty Of any kind Oar in
come is more than that Of any other Journal in New
lo;k, and probably tho aggregate income or re-
ceipts Of the HERALD, ut this moment, is equal
to that OF I'll our slandcrers put togesharboiDg
orr Hree hnndytd Thousand dollars per aHnnn, In
pocunaTy point OF lew. we 40 above all such
temptations, and such miserable city practices rs
put daily in use by our enviOu5 ASIA. ants. We
always believed that parity and independence, fear
lsssness and principle, would pay bost; we always
acted on such principles, and always found them to
come out right.
In relation to our cotem porsries in tho same limo
Of business, we cannot cay so much. On this very
sui ject Of the Aztec children-who are we'll kuowa
IN thia community to be the grossost nposture that
ever wss attempted to be palned on tae public,
even more SO than any OF Barnum's impcsisions-she
Journal Of Commerce, and Others, as we hsva al
ready shown, have conspived to cheat and impose
on he community, by publishing ridiculous stories
and inventions, which were originated in this cty
TIE Journal Of Commlrce vas the first paper TIA
circulate the ridiculous invention put forth in
pamphlet published by the exhibitor Of thas,
awirfs, and which is acknowledged by the person
himself to have been gross imposture on the
newspapers and public We never would consent,
under any circumstances, that our columns should
be rrostitutcd to such imposition, nor would we
unite with tho Journal Of Commerce, 7fibnnc, and
rity.
The true history OF these d9sr!s, who are simply.
pair Of accidental idiots from Central America, is
we'll known to many persons in this city. Tao
"Aztcc Children as they called by their show
man, were found running aboa. the sire cts of Gra
nasa or Loen, or some other small town in Central
America, about tho month Of May, 1850, by man
nsmed John Addison, formerly joweller Of San
FIarcisco Cal, who conceived The idea that m oAey
might DO made by their exhibitor, and Who, in con-
nection with native # Central America, named
Selvs, purchased them Of On old woman for an
ounce Of gold, with promise to give her portion
Of tho pgoils They brought them to tais city,
where they arrived in the month Of Jaly, 1850. Mr..
Addison took rooms o. ths Howard Ho.ol, then
called "Barnums,' where these dc ormei, dis.
cutting objects were eeen by largo number Of
persons. There Tas no preteace ms1e at thai time
that the5s "Aztccs" as thoy hare since been nol.-
named, were other than q o,upie Of doformed,
i5ioicchildren, Tic offspring Of negro father and
mieeraLly dobau,1ed and besosted laiia m mother;
and in prcof Of this !hay were exhibited at tao
M.neiva Rcoms, in BcoadWaY, By Mr.. Addison,
dur,rg Tie month September or October, 1850,
AID Wero called, IS the bills VIII show, Indian
Dgarf1 from Central America" Not more than
dozen pcrions ATTENDED TIC exhibition, and Ad-
dixon, erding IL would 70, pay, aola or ea1ci tic
mezssfcsi!ies 70 William Raymond, az 70 gro in
icrn ed tic great ahovna OF Wild beasts. They
we're afterwards exhibited il Boston, ABBEY, and
Troy. without succsss and il i siac3 that period,
aha theiFretnrl hero, tbat undcr their praaaa. na
mayer, tho absurd story Of shair origin All con-
ncc'i}n Tih tho 81 iz'oc raoo Of kings Or priests
Las been manufactured, b. wsll kaoEn person in
tbis oi'y, formerly Ga ploJoi by Moses Z. Beach,
ard Fulhshed . he J,RraGiJ Ccmaac,, % hum
hrg sod asouna 30 good paopl3 d .aij c!y %. Of
ta.is shliags, ~ Tie impuG,nt ls57c2,ion Is .hsr
capture, 4 gut, a0d wonderful his.97y.
This IS tIre and Yesitable statement # Ms rr'sl
hJmirs, and TIC Gcason q III baso attempt to assa
y Dscap.c oreiased 70 h.'oma - associate y th9r