The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-30

the shape Of i.dy forty years old, in order to pos
sess Te s;,. % mad recourse 70 pretended love-
abduction. We must say that the conduct OF the
lady was far from prudent In ever encouraging, or
rather permitting the advances Of Mr.. wikon in the
dightest degree She appears q clever but some
| what weak person, and he as . gentleman Of the
loosest ethics and most ru6isny code of morality.
It appears he had known Miss Gamble for sixteen
her. She, at last, by the advice of her guardian,
| gave him q decisive refusal. He pursues her from
| place to place, agreeably mngling the pursuit Of
diplomacy with fortune hunting Az last, by rase,
Consul in the Strada Serra Mt Genoa. The details
Of this interview are very remarkable. Be it OBJ
served that the lady makes q most spirited resist
ance and Wkoff ut last is compelled to let her 60
still unmarried having only succeeded in extortng
| . worthless document pledging herself to marry
| him or give him half her income! For this
is seized and tried, and is now e1piating his
offences against propriety in a dsagreeabie
prison. We cannot say that Mr.. Wikoh appears in
the hight Of bold adventurer His conduct, as 70
anda mean fellow, as well as person without prin-
'cipie. "De gurc,' says Miss Gamble in court, lay
ing her hand on the Gospels, ode jas deodM Die~
qae a.. Wfsc6 est u" r"e"fe~' "~ e@f0m"'a's" Ct
Rather strong language this. We think, howev
er, the concluding letters OF the Chevaer justify
| some uogNee OF hafSnneS6 OF expression. Vnc just
after his arrest is haunting and dersive, threatening
"1natter as a joke. The other, when he found il
earnest, is eorrespondiagiy mean and contempt
servedly at an end for the nonce. We may observe
\ that wO have been requested by one tive dstin-
| guished American gentlemen to deny any recogni-
| tOn I'll Wikof by the American government. II IL
stated that he showed documents from Lord Pal.
| Merston. Il would be curious to trace out the
| ployment of an American in European politics by
| the aate Foreign Minister. 10 WMcf the Birch Of
foreign diplomacy, and was Lord Palmerston lbs
i ClarendOnf But in this must 'eandidly state
our total disbelief Mr.. WaSoff may}ave written to
| Lord Pab nerston and received civil answer,
which he took pains TO hang Gprctended diplomatic
| cohnecum. "
kDla M ,ntcs Agaass-sker Fsplstso the Jcsuiss.
SIR On reading your interesting paper of the
| 9th in st., / was thunderstruck 10 find that
Frenc Catholic" believes the Americans to be so
nninsr uctcd in the political and religious affairs Of
Europee as to write the most palpsble alschood in
referen to the Jesuits and myself. Every resder
of paper must know that the very nest Of Jcsut
ism is established at Vienna, in Austria, and Hol-
land, where resides Father Totheir the Grand Mas
ter of the Jcsuitical order.
You yourself, may laugh at tho idea, that even
take mp my pen to correct the into which your
unn' med correspondent. has fallen. But, in justice
to myself, beg leave toacquaint you, that the whole
of ayara has boon, amt is, governed at this moment
by Jesuitica influence, or, in other words, ultra
mo nanism. II is very natural to believe that that
gih for having broken up a ministry of twenty-five
years standing, and brought the smaller liberal
plrty into power sor the first time in that country
If You will look into she Gae ctte of Augsburg, in
| l6i7, you will there find several notices from
King Louis himself, .audmg to our mutual
persecution by the Jesnlts and how comes it that
after the dismissal Of Baron d. Able and the Jesuit
aal ministry, that modal was struck, bearing the
| title Of Lola Castgit Loyola,' representing lola
| with birch in her hand, and Jesuit flying before
her! And allow me to. ask yon why it is that when
/ first n M BrOta Mt pOrr1dh n11
an office, either military civil, without first
| nouDcing his religion, which done every day, in
consequence of the great poverty, Of the middle
| classes Of that country! letter which have re-
| Gently received from Bavaria informs me, that
Protestant clergyman, from Protestant Nuremburg,
wasreccntly prison because he preached the true
| will be heard in spite of everything that may be
done to sthe them, and here, declare publicly that
instead of thinking of my own interestor pecuniary
| position in that country sacrificed them all to
the good of my fellow beings, and that il why am
in this country at the present moment, seeking the
means OF livelihood upon the stage. Iwas offered,
as all Europe knows three menths after my arrival
| in Bavaria, four millions of francs to leave in three
| days, or to remain and stihe my conscience, and
help the Jesus to deceive noble minded monarch.
preferred, sir to iatter the SMALL still voice my
conscience, in following the dictates Of my heart
toward an oppressed people, to the purple and gold,
| and santlike reputation which was offered to
had taken the other
1t is true that, when left Bavaria. there was not
| single costumed Jesuit in that country, fer the
very good reason that they had all been sent home
to their patroness, the imperative newager OF AUS
tria (who, by the way, never missed having mass
said every day in Vienna for the return of the kings
goodwill towards the latter party, aId for my hasty
| downtalD. The mass of the imperative, with the
aid off great deal of gold, did manage last after
very hard battle, to effect Il revolution in Munich
But hope there is germ which has been sowcd in
that country, which will some day spring up to be
great tree, and absorb all the poisonous weeds that
grow around it,
To conclude, Who had me poisoned with arsenic !
who had me twice shot at who placed n fanatic
upon my stairs at midnight, with poignard in his
coat who, at party at Mr.. Somers gentleman
residing Munich chad it not been revealed by
one of the conspirators to whom had done kind
action on the mOrn11 of the very day., had n car
rage, with four hasses, ready to convey me to
Spasbrg. in Austria, the prison of Silvia Pei
! leo, elele | would have been mmured to this
day. lost and unheard of! These truths and
| facts.
| have heard that there is a strong opposition to
my new drama Of the political events in Germany
! and Bavaria, of which know the secret
springs better than myself having possessed the
tire confidence OF King Louis. ! here beg to say
that have always understood America to be free
country, and that emperors kings, princes, and
their officials and satellites at discount here,
and that there IS no law against representing the
living puppets of Europe American stage.
That my drama wall be truthful history Of what
has taken place in real life, will pledge my word
to the public. Such representation in Europe
would have insured me heavy fine, and perhaps
long imprisonment But am, thank God, in free
and glorious America, WITH ! hope, the star span
ged banner floating over me for my protection and
safety, and generous hearted people to sustain me
while pursuing the legitimate object of my visit.
As for myself personally, am too Much accus-
toned to the attacks of certain class of the press.
know well from what source they proceed, and
am perfectly indifferent to them; their shafts do not
reach me- But, when Bavaria or Germany are mis-
represented under my very eyes, |, insignificant as
ami who have resigned position, fortune, and
nearly my life in defence of liberty and the people in
those lands, which any one who has human heart
would have done in my place. shall ever be ready
to reply, having stillkept back secrets which
hope, for the honor of certain high parties in Ba-
yaria and Austria, may not be forced to dyulgc in
my own defence.
ho ,ho