The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-16


RESPONDENTS Hterqti in this city, who
tighten the community all over the country, by their
correspondence with the newspaper press 10 the
cities and villages, and by transmitting them all
sorts of news from the great metropolis of the Union,
must possess a more than Ordinary stock of impu-
dcnce and assurance in their organization, and
most unlimited faith in the simplicity and guilt
biity of those readers who are be much edited
by their literary productions They actually think
that nothing is too absurd or incredible to be palm
ed off on the go6emouches OF the country; and so
long as they can earn dollar by the exercise of
their genius for scribbling they never sickle much
at the quality or veracity of their epistles They
seem to imagine that the national credulity has
been distended so Target by the modern exhibit
tions of the Misses Fox and Judge Edmonds, and
Of q whole host Of spiritual mediums, philosophers.
and reformers besides, well as by the no less
traordinary operations Of foreign exes and revolu-
tonists, who have been successful in hoodwnking
the unders anding, and extracting dollars from the
pockets of the public, that they-the aforc-
said correspondents-need not be afraid to hazard
any quantity Of mendacity or absurdity in
their communications to the country press
We therefore frequently find stuff Of this cha
racter administered in large doses, and perhaps
swallowed with as much voraciousness rs are the
tons weight Of patent medicines distributed from
this grand emporium of nosrums, all over the coun-
try The following are samples OF the character
for truhfuness OF these "private correspondents"
which we cut out of the Mobile Tribune of the
first July
MIS- Sinclair Gate Mrs. Forest) played farewell
lagsment here few nights ago aud is gone to Eng
land ,he teamship Asia Che real object of her de.
ia ha N
Just about 10 take place brought about 10y the coop
Grafton If Of the editor of this city between whom
and Mrs Sinclair il is said there has long existed much
closer intimacy than pun ely Patonic friendship Mrs
Sncar's iIieI DIS, feeling virtuousy indignant at the
SANDER have requested tho editors of several OF the city
papers that the object of Mrs Sinclars
voyage s to her sick father whose death Is daily
pected These trihes, however, do not much concern
he public.
An people having proper respect for the dead have
recently been by which ought.
u, NJ TIME would have excited great riot The bones
of former generation inferred ia Trinity churcbyard in
this city have been from their TO clear the
ground for foundations Of row OF new dry goods
palaces. Probably tumult would have occurred
had not extensive police force been placed around
the Of decoration. several cart loads OF hu
man bones have been carried Off and thrown no
knows where and the laborers employed have
rsaped quite harvest of gold rings and other val
liable memcntos, Inferred with the dead Alas poor
iOrickih
These paragraphs which, it is needless to say,
have not the slightest pretensons to truth, in
tended for two particular classes of readers. The
first to administer to the depraved tastes of those
who devour, with the utmost eagerness, everything
of an immoral and prurient characters and the other
to CRAFTY that equally extensive class of old ladies,
of both sexes, who, reading it, would be apt to
lay down their spectacles, and with cadaverous
countenancc calculate, "Goodness gracious, what
shocking profanity in New York; They are both,
however, only specimens of the stuff which the New
York correspondents Of country papers deal in, on
very extensive scale. and may serve to convey an
idea of the general authenticity of these commune
cations.