Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-05-28

The New Nafk Esouiag lo~i, repnbli shes tie
following extracts At "a letter " Ghcgnrr W
XII. detailing th' mGn9u- blIck mH practice
= Benu II with Fanny lsli-lr The anteHfe Cot-
ai1ie evi-'inc At present between Bennett and
9" -" a=t's= .apiter peculiarly interesting.
Spcnaiur Of tae n - !, writer shy;
Il had informed hllc Ei.#tar 'hn di-agrrea.
bic uecrssify # cuuri'iatiug tsi- od.G# 'aer,nad
sbo therefore consented To- receive its elI.ae H.
eaI,a3fru minutes nitor her a-riral AT the s II
Ian Hotel. an1 offered hi pen aud journal n.
cauditiorallv, fer her u-e. accepted II ON H'r
behalf aud he -trqie'tway heaan the most .s-
f.avagaut 'pnff~ which he evidently continued
far the profit Hey brought him in tho increa #
III circulation. Daring the summer of =. III.
Ill-lcr made every courteous acknowledgement
in her power, aul received Mr.. Bennett, whom
he had lntely married, ON various occasions.
Before her departure for the Havana, the
winter Of the same ycnr Mile. Elaer presented
Mrs. Bennett with rich gold bracelet of the val
ne of n hundred dollars. Her surprise may be
easily imagined Mt hearing afterwards that an n
bominnble attack bad been made on her during
her absence, and which was systematically re
pratod till she was the point of abandoning
tho country in dismay; for, in NIL her European
experience, she had never met an individual 50
lost 10 dccecv. SO sunk in dcbascment This
man, who had courted her notice, received her
presence for his wife, only 10 repay both with in
cscusabe intnmy
II suggested to her the only apparent means
to stay this foul camof low abuse, and on her
arritnl in New \ urk, in the summer OF I'LL She
bought at Stnrr \ Morimcr's. Broadway, u ser
vice Of silver for near $500, and case of jewels,
consisting OF ear rings and necklacc OF about the
same amount, and presented them TO Mrs. Bon
nett who received them, of course, most willingly.
'Thi- led for im5 ia n truco-=and few days
nftor Bennett wrote II letter, which he dated Lon
,lou. mud defended her against the very pack be
had set on: but he teok that occasion, such Is his
uvlity for vituporatlon, to abuse several other
mrrtorious artists, amongst others the Seguns.
Having been mado 10 comprehend the tenure up.
on which Bennett accorded his services, Mile
Ellslcr kept up hmctty nctivc fire of presents
during her cngngrment-amoug others, Two
splendid dresses for Mrs. Bennett. And III rc-
turn 'pufs regularly inserted but of a
character 81 vulgar ard ridiculous that Mile Ell
Alcr would rather have paid to escape them
Before her departure for Havana, in Februa-
ry, l7l2, she ngnin presented Mrs Bennett with
II rich silver Dire sing cn-e, h. lght in, New York,
md n writing desk of great beauty. But as
knew hi+ yrnal pen WIS given 10 scnrrlliity rs
the sparks flashed upwards. | inimatcd plainly
that if he renewed his brutnliie7 during her ap.
preaching trip 10 Havana, he might expect from
me certain exposures TINT would involve him ia
tny with the many honorable members of the
New York press, he has SO often and insolentIy
outraged lie understood and feared me.
This time Mile ElIslcr escaped any further
but on her return To New York in
~ -ho renewed her presents, and even up to the
hour Of her departure from this country, she was
under tribute 10 this craving shark Of the press.
The bat present was n gold pencil casr to Ben
nett, who managed 10 encounter her Just before
her emharkn,ion in Boston.
Il give the ahoyt facts which am able To sub
Stimulate in every particulars, the moment the op-
portanity offers