The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-29

advef tised mermaid" and showed II 70 she
Yankees ?-who discovered and bought mp decrepit
negroes Of eighty winters, extracted her teeth,
dsepened her wrinkles, shaved her head, aud palmed
her on upon the citizeus Of the republic - the
nurse Of their patriot, Father Washington, aged
l6lf"-wbo encountered dwarf Is Bridgeport,
Charles Stratton BY Iame, i've years old, and two
feet Ligh, borrowed him from his parents worthy
folks to loan" their offspring y taught MIN to
sUd ~ 10 breath -
rican people as General Tom Thumb the extraordi-
nary dwarf eleven years Of age, Just arrived from
EDgland;" brought him 70 London, and ses him
Albert Smith, bis particular # end" to write
piece called Hop o my Thumb" with view 20
the exhibition Of bis snort proegS az the theatres
and otherwise b,aitsd nis new article. % suca
couI try was whipped into considerable particular
excite ment p who made a trip to the midland
counties, III company with the author OF Hop %
my Thumb" his particular FREUD" under whose
auspices was purchased the happy family Of 200"
beasts to be added to that famous American Museum
Of SEQ 600 Objects" 20 boooraby purloned, with
tire spirited cooperation Of Moan Bssco, Ropes"
& Co, from the unlu' by " incorporated company"
VITO erecssd Hnmbug Paace," (Iranstsn,)
In which he dweIs, legitimate lord aud mister;
6iscouIsed, BIKE Oily Common, in hoDeyed woris, OF
loh, in the Grove" and cap ped his exploits
By putting salt upon the quivering tail OF the
ver'sble !" Swedish N igbtingale" whom he iured to
"the States" proclaimed :" saint" as well 80
m,
and discreet even than melodious, until, peyceving
that Q had al last met with his match, In another
sort Of general than General Pom Thumb, general
TO outgsne,al that generals prime munster, he
IraDistan e. Humbug Paiace,'') there to rest for
time on bis bays, aud suck ICED water through .
quill instead OF sherry cObnlsr aud mint JuepI IS
there one among US VINO has not heard speak OF the
nan VITO did al these aud many other things OF
more or less sccount-the prosperous and pushing,
the ipeenig us, spirited unabasheo, and ahead"
Yankee, Phineas Taylor Barnum2 If there be suca
one, let him declare HIMSELF that his Indifference
may receive just rebuks, ara his ignorance be en-
ligbtened. "Not to know" BarDun, ARGUES oae-
self unknown" We all must know, and all admire
him.
Having been repeatedly admonshed, by pub
fishers and personal friends, to write the story of DIS
life, Mr.. p. T. BNDum, undismsyeo by cream
stances that might have restrained any gentleman
SPECTATOR Of less notoriety and candor, consen,ed
He was assured that the book would be readable"
and, what vas more to MS MUD, that it would sell.
We have bestowed more than ordinary space upon
these Confessions" because we seriously think
that the system Ct morality they reveal should cot
be permitteo TO escape the strongest censure. The
easy, of-band vein assumed by the author In re-
counting his most thsmeless expedisnts may cause
hem TO be accepted Dy many 81 rather amusing
than Feplehensibe as food for laughter instead OF
matter fc- severe rebnke; but if the sv0wal Of Q
continued course Ct dtsintgnty, OF fraud and in-
position on the public, Ia to be tolerated a. not
altogether Ddefensibe, winked at as dlverting, or,
still worse, received with applause, things mast
indeed, have come to pretty pass. What is the
use Of bein honest If the doings Of Mr.. P, 7. Bar
Ium are TO be endorsed with the worlds approval
Un0er the motto Of " go ahead, We ara aware that
macy jpgs may be attempted with implnlLy which
hso better be left untfied, many " conventional.
ties convenient teYm--autraged viii Oh 10 would
be more ssmiy to respect; but We have higher
op'nol OF our Transatlantic brethren than to be
lieve that such book tie Live" we have re-
viewed can possibly receive the welcome At their
hspcs which lis author WHO, after enr1chiDg him
SELF NJ tten expense, now unDiusnlnyly tells them,
fioD his easy chair, thst hs has bamboOzle1 them
from frat to last appears 20 Anticipate. Some
voice Will surely be hfted In admoLisnmeDt; some
sterIer censor than the rest will advise him shat,
among the huDbues" &c has pa'met upon the
WORLD, the "Fsjee Mermaid not excepted, this
history of his lite is The Grossest AID most fagast.
The ,limax surpasses all. In tbs retrospective"
chapter, the summing up OF the benefit he a.
sDmes TO have conferred upon his "countrymen and
counUywcmen, a minister 10 Their instruction aud
hsppiDess" (), Mr.. Bsrnum, with an sudacity thst
sets decorum at defiance, ventures on the following
estimate OF himsef:-
As business man, undoubtedly, my prime object has
been to put money in my purse succeeded beyond my
most sangune anticpations, and satisfied but what
have here sad win prepare the reader for what con
have been public hnefactor to an extent seldom pa
raeeo in the histories Of protested and professional phi
"Humbugs il too vague term to apply to such
unparalleled effiontery. II this passes current in
Mr.. BsrIums own country, he may at least rest as
sured that 1t has no chance here.
Misrepre sensations OF the Abolitionist Press.
CoLDwArER, Mich, Jan. 8, 1855.
10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
In the WEEKLY HERALD Of the Esd December last,
under the head Miscellaneous" ia . paragraph
COPIED inadvertently, no douat,l from QUE Of the
many slsnoers Of the New York Tribune, or its puny
Western rival In mepdacity, tie Cincinnati Gazette.
The article alluded to sbove ssys:-"A man Was re-
Gently proved guilty. at Indianapolis of violating the
seventh section CT the Fugitive Slave law, but the
jury would not render 10 their verdict uness the
Judge would promise to remit the fue the act i'm
poses as penalty for che offence, which was agreed
TO- and the jury thercup brought In their verdict
that the prisoner ray fine Of fifty dollars and be
imprisoned ONE hour in the court ROOM" The
foregoing statement, published first 10 the Cncan-
natl azstfe and then republisbed In the Tribune,
revised, improved aDo adorned with sundry outs
and engravinEs stolen from the "Key TO Mrs. UGclo
Tom Beecher Slows Cabin, }" is . sheer fabrication,
false In every particular bsse SANDER on tho Judge
and jury, and well calculated to mislead the public
mind In regaIs 70 the administration OF justice In
Indiana, bring dscredit upon the court aad disgrace
upon the State, when published in journal so
universally read and credited IS the New YORK
HERALD.
In justice TO all concerned, hope you win con-
sent 20 publish the facts in the case, and leave to
the Tribune and its coabNers in treason an uudis-
turbsd monopoly In the unworthy task OF fabrcatng,
jonrn sliziDg and publishing the most absurd false
hoods In regard to southern men, unscrupulously
as-apg their institutions aud heaping up noun
tain high the grossest ca,umnes and ISLANDERS on
the heads Of judges jurors, and ali officers who dare
vLdie ale the law, with malignity and fsrocity not
surpassed by the Dantons and Robespieres Of the
French revolutions and all with the cool philosophic
assurance Of Voltaire and other ilosrrious French
atheists that the philosopher Greeley knows 30 we'll
how To initiate, whose principles he insiduously
inculcates, and whose atrocities his su ,csssful
| preaching ", uld be sure 70 re-ena,t.
The case referred to that OF B. B. Waterhouse,
| indicted last May In the United states District
Court Of lndaIa for aiding flgiave slaves to escaps
tfom Kentucky, or, IN other words, for acting a.
| rOUguctfr ON tina M nd