The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-16
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/ TO THE EDITOR or THE HERALD.
Early IN iaM February sone three o. four might
have-betn fiibussezs with Lopez in Cuba ussi to
assemble every morning in one Of tie well kuo IN
French tsvesns Of the Second ward They wore
eviden ~ poor In pocket, bat rich In that daring
spirit which is ever rady TO enter into any rash
tcbeme ttst may be on tie taps. They bad no faith
In Colonel Kinney. Most Of them had bsen t. the
Aetrcpoiitsn, had had interviews nth the would b
nSdfn Cerhz, and had found that his expedition
would not Go for them. Tue. at Hrss sshs looked
hazardous ercush, even for such splits a. theirs.
but then jour systs hlibusters never approve
Of Sighting for bothng. Their Great maxim Is, the
lsbo1er IL worthy OF his hiie Instead Of sup Dying
toe ready for spreerg 1t on town." he sctasily
demanded payment Of some soors
| two Of dollars before no would consent 10 enrol
them in bis GLORIOUS company" This Kidd OF
thing would net do for the genllsnen ne resee u.
They had been educated In far ditfsreas soaoos:
one bad been An officer In Mexico; another had
fought The battles Of the French in Algeria while
third had feshed his sword ia that land GIRO
nance where tas Gauges rolls her turSld stream
ksx:co, Algeria erd India are certainly msoa
pessaoter eds for the exercise Of the skii o, such
svsmps and plains Of Nicaragua. Col. Kinney
vas conseq uently cat.
But tbere was Q war In Europs. The Bri.ishars
and the Frerchmen had been trying to take IS
bsstopol- not one Of tsm krs how long. They had
not only head Of battles but they had A,tusly sssa
thsn, and the acc UNITS that appeared almoss daily
In the herald reused the martial aidor Of these
8sry spirits to snOo pitch that tasy we're dss.r-
mined, like Irshmsa At q fair, to gst into dgat
somehow. In ordinary times q run with the ma.
sheen" and aght in Brooklyn. or on ona Of the
avenues to wind up wish. might have sufioei, but
With war in Europe never!
Such men are learned In the law; they know tas
powers Ct McKeor quite o. well as they understand
tEs effect Of Q judgment Although they do not
entertain any speeia regard for the lay, shs la~
hss occaaioniy had very just regard 70: them.
Ard now again law once more AIRED them 10 the
face; what was to be done2 Fight they would, and
In the Cfiuea. tco OF all with one vsics would cry
mtd cul1d Gradually these three or tour good
easy mill .srea" drew others around them--a
en- editor Of paper once. They were strong
enough TOW 10 resovs themselves int, q
COMMITTEE Of ways and neansn-"ways' for get
ting &C tie British government, "Mes1s for gesaag
AZ tie Crimea. Tee pfelmiuarles OF the nesting
were arranged over their whiskey toddies at the
French tavern. and at light they sssembled
somewhere in St. Marks place. The lss Of Nay Is
tenAIts by men.opiog tho precise LOCALITY. Il would
be usesss for Ms here ~ Set forth the sound argu
nj nts OF the F.eIch chevslier, or the Ingenious
scbt mes Of the Mexican officer, or the willy plans OF
the East Indian. Neither thsn we attempt to de-
scribe tie enthusiasm Of tho French Couot, 10 PIC
tuIesqUe from it's broken English; nor this business
IKE proposals. Ct dry goods clerk WAC had been
Sdmt.td On su6sreEce. II w II be sufticitu, for us
10 ssy that from that evening the whole s,hems
begcn 70 take 9 shape that seemed likely NJ ims1e7
to esd to very brilliant results But We must 60 back
little. As early as last fall Engl sb men resdox
travelling here bad than once wntten 10 the
euve,r msrt Ia England taat things were very
fst. and hat sheye was no doubt II iDdu em-ats
.uic sniS strong were nsld out bq. taa' plenty q
merston Is snars msr, AID remembers these litt,e
things when the time comes round to make use II
them. He y ford, too, OF adopting Btarsirg plans
bs6 this psst winter ard the ne Sspspers said NO
for e. al a6rted 10 saying the saaa thing, jas
IS II IL ned cace by telegraph. An Eugish gen
ttmsn then residing In New York, Eve are .eskin
OF December, 1854 and acting for tbs British 20
ye1intDt II tone matter q pate ats TOR killing or
the Russians, also srggestsd 10 Ore Of his letsms
the War Department, the policy OF gurrep'iticusl
drawing Isc,uits from our population. Insau tion'
we've consequently sen out one would hsvethou
TO kr. Crsmpton, ct Washington; bot no; these
wsnt 70 the Governor Of Canada.
ether, thty meet In Just half Tire tune thst IL would
ordinarily take either to get over the whole dis
tsIce. Such was tire case Ia this instance. The
rated a. washing ton. on tie osSsr, thsy began a
New York ano terminated at precisely the same
place. We presume il IL uot wrong TO say that Mr..
Champion u ~ nonccmmittal low - he was on TIE
All were at length agreed that letter mus be
written letter ;hst shoud at once dbplay thsir
hops ard their petition. "A few days passed ana
the East hdan informed dis friends the letter hsd
gore-gore to Canada-gone to Head. Al
were delighted. 1tis VAS what they called
"eorg ahead" And 20 1t proved. A few
days meIe tos Governor bad alr,sdy had his
CsIaca. TIE recip!sn. turned II this way and
tuned il that foe lshly expecting, we suppose, to
zee lie "hon sDd the unicorn displayed ct full
Picture bis asonishmers, then. whoa be found that
II wss not from Governor Head ct al, but from q
nsn be had Ltver beard OF, aTe whoss name was
certainly RIVER IN the papers. He was a. much
surprised as a fliiouste. ever ought to be; and
more It'll, wien bs found IT simply requested su
siswer 70 ere or tRo questions, ard nothing apps
rtLtIy very pertinent to tia meter in hand con-
written cut and sent. Toe reply csrie-a sim lie
suggestion 70 coll az tone office In Barclay street,
bfoIe the spring oreIed, and moved for the sus
pension u ths Bylaws OF the city, TO eoabls every
Gre to buid and pull down according 70 his fancy;
TIE ooes In b. cay s.reet were all vary much alike
-dsrs, uncomfortable aces enough, prosc'ed
IL the day time by tteir occupant. Themselves,
and at light By the Mayors police. Ba. the
be now, also protected by Whit vsbsl calls pubic
Aw" Our friends cerseqosnsIy thought II
quite sA'e 10 put in On appealsncr Trey did 30.
notf ing very definite was done Bat s9fi Jisnswss
said and done to encourage such eatefpr ng gentle
men In the btliei tat something would Ger :siaiy
"oms OF IT, TIE ruuber Of "waiskey toddies',
cstspn, that Afternoon ct the French tavern even
astonished tie bs,keeper Ana 10 things went on
fer q itw Gays mere. ka,cn WAS here, cold, raw
AID uncomfortable SO ever. bot. nevertheless bring
nj ccriort with Il In tie shape Of gentleman from
Ea.fsx
Joeeph Howe Ia 0 vel krowr msu crt In the
Fnyjpces and Gas, % Juoge halliburton would say,
"some grit In him. Jcstph Howe lives as HaBsx,
| and The &c ut emsn who came from Halifax 10 New
York wss joseph Ho~e. Delmoaico's Ia Roadway
u The hotel pssionized by your tue Britain; be may
erowl tle,e CO much az be plessfs at the rate OF
| some cdd dcllass day. Where and how was the
conr sctor we co net know but the very rrxt time
the East II dian ttIo called az that dark little oics
IN Bsrcny street he was quietly referred - the