New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-29
TELEGRAPHIC DISTORTION.
To the Edito, of The ~ y. Tribune.

To the Editor Of The ~ y Tribune
SIR: Can YOU not enlighten the people somevhs
az 10 the manner in which telegraphic dspstcha@ W
the New.YOrk papers are made up, and who send
them; or whether you publish anything purpotns0
be news that is sent People generally are IN The
habit of looking upon your latest news column q
being impartial accounts of the various events hsy
profess to describe, but the people Of Albany know
now, at least that dispatches are about as mHa
entitled to credit as the Catholic stories Of The Erpr"
or The Statesman. The teegraphc account Of The
Fillmore meeting here, Thursday last, forwards
from this city, false in figures aud cooring hsn
beginning to end. The man who says there were
40 600 people the streets either participating or even
locking on at that demonstration is either fool OF
liar. great many counts were made OF the ptoce,
son and not one made il up To 100! The torcbhgn,
procession abour quarter of mile in length saa
the immense concOurse," when at the Capitol, m.gu
have numbered from !, 900 to LOU persons. i9
whole thing, instead of being perfectly successful
" az awretched failure. Twenty two cars were chS
tered to start from Syracuse and fifteen Of them were
empty. Five or six steamboats, were to bring up the
faithful from Brooklyn and New-Y Ork one brought
them all and that deserted them the captain asserting
as l am informed, that they were rowdyish and
abusive that he would not carry them back 81 any
price There were thousands of people in town during
the day, in attendance on the County Fair, but evey
body seemed obiyiOus Of The Hindoo demonstrshon
All the available space on the Washington Psrsos
Ground, ten acres IN extent, cover ed ~ ri.Dt~
the Ledles Riding Match, while the gathering OF he
Fillmore disunionsts in toe evening covered about
one-fourtb of an The Republicans are jublsnt
and prominent member of the State Central Commit
tee SAID last that they would half the eIpenss
TO get up another meeting Of Che same kind.
TO-days TRIBUNE 1 see has dispatch stating ibs
there several thousands" in attendance nj u
Republican meeting last night addressed by NJ
Speaker BeDks. That IL true but the dispatch dos
srste, what is also true that the meet ~ enlIey
local IN character, without hOnfires cannDn baaas
OF boys was equal an nun,Jers and far surpas-,dn
character the Fillmore meeting Of the previous aigsl
beld on the same SPOT end sseled by delegation. ra
abroad. Do enlghten us soiuewb9t ~ TO teegrsYe
ing; for II the dispatches you daily publish 10 He
publican meetings are got up on the sane plan 10
your Albany operator works upon We gant to kEos "
that We may expect the worst. TiNOLLos.
AI6eAy September =, 1885.
THE special dispatches to The TRIBUNE wesaa
generally yOuch for; but those TO the Associ''eA
Press We have 10 take as we find them. lN
agents by whom they are collected are eener"'
dsrk-anien men (him at Albany especially SOB
and alrtost every one hostile to the RepubiesA',
All this We have substantially stated long ago. '''
our readers know how to make the proper a''o"
ance for It. Al least, if they do not, the iia' !"
not ours. I'd. MI