New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-13
ON, STANLEY, ON

We publish on another page a unique and
piQuant narrative Of one of the late recruiting
agents of the British Consulate, who at the time
was bosom friend aud confidential assistant OF the
Mr.. Stanley who has been of late much disturbed
at the limitations of has completely i'll the recruiting
business. When our readers shall have perused IT
they will wonder that gentlemen deeply and
thoroughly implicated in this affair should not
know enough to keep STILL and rot further expose
what they seem so very desrous to conceal. The
idea of these persons rushing into print to vindicate
their innocence Of acts, the witnesses OF which
start from under every bush aid turn up at every
corner, is 80 absurd that wonders it can find Us
WAY into any body's noddle But John Bull is
speciality You accuse him of what he has been
doing, and half the world knows he has been doing,
and be flies into fit of virtuous Indignation at the
proundless impudchce Of your allegations and quite
confounds honest simplicity, which thinks that
wien denial is SO prompt and emphatic there
really ust be some mistake in the charge. This
game of bluff ia a common one with our excellent
T, atve all over the world. 1t ia habit which has
grown on him, for the reason that he has often dealt
with people who did not care to snub him. Thus
national characteristic has been formed to which it
would often be useful to administer a wholesome
rebuke. We trust the adnionitions and cOrrec-
tions exhibited in the present instance will eventu
oily be blessed to his improvement both in morals
! and manners.
Here is this Mr.. Stanley chin-deep in recruiting,
hiring agents, putting servceable men on the pay
list cbarterDg vessels, forking out $500 to a ship
master, S25 to a landlady hunting up Russian
bruisers driving to the recruiting taverns, running
lere and walking there, fnming and frettiDg over
his varied perplexities, dodgng round this corner,
ard fitting through that alley, jostled at every
! turn by some fellow with whom be has talked or
bargained, or advised about some branch of the
grand scheme of getting recruits. Yet, nOtwith-
standing all he starts out into the public journals
with the air and attitude of man who never knew
or dreamed even that the British Govern nent had
ever been after single chap in this city to go to
the Crimea. After such lulicrOGs demonstration
we may expect the British Consulate here 10 deny
its own existence, and declare it has not aud never
had any connection with her Majestys affairswhat-
ever. Indeed, we may anticipate a declaration
that Mr.. Barclay and Mr. Howe, and Mr. Stanley
are myths, and that the idea Of their corporea ex-
istence is TN audacious fabrication of The
TRIBUNE
The fact is that the extra stirring which Mr.
Stanley bas given to this matter only tends the
more completely to inculpate the Consulate in the
business Of which it has suddenly assumed such
enire ignorance. We have numerous verbal nar
ratons and curious details, going to implicate the
parties in question TO the fullest extent. But we
only alude to them, having no space and no occa.
sion to pursue the subject in detail If we had.
witnesses would flock in clouds at our bidding.
Mr.. Stanley would find himself confronted and
concluded by old familiar faces that we dare ssv
he is now but too hsppy to forget. Let his expe.
rience teach him caution and prudence, and when
he has bad case on hand, at least let him keen
silence. Ia these days of spanking swiftness.
when thoughts are converted into words and sent
on sheets out upon the world in twinkling, and
when everybody in such free country as this
knows everybody business and tells all he knows,
1t idle to expect secnets to remain such for any
length Of time, especially those which relate to