New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-15


presped; ! want TO do What is best, and therefore
think" suddenly dropping his voice " max P'0eao'y
4 rosM be reR for you TO coRsuk BRorHEn BEN
You'll find him over the Shoe and Leather bonA' a'u
III tell him to NEE. You there to MORROW
To which Briggs responded, "ih De on mana Wilt
out fail" and ,hereupon after the usual compliments
couIteses and civilties and mutual wishes LOT pro-
perity took his leave, returning rom thence 70 'ho
residence of prominent Office holder whose name We
are not at liberty to mention but to whom we MAKE
public acknowledgment for valuable inio' nation anu
there Nr. Briggs remained until between ana III
the morning.
Early next morning Brother Ben" was consulted
at his bankers office and before%he interview ended,
the price Offered in Boompgdalc was huckstered up
g., 600 addnopal-t being understood that that sum
would be necessary to make the Board OF Aldermen
all right
How this arrangement fell through, and how Charley
Devn came to be appointed must be reserved for an
other letter. We can then also do justice to slip
perry" and Glorious" legally, politically, socially,
morally, officially professionally, with full details from
the Office of Counsel to the Corporation, showing
among other things hew Devlin sold Sickles and Bds-
teed with an amusing exposition Of the motives Tor
the new alliance between Glorious and his Honor,
together with convivial sketches Of the performances
within the magic circle of the Sons of Malta.
The truth is that our field of observation is so fruit
full that our chief trouble is to determine what PIP
pins to offer in our ppings, and what to hold IN
abey ance. Let the Academy of Music be hired anu
will undertake to sing for yOu from now to the Fan
Elections in continuous melody OF private notes.
Finally, please bear in mind that we have not yet
touched upon the Common Council.
his HONOR THREATENS TO EXPOSE LEAD
ING JOURNALIST.
Just as the Committee were about to dispense, Mr.
Michael Tuomey and Daniel Linn, esq, were observed
to finish very mysterious private conversation held
in the coIner-Linn evidently wanting MIR. Tuomey TO
get up and say something, which the said Michael
hadn't quite courage to deliver; but Linn kept on
Logging bim" whispering, Tell him, tell him; why
don't you tell him J" Whereupon, said Michael got
up perspring violently at every pore, and rubbing
the palms Of his hands against his hips IN true
Milesan fashion. d" Your Honor" ne began,
81 Pete Duffy over at my place tine
Crystal last night rolling game of ten pins, and he
took me aside and told me that Judge Russell mad
told him that afternoon that the old man neanng the
Ogre was getting mighty savage; that you had bet
ter look out or The Herald would open on you; that
Bennett squil ted fully about the way you had been
using his paper Of late, and swore that he'd be
domned if he'd stan ii ony longer thought I'd bet
ter tell you, though there may be nothing in it. You
know best yourself
Uereupon Mr. Michael sat down, looking keenly AZ
the faces of his associates to if any Of them were
laughing at him.
iron this his Honor, assuming that historical smile,
exclaimed, sob, no matter, Michael! know all
about that already. We did have something of row
the other day, but there's no danger, yoa may rely
upon il. The old fellow threatened to shut pan on
me, but told HMM way that he understands
that If he did Id expose him. aud tell you he altered
his tune mighty quick. He complained most about
the report of the Reform Convention in Taminany
Hall, where John Kelly was made to throttle Dan
Sickles-which you know pure fiction. Well
that yexed him, aud he said he never felt 30 much
mortified in his life az when obliged to confess in his
next DAVIS issue that the report was only PicSwick
ian He added that it had become standing
Joke that his 'Cdy Ne~s Head was the
PckwicSan department of his paper, and that no one
knew what to believe of the statements contained
therein and spoke with great bitterness of my watch
irg his departure from the office, and then sending
articles in with an inmation that he had approved o.
them ard 20 procuring their Insertion. But gentle
mcr turning very blandly toward baioyster Suther
land and pulling mp his shrtcollar, no matter what
you hear you need be under no apprehension about
Tie Herald. The best way to manage man is &c
get him thoroughly afraid Of you, for then he has nc
resistance aud no discretion, and may finish all that
need be said this subject by remark which yor
may all remember with proGt-that the largest opera
tons in public matters carried On through proper
understanding cf what may be called tie sceace Of
fear"
Ob.dently vsy, and 90 forth,
BIRD IN THE BAND.