The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-20

The Printers In General walkers Army and
the uOw York Herald
lTron Ne AassAan (Niss) Democrat, August Ill
ms ssstssuaa dsva Cd lecture in he Court House here
On Monday NIGHT the Sd inst, upon NcarsguAn Ars He
= no. .ocussoned o public :psasns, and made no A.
nshed narrative OF what he had and exporenced In
Nic1sgua He has no doubt Of walkers hnal success,
nsni he determined 10 ses he Thing .ArOusE NJ.
Fulton = landed in New York, With his mother and
carry them charity hospital Being printer he then
turned out 70 hunt job, but unable 70 procure
goy meni and amor n'aug three Day. be entered the
any o. sixty or his Cs moi one could be found with and
n Inst oice) 70 stand sside ana e him work one hour
collection was then taken up by the foreman Of the or
Of pitcher handle il rtssSurs Ps, We once saw
clerk in hotel there charge man just thas amount Tor
accidentally breaking the handle of. pitcher raised and
presented to him. This Ii once that gets Thousands Of
6oars annually from the South. Our citizens contributed
literally 70 aid Mr. Fulton 70 Yalosusha county, whore
his frk nds reaide
REPLY OF fHR COMPETITORS on THE NEW YORK
HHRALD.
Mr.. Fulton to tho composing room Of the HERALD
office on the Sd Of July. On the Wednesday folio wing he
called again, and Asked FOR sufficient TO get meal he not
being able 70 work, when three Of the composors gave
him twenty cents each for TINT purpose In CONVERSE
on with Of The competitors, he aated that he wished
fry dollars raised by subscription, - he wshed TO take
himsel' wife and mother 70 New Orleans He was told
visit until two O'Clock, when the foreman would be In
and would subscription FOR him. but that he could
not expect any such fifty dollars, the mon had to
take Of those employed the paper In cascs Of sick
ness bodes other voluntary subscriptions but that when
he got able 10 work. could obtain much he de-
sired Mr. Fulton was not In the army, but kept eating
house, and not spoken Of very highly by those with
whom VIC have conversed.
General Walkers army arrived in New York in .
wreiohed condition, ~ every one here knows. The
printers, OF oouse, found their way into the different
ocs and sought that sd which, In their debllated
di,on, they knew they would receive. Numerous
the calls the BRD ooe ard there has been about
hucdred doar collected for printers who in Ncara
qua. Several Instances Sl suffice 70 convince South
friends tina, the statement Of Mr. Fulton false. Mr.
Eyslop, of Memphis, Tenn, (who was sck) was fur
n.shed with money, 90 also beard and lodging for q
week, besides having passage furnished 10 Charleston
gratis A gentleman, from New Orleans, well known
there, (who had broken arm, snd wax suffering from
fever and ague,) assisted two different occasions
with money. Another, from the Office OF the FsdsrcI
Onion, Mueda evillo, Ca who wished aid 10 Washington,
where be had friends sent or his way. These gen
emen besides Others could contradict! Fulon's statement
There aye st present two composiiors, who were in
Nicaragua, (who would not receive subscri ,tons) en-
gagged in the HERALD onlce-kr. Bell or New Orleans and
Mr. wagsiaG, Of Csforna-both OF whom have as mu ,h
work they wish. Mr.. wagstan sorry to say Is
suffering from chls and fever and lie unable DO much
There never was time In the HERALD oNce where
there about ninety cnposto-natives of oil section.
Of the Unonat work. that some OF them would 70 OF
day, week, 10 give man In dstress work II he
wished It, It 10 very seldom that who arc Wiling TO
work In DISTRESS The contrary, very few OF those
who ak for subscriptions willing 10 work; Mr. Fulton
being Of the latter class.
Al 10 the reflection contained In the remark "this
paper that gets thousands Of dollars annually from the
South" IL unjust TO the proprietor OF me HERALD
II II not matter In which Mr.. Bennett concerned Al ALL
and application, from printers do not come 10 his know
lodge. lis purely between Mr.. FULTON and the compost
tors, 70 whom all such applications made
In conclusion, We leave 10 all printers whether fore
could 20 round Office where there eighty or
ninety men at work-no matter what the object-and col
lcct only sspensn coats.
TO rHK xDIroR OF TIE HERALD.
have noticed . statement In several Southern news
papers, purporting 70 come from Mr. Robert A. Fulton
printer, In which he complains that upon his landing in
New York, from Nicaragua, he applied the competitors
Hnnup once for relief from whom he could only
obtain The small Of seventeen cents for bis rceess
ties, whilst al the time be told that he could
have much an hours work" In making this
statement M Fulton has either deliberately uttered VIVA
obterac the fact. from bis memory In justice TO my.
self, ~ well - the other conpositors In the HBRAID Office
! deem II Incumbent xoor me 70 give the following
version OF he story, which rus % FAR ~ my know.
ledge Of the fsots extends,-
on the Sd day Of July Ia, young came !, mo in
the Office and said that hc had is arrived, with others
from Nicaragua, whore he had been for some time pas
engaged snldier under General walker; that his mo
ber and wife, both OF them sick, With him. tha
be sood In rre need Of assistance He also stated he
snser ned hops Of being abe 70 raise By subscription
bark, With his family, 70 bis former home In Mississippi
or course could but feel the deepest commsserSuou
for Mr. Fulton In such circumstances, but ~ bad
means Of assistins him myself, and IL not being In my
line 10 relieve dhtrcrsed people by merely conicling
Win then, said but ue 70 that eject assured Mr.
Fulton, however that would he impossible the
necessary my dollars BY subsor pton, had many
calls upon oar charity from our own fellow work
mon In tho once, Who wore sick or disabcd that wo
could noi afford 10 raise much for stranger; and fur
iher od him that II probable the poslorr would
he willing 70 contribute 70 bis temporary relief 50
that he ngb be enabled 70 look round for employment
To his end advised him 70 return about three ooocGhe
hour nj which the woud be paid off, and make known
bis 10 the forcmsn Of the osce who would doubt
ohterfuiy do THAT he could for him. He len, wing
be would do - advised. bus fortunately for himself
al not return Until the Wednesday Thursday following
when every one had spent what pocket ncy he had
anything 70 The story d seventeen cents knos lnsi
70 be false for contributed Than thn myself
for bic relief Enough was Siven him for the ,omenl
and had he beco . oompetcrt workman, ~ he sAid
he VAS, he could have goa and been enabled 70
more. Bad The circumstances Or Mr.. Fulton were,
Re vas Guile - vol CD a. many OF those from whom he
expected assistance. He he said shilful
In sound bcsith with the great CITY Of New York,
with s numberiess printing horses before him. In which
70 seek employment II would be well for Mr. Fnlton II
he poescssed Of the sp,h OF The great whose
he bears He might then apply himself 70 manly
honest labor and he would have but little 70
eomplain OF want Of charity or Kindness In ohery
WILLIAM L. N0RvEII.
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