The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-25

lady who, In costume appropriate to the locality
and Its pursuits, enjoys its healthfdl sports with
D zest which imparts AN increased value to them
In the eyes Of every one. We believe the time
Ia at hand when people Of wealth and leisure
will be glad 10 exchange the inanity and frivolity
Of fashionable routine at watering place for the
and invisoratug life described by our
New Hampshire correspondent. The tide Is
already turning that way, if We may judge from
The immense numbers Of persons who have been
latterly taking the distant mountain and water
routes in search of those natural attractions and
which can alone bring refreshment
To the overtaxed mind and strength to the
physical energies.
The Albany Regency and the DonnelIy Let
ter-Ccnfidcnce Cassidy I'm Agony.
The knot of second rate trading aud treacher-
GUS politicians at Albany are beginning to howl
terribly over the exposition Of their schemes
given in the columns of the New YORK HERALD.
These chaps are utterly discounted at the posi-
ton of affairs brought about by their breach of
confidence in allowing the letter of Gov. Wise to
Donnelly to come to light They, by their own
showing, intended to circulate it secretly, In
manuscript, among their own set, and for their
own purposes. We are very well acquainted
with both, and they will find out that and more
before the matter is finished. They have just
read the prologue to the play, which will in
crease in interest as 1t goes forward. As Hamlet
says" 1t is knavish piece of work" through
out. We can't say how much we are panied at
being obliged to place Cassidy Co. in the I'M
favorable light where they now stand; but we
have duty to perform to the public, and how
ever much we may regret the stern necessity,
yet we must accept it. We are not at all sur
prised that Confidence Cassidy should weep and
wall; that there should be much lamentation and
crashing of teeth in the secret councils of the
Albany Regency; that that agreeable, polished
and, we may say Chesterfeldian sheet, the
A2as-Ayus, should so far forget itself as to call
us naughty names-to revile US, in fact, in no
measured terms. People who are detected in
crime always attempt to shield their own
sins by abusing the law which they
have offended, the magistrate before whom
they are tried, the jury by which they
have been convicted, and the Judge
who sends them to the gallows or the prison. So
with our elegant contemporary up the river
Lately, be charges us with attempting to impute
the publication OF the Wise Donnelly letter to
him, and goes on with more about our Character
istic strategy" which is rather rich considering
the source from which it emanates. II is plain
that our ssnguinary philosopher at Albany is not
in his right mind Too much political intriguing
hath made him mad. Let him behold how plain
a tale shall put him down. We have never de-
MED the printing of the Wise-Donnelly letter.
We printed it first. 1t is way we have. What
we have stated is simply this:-1st. That the let
ter was entrusted confdentially to Confidence
Cassidy. I'd. That copies Of it were taken in
manuscript and distributed all over Albany and
other places for the enlightenment Of the faithful.
Sd. That said distribution of letter like that
referred to is to all intents and purposes pub
LEGATION of it. The politicians read IT, and we
gave it to the public, which had right to
it. This is the true state of the case in law
and in fact. Our agent in Albany heard Of the
letter, as did almost every one else who was IA
mDiar with the circumstances that called the
politicians to the capital. He found copies of
the letter floating about Albany, and, altogether
unknown to us, bought one for twenty dollars.
It was as plain a commercial transaction as buy
ing ballad for penny ia the Park The let
ter was already patent. 1t had been read by
many people-at least fifty-and shown to a
hundred others. After using it, our amiable
contemporary, or some of his friends for him, sold
it for twenty dollars. The striking parallel
between this conduct on the part Of Confidence
Cassidy & Co. and that of Judas Iscariot, who
sold his Master for thirty pieces Of silver, will
suggest itself to the most ordinary mind. 1t
would be curious to know how the twenty pieces
were divided, and how much of the money Cas-
sidy received. Many good people will regret
that the parallel Is not perfect in its ISSUE 80 fa
as the denouement ia concerned. And Cassidy
himself howls as If be already felt the very disa-
greeable contact Of q rope with his precious
neck. Let him not be impatient; each shall
have his turn. "The cst," saith the immortal
bard twill new; the dog will have his day.
Probably Cassidy will be no exception to the
latter phrase of the dstich. He already has
advanced very well in the mewing state and
will coon be ready to be cropped I'M by the
Sheriff.
He is good deal exercised in his mind, this
Cassidy, about our affairs. A large part of his
impression is occupied with the HERALD. He
comes down upon US in a way that reminds
one Of our quadrilateral contemporary who
became 80 terribly entapgled in the elbows of the
Mincio, though the Albany Regency cannot be
said to have been "formed by the natural SYM
pathy of youth" We are lastly charged with
abandoning Fernando Wood as we did George
Law. Both men are, according to the Albany
philosopher, dead. That is slight mistake.
George Law had not sufficient stuff to make
anything Of and could not be galvanized
bv any battery, however strong. But
MI Fernando Wood Is horse of