The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-30


has been, from "a decent respectf for the opinions
of mankind"
The GREEN FRUITS or THE Wharf.-The Hon.
JEFFERSON Bricks ACHrByEMxTs-Whi the
journals of Europe and the United States are
busi]y engaged in discussing how much one par
~ or the other has gained or lost by the war
how far Austria is humblcd, Sardinia enriched,
the KossutA party disappointed, the Freuch ar
my glorifed, and Napoleon's popularity extend
ed-nobody seems to think about what the news
pspers have gained by the war. Fifty years ago,
when the first Napoleon fought over the came
ground as that where his nephew has just won
his first victories, the world was obliged to wait
long time for accounts of warlike operations
The conveyance of intelligence then required
weeks; now, for the same distance, it is matter
Of minutes An army has now its staff of jonr
nalists, sometimes with and sometimes without
the consent of the commander of the forces Dur
ing the Crimean war the London Times enhanced
its great reputation all over the world by admt
rable descriptions Of the actions at Alma, Inker
mann, the Redan and the MalakoT Latterly the
events of the Indian and Italian wars have been
cbronicled in the same manner and by the same
pen.
While the London Tines was doing all this, il
is not to be wondered at that Mr. Jefferson Brick,
of the United States of America, o journalist who
has more than once made the Prime Minister of
England shake in bis shoes, terrified Austria.
spubbed Prussia, annihilated the German diplo,
mats, saved Louis Napoleon, and made the Gear
of Russia ''tremble in his marble palace at ST.
Petersburg"-we say, is it remarkable that Mr..
Brick should put his finger In the pie? Not at
all. And he has done it, Aud if any one desires
to zee what nice mess be has made of it, let him
read the extracts from Mr. Bricks works, which
we print elsewhere. They include his famous
article on the Mincio's elbows, his gallant con.
duct on the field of Solferino, described by him.
SELF bis remarkably lucid account Of that action,
and his famous retreat from Castigliooe to Bres-
cia.
Mr.. Brick has made grand coup and gained
q reputation as the first blunderer Of the day-in
fact quadrilateral blunderer, from four sides of
the question He tried to smut up the
Austrians in the strategic square, and
he is now condemned to perpetual
Imprisonment within its boundaries. He may be
convinced that he will never hear the last of his
quadrilateral article. It will stick to him, as
the judges say, during the whole term of his
natural life.
The Hon. Jefferson Brick, and his distinguished
colleagues in Wall street and elsewhere, estab-
lished their paper for the purpose of beating all
creation, and we are magnanimous enough to
that they have "been and gone and
done it now" While j. Brick, Esq, has been
winning immortal, and we may say quadrilateral,
honors at home, the Hon. Jefferson Brick, the
first, has pushed boldly to the tented field. He
has crossed the Alps, rode in a diligence, been
hungry and thirsty, slept upon boards, suffered
from fleas, and all to give an ungratefal world
an account of battle which is not appreciated.
1t has been urged that Mr. Bricks account of the
affair is not bit like what it turned out to be,
that he could see nothing but smoke, and
bear nothing but what he calls visible"
cannonading; yet there is his letter, sent from
the field. His readers should be duly CRATE
full and cay, with Sir Lucius O'Trigger,
that "when affection guides the pen, he'd be
brute that would quarrel wifi the Style"
Then, again, who cen read of Mr.. Bricks per-
sonal adventures without thrill of admiration?
Whether we behold him scanning the field of
carnage from the hill which his and Chevalier
Webb's friend, the Emperor Of the French, had
just left; asleep at the cafe in Castiglione like
the soldier tired, in the popular song; or, hat in
hap fcov oil tEo 70 IN
mentary expectation of the thrust of an Austrian
bayon in his hinder parts; or calmly sitting
down to still further mystify his readers with his
great geographical knowledge so profound as to
include not only the roads, fortresses, water
courses, &C., but the natural inclinatious and
sympathies (whatever they are) of the rivers
themselves, Jefferson Brick is the same grand
gloomy and peculiar individual.
He is to the strategy, the geography aud the
military operations of the war what the Chevalier
Webb is to its secret diplomatic history-history
which is only known to the Chevalier, Palmerston
and Louis Napoleon. We are glad that the
Chevalier Webb was restrained from rushing to
the field of Mars, and proud that the Honorable
Jefferson Brick is still spared for the enlighten-
ment OF this glorious country. Let him give us
more Of bis sympathetic elbows, and further par
ticulars of the Mncio's youthful training. And
let the Chevalier Webb look sharp, or Jefferson
Brick will get that gold snufbox from the EN-
peror Of the French
A VIRGINIA EDITORIAL DUEL-TuE CORES
&c.-We publish to-day the remarka
Die correspondence connected with the late very
emal kable editorial duel in Virginia, between