New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-19

On the 7th inst. the advertisement of that large
weil-known and successful New Orleans clothing
establishment Of Alfred Munroe & CO. made its first
appearance in this paper. We noticed that adver-
tisement and the frm, editorially, and in such
terms as onr long acquaintance with Alfred MuTee
himself, and MFR. MushaWay. another member of the
We thought, was their due We heard, after that
notice was in type, that the New York hotisc Ind
signed a recommendation of the Helper Boek,''
and that the article was in q copy of the N. T.
Herald, lately received by us and given TO friend,
who gave MS the Information in question. We
thereupon addressed bIessrs. Alfred Manroe & Go.
on the subject. On receiving their dispatch be-
low referred to by them, we, with the gentleman
to whom we gave H. instituted search FOR the pa
per. but 1t could not be found. On the appearance
OF Mr.. Munroe's card, lin the Crescentl which we
also publish to-day, we exhibited il to our inform
ant and he was satisfied that his memory was at
fault it being the call of the meeting for George
Opdyke tRep.) for Mayor Of New York, and not q
Recommendation of the Helper book which he
had seen. These facts we intended to comnlani-
cate to A. Munroe & Co., on yesterday. When we
received their letter, which appears below, &C.
cOmpanad by their card, TO which we cali the spe-
cial attention of our readers. Never having pub
lisfed anything against this New Orleans house,
we leave to those that have published or that mis-
judged them, to retraet recall and do them Justice
Their letter and card face the music,.' Just as We
believed they would.
esss Wood Marsh Prcrristors FREQ Trader ~ " n
Gentlemen-Yo favor of the 7th inst ;s at hand
You close your letterin the following words: Yon
will see in our daily Of to-day and weekly of Man.
day next, that the political portion Of your letter
has been considered. Since this mornings publ
cation, ne learn your New York house Was eattior-
ser OF the Helper Book How asa1is thatg
Your letter does not touch TINT point Please an
swer. The New York Herald contains The pubIi-
cation with your FIRMS name signed to H. 10 which
we allude.
WOOD aARsH
w w. ". Wood. Editor ~ PrnpFetors pFee Trader.
Immediately on receiving your letter We tele-
gfaphed to you as follows: Telegraph to US the
date of the New York Herald yon alluded to, daily
| or weekly. Did you see any such publication ~
| Iris now nearly twenty -four hours since we sent
you that dispatch, and yet we receive no answer
from you. The statement you make with regard
| to the appearance of the name of our New York
| house as among those who endorse the q Helper
Book, y is AS if you spoke Of yoHr own knowledge.
and it appears to us strange il such be the case.
| that yon should not be prepared at a moments
notice, to give rs such simple information as we
| have asked for in our Dispatch Are you hunting
up that New York Herald which is said to have
contained that signature?
Yon certainly did not speak from recollection,
for as yen say yon have learned the fact since the
publication Of your paper on the day you write, Or
did you accept, as sufficient authority, the saf so
of some individual, who spoke from his racelleet.
ion? If so it is only another evidence of the necas-
sty Of caution in the circulation of rnmors partie
nlarly where those rumors affect individual char
aeter, for you mist have studied human natslre
wrote that Ruor il iiar and teIleth tales Hkn
| a woman Of forty and also that other saying of
somebody else, that "a lie will uavei Q thousand
leagues while truth is putting on its boots.
In this connection We will mention that gentle.
| man of this city lately travelling through Missis
sippi heard it publicly rsmored that Alfred aIun
roe 4 Go. had signed a call fora meeting to syln-
| pathize with old 0ssaWatonie Brown! and VIC ok
peut next 10 hear that have signeda petition TO
the manin the moon for him TO come domn ard move
the Equator up to the North pole, and 10 lake AL
the niggers under his protection. We inelose with
this, MIR. Munroe's card, which has been published
in all the city papers. That card an
swers the only legitimate charge that has baen
made against u.s. and these thousand other ranters
have allsprung from il There is not word of truth
in all of them, and trust TO your honor and gene.
rosty to do what you can towards setting ss right
before the community. We have been most shame-
fully abused in this matter. If this persecution still
continues in such Il shameful manner, We shall have
to resort to other 10 vnaieate our character
besides the pen. But we beievein the inmntabiIity
of truth and Justice, and have the utmost confidence
that this hard rubbing We have had will only make
4 Ms shine brighter before intelligent puh,ic Ia
that public we have ever trusted, and not particle
of fear rests in our souls now, that We have not
acted wisely in doing SO.
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