Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-04-12

A DELECTABLE BIT OF SCANDAL" Mepnisto-
philes,n the Unions N. Y. correspondent, has
been behind the curtains, and caught the private
dispatches running along the greasy wires of the
White House Kitchen which he details with great
gusto in one of his late letters, as follows:
I" Just now Bennett of the Herald as we'll as
Greely of the Tribune, comes in for his share of
tribulation. Bennett has been e. 'soaping" Mrs
Lincoln ad nousedm of late, in order to secure
for Mrs. Bennett (who is The Herald in fact, for
she rules her husband with Il rod of iron, and
orders into and out of the paper what she pleas
es) an invitation to the White House. In the
meantime, Bennett sends that gentee loafcr,
Wikof commonly known as Chevalier Wi
koff ~ and one of his assistant editors, DR.. Ives,
to Washington, to labor on the spot for the same
end Wikof, who is cross-eyed, like Bennett
himself, succeeded in pursuading Mrs. Lincoln
that Mrs Bennett (whom nobody tctf associate
with bere,N was COLOSSUS in crinolne, and il the
sun did not rise and set in the Herald office, it
certainly did behind the Benettiau stables, at the
Herald villa, on Washington Hights, few miles
out of the city. Mrs. Bennett was invited to Mrs
Lincolns soiree dunsante the other night, in conse-
ouence and Bennett in his glory ; but alas !!
Wikoff was detected in brbng the under-serv.
ants at the White House to steal public docu-
ments for the Herald and was kicked out of the
Presidential mansion by order oil Mr Lincoln
besides being arrested for contempt, aud impris
oned in the guard room. by a committee OF
Congress, for refusing to surrender the name OF
his accompce. DIR. Ives was arrested, aDout tne
same time, by Secretary of War, Stanton, for
threatening the Department with the vengeance
of the Herald for not furnishing that journal, in
nd vance of all its cotemporares with important
information These two " snubs' have CALLED
Bennett severely, and he winces under the hui
miliation-a humiliation before the world for
which the enforced reception of Mrs Bennett at
Washington, is no consolation.
The "Chevalier Wikof." who is Bennett's
creature-o -all-work, is Philadelphia by birth
and inherited fortune lie spent his patrmOny
abroad, and then accompanied Fanny Elssler,
the danseuse, to this country as her business man
and agent Next we heard of him abroad again,
| living in the French Court US paid spy of the
British Government. Anon, he tried to force a
British heiress (a horrible old maid) to marry
him, as he was on his last legs in point of finance,
| and he pursued her all over the continent, until
the Bsilsh authorities sent him to prison in
| Switzerland Finally he returned to this coun-
| try, where he has been living upon his wits ever
since He plays the toady to Mrs. Bennett. who
cahs him her " convenient jackass "-(shc swears
| like q lroOper)-and the sycophant to her bus-
band, who denominatcs him My dog WikoRu
He is the " peculiar Jenkins OF the UeraM, aud
attends at Washington to write up full PERSONAL
descriptions of balls and parties, weddingshnd
soirees as well as to grease the itching palmBof
those about the White House of whom he can
surreptiousy obtain gossip, rumors, intelligence
OF any kind true or fictitious. After Wikoh
confessed of whom he obtained his public docu'
ments (the actual thief was Mr.. Watts, gar
dener at the White House,) he was liberated by
thefCong gressional Committee, and is now engag-
ed in writing a brochure, to ii he cannot make
money, like Bennett, out Of his misfortunes.
Bennett has been publicly kicked several times
in the streets of New York by gentlemen whom
he has libeed in his paper. On each occasion
~. t.:l, Ii in, thn
paper and consolcd himself for his bruises by he
profit arising from the sales of the story of his
disgrace Wikoh published his own shame in a
pamphlet when turned of by the British Ministry
from the spy list. He did the same thing when
imprisoned for prosecuting he old maid III Swift
zerand. He is cat his dirty work again" now.
They are q" lovely pair" (as the devil said of
his horns) both Bennett and WikoH.'
The other Herald agent, DR.. Ives, was yester.
day on examination in Washington as rebel
spy Ives holds place at three dollars day,
under Government, in our Custom House. AS
an attache of Bennett, our poor granny OF col
lector, Mr.. Barney, permitted Ives to draw his
salary for public services here while doing duty
as a Herald writer in Washington at six dollars a
day more jeff Davis, it is reported, paid him
two dollars a day besides for secret information
obtained in our war department and, il so, Ives
must have very good thing OF it, He will
probably get his deserts at present AS for Ben
nett, he is furious at the exposure of the cbarac-
ter of his employees. and loses no opportunity to
sneer at Secretary Stanton and those who have
been instrumental in dsgracing the Herald That
journal would at once open its batteries against
the whole Administration were it not for Mrs.
Bennett. She cannot afford to lose her enree to
Mrs Lincons White House soirees. She boasts
of those entrees too much to throw them away
so cavalierly, and she drives down to the Herald
office now and then and gives that Id old
scOundrel of mine" as she elegantly terms her
husband particular Jessie" right before all his
subordinates, whenever he publishes paragraph
calculated, in her opinion, to damage her back
kitchen interests at Washington. "The gray
mare is the better horse" truly in this case"
Bennett should send the madam out to Holmes
or Forbes; we rather think she'd have good
time breaking either OF those editors into her
way OF driving.