The New York herald., 1864-08-19
That cursou. Cheek aad II. Results.

| Wall SEoet had oashed a check Tor twenty
| five thousand dollars from bank in Montreal
in favor Of Ben. Wood. Very curiously, the
Daily Ne,os of yesterday gives us the best
possible proof that Mr.. Wood has got the
money and feels very happy over it. His
F. paper opens with double loaded editorial,
| Offering TO bet five thsusand dollars that
| Lincoln viii be defeated This is followed
| by long article on Bargains" In the
very next column is another article upon the
| wages Ben. Wood receives for trying to
break up the Union Taken in connection
with the twenty five thousand dollar check
sent on from that nest of secessionists and
British sympathizers, Montreal, these three
articles are certainly very significant and sug-
gestive.
We may not unreasonably suppose that five
Thousand dollars of the twenty-five thousand
transmitted TO Mr.. Wood are to be invested
in the bet he offers to make. But what is to
qecome of the remaining twenty thousand? Is
it to be used in keeping up the Ne,os' That
journal has no merit rs a newspaper, and no
advantage as an advertising medium, since
the rebels are not the sort of customers or
merchants desire to reach just at present.
Consequently the Ne,cs cannot pay legitimate
ly, and must receive some donations from
outside sources in order to enable it to get
along. Ben. Wood bolsteri it up while as
a lottery organ; but lotteries do not pay
heavy profits now. It is more than likely,
then, that this twenty thousand dollars is the
subsidy which the Ne,cs receives as the rebel
organ. We know that the London I,den,
which is weekly pepper of the same style as
the Ners, is subsidized by the rebels and their
British friends. No doubt Ben. Woods Jour-
nal may be in the same condition. On the
other hand, we learn that hundreds Of rebels
and rebel sympathizers and Northern copper
heads are to be scummed off from the loyal
States and from Canada and transported to
Chicago to overawe the Democratic Conven-
ton. 1t may be that Ben. Wood is the treas
urer Of the organization for that purpose, and
that the twenty thousand dollars is to pay
the railroad fares and hotel bills of a lot Of
these outside delegates, who are to torce the
Convention to nominate q copperhead. Each
of these hypotheses has color Of probability
and we shall not decide between them AS
Ben. Wood pretends to be pretty frank
sort Of man, we call upon him to inform US
upon the subject.
Thasecond question which occurs to us in
connection with this curious check is, who
sent on the money? 1t came from Montreal,
where the rebel agents have their head |
quarters. But British agents also rendezvous
there, and are more likely to be in funds The |
course Of the Daily Ne,os shows that it is |
equally favorable to both rebel agents and |
British agents. The paper advocates a dis !
union peace, which is precisely what the |
rebels and the British both want. The Neus
does its work we'll, and deserves it's pay,
whether it comes from JEFF. Davis treasury
or Earl Russelrs secret service fund Besides
making his journal sewer into which the
rebel editors pour all their filthy falsehoods
about Yankee outrages, Ben. Wood throws
open his columns TO the lucubrations Of an
unscrupulous correspondent of the Londoe
Times who is in receipt of q pension from the
British government-as Ben. Wood will be by
and by-and who continually assures the |
rebels that "there is good time coming" it |
they will only "wait little longer" The |
rebel government and the British government |
have become SO identified that to fight one is |
to fight the other, as we saw in the case Of the |
rebel steamer sAlabama, manned with her |
British crew II follows, therefore, that to
help one is to help the other; and con-
sequently Ben. Wood hasseerned wages from
both. We know not what kind Of bargain |
he made, or whether both of them contribut- |
ed towards the twenty-five thousand dollars;
but il the rebels sent that money we may
soon expect another twenty-five thousand
dollar check from the British or uicc versa.
Perhaps Ben. Wood considers the publication
Of his speeches in the London Times sufi-
cient satisfaction Of the discharged duty"
Of injuring this country to the extent of his
ability, and depends for cash on the neil upon
the rebels alone However this may be, we
certainly think that the United States govern
ment ought to investigate this affair of the
twenty-five thousand dollar check, and detail
a detective or two to discover from whom it
came and how il is to he applied. II there be
no secret understanding between President
Lincoln and Mr Wood. and 20 bargain in
reference to Mr.. WOOD, orosts 70 destroy the
democratic party. We pnay oonndAntly expect
that the peace .ss>py price ouporess msA. tho
disunion editor saI yece,ver OF suspicious
checks from M9nresl viii soon occ spy .ss Of
the dungeons Of Fort Lafayette
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THH LArR PEAcs PIAsco n EIsoABA AID
THE CHICAGO CoSyHyr1os.--Our correspondent
at Niagara Falls throws some fresh light
upon the late peace negotiations st the Cliff Ton
House. /. seems that in an interview with
Dean Richmond, subsequent TO the opening OF
the negotiations, the rebel agents narrated the
views OF the leading men Of the South respect