The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-28


| North Carolina, or that Governor Perry does
not mean that his rebel State debt is to be
recognized. We wait for further information
from South Carolina. Governor Johnson, Of
Georgia, on the other hand, is emphatically
opposed to paying the rebel debt of that State.
A Batch or Spicy Letters-The Politicians
Photographing Each Other.
We publish in another column this morning
a nice hot batch Of very spicy letters. The
politicians have begun to photograph each
other, and they completely justify the worst
things that the Independent press has ever said
Of them. Thurlow Weed leads off with let
tor in the Times, in which, after roundly abus-
ing General Slocum and Comptroller Robinson,
he winds up with paragraph, which we copy,
stating that the latter gentleman had offered
him his hand, which he "spurned," as it
''reeked with foul personal calumny." Comp
troller Robinson replies that this story is ''as
false as it is silly" and "pure felton," and
states that he has never offered his hand to
Weed since "the infamous legislation of 1861"
of which Weed was 'the chief engineer" In
cidentally Mr.. Robinson mentions that Mr..
Weed describes the political friends Of the late
General Wadsworth as 80 nest OF Kissing
vipers." This reply seems to have exasperated
the universal Warwick, the man who winds up
the sun, and he insists upon his original state
ment, and asserts that Comptroller Robinson
has "placed himself beyond the pale Of TRUTH"
and that s'the truth is not in him." The Post
happening to quote passage from the Comp
troller's letter, Weed turns upon it like fury,
calls it "perfdious," charges it with lobby ope
rations, threatens "to reopen this shameful
chapter of official dishonesty" with which the
Post is connected, and more than insinuates
that the publisher Of the Post ought to be in
the State Prison with Kohnstamm. This closes
the Weed-Robinson correspondence, and
allows the independent voters to look right be-
hind the scenes and see the actors with their
masks of.
Another pretty little quarrel is opened by
correspondent of the Tribune, who says that
Governor Pierpoint, of Virginia, uttered dis
loyal sentiments in the Office of the Hon. Free
man Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency, and
that Mr.. Clarke ordered him out. Governor
Pierpoint thereupon writes q letter stating that
the Tribune report contains 1.-TWO gross false
hoods;" one that he uttered disloyal sentiments,
and the other, that Clarke ordered him out of
the Office. The Governor further says that
"Freeman Clarke knew these statements to be
false when he procured them to be published"
This naturally brings out Comptroller Clarke,
who affirms the original statements of the Tri-
bune most explicitly, and thus sends what
SHAKESPEARE calls the "quick lie" back from him
self to Pierpoint Not content with relying
upon his own word, Mr.. Clarke gets brother
OF Judge Smith, of the Supreme Court Of this
State, to make an affidavit to all the material
facts; and unless Governor Pierpoint can get
the brother Of some other judge to come for
ward and make another affidavit in direct con-
tradiction to Mr.. Smiths we are afraid that he
will get the worst of what we may politely
call the discussion. In this case, as in the case
of Weed and Robinson, charges of falsehood
are freely exchanged, and it is impossible to
know whom to believe. A man must certainly
know whether or not he offered his hand to
another, and whether or not he was ordered
out of another's Office. There can be no mis-
take about these matters either on the one side
or the other In old times pistols and coffee
would have been called for, and we should
have felt bound to believe the survivor; but
now "cards" have been adopted as substitutes,
and the more the parties write to the papers
the deeper the fog becomes. 1t is certain that
somebody is lying under mistake; but who
that somebody is we must leave to an impair
tial public to determine.
We can say but few words in regard to the
last card of Mr.. Z. N. Dickerson. who com
plains that the Navy Department has "taken
advantage" of him, and committed all sorts OF
ouirages upon him. II appears that the
WiDooski has been "throttled" during the
recent trial, and that the ''stop valves" have
been used, and that u coal barge has been
wilfully, maliciously and surrepttiousIy COL
! lided with the Winooski, not in order to iniure
| her, but in order to help her by breaking off
| her paddle wheel. Mr. Dickerson's SORROWS are
more space to devote to them. Cholera Morbus
Depew, the hero Of the late census, publishes
report of q conversation with John Van Buren,.
which is more interesting. Mr. Depew begins
by praising Prince John for "his well known
modesty." He states, and We can very readily
believe, that Van Buren, praised General
Barlow before he was nominated by the repub-
licans; and we may add that Van Buren, has
praised the gallant general ever since. Prince
John. il seems, agrees with us that Seymour
| spoiled everything at Chicago, and has been
| the cause of most Of the diasters of the demo-
cratic party" II Van Buren, said that he
uttered very sensible though not q very
original remark. He made slight mistake,
however, when he declared that Seymour
would have been out Of sight long ago, but
every time he is about going under Bennett
| nifchaa into him in the HERALD and sn catches