The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-24

therefore it Is not exactly In the way of infor-
nation that we make the statement now. We
make it simply by way OF dlsclaiming any
underhand connection with the extravagant
praises Of the HERALD that made their appear
ance in feebly conducted but amiable sort of
newspaper yesterday. As the penny trumpet
sheets are known not to love us--as they hate
the very name Of an Independent press-people
will naturally conclude that they do not Of
their own accord give up two columns of their
space to Qualifications Of our greatness and to
showing their readers what pains we are at to
get real news from any and every possible
source on all topics in which tho public has an
interest. People thinking thus will naturally
conclude that such matter must form part
of an advertisement paid for by us They may
the more readily think this, inasmuch as
the penny trumpet journals all insert adver-
tisements printed to look like ordinary reading
matter. This, Of course. the HERALD never
does, having notion that 1t is dishonest
imposition to palm upon the public as it's own
opinions the pufery OF goods for the inser-
ton of which an advertiser pays. But the other
many points besides, and print advertisements
in the form OF news paragraphs. editorials,
criticisms, everything. Therefore 1t may be
supposed that two columns Of paper could
| not be given up to praise Of the HERALD unless
we had paid for it We hereby solemnly dis
claim having inserted any such advertisement
or having paid for 1t, or having any knowledge
Of the means by which lis insertion was pro-
cured.
We are, as we have said above, modest
We never yield to the temptation Of van-glory;
we never praise ourselves we are constitu-
tionally unable to boast We often wish il
were otherwise, especially when we lay before
our readers copy of the HERALD full Of finely
written telegraphic letters from every imp ort-
ant point OF activity on the surface of the earth
| Being thus modest, the public will naturally
| understand how we are overcOme-l0st, as it
were, in very sunset Of blushes-when we see
| in another paper words like the following,
quoted from letter of one of the agents in this
city of the royal gentleman who was not long
since Emp error of Mexico:-"I cannot but con-
gratulate myself and the government for the
important arrangement | have made. The
HERALD is a paper that has more circulation
than any other in the Uni ted States, its daily
edition being over one hundred thousand
copies, and the weekly is probably thirty thou
sand or more, and positively as newspaper
has no competitor" Re ally the imperial
agents here were men Of intelligence hrewd
fellows, who knew hawk from handsaw
and newspaper from penny trumpet Sc
| riously, government served by men OF these
| opinions deserved better fate. But stay
what is this "important arrangement upon
| which this imperial agent congratu lates his
government? Here is something suspicious
something that evidently needs looking into
Who knows but there may be some corruption
in it-there is corruption in so many things
nowadays? Lot us see. We find that this
imperial agent felicitates his government upon
having made an arrangement by which he
could secure the publication of something in
the HERALD without paying for it. Really, this
shrewd fellow seems to have secured some ad-
vantage over our advertisers. "We have to
pay nothing for the insertion" he says "some
other paper might have been obtained by
means Of generous Offers" but the HERALD the
happy fellow secured without cent. Nay, to
go a step further, it looks much as il the
HERALD actually paid Mr.. Fulton for his
share in this arrangement instead of requiring
pay from any one.
Now what could this have been that the
HERALD published for nothing? Perhaps it was
tha Vppx lad 10
Yea, verify, it might have been news. Asa
matter of fact that is exactly what it turns out
to have been. News! News News! The
HERALD would insert it for nothing-was glad
to get it-ready to pay for it /; and "some
other papers" required pay before it
could see the light in their columns
Il have made arrangements with the editor
OF the HERALD" says this imperial agent, I" for
inserting correspondence mot articles or edi-
toridis) in two columns Of the paper upon the
arrival of steamers bringing news from Mex
ico.' Here we have the whole story. From
the imperial agents in Mexico, through mpe-
rial agents here, we got now and then some
news from Mcxico,n tinctured very likely
with imperial notions, which were corrected
by the news that went in the same sheet from
our correspondents with the liberal army, and
at Vera Cruz and on the Rio Grande, as well
as by editorial comment But perhaps there
is more than meets at once the naked eye, and
the public ough! 70 know all the particulars
Of this arrangement. Here they are as given
by the agent aud fully printed for our benefit
by our contemporary. Says the agent =
The only conditions exacted from us are the follow.
! ing
i l. That the correspondence is to be methodca end
| punctualiy delivered At the HERALD Office Immediately
| upon The arrival OF the steamer from Havans.
That ccntatn fuli sud succinct account OF what
tho Emperor has done Is doing and thinks 10 do with
respect 10 the consolidation OF the empire aud the ex.
! tent 81 bis resources
Tho essential points TO be mentioned by tho writer
tho folowing:-lallroads telegraphs mining opera.
uons manuacoris agriculture, especially cotton rails.
nAr ia