New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-11
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al am obliged said Madam Mantilini, since
"our late misfortunes, to pay Miss Knag
great deal of money for having her name IN
" the business; - and this observation, intended
to soften the hard heart of Mr.. Ralph Nickleby,
has often come into our mind as we nave Pc
rused the exquisite contributions of Mr.. George
Francis Train to The World. But now thaC
we are exactly informed chow much Mr.. IRAN
did, and how little lie got for dong IT, we hnd
the commiseatiOn which we felt for me WOft@
suddenly transferred to the account OF ME-
George Francis. We knew that Mr.. IRAN
Irish letters and dispatches were Of great value,
but we had no idea that there were so many
of them-a fact which would have been
severely impressed upon our wearied mlnu IL
we had felt it duty to read them, anu hau
done that duty without the least regard lor
probable consequences, cerebral or stOmacnlc'
Really. we have not done the Hero OF the irish
Bastile full Justice. He is not merely Drililaht'
but prolific. lie actually furnished luz columns
of letters and speeches and reports, Which he
expected to get $25 per column for Wrlting'
but did MT. He actually paid out OF MS
own pocket the sum of $50 for foreign
hostage and Cable dispatches. Ills OIL
against The World, therefore, amounts
TO s2,7O0 less the amount of an order which
he gave for $50 to S. j. Meany. "to furnish
4" him with pocket-mOney on landing from the
"Britsh Bastile" Mr. Train publishes the full
account and Mr. Train is man of CONNER
cial accuracy. The balance due to him he has
requested the proprietor of The World to pay
to Miss Susan b. Anthony, the whole sum beng
| magnanimously and chivalrously devoted TO
| {" the emancipation of woman" We fear that
Mr.. Train has been altogether too conldlng.
| At any rate we do not see how the money Is
| to do the Female Cause any good until me
| World paws it over; and whenever Miss An
| thOny has received the cash, we hope that she
will at once communicate TO us the encour-
! aging fact that we may also reveal the pleas
| ING circumstance to an astonished community.
| Such great events should have a metropolitan
| promulgation. Meanwhile the full extent OF
| The Worlds obligation to Mr.. Train has not
been fully stated. lie solemnly declares that
| the ungratefnl newspaper obtained 10000 new
| subscribers son account of his connection
| " with il; ~ but we fear that his enthusiasm has
| led him into an error. If The World should
reioin that it has lost 10000 subscribers 10y
reason of its publication of Mr. Trains letters
and dispatches, and should make strong
affidavit to that effect, We confess that We
should be puzzled which TO believe-Mr
| Train or The WOrld-and perhaps we might
feel obliged, in strict equity. to compromise the
matter by believing neither Mr.. Train (who
has an Imagination of his OWN or The World
| 10 which journal the loss of 10000 subscribers,
or the half of that number. might prove NOR
| tal. The painful fact is that Miss Anthony
| hasn't a very pleasant prospect Of getting
| the money, which thus far is merely one of
| CT. rs brilliant financial distractions. We
wish that we were as sure of receiving as
| The Revolution is of not receiving that neat
and convenient sum.
| Mr.. Train, being excited by his injuries ut
the hands of The World, has sent us very
| long letter, with the request that we will find
| n place for it in our columns; and should we
| decline TO print it, Mr. Train asks us TO send
| il back to his Private Secretary at some hotel
ont West: but really, after his dreadful ex-
perience with The World, in respect of post
AGE, we think that he should be more careful
| either of our stamps or his own. The main
facts in Mr. Trains letter are: LIST. That he
was at the Dunlap House, Jacksonville, ILL.,.
when no wrote it. ed. That no used lead
pencil in writing il, which is nearly fatal to
COPY in this office. Sd. That no has 80
engagements ahead" 4th. That "he has
" travelled 2iS miles in 2iS hours 9Th. That
the telegraph, while it reports everything else
about him. neglects TO mention his education,
morality, aud religion" and "sneers ut q
"man who practices what he breaches" Does
| Mr. George Francis practice what he preachesI
| If So he must go through some extraordinary
antics, for q nObler rhetorical gymnast does
not add to the noise of this most noisy world.
| We have never been able To imagine him upon
| tho platform without n wealth OF gesture,
without the most spasmodic action of the arms,
without convulsive movements OF the legs,
| without disheveled locks, without fire gleam-
ing from his eyes, without short but rapid
pedestrian excursions up and down the stage.
| and without vocal energy completely
Boanergesian. Sometimes we have fancied Mr..
! Train seventeen feet high, and with the front
of Jove himself lie roars. lie lightens. He
lets of thunderbOlts. lie suggests Stomboll,
Vesuvius, Cotopaxi. He is all that IS loud.
and he is all that is igneous. His very
pidnissinlo is IN impressive rumble. rs If q
revolution were going on in bis stomach
| Never tell MS! 1t cannot be that che practices
what he preaches'-at least, not in public,
| though he may have frightened the ladies OF
| The Rerolution dreadfully in private life.
| Mr.. Train takes pains to inform us that " full
"houscs meet him everywhere i'll his character
"of IA Lunatic and Mountebank," as well as of
"a Foolp and "a IIumbug.' The other day he
addressed the Chicago Chamber of Commerce
"ror an hour and half and delighted every
body. When he was in the Land nj the Nor
mons he was not so fortunate. Amelia, the
| Laf Rri I'll nm Anun.. did not adj