The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-04
LETTING TEE CAT OUT OF TIE DAG
Peter b. Sweeny and the National
Quarterly Review.
The Secret Of the ATTACK on tho
; Park Commissioners.
SPICY LETTER FROM MAYOR HALL.

To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD
Your editorial upon the International Qtartersn
and Its attack on President Sweeny, OF the Depart
ment or Parks, is sprightly But permit me to FUR
nlsh You Tho amusing CLIMAX. The article in ques-
ton appears shortly after MI. President Sweeny 70
fuses to pay the following bill, which Is In the hand
writing of DR.. Sears himself. and Is now on file In
the Department., but which bears on Its face tho
words, "disaliowed:"-
$8l2 so. NATIONAL QUARTERLY REVIEW.
Subscription five dollars year In advance.
Received from the Department OF Public PARKS
$3i2 90 for advertising ordinances Of q. Park IN
National Qtiiterly RtDte,o for summer quarter.
NEW YORK, Oct. 49, 1870.
Terms for advertisements ordinary page.
$500 per annuu; hair page $500; special page $tOoS
No ss'H pss Tor for less e. sn ysas
except by epecial agreement.
EDW. T. SEARS, LII D.,
Onlce no. 05S broadway
THIS Is a bill for only ono insertion OF tic ordE
nances. the IDEA OF quarterly review advertising
corporation matter is rather an absurd one in any
aspect But tho absurdity intcnsiles when 1t u
known that the ReuieC printed the Park ordinances
upon q venture. ana without employment. Every
ono will say Alr. President Sweeny was right
In refusing to audit the BIZ. and VIII
agree that the coincidence between the
"epoch'' OF refusal and attack Is singular, particu-
larry when the bili comes one 'quarter" and the
want Of quarter towards the assaed appear Oh the
very next. But '.more remains bellnd.n inc
way OF fo" OF DR.. Sears. who edits the quarterly.
has evidently fallen into what may be called "the
Sears and yellow leaf" OF literature.
But he also changes his profession into That OF 3
''socitor." Witness the following letter, which In
connection with his 'ttlc bill" and his "attacEs,"
furnishes It's own 'Teyiew" comments
NATIONAL QUARTS Ri.y REVIEW, ESTABLISHED 1860.
oFFioE Coz BROADWAY. EDWARD !. SEARS, Lib.
EDITOR, rs9r7'E1on ~ y2y oS. Ian - 1871,
hon. A. Oakley HALL - -.--
DEAR SIE--The object OF this note is to request
favor from you in your official capacity called a.
Sane object, but did not succeed IN seeing. you.
only to give letters OF introduction but to Accom-
pany me In person to your once: but, whether ana
right or wrong, never depend On third parties In
Although have not the honor Of your personal
a. yo oa or roGe .1s always 1sos
none or your friends were more earnestly In favor
OF your reelection All acquainted with my journal
are aware thai when uniIiendly, even to the high
est functionaries Of the republic, make secret OF
tho fact but give my Impressions recly. have
spoken Of yon IN public or private but IN the Ian
gnage Of appropanon although was not aware
until alter the Issue OF my last number that you
could render me any service.
The whole affair want to trouble You with II
this:-At the beginning OF the present month sent
bin 10 one OF our departments Tor advertising and
was Informed that Ia order tU obtain payment
SNOuid get favorable Inc or W0fu from yOu since
It Is you who have TO say what Journal Shall or shii
not be favored. felt pretty that you would
not exclude my journal ald therefore proceeded Of
once TO yoar Office bat you were just leaving for tho
Lam sure il Is needless to remind you that the
pnbic Gnctionaics OF all tie great NAT OF Europe
regard Reviews as different from other periodicals
as to their claims 70 Official patronage. Thus. for
example, there rs not one oil the Cuarteries OF Lon
don which does not receive substantial patronage
from one party or other, according 1t il friendly
to one OF the other, because Reviews, unlike maya
literature. ueNOfa
siyey TO dlsousson, and TO considerable extent TO
the discussion OF pubic affairs.
Those OF your colleagues VINO know me, would I
think tell you thai discuss those matters pretty
iu!ly, and, think l may. add, with some effect ]
Brennan will do me the Jus.!ce TO say SO. / aIu
convinced that your Honor would bear similar tes-
tinony az willingly rs either. If you were equally
well acquainted with my i.er.etG.
But altogether apart from my habitual attempts 20
serve the abuse they receive attempts wniSh IL is well
known nave brought much ODoqry On myself, II
moi 10 denied that my Journal is good medium for
tue announcements; OF those departments OF the city
government whose patgona9a l wish to have,
since II is read by the best classes not only IN New
York. but throughout the United STATES: 10y best
men OF all parties and OF all religious denomina-
tons Ana could show you that among no class
have more friends than among the honorable pro-
LESSON TO which you belong YOURSELF including tue
The Board or Assessors at-tho head OF which IN
Nj. Richard Tweed. is that TO whose unpaid bills
allude. Mr.. Tweed very kindly told me that he IL
most willing to pay but that IL Is necessary you
should Include my ReU,e,o among those journals
which you favCr In that respect. / shall feel very
much Obliged II You VIII serve me thus far. The
amount is not nuch but 1t would be very useful Ia
me just now. Hoping 10 hear from You at your
convenience, have the honor TO remain, Your Obc-
dent servant, EDW. /. SEARS.
thank You for thus giving me the double oppor-
tunity OF showing to the public instance tout OF
many others occurring, to my knowledge, every
week. OF obscure journals and periodicals using
ana mlsusing corporation advertising FOR the pur-
pose OF backmailmg-no milder word viii do
municipal officials
Permit me to add, IN response to your call, and
(as matter of much more value to the public than
discussion or motlves) that within q month everr
Department Will report and II that from the Parks
does not refufe every attack or unfflendy crltCiam
made upon them, even 10y the malicious, then the
New York taxpayers Will never suited Win any.
thing. Your obedlcnt servant
A. Oakley HALL.