The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-19
THE HERALD AND ITS ENTERPRISE.
From the Yreka (Cal.) Union

FROM Tile 1Eekd (Cal.D UulOu.l
Our readers are all aware that the NEW YORK
HERALD despatched a Mr.. Fox to the theatre Of
the Modoc war to act as its special correspondent,
to forward to 1t early and reliable information with
regard to whatever might transpire. AS the journal
to which Mr.. Fox sends dispatches and writes
letters Is published long way OF, and but few, II
any, copies Of it are circulated In this section Of
the country. he had not created much Of q locas
sensation since his advent at the 'front.' While the
correspondents OF the Bulletin, Record and ChrOna
cle-particuarly the two latter by their trenchant
meat-axe style of assauting "men in buckram,"
conjured up by their own imaginati0ns-
have raised the public mind Of this State
to the highest pitch Of indignation at the
awful disclosures they have from day 70
day made, Mr.. Fox's existence has almost
been forgotten. But it now seems that while the
other correspondents were boiling over with indg-
nation at the horrors perpetrated by the Apple
gates, at the outrages meditated by the Oregon
"war ring" at the dastardy character Of the Ore
gonans in general and the petty thefts of Captain
Kelly and command in particular, and, last but not
least, at the hgh-handed despotim, OF the Peace
Commissioners in refusing to allow the reporters
themselves to become the cusodians of the secrets
OF the Commission-we say it now appears that
while the other correspondents were boiling over
with rage at all these horrors and outrages and
larceny and despotism, and holding no their pure
hands in holy horror and asking can such things
be- Mr. Fox quietly saddled up his horse and rode
over to Van Bremer's and thence over the noun
tain to the lava bed and the rocks and assures
OF that unfinished piece OF the world, up TO JACKS
stronghold, so won1rously made by Nature hefselI.
This ieat of Fox has placed the HERALD IN TIE
van and distanced all competitors in the race
for news. 1t is no doubt, intended by the HERALD
office which planned, and Fox, who executed this
move that IL shall rank only second to Stanley'S
search for Livingstone in Central Africa. AS will
he seen by our correspondence from headquarters,
All the correspondents asked permission to accom-
pany Fairchild and party TO Jacks camp and all
were refused. 1t Is also stated that thereupon Fox
had saddled his horse and rode over 10 Van
Bremers; that he left Van Bremer's two hours be-
fore day Monday morning. and had not been heard
from up to Tuesday noon. IL was surmsed ne
had watched for Fairchds party to enter
the lava bed, had joined and went with
them to Jacks camp. This conjecture
proved correct. {. He went to Jacks camp,
hobnobbed with Jack and his counsell0rs wOrmed
out Of them all their secrets spent the night under
their hosptable roof returned the next day to Van
Bremers, wrote up his report, using some 5000
sent it by telegraph to the HERALD, at a cost OF
announced to its myriad readers, under naming
head lines, all the secrets Of Captain jacks Capl-
net and all the plans OF his generals, obtained by
its own correspondent in an interview win Gap
tain Jack and the chief military and civil dignita-
res OF his kingdom. ut his entrenched mltarv
capital, in the heart OF the lava bed oucn IL en-
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