The Morning herald., 1875-10-06
PHILADELPE1A, Oct. 5, 1875.

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fA"ya3 PHILADELPn1A, Oct. 5, 1875.
A rumor pretty freely circulate
sometime ago, among the ne'
paper men of this city, has been gainin
i ground lately which, if true, will, whe
the grand exposal comes, play sad havo
With the standing and power Of a certain
New York newspaper. This is the story a
it goes /. Some three or four months ag
a representative Of a journal over il
Gotham, notorious for the witllerin!
disease with which it has inoculatcd ,pri
vate reputation, arrived in. this city, ant
took up quarters at the Continental Hotel
For several days the mans business wa'
unknown to the few who were familiar
with his identity, but not much longer
were they to be kept in ignorance of the
object of bis visit. With somewhat
ostentatious flourish he issued invitations
to the correspondents who resided here,
and meeting took place at the fellows
quarters in the hotel. Boldly, and with a
presumptious impudence impossible to any
living creature save the Cockney snob, he
declared his visit to Philadelphia to have
been dictated by desire on the
part Of his chief, or the paper
rather, which he represented, to
effect simultaneous cooperation In an
onslaught upon the Centennial Exhibition,
and concluded his speech by suggesting
that combined correspondence be sent
forth to the world which would assert that
some dread malady, such as yellow fever,
smallpox, Asiatic cholera or the like, was
raging within the borders of that town.
He argued that such publication would
drive the visitors in Philadelphia to New
York City, in which case fabulous sum
of money would fall to the share of those
connected with the furtllerancc of the
scheme.
Many of the gentlemen present, who lis
tened to this speech of villainous efrontcry
were paralyzed with wonderment at the
wretchs daring and the blackness of his
heart, but when he concluded they ex-
pressed their sense of establishment and
disgust, and, after threatening the rascal
with exposure and punishment, unless he
quit the city, instanter, left him to wallow
in his own .inquitous thoughts. The fol-
lowing morning this brilliant emissarv of
the curmudgeons of Gotham and reprcsen-
tative Of newspaper that has sous ught -tu
ruin the character of every public official
in the land, might have been seen making
a bee line for the New York depot. And
that he may never return is the sincere
wish Of all who met him. Isn't this story
land | vouch for its truth in part,) enough
to curdle the blood of every true American
in the land? TO me, the classification of
such contemplated crime is impossible
its character is nameless
With the peculiar luck of a rambler |
the other evening, upon the
foundation for quite little sensation. TO
be concise, duel is on the tapis; and,
should the authorities of this lovely city
fail to act upon the information which the
HERALD thus freely extends them, one of
a pair of fascinating Fausts will surrender
his life at the shrine of a lovely Marguerite.
Lovely, indeed, is the fair lady, and easily ,
can conceive Of the tornado which might
rend the heart of her sighted lover.
Such lustrous eyes are hers, have heard, I
Is man never fathomed before; eyes
whose brilliancy is shaded, and as it were
by the fringe of her long silken
ashes, and which minstrel would have
ompared to the evening star darting its t
ays through a bower Of ,jcssamine. You
an understand very readily, in view ,f
1hat an extraordinary beauty this young
ady is, how, at her tiny feet the beaux n
II the West End were wont to PROSTATE =
themselves and how cold her own heart, i i
hough well nigh made adamantine bv a g
ong and close observation OF the traitorous
haracter of the world in which she lived, :,
ia at times softened, and once conquered +
y the unerring aim of Cupids shaft. +
his once was the proud princess the SUBJ .
ect, age the slave of (extuse the sudden 7
lgres, ion from the poeticaI to the misera-
lie qncksandI of fact, William Henry I
OH. son, a miserable wretch no no more \
ppreciated tie dclica,~ of the nature he S
ad won than camel would champagne. c
'ut who looked with all the reason If,
eadly hate upon any one daring enough to
egard his inamorata with ahmirns
lanccs. Such ances as these, Rufus W. F
'ortrand young banker on Third street,
lch as cream and ugly as Satan, ventured q
, cast upon tke beauty in crinoline, and !,
'hen the coque,t'Sh creature. well-k,!nw- T.
1g TIE young imbccic's wealth, lur,d him b
, the bciief that he had won her heart, b
lr. William Henry is suddenly thrust, by
'1e, upon the scene, and insults roSt
rosslv his purse proud rival in the a
fec ms Of his atiianccd bride. Nor v
and, as gallant as rich, challenged his o
'sailant to fight a duel,in which affair Of y
onor (?) William Henry acqnicsccd. r. r.
ne seconds were chosen a cordinyl,, and il
'-morrow "Wednesday at the hour Of !