New-York tribune., 1876-05-23

,>or tho nersonal honor and honesty Of
.-.rv writer upon The TRIBUNE, ana because tncy
-. ,rnoticed keeps at it, putting one such ihto 'no
arc "- -, now makes for retraction. am glad to
o, NJ Hubbard's belief that MIR. Barnum has
,rsed Mr.. Hotchkiss and so to prove that the
80 with which my own foles have been trea'eu
S not been thrown away. Still, as MI bafhuih
s not always deal with prmclpais, anu MI.
WN..h,;ss was not born yesterday MS peilei
49, matter is not absolutely conclusive. say
AZ ~ uuhb,rds mere belief would not be cohciuSNo'
~. hsre enters upon the stage and INTO the conio
~ the large commanding form OIL MI oaiuo'
po,Sics of The Springfield Republican, wlth' an
e;r Oracle. and when l Ope my mouth let no oos
barkp And he saws the charge Is plePos.o
o~sIv absurdly false" The is closed. mat
~ II For look We, | have been guilty OF
. folbes as man and "errors as an editor one
% which WAS disagreeing with The Hartford
Couront as to the merits of Postmaster OF mart
ford who was and is not-and have been charltaDiy
treated; but shall not be guilty of the folly Oh as
,nt;nc t,e nositive statement of Samuel Bowles'
Heaven forbid. When / consider the conVlnc,ns
with which that man states the things that
bo Knows I am simply lost in admiration but wnen
7 contemnlate the calm and superior manner WIN
,vh;oL bo asserts what he does not know, but sus-
- 10 Lrou,s inst tumble into abashed and rev.
erent silence. am dumb
The most remarkable effect of the publication OF
this report. however was visible i'll Worcester Mass
II woke ND the Prehistoric Man. The last time the
Prehistoric Man had an awakening lie made very
bruta personal attack upon this same Mr. Hotchklss
showing very conclusivey that the habit of the Pre-
historic when angry was TO strike below the belt
In this case the Prehistoric Man, in his paper Inc
Uorosler Spy remarks that the man who
wrote the paragraph which has made
40 much disturbance ais not now and
never will be fit to associate with decent people"
He says cit shows quality and depth of meanness
which outdo the possibilities Of language;" also,
that it is one of the meanest and foulest manfesta-
tions Of personal malignity We ever encountered.
1t is source of great regret to me, for which snail
never forgive myself, that have carried meanneSs
30 far as to outdo the Prehistoric Mans possibilities
of language. For / am anxious to know what his
possibilities are, and tins statement only pques my
curiosity. And to think 1 might have found
them out if | had only curbed my meanness
nttle The Prehistoric Man always did interest
me- But how very much he is like the
Cave Bear. The same manners precisely, should
ssy. By the way. doesn't it seem to you-l am not
On expert in such matters-as though the fIenisorc
Man was excited about somethingi Or Is that only
his yayf Ah me, what strange things there are III
paleontology! And in newspapersl Here are three
newspapers that have been persistenty throwing
uud at The TRIBUNE for the past two OF three
years and because a correspondent noticed trihhS
bit of gossip about one of them, they all acting
M though they had Just put trousers with wasp
tn the seat. How hard they to please. l. H. D.