The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-08-25

South, Acts for Mclean, and Colonel VIC.
All ResponsiSiiity % for the S, omsnss iT CnarseS
IT. q. Campbell Assumes the Authorship
Of the Offensive Article.
NEW York. Aug. 19-Eefore leaving Gin
Gated with Colonel ". q. Terrell. Of &ashins.
ton. and requested his presence In Ne York.
On the arrival of Terrell he was requested by
of j. X. Mclean on the mission Indicated In
the following note Of authorization:
NEW YORK OFFICE
CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL,
August IA, 1885.
Colonel W. g. Terrell is authorized to rep
eso esSn me In the matter Of settlement with
Inclosed in this was the following note, I'D.
dressed to Mclean, to be used at the discre.
New YoRK OFFICE
t II' CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL
T.. NEW YORK, Aug. IA. 1885.
cinnati in in the hands Of your friends has re re.
Gently. asserted in your behalf certain re.
p0nsiSlt,es and Golonsl rnn. g. Terrell Gi
lnformc 4 as far as is needful to action, Of
SARATOGA. N. ", Aug. i. 1855.
JOHN X. MCLEAN-Dedr Sir: am here at
the Windsor Hotel, koom No. 2O6, on O matter
natl, which concerns you, and wish to com.
municate with you as to particulars. / will
he glad to hear from you personally or
through a FRIEND am sir; q rv,,v,
w. g. TERRErL Eso.-Dear Sir: Your note
ceivc of any business that can be arranged
! by the intervention of yourself or any one
leave to decline the request OF your note
above above re referred toto meet you personally or
through any one .ro ,a,;.s J.; r; MGLEAS. q Ssxs
SIR: Your note Of this date received: I
can not be any more explicit than to say that
the business referred to In my note of yester-
M. Halstead, in tho settlement of which, as
proposed by him, am empowered to act on
his behalf. With this explanation, further
spectfully, W. q. TERRELL.
u,. !, s%ARArogA. sara Aug. 10. 1888. =
Ms e. Scns iers 0~f Of
confidential friend, have been compelled to
send for one; He will be here within thirty
Until Unit his arrival Rsspeosiuiy. iI'.'"'''D'
WINDSOR HOTEL. sARAToaX,
JOHN r. MCLEAN, Eso.-sir: Yours Of this
date just received. l will go to New York
this afternoon q y. ml returning tomorrow
New Yore on the ,7tb Terrell RI reoeiSed
from on, Halstead sI! a. memorandum; s saying:
conductor of a newspaper is concerned, I
claim to be even with him and more in the
Sa s S
and 1t is of these speak, and that have ex.
planned to Terrell. rs my friend, and Mclean
well knows precisely what they are, and why
he is called for" On his return to Saratoga
Terrell received the following from Mr.. Nc
Lean.
SARATOGA. Aug. Il, 1888
WIN. g. TERRELL. ESQ. Sir. The bearer.
General Roger A. Pryor, is fully accredited
and authorized on my behalf to receive and
,,v,ip finv,
view to settlement of the differences be.
tween Halstead and myself.
H. Respectfully, J. R. MCLEAN.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Aug. lS, 1885.
GENERAL. KOGER A. PRYOR-My Dear Sir:
Referring to Mr.. McLean's note Of this date,
to a by to
have this to say: Mr.. Haletead does not com.
plain Of any thing said of him personally in
admits that he has retaiated in kind, and
that he is satisfied on that account. But
he DOES complain that q newspaper
to be partially % owned by Mclean % e''to3 and pub.
lished In his interest, has attacked him in a
manner 90 offensive as to require other no
himself in controversies These attacks wan.
tonly, gratuitously and falsely affect inno-
cent cent persons @ de- Dependent len, upon him for pro
poets from Mclean absolute disavownl Of his
knowledge Of and his responsibility for,
these publications. and his assurance that
| UNITED STATES HOTEL,
| SARATOGA SPRINGS, Aug. 3, 1885.
MY DEAR SIR: Your note of this date
| have exhibited to Mr.. Mclean. and in reply
he authorizes me to say that he neither owns
! nor is connected with. nor in any sense con-
trolls, the paper to which you refer; that he
neither instigated nor authorized the publi-
/ cation Of which Halstcad complaints; that
until he saw It in print, and that thcreupon
ne immediately telegraphed message. of
which copy Is herewith enclosed. and that
ali responsibility for the publication and to
rantabie connection Of his name to it. have
the honor to be, very Respectfully:
| the telegram of the date of August II, nd.
| dressed TO Edward Wisnewski. of the Cincin-
| natl Enquirer, by John Il. Mclean. directing
ties concerned In the publication. ali respon-
eibility sscribed to him in the matter, declar-
ingitinfamous; ing that hen he never made such
| use OF his name in that connection, and do
manding that II should be done no more.
l. WINDSOR HOTEL, SARATOGA SPRINGs.
4 GENERAL ROGER A. PRYoR:. Your note of
this date, Just handed me, 10 accepted rs sat-
sfsctory on the part OF Haistead. have The
CINCINNATI, Avg. .ls.-Ths q cause "sa'iti of the
8OOVo Interesting correspondence WAS the
appearance Of series Of articles in the
Epetfn0 Isleoruns few days back. The fol.
Ewing Loving appeared 'S, in % that p paper, August 4:
and Halstead would meet in dark room
Tho public is sick Of both OF
| them" August Q appeared an article
| in which the following extract occurs !:
"You should thankfully have embraced the
| opportunity we gave you. What other decent
avenue was open when he described you as q
totally lost. There yet is time. Meet Mclean,
man, like man. He has at least thirty more
years of reasonable expectation of life than
| you have. Hhe advantage is all with you.
YOuihave for years been regarded as q blust-
| erng coward. Now, for the honor of tho hu-
man family and in the name of the great dis
| honor heaped upon you, screw your cour-
age to the sticking point. or forever stand
branded as shameless, s'oSberlns slsnae,;
:Ss :nS HGnorsDe 411s%,n% Thompson; Of
tonight, kr. Thompson going rs Mr.. Camp.
bells right hand man. 1t is understood that
| their mission Is to make good the decnra.
tons In the Telegram, Mr. Campbell averring
| that he is the author of the statements to
| which NJ. Halstead objects. II NJ. Halstead
wants satisfaction he has gone East to give 1t
| to him in any shane no wants it-with or
| without gore.
| -"For what do we studyP" asked
the schoolteacher, as the class stood
before him. There was silence, for
most boys can't see any use in study
| ing, ANYHOW. Then the editors little