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Death of FREEMAN HUNT.-The editor and proprietor of Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, Freeman Hunt, died at his residence in Brooklyn, yesterday morning, after a brief illness. Mr. Hunt was, in many respects, a man of remarkable character, and he is entitled to the credit of an inventor in publishing. He was the originator of several new schemes in periodical literature, and was successful in all, but he is most widely known as the originator and editor of the Magazine which bore his name. He was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, March 21, 1804, and served an apprenticeship to the printing business in Worcester in that State. He went to Boston after having learned his trade, where he established a lady's magazine, the first periodical of the kind that had been attempted in this country, of which Irs. Hale the present editor of Godey's Lady's Book, was the editor. He als projected, and published, in Boston, a child's paper, and was the financial editor of the Penny Magazine, published by an association of wood engravers. He abandoned these works, and came to New York about twenty-five years since, his first work after he came being the "Book of the Hudson River." It is about twenty years since he established the Merchants' Magazine, which became at once successful, and has maintained its popularity up to the present time. Within the last three years he has published two volumes of Lives of American Merchants, and a volume entitled Worth and Wealth. Mr. Hunt was not a man of brilliant talents or profound learning, but he was a skilful manager and exceedingly attentive to his business, and had accumulated a considerable fortune by it. He had an unfortunate foible for drink, which he strove manfully to overcome, and did, so far as not to allow it to interfere with his business engagements. He was three times married; his last wife and his widow was a daughter of Hon. W. Parmenter, of East Cambridge, Mass.-N. Y. Times.

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LITERARY CONTROVERSY.-The subjoined is in addition to that which, in the absence of more interesting matter, was given in our last number.

REJOINDER.

To the Editors of the Evening Post:-Mr. O'Brien publishes a reply to my first communication. In that reply, he seeks to shelter himself under a tone of playful ridicule, which fails to meet the point at issue. None of those "positive proofs" which he was anxious to produce are forthcoming. Moreover, he attempts to cast the onus of the attack, in this controversy, upon me. I respectfully decline to be considered as occupying that position. It was I who was first attacked. Mr. Fitz-James O'Brien will find it a difficult matter to convince the parties who may have read the letters thus far, that I am acting in any other manner than on the defensive. Having set myself right on this point, I shall pass by Mr. O'Brien's irrelevancies, and proceed at once to the production of the testimony in the case. The gentleman, while he studiously avoids the publication of his own most positive proofs," calls loudly upon me to bring out my "legions," marshal my mercenaries," and unmask my "unknown knight." We will take the cohorts singly into the field, and deploy them as Mr. O'Brien's need may justify. The first witness I shall produce is Mr. Seymour, the literary executor of Mr. William North, from whom I have received the following letter:

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New York, Wednesday, March 3, 1858. DEAR SIR: Mr. O'Brien's communication of the 27th compels me to appear as a witness in the "Diamond Lens" controversy.

In such an august literary presence, it is highly improper for me to make introductory burst of gayety, that for the nose of me, I cannot resist the any flippant remarks, but there is something so ludicrous in Mr. O'Brien's temptation of comparing that excellent littérateur to the Mr. Merryman of the circus, who, you will remember, plunges into the arena, makes a few jokes, more or less funny, indulges in a little exaggeration with the master, and introduces the next performer with a playful show of disparaging humor. If anything were needed to complete the picture thus presented to my wilful

mind, I should find it in the communication signed "Justice," which seems to me like the incidental performance of the Trick Clown, who, with admirable dexterity, balances a feather on his nose, and wins a cosy little round of applause from those who, with gaping mouths, wonder how it is done. I choose to follow out the simile, and with the dignity of a distinguished rider in tights, who never replies to Mr. Merryman's impertinent question as to whether he is going to jump through the hoop, "horse and all," I proceed to the performance of my "daring act."

1. The late Mr. William North wrote a story called "Micro-Cosmos, which he read to me. It related the adventures of an enthusiast who discovered a new lens of remarkable power. Enthusiast turns this lens on a dew-drop and discovers a world. One of the creatures of this world is a charming girl, with whom enthusiast falls in love. Soon after, he discovers that she has a favored admirer in this crystal sphere. Enthusiast watches the couple with jealous eye, and when he is quite sure that their passion is reciprocal, he brushes the dew-drop from his sight, and as Mr. North poetically described it, "destroys a world. This plot, as narrated here, I mentioned to a gentleman in the Times office. It recurred to my mind by simply reading the title to Mr. O'Brien's "Diamond Lens."

The gentleman referred to at once detected a similarity between it and Mr. O'Brien's story. The coincidence was talked about, and Mr. O'Brien wrote to Mr. Maverick on the subject. When I was informed of this fact, I determined to take the first opportunity of telling Mr. O'Brien what part I had taken in the matter. The same evening I met Mr. O'Brien, and also a friend of Mr. O'Brien's, within a few minutes of each other-the latter first.

2. Mr. O'Brien's friend, a celebrated artist of this City, touched on the impending controversy. At once I repeated the substance of section 1 above. On mentioning the title of Mr. North's story, Mr. O'Brien's friend-who was also one of Mr. N.'s friends-immediately remembered its existence, and, he said in substance: Now that you mention "Micro-Cosmos," I remember very well that North used to be talking constantly about it, and I have no doubt he either read it to me, or told me its plot. But the fact had entirely escaped my memory. I am very awkwardly situated in the matter-Mr. O'Brien's friend continued-for it was I who gave Mr. O'Brien the subject for the "Diamond Lens" story. It came into my mind, and I thought it was my own. But I now see that it may have been nothing but a reminiscence of North's story.

A few minutes later I met Mr. O'Brien.

3. I told Mr. O'Brien I had not read his "Diamond Lens," but that I heard there was some discussion about its originality, and wished to tell him what I had said about North's "Micro-Cosmos." Again I fired off section 1. That is the idea of the "Diamond Lens "said Mr. O'Brien--an idea which I have had in my mind for many years. If North used it he must have borrowed it from me.

I did not think it necessary to refer to what Mr. O'Brien's friend had told me only five minutes before. I am, yours respectfully,

AUGUSTUS MAVERICK, Esq.

CHAS. C. B. SEYMOUR.

1. Mr. O'Brien's assertion.

That assertion is as follows:

I assert, without any reservation whatever, that I am the sole author of the story called The Diamond Lens,' which was published in the January number of the Atlantic Monthly; that I am also indebted to no one for any portion of the plot or language; and that previous to its composition I never had any knowledge, direct or indirect, of any similar story, whether by Mr. North or any other person.

The controversy now turns on a question of probabilities.

1. Is it probable that a literary gentleman, whose reliance is upon his pen, would have nursed a story like this so many years as Mr. O'Brien claims to have done, without attempting to make it available previous to January last?

2. Is it at all improbable that Mr. O'Brien, having once been the intimate friend of Mr. North, should have been favored, as all that gentleman's intimate friends were, by a statement of the plot?

3. Is it not possible that Mr. O'Brien may have used North's plot, and yet be entitled to credit for the manner in which he has used it? Mr. Irving once made similar use of an old groundwork for a tale, and the precedent was good; but there is this slight difference between Mr. Irving and Mr. O'Brien, that the former did, and the latter did not, acknowledge the indebtedness for the main idea.

Still further, I have another witness,-a friend of Mr. North, who was in Cincinnati until very recently. His recollection of North's story is perfect. He traces the identity of the plot through the whole current of the "Diamond Lens." This gentleman is now in New York, and will be happy to communicate with Mr. O'Brien.

I do not wish to be considered the special champion of Mr. William North. That unhappy gentleman is now in his grave. I never had any particular

acquaintance with him. The fact, however, that he wrote a tale, based upon the same general idea as the one now in controversy, I hold to be established; and, as a purely literary question, the proof of priority seems to be settled in favor of William North.

With these remarks, and having no desire to advertise Mr. O'Brien's story further, I take my leave of the subject. Yours very truly, AUGUSTUS MAVERICK.

New York, Wednesday, March 3,

SUBSTITUTE FOR PAPER-Mr. Barry, the manufacturer of new paper, or substitute for paper, from animal substances, was prosecuted by the Crown for not taking out a paper-maker's license, and for not submitting his works to the usual discipline of the excise. The defendant contends that the article in question, being manufactured from hides, is parchment, and not paper, which notion the revenue officers dispute. Parchment pays no duty; paper, as our readers know to their cost, is subject to a heavy impost. The new material so much resembles parchment, that Mr. Cowan, M.P. for Saunders, an inspector of inland revenue, and other equally good judges, cannot discover the difference without wetting it and applying other tests. Mr. Baron Bramwell expressed an opinion, subject to some doubt, that the article, being in the nature of paper, was paper within the meaning of the act, and directed the jury to find a verdict for the Crown, with leave to defendant to move to enter a verdict, and, with power to the Court above to order a new trial, if they should think that there was any question at all to go to the jury. Verdict for the Crown was accordingly given for £100.-Manchester (England) Examiner.

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