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“Iruid.fOur Washington correspoiient recently unearthed the terrible fellow^wko, over the signature of ‘Druid/' fcjfe periodically alarmed the North through tje New YorkWorld, by his profound knor ledge of thecondition and strength and jtirposcs of the rebel armies, and the weakness of the Unionforces, and the failures of Uaua campaigns.The fellow is a despicable shyster, with nomore positive military information than may be picked up by any intelligent man v/ho reads the * daily papers. The Chicago Tribute contributes the following to our stock of knowledge touching‘Druid:’’** Druid^fc no leas a personage than 11. M. Flint, well known in Chicago, and trother of Calvin Gather Flint, strll better known in Chicrao. He served h»s rSne a« a dow#jwjht reporter in Criieago. having been emjiloyed lt;fb the Clues go Times, In that capacity he was priiuip^fy noted tor stupendous lying, and vivid imag?nation, which never stopped short with the ho: rttlaries ot truth, newspaper plagiarism, an utter disregard for personal feeling, fast-living and reckless expenditure. We tlhnk it witLun bounds to state that lie never wrote a line with a grain of truth in it unless by accident. One of his principal exploits was stoat ng a life of Douglas, in this wise: J. W. Shealnm, Esq., then editor. of i lie Tim os, wits engaged upon aJLifc of Douglas* Mr. 8. was no-ctt.-tomed to leave his manuscripts, which he had written during the day, in his drawer. Flint, whoso. dut Kept him at the office late at night, opened the drawer regularly and copied them. As the book neared completion, Flint was suddenly called to New York on business, and Mr. Sheahan w re astonished, soon after, at a Life of Douglas in the market, which bore a striking resemblance to his, uud, of course, killed It** boo * financially. lie next Nourished on the Cincinnati Enquirer, then on the ’New York Times’ and Herald a corps, from each of which he was kicked out, and finally turnsup as •Druid,** the .rcws.*cun correspondent of theNew York World. He is the paid tool of Baltimore socessionists, a poor, miserable shyster, struttingdandy, a reckless, conscienceless penny-a-liner.Ii;s brother, when last in Chicago,was m jail :cr forging his uncle's name to a check and drawing bogus drafts. Par nolrile frmtmm /’*
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Cincinnati Daily Commercial
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sat, Dec 03, 1864
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