Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-11-03
From the London Times of Sept 29th.
The Prince in America.

FROM the London Times of Sept. 2Sth.
The Prince in America.
The old Adam is hardly dead in the breasts
of American republicans. They are not 10y
al, because they have no Queen or Prince of
their own but in default of affection they arc
strong in curiosity 1t is evident that "a roy
al parsonage is still in their eye something
more than an ordinary man. His sayings
are uttcrancos of note his doings are occur
renccs not only to be remarked but to be
made known with all the rapidity of modern
sciences When the Prince of Wales left
England, we were prepared for cordial but
decorous reception of his Royal Highnoss by
the people of the states which his great
grand father governed. We conceived, from
our own reasonings, and from the tone of
American journalists, that the Prince would
be Hospitality received in the chief cities of
the Union, and would, by his presence, per
haps, oblitcrate still further the traces of an
imoslty between the two countries but We
were not prepared for the impulsiycncss of
New York and her sister cities.
1t appears from all that we can learn of
the Princes trip that a curiosity so dovour-
ing exists, or is supposing by the American
press to exist, concerning our heir apparent,
that the most triang circumstances connect
ed with his stay are considered worthy, not
only of type, but of telegraph. What the
excitement will be when Baron Renfrcw
waltzes for the first timcin New York, may be
Judged by the manner in which the leading
journals report his proceeding in the quiet
provinces to the North The Orange agita
ton has furnished the American public with
details even more exciting than those con-
nectcd with the ball at Quebec. Then we
are informed that there was ball Mt Coburg,
that the Prince opened it with Miss Beatty,
daughter Of the Mayor, and gaily promenadcd
the room with his partners. His Royal High
ness s caution, according to the same author
lty, is Indicated by the fact that he would not
enter the ball room until the floor had been
strengthened by Iirtrees placed underneath
This shows nothing but interest which
people divided from the old monarchica, ar
istocratical world, and uuused to the visits of
distinguished personages," feels in the ad-
vent OF English royoIty. The grotesque ex-
agSeration which is feature in American
narrative OF course appears in the reports
which are given of the Princes proceedings
According to all accounts, New York Jour
nallsts of the most inventive minds follow in
the train of the youthful Englishman He
can neither eat nor drink, dance nor 20 to
review without being liable to have his de-
meanor criticised by half.a-dozc most enter
prising penmen. He trippcd in polka, and
in ten minutes it was tclegraphcd to the New
York press. Probably within half an hour
/ 1T was known in Texas. The number of
times he dances, and the dresses and behav-
tor OF his timid colonial partners, are they
not chronicled by the New York Herald, and
shouted about the streets of the American
metropolis by enterprisng nowsboys"
Many people will consider this as vulgar,
as denoting low tone in the civilization of
the people which reads such productions.
and will contrast this excessive inouisitiye.
ness and relentless publicity with the retio.
ence of our own press. We cannot wholly
concur in this view. The American papers
present but reflection of the American char
acter in which craving for excitement, and
more especially the excitement of curiosity
holds principal place. Indeed, there is
hardly anything in the Princes tour more
Calculated to satisfy rejecting Englshnan
than the interest which has been shown by
Americans in his doin6s, an interest of
which the New York Herald and its com
peers are the rough, and, it may be, the in.
delicate exponents.
Under the appearance of common place
curiosity is evidently concealed a warm sym.
P'U"y NiVh OllS IluCC WHO HIS Dccn 30 early
placed in such difficult position, and who
has, it is allowed by all, conducted himself
with singular affability and disccrnmcnt
Ii q scion of the proudcst and most powerful
family on the Continent were to visit tho
Western world, we may be sure that the
New York papers would not care to relate
that he danced twenty y-three times," or to
invent the occurrence that he "wept eopi.
ously," when met by an ill-judged political
demonstration. We believe that the Amer
loans are, on the whole, good humored in
their remarks, and so we can afford to laugh
good humoredly at their eCoentricites. Az
any rate, it is Of no use qurreling at what
We cannot help, and it is certain that tho
triumphs of Now York reporting have yet
to begin.
If they have given such melo- dramatic ac-
counts of the Canadian progress, how will
they describe the NeH York balls 2 We
must prepare ourselves for large capitals de-
falling the Prince's manner of eating an
ice. and for accurate descriptions of tho toi-
let's Of all his partners.