The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-19

what better proof OF this can be offered than
'he powerful and orderly military displays
which the Prince has seen in many places, but
sh'cn received their GROWING glory in the
hPfe oiiy OF the Empire State2 And IL any
'h'ng can surpass the spectacle of 90 many
ormed patriotic volunteers, we might point tn
the radiant display Of another strong arm Of
our power, IL. the hordss OF fremen who nasssd
in review before the young and gentle Prince.
These are movements which spring from
love OF country, OF home, and OF independence,
TO check these progressive ideas by any absurd
law Of human compensation would be to over
turn the dearest principles of republicanism.
So we claim that, instead of being defective.
our American institutions are greatly in sd-
vance OF those Of our English cousins.
English Jour naiism-Arrowsmith Turn-
cd Up Again.
The LondoH Times, we fear, is going to the
dogs. The Thunderer no longer thunders. The
lion has been turned into terrier, who, after
having been soundly whipped, puts his tail be
tween his legs howling most piteously one mo-
ment, soarling and biting the next The Times,
over the elaborate accounts we have given of
the Princes tour. The Times is much shocked
at the freedom with which the Ne v York jour-
nails the HERALD being the chief criminal among
them have spoken Of the royal party, chroni-
cling their movements with the utmost particu
arity as to details. More than al-for the Times
is not really very much distressed about the
Nc ,ha ,at;a
than all, our London contemporary feels badly
| at having been beaten. The Times cannot get
over its rage at the email circumstance that the
NKw YoRk HERALD gave to the people of Eng
land the accounts Of the Princes progress a
week before they appeared in any London jour.
| nal. The Canadian editors were troubled in
| the same way and from the same cause.
We sympathize with cur afflicted London co
| temporary. We remember, however. that 1t
| was not always 60 horriied a. s4tion jour
| nalsm. II We mistake not, the Times is one Of
the founders, If not the original pa.en'ee, Of
sensation journalism Have our cheerful
friends across the water forgotten the ceebrat
ed Arrowsmith hoax? Do they remember the
wonderful adventures of that remarkable ira
weller. as published in and endorsed By the
Tsness II was charming narrative. An Eng
lish traveller in Georgia takes passage in rail
way train to go from one point TO another 10
the Cracker State. The journey might be tedi-
Gus, although not a long one, butitis very plea
sanity diversified by several duels IA mort
The conductor of the train is so obliging that
he arrests its progress in order that two fire.
eaters may have their little difficulty settled at
| once. Then followed more encounters, and
| as fast as the comoatants fell their bodies
| were duly buried the train being delay
ed at way stations for the accom-
who did not wish to keep dead men on their
hands. These, according to the British journal
| list, were every day occurrences, and he might
have added, with equal probability, that our
| Southern brethren were in the habit Of killing
| a man every day before break fast, and that they
followed the cheerful custom Of the New Zea-
ianders and rerved up the tenderest of their vic
Tins as tidbits ft for the dinner table,
This notable yarn" made quite q sensation,
ana tie author, Arrowsmith, woke up one morn
| ing and found himself famous. The Times peo-
| pie, IL IL believed, retained his services, and
despatched him to this country In the Great
Eastern steamship, under an assumed name,
and he afterwards undertook to do up the
| Princes tour In the Arrowsmith style, toned
down little so as to suit the English market.
But the valiant representative Of Ferdi-
nand, Count Fathom and Baron Munchausen
could do nothing when he came TO deal with
hard facts. He was dull, tame wearisome He
made outrageous plumbers in his pretended
descriptions Of the country through which he
passed. his accounts were week behind those
Of the New York papers, and at last, when
they did come TO hand, they were very feeble
and unsatisfactory productions ArrowsmitA
bad subsidized, wilted, and, to use one OF our
horribly low American expressions, the bold
Briton, who made 80 fierce tilt at truth In
Georgia, simmered down to very dull scrib-
| bier In Canada and the North. This accounts
| for the vaporiDgs Of the London Times about
| the Nav YoRK HERALD. The Tines people
are disguised with the failure Of their crack
man, Arrowsmith, and SO they pitch into "
| to conceal their chsgrin. Never mind; let our
Bridsb contemporaries pick their fints, polish
| up their Arrowsmiths, aud try II again. Texas
would be a good Geld for some Of the Times
corresp ondeDts. Nobody knows what Ia really
going on there; so the correspondents can $50
son their disbes as high ~ they like, and no
one can hnd out whether they are lying or not
Distinctly, Texas l. the best field for the exer-
else Of that peculiar vein Of sensation jour
nalism Of which the London Times Is the type
and AFRO wsmi,h the chief exponent
| Social REyoLUroAs-For some years past
many Of the wealthy families Of the metropolis
have been building magnificent establishments
at immense cost, 10 the upper portions Of the
city and The suburbs embellishing them with