The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-13
The Falsely Alleged Insnis 10 .he Prince Of
WalAa

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TTfEsDAY MORNING. 49,. NOV. ~. 1861,
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The FALSELY Alleged InxnIt 10 the Prince Of
Wales.
The New York Expfsss, In a late issue, took
occasion to repel the infamous ISLANDERS propa-
gated by the correspondent OF the New York
Times, relative to the treatment offered TO the
Prince OF Wales on his visit TO this city. In
the meantime the town correspondent" OF the
London Times had written TO that paper and
had said that with the exception OF the insult
at Richmond, the Prince had been everywhere
we'll received. The New York Tribune replies
70 the Express, and endeavors to sustain tho
ali, rma.ive Of this proposition by referring to
this letter Of the town CORES pondent" There
upon, the New York Herald says:
The Tribune, commenting upon IN article in
the Express declares that the reporter OF the Lon
don Tt,ass speaks of tho disturbances Ct kieh;;
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ma I t ah . LonsSmd at Rfeamoad at ihai s.
One tasehooa cgnhot BE- MAGE 70 sa''a'a ''H'i''"
mis- a.t,amptm of the 7ribans was made
in ths face OF the Duke OF Newcastles posi-
tive declaration, publicly made, and printed
in all the newspapers of the day, that there
was no ground whatever for the charge, that
the conduct of the people here had been uni
formiy respectful TO the Prince, and that he
had no reason whatever to complain Il his
reception What object can the Tribune have
in uersisting in this falsehood Its CORES
pondeuts inven ted monstrous system of lies
in ksnsas and Ii has since attempted to pass
them of as history. We can easily enough
discern the object there but what can it be
here The minds Of the N orthern people are
already sufiicien tly poisoned against us. Why
intensity the rancor by any farther false
hoods LINCOLN is elected, and is not that
enoughl Until of late, it was customary
with public journals to correct any false
cement they had been betrayed into making
as soon as the mis- take had been discovered
That good old custom is treated with scorn by
such prints as the Tribune. We cannot see
what was the use of sending correspondent
even as far as Baltimore. lie could have
been concoc,ed in the Tribune Office just as
well as in Barnum's Hotel.
We said few days ago that the correspond
ant of the New York Times had uttered four
distinct falsehocds with regard to the alleged
disturbance. First. lie said that the sheets on
the Princes bed had been handled until they
had been soiled. That was lie out Of the trhols
cloth. A number of visitors, before the arri-
val OF the Prince, passed through his apart
ments and looked at the beds, but not one OF
them touched them, or anything on them, as
the Messrs BALLARD can testify. For twenty
four hours befuIe his arrival, the rooms
were In charge of his own officer. Secondly
He said that the congregation OF ST. Pauls
Church rose when ne entered. That this was
an unaIloyed talsehood, at least one thousand
persons will tesufy-that is to say, the whole
congregation, including the clergyman who
ofiiciated. Thirdly. He said that at WASH
1ssToS,s statue the Prince was insulted by
opprobrious illusions TO the part his great
grandfather had adopted with regard to
America. The Mayor (Mr. Mayo stood
touching the rrince, and twenty other gentle
men stood near enough to hear anything that
might have been said. They all declare that
not syllable to which the Prince could take
exception WAS uttered by any humaa being,
so far SIS they could hear. The whole story
was generated by the fonl Imagination of the
Times corresp ondent. Fourthly. He said that
the crowd at The Governors House Tor around
it, was so disorderly, that the Prince was COM
PEELED to escape by a back entrance. Governor
LErCHRR, Mayor MAYO, Capt. SAMUEL FREE
MAN a number of gentlemen who were
in the house, and at least two hundred per-
sons outside know that this was falsehood.
Weourselves stood by the carriage and saw
the Prince enter it with Mr.. MAYO and the
Duke of Newcastle. 1t was drawn up al the
front door. Gov. LsTCHER stood at the door
the Prince descended the steps with Mr. MAYO
and got into the carriage. There was no back
way by which he could have escaped into the
street, if he had desired it, az any body can see
who will look at the premises. If he had en-
tered the carriage at back door, he would
have been compelled to drive around in front
before he could get out. To these four distinct,
positive falsehoods, we now add a fifth. He
stated that when the Prince arrived at his no.
lei, he was handled by the crowd in a very
disagreeable fashion. This is equally false
with the other statements. The crowd gave
way for him wherever he approached and not
one of them touched so much as The hem of
his garment.
The Herald tells US that the correspondents
OF the Tribune and London Times lied from
Baltimore. They simply fabricated falsehoods
with regard to matters of which they could
have no possible personal knowledge. The
correspondent of the New York Times was on
the spot-lied in the face of light and know
iedge-and is, therefore, so much the more
acii}HI cdiKmntatOr.