The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-14
4 an isSs 10 the parties who get in their way
The Prince al Waie. Ia New Yor


The correspondent of the London Times
was fsmously pleased with the reception OF
the Prince of Wales in New York. We ex
tracta few paragraphs from his account re-
ceived BY our last English mails:
Thare was no pomp or pagesntrv attempted
.,fauy kind no grand ltveries or giloed coaches
There was 4 military procession, OUT lnat was
only an item in the great feature OF tse day,
which was the welcome of the people. twas
.nch "a welcome As only whole people and y
sres ,,eople could ever give, and IN the details
of its en- IN SiaSm and It's good order there WAS
,nuch slraage AS 1t Nay seem, thai made such a
reception possible only la New York. In Paris
A. would have been go vsrnmen tai affair u sol
SIe,s and geriaT1:cs; In London IL would have
been mob with 40 immense police force 10
ccn!Vol II. Here IL was sim ply the people turn
ing out IL hundreds Of thousands. huge sea
81 ,leeorous but most enthusiastic spectators,
who even al the spots where they We're dens-
est were yet so quiet. 50 Impressive In their
majesty OF good order that 1t no one place did
they seem 10 have a single element ia common
with what we call o mob.
IL seemed more a gigantic meeting Of the
yilizaas OF New York, convened FOR some great
and schema rejoicing along the whoie length OF
he city, than the mere chance m mastering OF it's
.,usy res tless, and exciraoie population. II
was such a grand display OF popular enthusi-
assn, there was such q digni In the calm re-
liauce felt by every one in the preservation OF
order such perfect warm n aud geniality OF
kindness evincei from highest 10 loves! to-
wards the Young visitor, As made the whole
demonstration, perhaps, one OF the most re-
markabie OF its Kind mat has ever taken place.
Quiet and demure rs are the EpglIsh people,
tnere are yet few EugiIshmen who can realize
vhe iacL OF the whole Inhabitants OF an I'M
alense city turning out 10 witness spectacle
nd give "A cordial welcome iItrusted al the
sans time with the duty OF keeping order
among themselves. Yet this was actually the
case At New York and aioog three miles OF
road. tnrougsd with hsifa million or more OF
AnsctstorS tnere were not fifty policemen, and
even these were only stationed at intersecting
streets TO stop carts aud yeFlcieS from en- teTing
ina Iiae D. tho route. Yet description does not
easily convey the idea of such a multitude
the strict, the rigid good order and good humor
ah 1t prevailed. Ihis, TOO. was not Tor an hour,
or only while the Prince was passing IL was
the unvarYing demeanor OF the whole con-
course from len III The day till past SIX ct
night.
and abused by ali their journals as 10 the ne
.s-SSity for . quiet, Yet kindly welcoms, that
one would almost have thought, from the tone
Of the AZ tcles, that the populace OF this great
city were q mere horde OF untutored mis-
c7eants, people 10 whom 1t was necessary TO
u oluL cut the most ordinary rules OF civilized
intercourse. In fact throughout the whole
course OF this tour, with few exceptions, the
New York Journals have never ceased TO heap
q TT upJn the manners and customs of their
own countrymen. n little crowdIng at the
country towns, tbs mere harmless curiosity OF
villagers, ~ r0.ts, has been transformed in the
CoiaIaaS Of certain newspapers lato studied
oulragrs, and visited, III the columns OF the
New York Herald particularly, with such d
downpour of maudlin "BillingsGate," as If any
sensible American ever minded how that JOUR
nal raved, must have made the poor country
people regret the hour they ever saw his Royal
HIg aless AT ali.
A long deep, tremendous, sustained cheer
greeted the Prince, whose appearance aston
shed every one. Slight and almost boyish in
aad on horseback he looks young nobieman.
ot whom, apart from his exalted losiuen any
EugiislMau might be proud TO see acKnow-
Ieased AS represen tatiye OF MS nation. He sits
a horse as only young Englishlnen can. and re-
celyes his homage OF welcome with the easy
grace OF one TO the manor born. Certainly, as
he cantered down 10 the Battery, his horse
rearing and prauclng with tlmIdlty AT the tu-
mutt OF cheers around, he looked even worthy
OF the great welcome that awaited him, ard
more lhau tnIs IL would bs difficult TO say
Ia the Battery were drawn up In successive
lines five brigades or The New York militia
mastering III ali some O,uU0 or 400 men,
Taken as type OF the volunteers of this
country, they certainly were splendid specl-
mems. In The Sd brigade were the TIN regiment,
Iae pride and admiration of New York. rney
are, undoubtedly, q most perfect body OF SOL
ders, equal In all the minute lechGIcaliLies of
discipline TO cur very best line regiments.
must own, nowes ! cannot snare in the
feeling here which Yards all praise 10 the 1th
and l cannot pay The militia OF New York a
higher compliment than TO say that, 10 my I'M
pieIudiced eyes, there were several other reGi-
meuts there almost, II not q uiIe as good as the
famous 1th Tue iIn brigade, 10 use Lord j Ohm
kussells smile, was nspcuous tor the alb
sence II the oath Regiment. Colonel Corco-
ran IN his officers aud men refused to turn
ogt to welcome the Prince. The Inspection OF
Inc militia merely consisted Of riding slowly
along the front of each corps. Every regiment
dropped coiors aad presented arms as The
Prince approached tham surveying with open
hsp 4
steady, military asp@c; OF every company. re-
ginenL aud brigade Oa tAe ground. AS vol
uGteer militia, they efLalniy formed body
O. men OF whom any nation might feel proud.