The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-23

known simply are and through the feeble carl
cature which we read IN the London Tmss Of the stu
which We beg TO direct the attention our readers
From the Halifax Chronicle Sep, II
THE LONDON TIMES CORRESPONDENT AGAIN.
The London Times OF the 23i 25tn ut briogs us
two letters about Halifax from the veracious correspon
dent or that Journal the principal part OF which give
below Il viii DO that Ia many particulars these
letters present marked Improvement, boih in TEN
aud truthfulness the ono which formed the sahje
comment In our columns days ago; but stil
srds matters OF fact tney are whs they ought be-
nor the public has To- expect from writer
for such journal as the London Times or indeed from
sny journal with rer utaop TO sustain or TO which the
public look tor correct information II may be that ths
British North American Colon les are considered OF tts
900 GOO OF inhab tants and covering more than half
continent not insigpihcant out tnat " can 90 m
ured by untruthfuness and ouresque
or the people of sufficient importance 10 make
the manner in which they received tner fringe nns'
lie OF Great Britain, they fhoold have secured sne
services Of reporter who TO begin with know At least
outlines Of the geography OF the country VINO
wa. no, loo b conceed 70 ask he found himself
q. dc OF information too indoent 10 see or nmsc
what be proiefsed 10 describe, and VINO was noness
enough tell the truth and above being prompied ~
any eNuaneous iDfu,pc TO misepresept ELMER tue
country the people who form The subject Of hs com
ments. Mr. Woods does not appear either 10 possess
those necessary qualities, to be free from these de-
iects He 10 be OF those Jolly but not very iu-
teectuai Englshmen, Win more belly than praiug.
whose mental conoiton is governed entirely by their
bocy comfort and who every 1ug colour dc rose
the reverse just they happen fa stomscn
empty one, 10 reposc luxurious ease, battle with
ets and crossSs Thus when he came 10 Halifax, alter
two weeks Of laundering the result Of his ignorance
and every BODY called Nova Scotia an out Of the
way, remote place, that nobody visited, an
H. no o9e eyer got out o. and ne could ses nothing
tivts loing cut Or the windows all day" After being
here tarec days. however aud ehampagned Toasted ano
eted into amiable frame OF mind, Halifax WAS
metamor hosed into q, ghttu place its haroor became
the most magnificent Of bsrhos and s people the most
prsng or people who hGG given the Prince ID
reception could be surpase by town OF equal
population in all the wide domt ions - which ne Is heirf
lei the Canadian cites take warning aad hened: By
experience Let them propl,e Mr.. Woods by good
feeding and luxurious lodgings; let bis JJirney through
their country be attended with no unpleasant circum-
stances les the rain 10 fall AMI the wind breathe
only zephyr and the lake bo not dare TO rise above
ripple when Woods voyages from city TO city, and they
will have picture OF Their country presented TO the
world, through the columns Of the Tunes which, II not
truthful, will DC al least catering rs they eau desire
We desire at present only 10 notice specially two or
three features Of the letters publ lie
TO labor under moral nhrmity. that Causes him
either 70 oyerrsie or undsrrate everything oil wch ne
writes THUS he says the voluutees nnmoer 100 and
were divided into three companies, wnea, p1nt OF
fact they numb about $50, aud are dviied into seven
companies OF rifles two OF engineers and one OF artillery
Again, he says that nog the streets filed
with drunken This Is gross libel on ths citizens
Of Halifax The universal sobrety aud good behavior
Of The during the Princes visit not ced and
common ted on by ali vsiterf, II except Woods him
self. Had lie described this scene OF drunkenness
ing place evening which his landlord had to
be called into his TO settle bbul us fray reween
himsel brother reporter we could excuse the mis-
state mont for II Is not uncommon FIR under such
circumstances 70 fancy everybody druok but
but inas much as he was guest al Government House
that evening, where have a right to
presume that he would not forget himself, there
s room for this excuse; aud we are
driven to the belief that tie libel Ia wlful,
unprovokec fabrication And, again, about the mails
he has another false hood. From some cause which IL
not Tor US 10 explain he msmnaged his correpondence,
that his letter written 10 Halifax did not for ward in
time and then before, about the travelling convey
ances &c blamts defective mail arrangements for his
steamers bcirg taken up to follow the Prince from place
n place We are at a lofs 10 imagine how auy man
would dare 10 write such open unbushing falsehood
about such matter, and publish IT, Mr. Woods must
have known, when he wrote that statement that he
wrote that which not true; II he did not II any
prtsumirg on his John Bah creduty, attempted 70
hoax him with such story and he WAS soft enough to
believe H. he mae1 be greater donkey than we took
him for. Another absurd story about member Of the
going To work TO get out gazette announcing
the arrival OF the Prince fabricated by AYaDkee reporter
Mr. Woods has swallowed ana sent acrsss the Al
antc TO stonsh the dcnzens OF Printing House Square
He would appear, also, to have left the Province
in the tsme unhappy state OF mind 10 which he entered
1t, which prevented bun from seeing thing but the
dsagreeable, and that msgnaej. lie could and de-
scribe in exaggerated ter The bleak range OF country IN
the vicinity OF Halifax aversed by the railway but he
had no eve for the beautiful upauds and rich marshes
surrounding Windsor, which are but sample OF the alu
vial lands Of Western Nova Scotia and which
passed for richness and fertility by aoy country In the
world
to notice further the vasares OF this individual We
simply remark In clos ny the utter OF
bis report concerning Nova Scotia will make the people
OF this Province exceedingly dstrusul OF anything he
OF the royal tour In other parts OF the connent
and further n the 7imes IL not usually careful In
selecting It's town correspondents" than II has been In
this instance, II must cease day 10 DO regarded
authority matters Of fact touching any occurrence
outs ide Of London.