The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-09
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.,sas.n wenfrrw ia Nichmomd.


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srsassn WeNfrrw in Nichaaend.
As ,sas,sA as II Was kaown that his Royai
lI,saasss. ,as pr.nee Vi Wales, under the sitle
o, Bareas RshyRsw, was TO visit this city,
peopls tAxzn to ask, sWhas ON earth - No
coming here to ssss.s aWhAt is there hare
worth seeinr. except the big mtlls 2" "WeaA
could have Induced him to come this way p
All, were in the dark. completely puxzlsd,
hopelessiy coafounded.
We knew. sll the time, what be was coming
for. We do not like to speak openly; We are
afraid Of exciting jealousy. We will only
give s hint from which gentlemen are At lib
erty to draw their own differences. The Baron
h.aya thas zee srsss Acre, The Baron came. !!
MARK ,ha,.p a. Joan RANDOLPH used 10 say
wasu he poked GU, his long forsanssr iiks .
d.eltins MI tol at one OF his viclms mas
,ho.. r., sas. and take note OF II, all ye Wuo"
a m.v concern. aud all - whom 1t can IN no
xrax In the world concern. We spsax myste-
,,on.,r perhaps /, may b. said. We answer,
-. snaw what we are about. The secrets OF
prinass are dasserous--.hey are like wild an
.,oals a a cage. Keep them under lock and
ssv and they hurt nobody. Let them OUT
ana bloody murder 10 the order Of the day.
we saw nothing. Nevertheless, the Prince
came, and we were here.
II is the misfortune Of great personages that
1hrvalways have persons about them jealous
Of their anumaciss with any body but them
selves. and always ready to SOW tares between
then, and their dearest friends. We shall say
no more upon this head, except that we have
long felt that NEWCASTLE Was not 30 cordial
a, he was IN the olden time that our CORES
,,onderce with Lord JOHN RussrLL has almost
autir,ly ceased; that PALMxRsToS has nearly
,n words avowed himself our enemy; that
rrHorvrsrI has long been jealous of our in
,.rest with his imperial master, and that he
has, Just at This time. an innuence ~ Inc
CUR of ST.. JAMES which it becomes not US,
the intimate friend and ally OF NAPOLEON
III. to counterfeit. Let the reader cons.rue
ALI this as he may. All we shall say Vs. ina'
We felt ourselves by no means bound 70 lake
note of aly intimation OF Baron hkNfhkw
=. ntenSed visit, come from as nigh a source as
i; might. We knew perfectly well whom ne
.an,r here TO see. We were to him the am
,.eo.ss, he friend whose face ne nao never
seem :. The CORES pendent waSm ne priZeo
above ali other correspondents. We cAoiheo
ourselves in the panopiy OF wounded irieho-
shlo. aud we thought of BkCKFoRp. AS bkch-
roRp animated to the Lass Prince OF wales
that the gates Of Tonthill opened only to such
guests as it was its master pleasure 10 see, 30
we stood aloof in sulien grandeur, In our
castle. corner Of Main and Governor, lett hano
side a. you go down to Shockoe warehouse
and the Coium bian Hotel.
Nevertheless, our heart yearned towards the
vouug man. who owes 50 much Of what he is
10 our counsel, and who, if he should hereaf-
tar be the ereatest and the wisest, and the
most fortunate monarch that ever filled the
throne of Great Britain, will be the most
ungrateful Of sovereisns If he erect not
a monument 10 our memory. We regarded
him AS me work of our own hands See him
emust Bat howl Prize forbade q forma'
Introduction. So we determined TO mihgle
with the crowd, and thus obtain view,
though but for a moment So, on Sunday
morning. short time before the hour LOT
church we took mp our line OF march 1or the
Ballard House. We found several thousand
r,eupie there before US. The street running by
the Ballard House and the Club House TO
Broad Was packed with men. We should
Judge there WAS about an acre OF them, iof
they extended entirely across Franklin, and
considerable distance up and down IL. All
the Windows of The Exchange Were full, aud
the roof OF GRAVES stable was covered. Lit
Tie boys we're taxing advantage OF the proJec-
t.ous Of tie Billiard House, and climbing up
TO the ledge th,t runs along the exterior,
which was full to OVERLOOKING. There
stcCd TIE sieeds and the buggy, and the
driver, the most important man IN the crowd
preal er a ris toeras than even the Duke OF Ne W.
eAstle--1ar greater than the Baron RkNFREw.
Ii we were writing poetry, perhaps We should
sly tat,t the seeds praneed and snorted, and
that their sable Automedon could scarcely
keen The reins in his hand. But we are writ
ing prose- and truth compels US to say that
thew did none of these things. They had no
room to prance-they had no space to SNORT
there was scarcely enough for them TO breathe.
Tesy stood as quiet as lambs. They seemed
In mink they had been brought out to attend
a fnneraI-that is to say, il they thought about
the matter at all. We stood on the curbstone
lust above tie Exchange and looked across
The crowd chung TO the carriage They stood
f,rty dee o in trout end fask Of the horses
They swung like paroquets to the top Of the
carriase, which had been let down. They
poised themselves by their arms. and looked
dow a unto The empty seat. We have heard OF
suspended in air-raving, ranting, roaring fu-
rious, frantic. We never had an idea before
what a furious passion it is. Hydrophobia is
a mild disease compared to it. At last arises
a shout. He is coming. No {! It is nobody but
the Lord Mayor. Attention Is diverted for a
moment. In shoots the Prince as though he
had been fired ont OF twenty four FOUNDER,
Down he sits, and we had the pleasure Of see
ing ahout three inches of his hat The horses
began 10 move-the crowdga ve way-iL became
saare qai peuf with. the muititude-and such
a, Ioale began as has never been Witnessed
since the evening Of Waterloo. They scattered
i i eli directions Over the hills, through the
stleats, across lots, through houses-on, on,
the, W ent, as though the devil was In every
one Of them, and they were fastening TO a
steep place TO cast themselves headiong into
the sea. For ourselves, we felt, suddenly,
as if a mad dog had bitten us. We were
as mad as the maddest. We rushed along
with The crowd. and knew not whittier we
were going, until we were brought to, all
standing, In front of st Pauls Church.
The porch in front Of the church, the steps
that lead TO II, the slreets. the piazza OF the
Central Hotel, on the opposite side, were
C ro wded, Ihrongeo, packed, with human be.
ings, like herrings In barrel. The Prince
bad passed into the church but, he had
passed iike meteor. Never was there any
passi5 IN SO fun of endurance as curiosity. II
can wait an age for lis gratifeation, There
this crowd stood. for two mortal hours, scnf-
Alag, swearing. quarrelling, screaming, broii.
Ing, dusty, thirsty, and almost fainting.-
Nothing could disturb their purpose, nothing
assuage the barring flame Of their devoarins
curiosity. nothing shake their unconqusred
aad unconquerabls resolution. They crowded
each other up against the horses and carriage.
unIal breagtboneA couId not haxa a,aa,. n. :.