Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-07-09
an Explanation from the Correspnd'
ent OF the London Times

an Explanation from the Correspnd'
entOf the London Times
10 the Edissr OF the New York Times:
In Letter frsm Washington, signed an rob.
server" which appears IN your paper Of yes
terday, there is an error it is my duty to cor.
rect, and an insinuation | desire to repel.
II is stated that | complain that my letters
| from the South have been "tampered with.'
I never said so. Such a complaint would be a
calumny on nv part, for, owing TO the dis
turbed s.ate Of the postal ccmmunic stions.
never dispatched a single letter by the NAH,
/ but used the express and such private oppor-
tunities rs offered.
During the six or seven weeks'I passed il
the South, | scarcely saw a northern paper,
and on my arrival at Cairo ! was shown a
! fragment Of one Of nv lstters in an American
journal, whsreupon, remarked to q friend,
This is only part Of the letter" A gentle
man who was standing near was good enough
TO offer me some complimsntE; to which OBJ
I served, that so fsr HAD only seen small poT-
tions q mutifsied bits Of my correspondence
in the papers: and fuTthsE observed, referring,
Of cosJse, g the state Of the country, that
had not received ny letters in The South, and
that nv Communications had been cut off,
WheH ! saw a misrepresentation or miseon-
ception Of my remarks telegraphed 20 one of
the Illinois newspapers, tas1ght it would be
sufficient TO set the matter right in the journal
to which alone am accountable, but the reit-
Grafton Of the error in your widely-crculating
and respectable paper makes it incumbent on
me TO assure you | never made aBv such state
ments as those attributable to me In reference
to my correspondence from the southern states,
and indeed | am bound TO add that received
from the provisional government, from its of;
GERS. from its people, and from the press of the
South, ntthing but hospita Die acts and express
sions, and all the eiViiities aud courtesies they
could render.
Il is insinuated tha' nv reticence toward the
officers in command at Piekens and Pensacola,
respecting the condition Of each others works,
which found it expedient to msntion-was a
sham and mockery, inasmnch as their secrets
were to be proclaimed IN a few weeks through
the columns Of an English paper. NY chsrsc-
ter might be sufficient guarantee that did
not make that observation in anY spirit OF
self-iaudation, and I might treat such an insin-
uatien as have done others, equally unmerit-
ed and uDfounded, With a silence Il is unneces-
sary to qualify. When General Bragg or
Colonel Brown accuse me Of breach OF faith
may stand on my defense. But that I ven
tuTe to say viii never be done by either OF these
officers, or BY any Of the authorities on either
side Of this unhappy civil war, for to esch and
all of them. and particularly to Gen. Bragg
and Col. Brown, I distinctly announced that,
whilst my lips should be sealed in this country
in reference to any Information they might
think proper to communicate, they must ex-
pect TO see it all come bsck In due course Of
post in the columns Of the Times.
deem this statement due to myself, in con-
alteration Of the standing OF the journal which
address, and 10 which the uncontradicted
circulation Of the remarks alluded 20 might
have 81 effect which would certainly never
have been produced by their appearance in
other qusrters.
have The honor to be, sir, your obediens
and humble servant, W. II. RussR1r.
Clifton, Niagara, June %.
P. 81 might say ''obitsr, ,"that By curious
misprint IN one Of my recent letters. copied
into your paper, am made to say Gen. Bragg
had only ten guns at Pensacola. What I
wrote was that his guns, instead OF being
counted by s'hundreds," should be counted by
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