The New York herald., 1862-04-17
The New York Herald vimdirated.
THE TRIBUNE AND WORLD EXPERIMENTING on FALSE
PRETKNCES.
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from the st. Louis Democrat
BoGrs CORRESPONDENCE AND SwiNDIiyc Extras
The letters published Ia many OF the public journals,
purportng 10 be from special correspondence arc in
many spurious Descriptions are given in detail Of
sonal knowledge.
The Rep,biicaw last evening issueF three -column
extra consisting Of " special c0rrsspondence pur,
t Gunboat Tyler Tennessee river April TO- 1862" Tho
cursory reader cannot fail TO perceive that the letter
written not from the fold from personal 0bser-
walton, but from the imagination and such supple
nentary facts as were known ia ST. Louis or Ut Cairo
We nnd this writer gravely stating that "Gcnerai
there General Smith not there but sick on his
back, unable to participate in the Hsht
Again, he represents General Grant on Sunday morn
ing before ten O'Clock, riding from point to point &C
when the fact is stated by Major McDonad who was on
the snss Gsnera @S ne oeng .. ga
Sunday morning. With the gravity of historian and
eyewitness, the correspondent o. the Reputliodn
teguarly they fred each volley Instantly they obey
cd every ordsr aud their unbroken ranks checked the
foe. BY hundreds they fell, &c.
sEach division defended itself In turn attacked
sometimes driving, more frequently being drivenn
ssThe scene tcrrible-mutiaIed, dsagurcd beings
crawling around begging for attention. and covered with
BY slip Of the zen the spurious character OF tho uar.
ration Is betrayed. The writer says;
ssTo-day forty two nurses and seventeen physicians
h1se gone up the Tnn,see" Como up from whero? The
writer was not at Ptsburg Savannah, probably
Paducab but board steamboat ut Cairo or at the ST.
Charles Hotel. Yet ne describes eye-witpess a
bsAte field OF which he knows than any elli-
gent reader Of tho daily newspapers. All that vivid dc
scription drawn from the fertile imagination OF "spe
cal correspondent"
Since we are the subject, will state one fact
which may illustrate the character OF worry
OF sensational correspondence Letters appeared in ths
New York World and the New York Tribune describing
with great battle OF Pea Ridge There ere
t tco regular correspondents OF Pea Ridge Mr.. knr,
he ale and insitgen correspondent Of tie NEW York
HERALD, and Mr. fdyei te ini.faopJe Correspondent Of
e Missouri D,nocrd The rest OF the letters purport.
ing be from that battle acld, from reg uiar letter
writers, wore every one spurious
Tho gross injustice Of placing before the public lno
fancy sketches OF such events DO strongly
condemned Two braved the dangers OF that terri
bic battle field and described what they saw dozen
moro who sitting at their ease hundred miles
away narrate with circumsa detail things o which
thsy have personal knowedCe-descrbc with fegn.
ed enthusiasm Incidents which they invent pretend TO
have seen and participated In struggle OF which they
were as innocent as babes unborn.
We have patience with shsns OF this sort Here
are two gentlemen who go into the field historians
and describe what they, with their eyes witness.
half dozen correspondents sit down In the quiet Of their
lodgings and with such information they gather
from the wild reports in currency pretend narra,e the
occurrences Of the battle Impostsre fagi-
tious ia not conceivable
or all tho vivid descriptions OF tho battle Of Pea Ridge
purportngo be written by professional corrospon
those OF Mr. Taye Of the Missouri Democrat and Of Mr.
Knox OF the NEW YoRx HERALD, alone authentic We
state what We know TO be true