Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-02-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
A FAIR LaET.
THE SOUTHERN CORRESPONDENT OF THE
LONDON TIMES RIpIcULEp.

LONDON TIMES RIDICULED.
The new correspondent of the London
Times, who writes from Richmond such
glowing accounts Of the rebel leaders and
people, is very neatly dissected in the
following article from the London Morning
Star;
"rhe southern correspondent Of the Times
who accompanies the fortunes Of the confed-
crate chiefs is gentleman possessed of the
most enthusiastic nature this prosaic genera
tion has seen. We say n gentleman, in de-
fiance of all intrinsic evidence. But that
the name of the parsonage in question hns
been mentioned to us over and over again
We should refuse to believe that such fervor
of hero worship and such hyperbolical rap
lures OF admiration belonged to any one
save young lady preparing her first novel.
Do any of our readers remember the style of
the Scottish Chiefs or the Hungarian
Brothers, or 'Thaddeus of Warsaw 2 The
style Of the Times southern correspondent
strongly reminds us of that which made
those charming pictures of real life so dear
to the youthful mind. 1t is refreshing to
read those letters from the southern camp.
They carry the mind back to the innocent
f'iA'N WHICH lOilsl lHiuueuS uHu CCOttiSu
Wallace were our heroes, and when every
hero was perfection. But, indeed. the cnthu-
sasm of the Times correspondent makes
that of the Anna Martha Porter OF, our youth
turn pale. For in each novel there was but
one individual Except, perhaps, in the case
| of the Hungarian BrothersO absolutely per-
feet in face. form, intellect and heart, But
with the Times correspondent all southern
chiefs, soldiers nay, drummcrs, pioneers
and black attendants-are of ideal and abso-
lutte beauty, grace, chivalry and virtue We
enter with this chsnning writer into n land
of enchantment, thickly peopled with none
but Thaddeuses and Wallaces. The diff
Guilty is to keep in ones mind the distinctive
forms of genius and beauty which crowd
around US. Their aerial shapes melt into
one another and hewilder us by their mono
tony Of perfection. Fancy whole army in
which every officer combines the daring OF
Cromwell, the genius of Napoleon, the per
sonal beauty Of Claverhouse, the dashing
grace Of Murat, the fiery energy of Rupert
with the Christian sweetness OF Fenelon and
the varied accomplishments of Crichton.
Fancy an army of sane Quixotes fighting in
n true and holy cause-a legion in which
| Bayard would he but a nonentity. And yet
when the imaginative reader has pictured
|
lie has not hy any means realized the mptu.
rous descriptions with which the Times cor.
respondent strives Ia convey % his public q
notion at the Southern Coniederary's militia.
~ chiefs. Where On Earth did these demi-
gods hide III. glowing gins and graees
until the outbreak of this slavery war We
cannot attempt 10 give the ignorant reader
any adequate idea even Of ,hsir leading
characteristics. hut We can imagine ardent
youog ladies debating eagerly over the rela'
tive charms Of the several heroes.
ruE CHARMS oF LEE.
what keaH 70 cold as not 10 lhrll Il the
description ~ Cearfal l.ee uensgsl Leo.
aba rcullnais the correspondent ~ 0agibaldi
-oF would Ienlisd him VI The Italian beTo.
bul lhss i.ee u ~ aglh . sapegsoE ~ SSH
as ~ much han'ls0ipef maa, A child, Nc
arc told, NoalI lnsllneiigely I,ash 4, Leo Ia