, 1864-12-03
A CAPITAL DDRLEsQEE.
A Model: American CoFxespondent.

The following, addressed to the editors oi
tho London Morning Star, is inimitablc
Those who are accustomed to read the cor
: respondenco add, essed to London papers
sala's to the 7ayronh particularly. will ap
preclate the performance:
Sir: I beg to offer you my services Is
American Correspondent from New York
Washington, Richmond or Charleston, or il
you prefer 1t, from all places, together with
an occasional letter from Vera Cruz and
Hayana. Excuse me, sir, II say you are
eorrespondenee: You DO not lit the taste d
the genuine British public at all. You 70 il
for facts, sir; truth, realities, principles, Gem
mon sense tAir play, and other such rubbish
May ask, sir, If you ever happen to see any
Of your three great popular cotemporaries
II you did you would at once understand the
sort Of Thing which people like to read
now. First Of all We want the real, manly.
downright slashing abuse Of everything
Northern; next We want sensation next W.
want what shall call romances. You might
nse rude Saxon word for that style Of thing,
but I prefer to call It a romance-say: " Ro.
nance Of Cotenporary History" pretty
phrase, think. Now am ready to supply
you with the right article-at SO much PEI
letter, per line, per yard-it is all the same to
me. lean make the stuff as strong as you
like. My great qualification Is that Know
nothing OF American politics, aud I don't
want to know anything on the subject. ]
don't expect you to take me untried, and
therefore shall send you few specimens.
alashing pictorial. allusive History and itera-
ture ana MI that,) and egotistic style. Thls
Is found very attractive just now. 7 seize a
fine striking title. Let us say
AMERICA IN THE MIDST OF FLAMES.
Then start of, as you sha1l sec. There Is
ncws, and nothing to write about. dare say,
you, now, in my place, would simply mention
notion of how to do the thing:
Odi proyanun-I hate this profane place.
Yet I am not squeamish. have been in
queer society; I have met queer people, As
my particular and much-lamented friend
Thackeray wonld have said, hare observed
the manners Of many men and cities. once
supped with five inebriated Russians and
three mad cossacks; have been eleven times
and half arrested by Papal s6irri, and have
been five and twenty times in Austrian pri-
sous, I hare fished for sharks In the Danube,
and diyed for mudlarks In the Thames. 1
know the Raymarket and the Latin Quarter.
have hunted at Bnden Baden, have been gar-
roted in 1slington, robbed IN Vera Cruz and
bastinadoed in Cochin China. But until /
came to New York, I never knew what immo-
rality and irreligion, blasphemy and impiety,
robbery, murder, sudden death. gum ticl1ers.
rcvolyerr, lying, sWindling, and Bourbon
whisky meant. haye resolved to do my duty
as your special commissioner, and to tell the
sort Of truth which my engagement demands.
to1dlr dcsperndoes have already. indeed. tins
insnif d Tie majesty Of England and the
IInIon,,Iack in my pefsoD, t'StFike. buthear.U
was the phrase Of Aristophanes, or Julius
Cesar or Francis the First-I am not quite
certain which, but know it was some one
nobody. They may ride me on d rafl,
They have not done SO, but If they did
shotid glory in the martyrlom. Their
women NAV cut me in the street.
shoddy may look the other way when
stroll up Fifth avenue, and Wall street
may be from home when knock at his door,
about dinner time. But must do my duty.
msdLall mad. They aze all wicked. They
a1c Mi syyinii1ers. coWards. liars. forrers.
Don,t know s-c1perto ertik. I have d}ned
-, tbc;r fables. I have swillcd thcir wine
9your true New Yorker has rood palate for
& cIoretS / have firtcd With their wives. /
Their servants. have borrowed Their mon
~ nm IRE. then. to say. without modest
S;irsl thot know the n.onle. Rather1. +
EnnW +Io lnnEy trnnnt awkward slocki]o1.
1ariur sSedaddiine. ,bowie.Enifs- -drawinr.
B61,Tfon.drinI race, They need not tn
fn f1e1tfe me with their official tclerrnms.
hnvc hcard that vou in EnrIand believe that
Sherman f,as taErn At1anta' What did Peter @
1he Grent sav whrn hc heard that Nnnoleon
ho5 1fvnr 1Hcli,nrtnn n rnnd liclfnn nj thc
h"ttIs ~ prcstnn ponsy WGammo6;' wa
~ ro,,n w. atia axn-ossior cf 4no t-rao+ Rma.
s;an .n1 .ei and % Ia ,rintnd nn Gancr.i Toa,ahan
rn .an w., +ho,, tu,r,;r,,- tha nor,ar ~ ~
% NV VAC asenet;,.. e rnnn 1nS .ne
1,,cs mesassu ~ 81 Stanton d;ttn IT. eA' hronn1, n.
1;nco1n fn1r yon cn,;,t ,rammon mc Narc
M nnn,f Ennw that tf3e Inst nnor strnC.
niar X Shc.mon,a aef;sote3 nrrov haa Incl haeSr
Inn 56nno;ntcd IN lie head Of the Post OIf;ce tn
htF his silence as to the dreadfi1l hattie In
which the treat Confcderate General Hood
] er'' deads ~ Tl,eV % ta,e T Of sheridan's r harinr
twice defeated Eaflr, Pah n "a
sicrar;nr TNn,o; <,,;,ous ,,o,Ie-i -i,annen n
Enn.r ti,St Sheridan "a nov l,;d,pv Is mn. or
ti,e mnne1 , rooms T of De1monico's disrn,sed NJ
a niger hclp. because Early raye lin such q
tcrriIEfa thTaRe1hinS that h. hsd not a n,om or a
n,n ieff hr;nn iac to Washinnton @ 1V Whar Us
= sEr"rtS II ;hn We1dnn Raifroad at D.
+aSsh,,-e bcsfcrino R;chmnnd rnn Iii y a.v
1is3nnt :1nst s;T ;asrs non the armv ~ Gsn
70 Tas hear,i to break into nne nniversai
cheer Ae ThenTa It mrselEhere IN The h,rl
atttc-J mean The saloon Of nv jodcin1
written. Know something Of % wondrons
noises. Uayc mol. In nv time heard. lions
roarS have heard the a)liTator S.cli in fhs
;nnpjcs of New Cuinea, and thc hrhemoth
fhe1fnv over fhe sands nf Iohrador har,.
heard the Irish lurro. the Engllsh hurrahs ths
Gcrmnn IocL. The French ,i,r' the ItoIior ,i,a
he GrecE sr,1 I boVe heard how The fmsa,' 1'
ders shouted for JcrusaIem. and The army Of
Xrnonhnn for the sea. Bnt never was there
encl : chcar ns heard from fhe conteferote
e.n1- erou :" 5aTanf1;n1 R;chmnna Whot Uos ~
mea1In1 If That treble sIentnran - roc;f"rat;on az
~. }es,;a avnnotnrot;n,, ~ nonS1o,7,arots,
;n1;;aa Ei va tfsNhe- n n Sor asr ~
1h;s 81 t1a +rnth y1ich Va ah;ng}on ,,ns+ ~. ;er.
tnis ~ ~ " N esoAy ~ % aaro nat n'ts1
M, ~ 49, of Az mn ,nan ho5 snrronJa-ad
,,anr,1d;t;nr1tir n IN GonIa1aratn cava1rv
W%ora - Grant nox9 4 6e;erteG tattcred Ine1.
nrn,,n1v ,nnn mav hc sec,, N vino frnn ths ton.
1nnat E;nIow nf +he Rici,Honds snrison rhat
y ?I Invssae . cant Int thnv Tnn't hc1;arc
t1,cs.: III 10 ~ IN Sew Yml n va;n ~, wnn,d
trv to nersnade. ThaT are deaf as ndders IN
til. trtth. Whv? Because they have no reii-
pjoD Il say It. with tenr sfand;n1 in earl,
eye @ md nv camhTic Al % hanGkerchief M % to nv " nosc @
s,aae! n1 haro ~ ,'oa" ihoc}ad ~ baSa hsa1
SnrriAcd + have vent IN ma TINT nn1e rc1i.
a;on ;s ;1isr.rar;1ed hara and th.t aven ,.i-tna
F. ~ n-i7o5 ne ~. Enn,r TIu tow ~ ,,r;1o -
sec tha e;ona ~ nnnrnach;n0 i7eet1nctfon +
zoe. thc h3ndwr,t1nr m H. waiiN;njaad n
yiie miscrcant Of Hiber11inn birth opiy yestar.
dav knockcd nv head nruinst one. Yes. thew
zaT! babylon lie STsat i destined to iall.
Sims tn histOrr now md as The hhst In syo-
.1,.11 nn1., !. i f,1..ALt.aSsn