The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-26
"BuIl Run" Russell Bewildered.


Mr.. "BuL Run" Russell is not completely re-
covered from the effect of the panic excitement
which he endured during his memorable re-
treat from the battle field which furnishes the
now world known prefix to his cognomen. The
healthy sedative which the late President
Lincoln administered to him when he excluded
him from the United States armies by special
letter failed to steady his nerves sufficiently;
so the learned English pundit is afflicted with
sort ofmental retroversion on all matters relat-
ing to America ever since 1862. AS on the route
from Bull Run he sees no progress, nothing in
advance, and is ever casting hasty glance
behind and thinking of situation and times
which were. He declared few weeks since
at public dinner in London that the electric
telegraph was no great aid to the newspaper
press, and that he preferred written CORES
pondence forwarded by mail as means of en-
tightening the public on matters of news affect
ing either national or individual interests.
In this spirit, and with the Bull Run malady
fatally upon him, the British Jefferson Brick
just now refuses to see the value of the
HERALD's special war kilograms from Abys-
sinia and openly declares, in contradiction to
the gentlemanly Acknowledgements of the
London Times and other city papers, and the
compliments paid us by the commercial organs
of Liverpool and the manufacturing centres,
as well as by the War Office officials, that they
are untrue in point of fact. ''Bull Run" Russell
cannot comprehend the HERALD's enterprise,
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newspaper enterprise enlightening John Bull
on his own proper affairs. The important in
telligence forwarded by our special correspond
ent marching with General Napier was not
known to the ''Bull Run London Weekly, and
that ''looks bad in our club, you know, as well
as in the eyes of all those who have army tents
and naval slop to advertise down in Mapping;
50 hinc ilg lachryme.
Our special news kilograms from Abyssinia
are collated and transmitted to London at great
expense and much trouble. We have endeav-
ored, by gratuitious communication of the
main points of their contents when in transit to
post Mr.. John Bull as to the progress of the
war. The English people feel obliged
to us for our courtesy, but Bull Run"
Russell, like the Irishman's pig, cannot
be brought forward unless II is accomplished
after the fashion of the man driving the pig,
by assuring him that he is going backward, or
in the contrary direction. In this we cannot
afford to crafty his anti-American monomania
80 we fear he must be left behind, or in the
advance by retreat, as at Bull Run.
fessonal career for the press in very amusing
but faulty school, writing up Irish election
''ructions," rows, riots and shillelahs for Lon
don journal He thus failed to obtain proper
estimate of the value of historical accuracy
and correct assertion at the beginning, and as
anything would do" so as it was un-Irish at
the moment he ''drew the long bow" very
considerably. This became failing with him
which the bewilderment Of the Bull Run
retreat has rendered incurable. He is also
gulible When employed In describing the
social condition of Ireland in lS46-47 as
special commissioner, his countrymen
humbugged him numerically with most extra
ordinary statements respecting their own stu
alton, and these were all duly published in
| London. An Irish car driver assured him that
there was not pane Of glass to be found on
| the estate of prominent Southern proprietor
and member Of Parliament, and this was
printed as solemn truth in the London Times
The Irish landlord replied that he hoped the
''Gutter Commissioner would soon have az
many pains in his stomach and as the "Gut-
ter Commissioner Mr.. Russell was laughed
] from the island. and his misstatements subse-