Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-21
SCANDAL.EIOyGERS.
Il Story of the Marquis of Lorne and
His Wife.


| The New York Times says: The At
lant,c cable has been put to the unnec-
| essary labor of conveying to this con-
tinent the idle rumor that the MARQUIS
and Marchioness of Lorne have Quar-
relied, and that they are now living
apart from one another It is n story
that, even without the slightest eyi
dence of it's truth, will have no diff
Guilty in finding numerous believers.
| 1t is remarkable with what readiness
son te people accept as true every rumor
to the dlscredlt of persons who occupy
prominent positions before the world.
Not to speak of the business SANDERS
! that have been circulated concerning
the private character of every Ameri-
can President, there is hardly Euro
pean Prince Or potentate of whom
| some miserable SANDER is not retailed.
hundreds of Americans firmly believe
that the Crown Prince of Prussia ia
accustomed to kick his wife down
stairs. The authority for this story is
usually the testimony Of 1Ir. Smith or
Mrs. Brown, who brought it home
with them from their continental trip.
1t might be suggested that. inasmucTl
as the Crown Prince would scarcely
invite AIr. Smith CT Hrs. Brown to
witness his marital severity, the ttssti-
mony of those persons is not entirely
conclusive. Nevertheless, the story Il
repeated and believed, even by those
who are Intelligent enough to know
thai Prussia IS Il civilized country, and
that her rulers are not the chiefs o. Il
savage tribe.
LII like manner certain unscrupuIo1,ss
newspapers have not hesitated to print
accounts of violent personal cuarreIs
between the late Napoleon III and his
Empress, instances OF the infamous
conduct OF the Prince of Wales when
III the privacy Of his family, ana Of
the 1atemperate habits Of Queen Vic
toria when dining alone. Only tho
other day { minor morning paper OF
THIS clty contained an outrageous libe!
upon Prince HumEert, of Italy, which.
at the same time, presupposed that tiia
WRITER was on terms OF the closest int
macy with the Prince. If persons who
give cfedcnce TO these FrcposteroJ1s
stories were asked # tLey really be-
ileved that the French Emperor sum
nloned reporters to be present when
he proposed to quarrel with Eugenie
that tie Prince OF Wales. after insult
Ing his wife, alwayg- rides to some
AZ" SLllSS s.A1EA tt&L5 tie GGiIG~
precisely what has. occurred; that
when Queen Victori. dimes alone the
special correspondent OF the Sheboy-
gan Thunderer, is always hidden under
the table, and keeps an account Of tho
quantity Of bottled stout that she
drinks, they would, Of course, present
the suggestion that they were capable
of such stupidity. Row much more,
credltable to their good sense is the
facility with which they believe the
SANDERS that, from the very nature OF
things, must be without any respecta-
BILE authority.
OF course, while there are those who
gladly believe these idle tales there
viii always be plenty OF Bohemian y7ri
ters TO supply them. It is, however.
dlsheartening to find Intelligent per-
sons accepting them ag undoubtcd
facts, and to find tie Atlantic caE;l,,
used for the purpose of sending three
thousand miles the silliest Of silly
scandals.