Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-06-16

nestle correspondents
James Gordon Bennett.
Who the writer Of the following article IS, twmcn
we copy from Buffalo paper we know moi; eu' ms
we do know, that II is true TO the very letter ana
moreover the writer cannot be influenced by any o'nel
motive than The noble one OF Caio that
.Tis ius, 10 give applause where lis deserved"
wbocver he is. he 10 not in any way connected with
this paper Al present. and could have nothing TO
hon. from Mr.. Benefits favor, or TO fear from hs
frowns.
BrSsErr,AsA.-Perhaps osght to preface the par
asrapns under this head ~iih remark or two.
There Is no man IN this country more highy ADM.
red mon. strongly loved-more vi nleRtiy censured
than James Gordon Bennett. know hun numale-
w. have studied his good and bad quacs, his virtues
and his faults, and so tar from envyng hi can aerd
10 do him justice.
| was IN New York last summer for some five or
SIX months Mr. Bennett was about TO slai an eve
ming paper, in connection with he Morning neraio,
which should yet be entirely distinct IN It's esdng
ARTICLES.
New York was never over stocked with editorial
talent or literary writers of any sort. was offered
the charge OF morning paper at handsome salary.
Mr. Bennett wished me TO take caarge OF ms new eve
ning paper. | preferred his employ ment, names my
terms which were Immediately accepted, and on the
starting OF the Evening Chronicle altered TO the
Evening Herald, look charg OF It's columns.
Mr. Bennett is an amiable, gentlemany man, TALL
well formed Of strongly marked, but not unpieaslng
physognomy with pretty decided squnlin one eye.
He is perfectly temperate and moral IN his habits,
strictly correct in his business transactions strong,
original independent thinker and writer, and has a
fund of knowledge upon great variety OF SUD
lecs. He rises very early works hard, reads great
DEAL but little, takes much exercise, and observes
an0 remembers every thing.
The financial reports, for which the Herald has been
30 much celebrated, in this country and over Europe
are uniformly written by himself, and are thrown OIL
with the most astonishing rapdlty. We never knew
him TO trssl this department. to any person, except IN
one or TWO instances.
How" asked one day, ibid you acquire all this
an tell yeu," said he, ~ have been collecting 1t
for the last fifteen years. When was IN washing.
.on read and took notes on Jetaerson's library of
pamphlets-a task, ! believe no other man ever at
tempted In Philadelphia, went through with the
greater part of the Pennsylvania Library IN the same
manner. For several years held correspondence
with Nicholas Bidd.e and for some time with Martin
Van Buren,. This, with my daily reading, and some
little observation all street, has gwen me all the
Information have on the subject -,
That the ButialoniaH IN some Respects resembles
the Herald, l do net deny. WHAT'S more am proud
Of the resemblance. esteem Mr. BENNETT, from per-
sonal acquaintance and because ne ever treated me
his.s trNsi ans osnhs
But 10 the extracts, which are selected almost a
random-and lei me remark that in making extracts
rrem the Herald, | am not alone Any one who will
take the trouble 10 turn over the London work emit
tied THE Great Metropolis" will FIND BENEFITS edi
toriais quoted as literary curiosllies of the riches
kind.
Such are the unbiased, unparalleled, uninluencec
statements Of gentleman whs evidently knew Mr.
Bennett well. Our own immediate literary connec-
ton with Mr.. B. has not quite reached a twelve
month; bat during that time we have had ample OPP
porunites of sounding the depth of his intellect, and
extent Of his information and have hesitation
saying that New York does not contain at preseni
any one connected with the public press so capable
efcsnducting newspaper as Mr.. Bennett Daniels,
OF the Gazette Bryant, Of the Post--the Rev. David
Hale, OF the Journal-Stonc, Of the Commercial
King, Of the American nor even BrQader General
George p. Morris, Of the Mirror can compete or
compare with him either individually or col
lectvely. We know them all well, admire some des
pise Others and know the extent of their inteec tual
Galore, and know that one Of them 10 At 10 be
med las a newspaper EDITOR in the same year with
Mr.. Bennett
Whilst we were n the South, we saw that his pa
per was sought after by high and low, and more ex-
iensvey read and quoted than any other paper in the
Union. On reaching New York a year since, we
were told that his money markets. and all his best ar
uclcs, were written by employees in has pay. On
Jonirg his establishment reporter We soone learnt
the Ia school Of the general rum nor We then found
that MI BENEFITS valuable, profound, and accurate
financial aruces were written exclusively by himself
that all ms rsey, recherche and two edged para.
graphs and ms important and po werful leading art-
cles were also his own productions. His reports.
&C. &c. OF course had to be written by others. but
even here we found his admirable and genius pre
dominating He selected emily the NEST capable per-
sons and chalked out for them their daily routine.
In short We found him doing the intellectual labor
oil Of least three men; quietly pursuing the even ten
or Of his way; lsborng for the public good con,rb-
wing by bis pen and hs purse to the advancement, os
every good and perfect work And yet we fesnd this
msn abused by almost every other editor in this CITY.
and consequently the conclusion AZ once ,uat
the abuse proceeded solely from uDus,iable envy ha
ired an malice, which subsequent events have most
incontssubly confirmed.
In pnvate lite Mr.. Bennett is modest and retiring;
. man q books and reading rather than a man of
speech and diversified conversation. Though so
warm an advocate sr the rights and happiness of the
iauer hsh 81 creatien, Mr. Bennett il not what is
salles ladies man y That is, he is NOT an fat
a. small talk and unless the conversation be Of dig
nhed and intellectual cast he does not readily
joln IN il.
After spending twenty years OF the best part OF b,s
hfe N the of har and ,ouz-.-.