Western Reserve chronicle and weekly transcript of the times. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1854-1855, 1855-01-17
70 BE CONUINUED.
HORACE GREELEYS FIRST DAYIN
NEW YORK.

The following interesting sketch is from
the forthcoming life of HORACE GREE
LEY.
cat sunrise on Friday, the eighteenth
of August, 1881, Horace Greeley land
I'd at White Hall, close to the Battery,
in the City of New York.
New York was, and is a city of adven-
turers. Few of our eminent citizens
were born here. 1t is a common boa st
among New Workers that this great mer
chant and that great millionaire came to
the city a ragged boy, with only three
and sixpence in his pocket-and nOW
look at him In a list of one hundred
men who are esteemed the most "suc
cessful' among the citizens of New York
It is probable that seventy-five of the
names would be those of men who began
their career here in circum stances that
gave no promise of futher emine
But among them all, it is question
where there was one who on his arriv al
had so little to help. 50 much to hin d er
him, as Horace Greeley.
OF solid cash his stock was ten dollars.
His other property consisted of the
chothes he wore, the clothes he carried
in his bundle, and the stick with W hich
he carried it. The clothes he wore need
not be described they were those which
had already astohished the people of
Erie. The clothes he carried were very
few, and precisely similar in cut and
quality to the garments which he exhib-
tied to the public. On the violent sup
position that his wardrobe could in any
case have become saleable commodity,
we may compute that he was worth, on
this Friday morning at sunrise, ten dol
lars and seventy-fve cents. He had no
friend, no acquaintance here. There
was not human being upon whom he
had any claim for help and advice. His
appearance was altogether against him.
He looked in his round jacket like an
overgrown boy. No one was likely to
observe the engaging beauty of his
face, or the noble round of his brow, un-
der that overhanging hat, over that long
and STOPPING body. He was somewhat
timorous in his intercourse with stran-
gers. He would not intrude upon their
attention; he had not the faculty of
pushing his way, and prOclaiming his
merits and desires. To the art by which
men are conciliated-by which unwill- !
ing men are forced to attend to an I'M
welcome tale, he was utterly a stranger.
Moreover, he had not neglec ted to bring
with him any letters of recomm endation
or certificate of his skill as printer. 1t
had not occurred to him that anything of
the kind was necessary, so unacquainted
was he with the life of cites.
His first employment was to find
boarding house where he could live
long time on a small sum. Leaving the
green battery on his left hand, he strolled
off into Broad street, and at the corner
of that street and Wall street, he di cover
ed house that in his eyes had the as
pect of a cheap tavern. He entered the
barroom and asked the price of board.
4 guess we're too high for you, said
the bar-keeper, after bestowing a glance
upon the inquirer.
We'll, how much a week do you
charge %
Six dollars
yes, that's more than 1 can afford,
said Horace, with laugh at the enor-
nous mistake he had made in inquiring
at house of such pretensions.
lie turned up Wall street, and saun.
tered into Broadway. Seeing no house
Of enter ainment that seemed at all suit
ed 10 his circumstances. he sought the
water once more, and wandered along
the North River, as far as Washington
market. Boarding houses of the cheap
est kind, and drinking houses of the
lowest grade, the former frequented
chiefly by emigranls, the latter by sail
ors, were numerous enough in that
A house, which COM
bined the low groggery and the cheap
boarding house in one establishment, ;
lept by an Irisbman named M'Garlick, {
;hanced to be one that first attracted the
'over's attention. 1t looked so mean and :
'qualid, that he was tempted to enter, !
and again enquire for what sum a man
,ould buy a weeks shelter and susten-
lnce.
'Tw, nty-shiliings, was the landlords ;
eply.