The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-11

ken1nll. - The New or1eans pisayuns. i
IT, AieeAy Statesman, II : leading article
tells The scltowtagssosy:
Tssaty.sasse ysas ago Ne sstuek type = ID
t sne 49, Alley IN to printing OmeO Of the
| 0reelsy. 0eorE6 wilkins Kendall, (the pro.
3ector Ut the New Orleans picay une.j Morgan
Datse. I'VE think, since partner tn the pubii-
cation Of the Detroit Advertiser, O. A. Bowe,
twno was a fellow apprentices with Greeley,
and ai,erward published . paper At Little
EAlls,l stood NJ the case In the same Office
Bowe, bates and Page are now dead. Kendall
| editorial for sheep raising on the plains Of
| Texas. He left the Yorker office 70 commence
| the Picayune. having acquired the capital for
| that en- ,erprise In . way that would hardly be
| orthodox In q moral community. Before
leaving New York, Kendall had s.traln p*,l''
| the Ssuth a. q .jouE' printer-iraveled for
| information, ~ he sad through every
principal village aud city in the South.
| ern States, sometimes on steamboats,, some.
times In stage coaches. There was but one
railroad In the South then, from Charles.
ton to Augusta aud not unfrequently ON foot,
with ms baggage on ms back. pendant in y
times he was ''Aush" and well dressed; some-
times strapped and seedy-but always wit
~, genial. aud gen tiernanly. In his ventures,
he had frequently been bonn companion with
many OF the most eminent men IN the coun.
try.
The Astor House then was but lust opened.
and extensively visited by Southerners. Ii
was fashion with Kendall to patronixe that
establishment after working hours. Strolliug
over there one eve1ing, after having WASHED
up," he was agreeabiy surprised to meet seve.
raj gentlemen whom he had known a. mer-
chants, and lawyers and doctors, at Nxtchez,
mississippi. After juieps all round, and u
snerry coboler apiece, some one proposed to
close the night" with a little game of poker.
Kendall had but five dollars in his watch fob,
(there was no watch there,) but he assented,
among the rest, to the proposition. Excusing
himself for a moment, he made a rush down
Ann street to the office where he hoped 10 fuu
some VI his fellow printers with money to
iend. Bates, AS foreman OF the office had been
detained making up the forms. lie had eight
dollars, aud I'VE" 1--WE were helping Baies)
ha0 two hundred and seven cents. Kendall
took the dollars, (leaving US the cents,) aud
thus made purse OF fifteen dollars. With
this fund he sat down to play. The play went
Oh un:ii daylight. At seven O'Clock, Kendall
had borrowed, told Greeley he would give up
his situation, and asked all hands to partake
OF "pious gorge" that afternoon. "All
hands were bat LOO happy to do that same,
and still more happy, when their fellow
craftsman announced that he was the fortu.
nate possessor of about seven hundred dollars,
won ut the "littie game Of poker aforesaid,
and with the seven hundred dollars he pro-
posed 10 start paper in New Orleans. In due
time the Picayune appeared-was a success
winning reputation for Kendall as a polished
writer and brilliant wit and what was
better, giving him princeiy income. lie has
had many ir-breadth escape since that
Was among the Sante Ee prisoners and given
up as dead but afterwards released he went
tnrough the Mexican war; has passed wears
IN foreign travel, until satisfied with enjoy.
ment, and tired OF the excitement of city life
he retired to Texas, and is now master of ,hou.
sands of acres OF land, and reckons more than |
Il hundred Thousand sheep, cattle and mules
AS MS individual property.