Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1860-04-28
Misteuaneous.
From the Grand Traverse Herald
How Bennett Started the New York
Herald.


As James Gordon Bennett is the coniden.
tial counsellor ard adviser Of the President
of the United States, and bis paper is the
accredited organ of the Administration in the
city Of New York, it may not be uninterest.
ing TO our readers to know how, and under
what circumstances O paper was started
which has attained SO great notorety, and
wields such powerful influence over certain
class OF the whole community.
We are cogEizant OF some Facts connected
with its early history, which came under our
immediate observation at the time, and which
are probably known only to Horace Greedy,
James Gordon Bennett and ourselves. We
violate no confidence in placing them on
record as matter Of history, and as tending
to illustrate the fact that which is conceived
in sin and brought forth in iniquty will grow
and flourish only in conGenial atmosphere
Of pollution and infamy.
In 1884, just after Horace Greely & Co.,
had started the New Yorker, 10 the old yell
low two,story building which then stood on
the southwest corner of Nassau and Liberty
streets, there stalked into the Office, one day,
lank, hard-visaged, squiut.eyed, villainous
looking man, who appeared as it he had just
escaped from or was about to be sent to the
Penltentiary, and introduced himself TO Mr..
Greeley as James Gordon Bennett, late Ed-
tor ofa Philadelphia paper, (Pennsylranian
we think, though We may be mistaken in the
name.) He stated that he had called to hold
consultation with Mr.. Greeley relative to
! the expediency Of starting cheap Daily 10
New York. As Mr.. G. was busily engaged
at the time, Mr.. B. did not fully unfold his
plans, bat promised to call again. The next
| day he spread out his programme, the main
| fon IF xph mo AnvntQA n
scandal in 'high.liie' but to be conducted
with such cousnmmate ability and tact that
| it would take with all classes. lie said he
! had one thousand dollars to invest in the en-
terprize, but as that sum was not sufficient
to ensure success, he wished partner whe
could furnish like amount, and asked Mr.
Greeley to join him. Greeley listened pa.
tiently to all bis plans, and then, 10 his blunt
off hand way, told him that such paper
might pay if a man could be found TO conduct
! it who combined the requisite talent and
meanness-snd fatty refused to have any
thing to do with it. And this is the reason
why Bennett has hated Greeley ever since.
At this time there was printer in Ann
street named Anderson, who was o general
jobber and newspaper printer, but who did
not publish on his own account. Bennett
procured an introduction to him, and by faii
promises and false pretences, induced him to
enter into the scheme-and the New YOrI
Herald was ushered into being.
Anderson soon found that Bennett hat
deceived him with regard to funds-pot one
penny of the thousand dollars ever having
been paid overland that he would have tC
bear the whole pecuniary burden until the
paper should work its way up to a selfsus
tanning point. He expended large sum o
money to keep it alive, until just as it begar
to be remuneratiye, the great fire Of '35 oc
Cured in Ann street, which made such terri
BILE havoc among the printers, and Anderson
lost presses, type and everything, with little
or no insurance. His friends, who had falti
in the ultimate success of the Herald, aided
him to procure a Power Press and ethel
materials bat Bennett, meantime, made
clandestine arrangements with another print
or, and the Herald appeared tho next morn
ing with james Gordon Bennett as Edito
and Proprietor. He refused TO recognize
Anderson at all, or to pay him penny fo
his interest in the paper, or for the larg'
sums which he had advanced to sustain it,
Anderson took the matter so deeply to hear
that be died in q short time, and there !
ended.
About this time Ellen Jewett, Q beautiful
aud celebrated courtezan, was murdered o
the house Of RQsipa Townsend, in 1boma