The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-01-17

B2y@The albany Statesman, i'll II leading
article, tells the following story
Twenty-three years ago we 'stucb
type in the same alley, in the printing
Office of the Nea0- Yorker, edited and pub
lished by Horace Greeley. Geo. Wilkins
Kendall (the protector of the Ne0- Orleans
Picayune), Morgan Bates 1--WE think since a
partner in the publication of the Detroit
AdUertiser), o. A. Bowe (who was fellow
apprentice with Greeley, and afterward pub
lished paper at Little Falls), stood at the
case in the same office. Bowe, Bates and
Paige are now dead. Kendall is still liv-
ing, but has abandoned the chair editorial
for sheep raising on tue plains Of Texas.
He left the Yorker office to commence the
Picdy1ene, having acquired the capital for
that enterprise in q way that would hardly
be considered orthodox in moral commu-
nifty. Before leaving New-Y Vrk, Kendall
had tramped the South as "a jour. printer
Travelled for information, as he said,
through every principal village and city III
the Southern States, sometimes steam
boats, sometimes in stage-cOaches (there was
but one railroad in the South then, from
Charleston to Augusta, and not unfrequent-
ly on foot, with his baggage on his back,
pendant in handkerchief, from his walk
ing stick. Sometimes he was Flush and
seedy-but always witty, genial, and gentle
manly. In his ventures, he had frequently
been boon companion with many of the
moss eminent men of the country.
" The Astor House then was but just open
ed, and extensively visited by Southerners.
1t was fashion with Kendall to patronize
that establishment after working hours.
Strolling over there one evening, after hav-
ing washed up he was agrceably sur
prised to meet several gentlemen whom he
had known as merchants, and lawyers, and
doctors, at Natchez, Mississippi After
juleps all round, and a sherry cobbler apiece
some one proposed to close the night with
a little game of poker. Kendall had but
about FIVE dollars in his watch fob There
was no watch there), but he assented,
among the rest to the proposition. Excus-
ing himself for moment he made rush
down Ann street to the office, where lie hop
ed to find some of his fellow-printers with
money to lend Bates, as foreman of the
office, had been detained making up the
forms. He had eight dollers, and 1--WE
1--WE were helping Bates) had two hundred
and seven cents. Kendall took the dollars
(leaving US the cents), and thus made a
purse of SO. With this fund he sat down
to play. The play went on until daylight.
At O'Clock Kendall came into the office,
paid up the $40 he had borrowed, told
Greeley he would give up his situation, and
asked all hands to partalle of 'pious
gorge that afternoon. All hands were
but too happy to do that same, and still more
happy when their fellow-craftsmana nnOunc-
ed that he was the fortunate possessor of
about S7G0, won at the 'little game of
poker aforesaid, and that with the 500 lie
proposed to start a paper in New Orleans.
In due time the Picay1re appeared-was a
success winning reputation for Kendall as
a polished writer and brilliant w t, and |
what was better, giving him princely in |
come. He has had many a hair breadth es- /
cape since that: was among the Santa Fe |
prisoners, and given up as dead but after |
wards released; he went through the Next |
can War; has passed years in foreign travsl,
until satiated with enjoyment, and tired of
the excitement OF city life, he retired to
Texas, and is now master of thousands of
acres of nd, and reckonS more than a hun
dred thousand sheep cattle, and mules, as