Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-04-04
sketch Ia, Of h, LII. Of william Howard Russell

VIM. II. Russell, journalist, and correspon-
dent of the London Times, in the CIimea, was
born in Dublin, in the year 1916. His parents
were engaged in trade, and the young Irish
man, having displayed considerable abilitya at Q
school celebrated among the middling classes OF
his native capital, completed his education at
Trinity College On leaving that seat Of learn
ing, Mr.. Russell, with that "aspiring vein" pc.
culiar TO the natives Of the screen lse,' re-
solved upon trial of his fortune at the English
bar, took up his residence in London and en-,
tered himself at the Temple as a student OF
law. He soon discovered that the probability
of his reaching the woolsack was extremely
slender; and having been introduced by an un-
Gle, largely connected with the press to the
managers Of the Times newspaper, he obtained
a situation on their staff as a reporter. Mr..
Russell was nov .the right man in the right
place." 90 ,al .staldolaI
The rapdity with which hia notes were pre-
pared and the admirably concise detail Afford
ed by them, soon became subject of remark
in the newspaper world; and very shortly after
ward, Mr.. Russell received an offer from the
proprietors ofthe Morning Chronicle, the pecuni.
ary advantage of which was such as TO induce
him to accept it, He remained on the staff Of
the Morning Chronicle for some years, until, on
the paper changing hands; he declined to receive
reduction of salary, and returned to the ser
vice of the Times. Mr.. Russell, as reporter
in the gallery of the House of Commons, wGs
selected for every occasion requiring peculiar
vividness ofdescription and wrote all accounts
of trial-trips, ship-launches, &c., having al
ways had great taste for nautical matters. Or
the outbreak of the Russian war, he was depu
ted to be the special correspondent Of the Iime'
in the Crimea, and was successful with his very
c.a loksa. In. al kft,er x,txkli0 attantian
With the exception OF % soonrn Of q month
at Therapis, where he went for the benefit o
his health, Mr.. Russell lived with the Fourth
Division Of the army from their first landing ID
the Crimea; among whom his kind heartedness
talents and joviality have rendered him an es-
pecal favorite, His letters from the Crimes
were subsequently published in one volume un-
der the title ofaTAe british Expedition 10 h,
Crimea. Beside his connection with the news
papers already mentioned, Mr.. Russell has beer
London correspondent to one or two Irish jour
male, and contributor to Househeld Words
BentLey's Miscellany, &c. y. In 1857 he delivered
series of lectures in London and the provinces
on the Crimean War; He was the special cor
respondent Of the London Times in India during
the terrible Sepoy insurrection, and thereby
added to his reputation. He declined, on &C.
count OF the state of his health, to ''write up
for the Times, the Italian war between France
and Sandman and Austria, In 1853; and upor
his retirement he was literally pensioned by the
Times. After his return to England, he be-
came the editor of The Asmy and Naoy Gazette
a new publication, which position he still holds
He is now travelling through this country, as thu
special correspondent Of the London Times, II
sketch with his graphic and vigorous pen tb,
present deplorable condition Of our domestic
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