The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-10-08
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SportinG on enc Prafries and In Po0~
tics-A Bracc OF Birds at Every shss'
AT this season of the year plovers and prairie
chickens are most plentiful, and the sportsman
has only to level his gun and nre, aud down
comes brace of birds At this season. also,
politicians are as abundant as plovors, and tue
political sportsman finds it easy to bag his
game. Let him discharge bis fowiing piece at
whatever quarter Of the heavens he may please,
and, simultaneously with the report, the air is
darkened with falling feathers and dead bodies
A few days ago, for example, we saw small
flock of democratic COCKS and hens lowering
about the World Office, and we blazed away at
them. Down came John Anderson, whom We
hung up in our columns yesterday, and now
plump Hiram Cranston drops heavily to the
ground and completes the brace.
We have received the following neat little
note from Mr.. CranatOn. OF the New
York Hotel, and we recommend it to
the attention of our readers. Mr.. Cranston
knows how to keep hotel and how to write
good letter. We prefer his epistle to Mr.
Anderson's, because 1t is more witty and more
to the point. Mr.. Anderson understands the to-
bacco business very we'll; but that does not re-
quire az much talent as the hotel business.
There - great difference between managing
segAr store and conducting such a splendid
carayausarie "a the New York. There Is also
great difference between keeping hotel and
editing newspaper, ~ Mr.. Cranston has dis
covered to his cest. He relates his experience
and its results so frankly, however, that We
shall spare him the pain Of those comparisons,
which are always odous, especially between
friends, and give his letter without any further
preamble
In your papers q The 3oth September and sth Octo
Der am named a. one Of tho owners Of the World and
nv hosei" This 10 al right, except my going 10 Tor the
interats Of my hotel took stock In tho paper solely
&. the the su %
the paper. and . newspaper stockholder only 20
the extent q three cents each morning Tor the A.naLo
some other enterprising Journal Very respectfully,
your obedtent, HIRAM CRANsTON,
NKw York HorzL, Oct 9, 1883.
It appears, therefore, a. We stated the other
day, that Fernando Wood, Judge Barnard. Hi
ram Cranston. John Anderson and Alphabet
Barlow took possession Of the World in 1862.
They found that newspaper drifting about like
deserted ship at sea. Captain Alexander
Cummings and his crew Gncluding our friend
and fellow sufferer, General Webb, who COM
msnded the marines,) had left her, after feast
ing for awhile upon army ale, porter, crackers
and cheese; and even the rats had also aban-
doned the sinking hulk. She had started as
regular religious trader; but the republican pi
rates had captured her and used her for all
sorts Of contrahand traffic. Then these repub-
licans discovered her to be worthless and clear
ed out; so that when Fernando Wood and
Company came across her she lay at the mercy
Of the winds and waves, with her abolition en-
sign at halfmast as a signal Of distress and her
lockers as empty as poor Greeley's head. Mr.
Wood and his companions put this rotten vessel
on the stocks. corked up her leaks with green
backs, armed her with several Parrot guns,
and fitted her out as o democratic privateer.
She was Offered by the gentlemen named
above and sanned by crew Of lsndlubbers,
who knew rs little about the points Of the COM
pass as they did about punctuation points.
When she set sail the object of her voyage was
understood to be the capture Of several rich
prizes. Unfortunately, however, she turned
out as slow as enc of Secretary Welles' old
tubs, and almost all the intended prizes o.
capped.
Feruando Wood was very DESTROYS Of over
hauling a Senstorship; but his craft was not
fast enough, and he had to be contented with a
seat in the lower House Of Congress. Disguised
with thisa(ailure, he at once sold out his inter-
est in the vessel and retired to the shades of
Bloomingdale. There he is now rusticating,
preparing himself fer brilliant career in the
next Congress; and we are reliably Informed
that he has withdrawn from local politics alto
gether, and intends to exercise his great and
varied talents in larger sphere Of usefulness.
John Anderson wanted to secure good cargo
of tobacco and the Msyoralty. He succeeded,
we believe. in the former object; but he soon
saw that he had no chance Of the latter. There
fore he also sold out, or gave out, and left
Cranston, Barnard and Barlow to steer the ship
the best way they could Cranston, who is q
sharp sailor as well as an excellent steward, at
once observed that the World was making
more leeway than Roadway and that she would
probably 60 on the breakers. In bis own
words, he lost faith 10 all parties, and sold out
in May last" Barnard and Barlow are, conse-
quently, the only captains, chief cooks and
bottle washers remaining on board. Barlow
has an idea that be can privateer some
one Of his friends into the next Pres-
Dental nomination, and Barnard is still
ailoat, because bio hopes 70 do something
with the Judiciary nominations. We ad-
wise these twin rovers to dispose Of their yes
SCI as soon as possible. however. for we are
building an iron-clad ram which will sink her
lower than Davy Jones if she continues 90 haunt
the political seas, like Flying Dutchman.
longer than December Of this year
But, to drop our sporting and nautical meta
phors, let us seriously ask this question how
much more must politicians su6er before they
will be convinced that broken down news
paper is no help 20 their cause aud that Il does
not nav either to buy up such an affair or TO