The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-09-12

he cosli look back vorked--lI.ai va,
ihe foa,e; and made fyien3s--lhai wai
the reifoshmeat"
50 he told wiih jest, Ike my owa. hor
he had commenced--a poor Yankee 10y,
wandering 10 New York fof better wages,
aud hoping that ais schooling lad tot been
il vain. in Ihe office d tl.u Nsg Yorker
a successful n'aa's early Gilare, Raymond
took up The foutine II chipping. clipping,
and tripping ior ten or tilteeu dollars a
week. lie hsd that adapJiyeness which
+ thiuk sater capital illan y bank ac
count aud mastered wlia.evsr nc saw ,fooa
a piece OF machinery 10 horse race
/ Therefore he very properly followed the
+ instinct Of news, whca /. serslnte afsir
flom mere literary talent, by giving up
the weekly paper and meeting the more
/ Slip slod but more tlise ordea, 81 daily
ioarnaL Tie old Courier and E,i9aj,e,.
too& him up, and here was tie absolute
, start Of Rsymoiii Il removed lin from
E the baek-room If life 10 front on Tire
busy streGt lac wrote as minch as amy OF
/ Of tho tilnorous young gentlemen nov "a
days who think tie quality Of their mat
Ter SO good ttai they ought 10 be chary
Of expendlng il. ! know mol what lists
Of iires, r0bberirs and murders Rafmoid
Rep; tie lup d, and hear but nily Of tht
memott u lis reports from coten,poary
peoples buI that they were the cleyerest
/ Of their tune III daily journalism am free
10 hazard, aud while he spoke of some Of
Them could hear the feyu, Of the Young
man in The rising clearness OF his voice;
admonish me that the days Of ihe first
piece rivalry Of news are the widest of
Of our triamphs.
With The cleYeraess Of his pen, Ray
mond possessed a more public ihcilny IN
a greater degfee, and think HIM now
far better speaker than writer. Indeed,
] do tiot believe he has any equal as a de-
batter, and shall look TO tie next Congress,
where hesill sit, to be satisfied OF II. he
is not of.en opiaramalic, intense, and sub.
lie as journalist lie is always earnest.
but cannot be playful, nor show you That
'ehemence Of saving a new thing like illc
explosion of a mine, or epitomzlng an old
le so I at i iiushes up with genius bur
the smoolhness Of his letters is like SO.
Der mans parral.y and on tle peninsula
where he was a public servant most
probably bly-he wrote 10 the Times Ike any
industrious reporter. AS public man.
Mr. Raymond is even ab'er than as q
writer lie knows 10 hiig tllat be has
not al hind, and his prom IN IS Of speech
Is as close to lis material, rs cais On 10
q cannon. Plant but not +, treating. d.
rect as he Is ingenious. clear headed but
not real-hcaded, and conducting better
than conceivipg, | warrant tha, Raymond
will prove The most parliamentary OF our
Congressional debaters, and lead with ex-.
celielt grace the majority Of the 'louse.
II has been long since we lay abr,l and
! tormed this estimate Of him. but | held
him as sill do, as the besi representative
OF jpiifnal.in per- Sc III America. q stead,
worker, iacile fellow with ho,tfa for
news, aud the architect Of the most equal
aud calmly reliable morning daily in the
metropolis. Tho Times is lhe most Eng.
lisll of American journals il has no me-
ieoric IDEAS, il does not surrcui is en-
lire influence 10 politics; It i, seldom per
sonal and never maicious'y 50 it ear be
raj without encouraging insanity or
weaketiine lr general confidence in the
honor Of mankind. Everybody Of conse-
quen"e connected with II resembles Ray
mond, adroit but not bril- TART Still. Il is |
very far from a perfect Journal; bus those
Of its rivals that are more brilliant are
less perfect, Mr.. Raymond was the pro-
jector Of HarPer's Mogaziue and Sc de.
tected the merit Of the l,oyel Of JM.e
Eyre, while Harper's Reader, before flit
echo of its fame had reached Us from
abroad. / have been patliculaf 20 sIaak |
Of bin, because lie is the only io8fnalist
of note, who has gone so steadily from The |
ranks to power. He carried a pencil and
a note book not long ago; the Pres idelt
is glad 10 be advised by that reporter now. |
TtfE INFLUENCE OF NEWSPAPERS. -
A school-teacber, who has been engag-
ed for a long time in his profession, and
witnessed the influence Of q newspaper
upon The minds Of family Of children