The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-17

Court House May H. 1884. Mr. b. g. 0sbon, our prn-
cpsi naval correspondent whose naval knowledge was
great use 70 tho HERALD and somewhat troublesome
to himself. his long residence in prison Afterwards
proyed,) twenty isevon times under nre ane'"aS
seriously wounded times by bolts and conclusions
while board the Mortayk and Hartford Dir Wilson
also wounded at Five Forks, and Mr. Cadwaiiader
in the engagements which forced Lees surrender MIR.
Shanks struck by grape shot a. Chickamaasa ana
literally buried alive shell which burst near him al
Rcssacca.
sERvIcEs OF OUR NAVAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Soma Of the most interesting and exciting adventures
which have correspondents have been
upon the water Before this and until the HEaALp
had initiated this feature of its enterprise war cores
pondents had never bcen known aboard men-o-war
Mr. b. Slack, naval correspondent at tho beginning
OF the war served the Potomac dotilla in various
''hghting' capacities and by the side OF Captain
James Ward when he fell. Captain Ward the first
naval officer killed after the rebellion began H. met
his death while lighting tho rebel batteries at Matthias
Point, juno 81, 1851. Mr. Slack though, British sub
jcct not having the fear of tho Misrepresentation
before his eyes, handled Sharp's ride in earnest
Placing his cartridges train, just forward OF the
paddle box he loaded and fred fast he could-the
distance being about hundred and fifty from
the shore, where the rebels posted
MI D. Osbon another naval correspondent, formerly
commanded avesss in the Buenos AyYes navy In 1850,
being opposed to the forces of Urquza The asrrper
succeeding Mr. Osh0n compelled to leave the IN,
try, price be set upon his head and cac to this
country, where ho engaged on the HERALD Awar,
OF the experience OF Mr. Osbon in naval warfare Ad,
mrals Dupont, Farragut and Porter
como on board their nagships. His adventures have
been told in full incur correspondence Hslecrs from
tho Mon.nk, whom lying before Fort McAster in. the
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Russia, Denmark, Sweden and Prussia. Mr. Osbon was
In our service when Farragut the. forts at Now
Orleans, and tho only spondcnt who could b.
induced to the risk Of the batteries He specially
honored, by Admiral Farragut, by being permitted to
plant thers flag tho bank Of the river above
New Orleans
OUR. SCHOOL FOR CORRESPONDENTS.
or tho sixy-three correspondents whom hayo'
named only about onehaf with tho coming
OF peace and the veterans Some have dcd tho field
and In tho harness. others have entered the military
vice. who still others have gone the civil o.
egovernmsnt. Thre, Of them avocstabishcd papors
of their own, on the profits Of their correspondence,
while others have entered the service OF the Associated
Press. They naturally anxious to know what dis.
positions waste be made Of them their return; and
each one has been gra.icd that OF those
who havc been in service during the will be dis
charged for want Of employment We shall continis to-
employ them for two reasons in justice not only b, them
but to ourselves Their faithuInoss aud energy have
made such mark of gratitte sacred duty which
owe them, and which shall sicrcdy pay; VIII 10 their
experience has made them invaluable correspondents
and shall therefore, retain them be IL our
interest to do We sent them forth with cloarly
fined instructions two points only. They told
that they expected to get the fullest details o. tho
news as carly possible and to get to the oco by tho
quickest means They wcr, tod that 30 he beaten by
any other New York paper crime; to b. up and
oven with hcm not particularly worthy of conmcnda-
toa; but TO beat them which would not 20
Ynrowarded. These instructions we soon found full
enough and correspondents the East obcycd thcm
by being uniformly least q day ahead who ti,asc in
tho West generally published their Of al i'm.
porant engagements from three days ahead OF
tho other New York papers This generally effected
by the correspondents coming from the battle Geld
to tho HERALD oicc and by tho discreet expenditure OF
ccason hundred dolars in inducing conductors to
mako connections which they would otherwise have
missed Without loading them down with instructions,
VIC left correspondents to this OF their
Judgments which soon ander the experience OF cam.
pagn or two became worry discrc aud their decision Of
character became marked their enorgy and
other characteristics Tho choo of tho Correspondent"
which paid them for attending, the West Pointers
paid for attending that school OF the soldier has
been the of educating them TO profession new
In tho world and shall honceorth provide regularly
educated correspondents report the doeds Of our
future regularly educated sold ers We have become
military people, and the Herald processes in time Of
to he military paper, with its corps Of military TO-
porters