The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-17
The Cost Of the Enterprise Half
a Million Of Dollars.
Sixty-three Correspondents in
the Field.
What They Have Done and the Adven-
lures They Have Met With,
&C., &C., E &c.


fame and glory that attaches to duty well DONE to
DO rewarded with the respect and admiration, coln-
tenanco and aid Of those who sent them forth Like
the tried veterans OF the sword and musket veterans
Of the pom return from the rebel prisons as well as tho
loyal camps They have boon sharing alike the priya
ons the bondage, the dust and tho glory the history
and tho honor Of the veterans They roturn like thcm
with manned limbs and wounded bodies; and, alas, like
tho veterans they have left of their comrades
buried on the baltic fields of the South.
TIN oARBRR OF THg KNIGHTS OF THE QUILL.
Our readers who have slipped their morning cup OF
coffee with the additional rcsh Of tho latest
hand in the early edition Of the HSRALD have
cepon OF the and the expense Of the organized
corps of correspondents which have kept In tho field
for the past four years. We confess that their return in
such numbers somewhat Of surprise to ourselves,
and began for the first time really conceive what
extensive and important department tho project
which started with tho FIRST gun at Sum.or had
grown No other paper In the world, Of any age can
boast Of such organization whether for the numbers
enterprise varied talent the Of its deren
members engaged From the mo Of the great success OF
Zenophcn the FIRST actual active, energetic, Heradish
correspondent record land whose report of tho
Anabass Of tho thousand Crooks nearly good
the very different Anabasis Of Sherman,
10 that of Bull Run Russell Whose retreat from Bull
Its vicinity Is not less familiar II not interesting
that Of tho Crooks and Sherman there has becn such
organization KNOWN probably for the simple reason that
thcre was never before such newspaper as tho HERALD
encourage SUCH abors Our system has boon entirely
different from that which saw Its rise and pro-
gross in Zenophen and its decline and fall In
Bull Run Russell, and We may Justly claim for
these young gentlemen to whose energy the credit
for success is in great measure due that no such
has boon attained by smila. organization
has unffO ndod war
pondcnts Of tho HERALD II Is that their
ments sometimos been casd into question by
upon whom they and truth alike reflected severely; but
II be remembered that the standard historians Of
cv,ry age have been denounced fsehoods and par
tally. Not only correspondents but inspired wri-
tors have failed DO thought prophets In their own
country and truth, in this degenerate ago. like vino, In
this Of adult ration unfortunately needs the stamp
of time Has not Thors been two throe times prose-
cutcd by tho descendants Of those Of whom he has
writtens Was no, Sir Walter Raleigh so thoroughly
Disguised with tho worry different reports OF himself aud
his Tailor in an encounter Of which both eyewit.
nesscs that no destroyed his manuscript, and took TO
his Pipe with thorough disgust as sherman ever
fclt for "what is called hisorys' IL II TO DO won
dcrcd at then that correspondents should occa-
sionaly fail TO satisfy all parties in giving truthful
accounts Of battles, where both parties claimed TO be
victors II they have drawn on themselves tho
dislike OF tho temporarily great men OF tho bricf
age Of military power, now happily past; but
Il has boon by following tho good advice and fearless
.x.,a NJ Dcroa and telling truth with the fearless
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ness OF tnoso VINO eApcct mart,tu'm. i"o Pie'i' VI
the enemy tho dungeons Of hoso who ought to avc
been thor friends have alike yawned to engl them
those of the ono as enemies, the others for telling
impartial tales Of Cadscean victories, unqualified de-
feas useless aaughers and unsuccessful experiments
naval vessels at the national expense; but with tho
Arm resolve neither give take quarter they have
~ % trv the is,ue and have proved indeed that tho
pen Is niighIicr than the sword
ORR WAX CORRESPONDENTS IN THE FIELD.
W. - ~, IN tho co,d a,r,,y tho Ias, folr vc,r,
the following correspondents, sixty-thrcs in number
nearly all Of whom been constantly and actively
.a !, ,,rri,hi,,.u a. naxs IN tina U.sArD.-
saEed Ia furnishing "a no"s " '"o n
Finley Anderson, now Major and Assistant AdJu'an'
General ON Q neral ilancocSs stan
solomon . Baikcy
l. H. BacsIng'an, sliisd a, A s,Id ,,, ,.y.,,,
John A. Brady.
Trade at Cairo
William :. carroL
Thomas ~ , Ga-h.
Gcoite w. Chukc 49, -,
Thomas H. Cook, now editor OF tho wilmington Herd.a
= ~ carpenter
: Caiwamder.
Dd'i Iony
John Dawson
~ Daley.
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james W. rtch.
yaincs fn.F't,CN
Cnrlcs u rhIeh
sanu' IL ueh
~ ~ H. v nranen
Frank Tcnry.
Chas ii. Hannam.
1eo' y H. haf' Nv" 'o''"0' y" WYNN"
H. A Hcndrick
J. Hutton.
George w Hosmce
A. a. . nou'.In n xor
Thomas W Knox, now agent Of Western Press.
r. I. Long, now clerk IN Interior Dcpaf'mon' ~ ""<u
& g Mason. now editor Of tho Savannah Herald
! william IL Merriam.