Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-05-11
PERs ONNEL OF THE NEW YoRE
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PRESS
The New York Citizen gives the following
information respecting the principal papers
OF that city.
Bennett is sole owner Of the Herald
The Tribune is owned by stockholders, of
which DR.. James G. Aver, of Lowell, is the
heaviest. Samuel Sinclair, the publisher,
is also one of the largest owners while Ste
phen L. Clark, the writer of the money
articles, and Horace Greeley, are interested
to large amount The capital stock is
$500, 600. The organization of the IrtbuRe' s
editorial staff is as follows: The editor in
chief is Horace Greeley; Sidney Howard
Gay Is the managing editoT-the executive
head Of the concern. Cool, able, courteous
and energetic, he has not his equal in the
State. Roderick Crane is the news editor
j. ii. Hasser, the night editor, [. n.
Browne, the city editor The financial de-
partment is under the charge offs. L. Clarke
one Of the ablest fnanciers. Solon Robinson
edits the department Of agriculture Geo.
Ripley, at cne time one Of the most eloquent
preachers in Boston is the literary editor.
William Winter is the theological Henry G.
Watson, the musical, and Clarence Cook,
the art editor. The corps of editorial writer's
embraces such names as Congdon, Smalley.
Young and Wilkinson. A. j. Cummings
edits the weekly Myron Fox reads all copy
to prevent a repetition in the paper; and ID.
*. 0'DonneH keeps the index In addition
the Il5bqrae has corps of fifteen reporters,
second to none in the land. These are de-
tailed for special duty on the police at fires,
on the dry goods market, in the Courts,
or at Brooklyn, at jersey City, and all along
shore. The principal owners Of the Times
are Leonard w. Jerome, James B. Taylor,
Henry j. Raymond, George Jones, the pub
Usher, and Christopher Morgan, of Metho-
dist fame, During Mr., Raymond absence
f. j. 0tterson, formerly of the Tribune, is
the managing editor, as he is writer of
superior abilities. The World is conducted
by Manton Marble, and he is the largest
owner of the concern. OF the Younger
journalists of New York there arc several
OF great promise; among them Thomas A.
Kennett, Of the World, Daniel X. 0'Don-
nell, of the Tribune and Agustus Maverick,
of the Eceniag Post The best editorial
writer's, and each inimitable in his way, are
George Wilkes, of the Spirit Of the Times,
Sidney Howard Gay and Charles 7. Cong
don, Of the Tribune, William H. Hurlburt,
Of the World, aud Charles Nordhoff, Of the
E'ccaing Post The best American political
statistician living, connected with the press,
is probably Horace Greeley; and the next
best is Franklin j. 0tterson, managing edi-
tor Of the Times, though Thomas G. Shear
man, a lawyer, is a perfect cycopledia Of
political knowledge and is a very useful man
for more than one newspaper establishment.
The Nation has subscription of over seven
thousand, while the Round Table is holding
It's own in spite Of the bitter criticisms it
gives and receives. The Ladepeadeat rolls
np the overwhelming list Of 10000 subscri-
bers, aud the number is daily increasing.
a young lady yrebuked By her mother for
kissing her lover, justified the act by quoting
the passage" Whatever ye would that
men should do unto you, do ye even so unto
theni,