The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-05
MEwSPGPORIAL ARIFUL DODOINH.

eial "Aerald" News Furnished Pri-
vately to the Western Press-An E1-
Correspondent Said to Have Cleared
Over $4,000 Per Annum Over His Salary
Discovery OF the Plot and Grand Ex-
plOsiOn OF the Game ON Saturday-Five
Editors Discharged,
rhs,o O, been q rducr prevailing for some
time past, in Iournaiistic o.-'les, 20 Sne eIect
that the fires of volcano were sl, i is is nc Ie
meath majority of the editorial cna'-E 'H VIC
Herald Office, - Al, .
definite shape in type, but we're lnYarla9lv
whispered from one to another IN the mingled
asseInblage of Journalists and Bohemians, as
tbey duaffed their midnight "toby" in intellec-
tuai conclave, as they gathered each night, after
the theatres were cut, IL was suspected By most
ot the profession mat the suspicious of the
pretended knowing ones we're prompted mainly
by jealousy OF q certain class OF journalists,
whose advent, and consequent absorption Qt n
majority of the positions OF honor, trust, and
emolument in the metropolis, created some
time back, feelings of the most bitter hatred and
rivalry between tie two classes of newspaper
men which wete thereupon formed in New York;
On Saturday last, however, the truth of these
rumors wes made apparent by an astounding
explosion among the Herald editors and gene.
raj cleaning out of the obnoxious classes oil the
editorial rooms. Five OF these individuals were
decapitated on the spot by Mr.. Bennett PEREZ
AN EXPOSE.
But although almost every Journalist of the
RTehJ CITY was aware on saturday OF the rem
UersemeNt OF the obnoxious faction which has
been during the past two years growing IN
power, until 1t finally bid fair to entirely con-
troll not only the Herald but every other paper
OF New York, yet there are but few who have
the least insight into the cnuses that have led
to Saturdays overturning on the corner OF
Fulton and Nassau streets. The q pOSteriO,1
deductions made from the known results, aud
the conclusions similarly derived on Saturday
night by the critic and Bohemian alehouse
cotere, are as wild and as far from the exact
truth as the celebrated argument of the saodns
IN regard to the colGr Ot the chameleon.
But a matter which has formed for weeks
past suoh an absorbing topic for discussion and
conjecture among newspaper men cannot lail
TO prove deeply interesting to the public as an
iteEa OF news; So with our usual enterprise, we
undertake. 10 ley before the public, as well as
the 'befogged Journalists and Bohemians, an
&ccount exactly and truly detailing the dtf-
Guilty from Its first cause TO its dlsgraceful end.
DURING THE WAR;
'ss everybody kno ws, Mr.. Bennett engaged a
large number OF correspondents one OF when
accompanied each army corps IN the national
service. The armies of the East, West, and eX-
treme south mad separate organizations OF COR
respondents, with u recognized chief at bead
quarters OF each army. With Rosecrans On his
advance from Nashville to CHATTANOOGA the
usual number ot''specials" was sent all bailing
from the East, with the exception of one, fei.
low who mad ioisted himself on the amiable
managing editor, Mr. Hudson, as a bright light
OF the Western press, and who was installed as
What was known as Headquarters man'-that
is, he travelled and messed with Rosecrans and
staff, and kept the correspondents posted as to
the designs of the generals in moving their corps
by certain routes or in certain manner. 1t
was, in short, the duty OF the Headquarters
man to attend to the grand ensemble of the
strategic movements OF an army as seen from
tho eminence OF headquarters, while the cores
pondents with the several corps gave the details
OF disconnected operations pointing to the grand
aim OF the ampaign,
This inCivldual had at this time just graduated
a N nos I1,l tn
the position or hanger-on and small .tOady to
the reportoral ring IN Cincinnati.
But what he lacked in ability he made up in
impudence; so combiug his halr beh. nd his ears,
affecting spectaces aud the air of u student he
managed to "rush" himself 10 the chief place
among correspondents in the Western army,
where he was cordially hated and de5pised.
His lrst grand operation was after the battle
OF ChickamaUga, wden he managed to get the
''0opy" OF every H9ratd correspondent nnio his
possession, and then ran away with it to New
spinning out the IDEAS succeeded in making
full and respectable account of the battle. This
and series OF similar sharp" operations gained
him name and at the end of the war he was
installed in an editorial chair. So impudence
always thrives, where bashtul merit remains in
the background to be preyed on.
THE NEW "RNG."
Now, whatever may be the hatred entertained
for Mr.. Bennett by his enemies, none who have
the opportunity OF kno wing Will deny that he Is
very liberal towards his employees. So the
Western aspirant found in his position of cores
pondent abundant opportunity for making
money in sums of a bulk which he had probably
never before handled. Made an editor, however,
he was confined to the limits OF a salary, with no
chance for perquisites, and no genera 10 puff
''for money" But bent Oh his own elevation
and profit, he began by artul means to manage
his little game.
First of all, he undertook, it is said, the crea-
ton of new ring, by assembling about him
men whom he could trust, and procuring the
dismissal OF all whose honesty he feared. To fill
the vacancies thEs created, he had Western men
imported First came his brother, who was
placed In a responsible chair; then his brother.
inlaw, who was made "paste" or SCISSORS
editor; and several Others, among whom was
one who assumed the duties Of city editor but
who could not actually find his own way through
the city, and did not know either its customs or
requirements, and was unable to distinguish
Madison Square from the Five Points.
This ''ring," which had now almost exclusive
control the editorial department, Wentto work
. TO put their little plan in operation.
THE GAME IN OPERATION.
In short time this select clique of journalists
had the greater portion of the speciaj news of
She Herald passing through their hands The
i~supe" had in his department toe special des.
epatches from the CORE ospondents in the West
Indies and South America, and the principal
points in these and other dispatches falling into
/ he hands of this delectable clique were tele-
Taphed to the Western papers and appeared
si muttaneously with the Herald Issue, the con.
SD rators being paid roundly, OF course, for their
br each of trust. This went ON for some time,
and was not discovered, from the admirable man.
ner ia which the members of the ''ringU oiayed
the rne into the hands of the other The "scis-
sors" of the establishment being in the ''rine,r
took special pains to so mutilate the files of the
Westel n papers that the simultaneous publica-
tion o. the special dispatches East and West
could n ot be observed. Successful thus far. the
''rine" pdetook to extend its business: and