Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-06-14
The Young Men Of the New York
Press.

Press.
Theodore Tlton, of the N. Y. Indepen-
dent, publishes the following pleasant ar
ticle about the attaches of the New York
press:
1t is a striking fact that the number of
young men prominently connected with the
New York press as writer's is greater now
than at any former period. Although the
editors. s.in-chief of several of the leading
metropolitan journals are veterans, yet the
chief editorial work in these journals is done
by men between the years Of twenty-five
when he pleases, leaving Charles Nordhoff
Post Herace Greeley is like father among
sons in the Tribune office. 1t is true, Sidney
Howard Gay, lately the managing editor Of
that journal, is on the shady side of life,
yet be has just gone off to the White Noun
tains in search Of the lost sunshine, leaving
John Russell Young to be his brilliant sue.
cessor. George Ripley, the ripe literary
critic, is on q wedding-tour in Europe, leav-
ing his pen to Mr.. Hassard. George W.
Smalley, who a few years ago was rowing
boat-races for the glory of Yale College,
and who first made his literary reputation
by his mastery report in the Tribune of the
battle Of Antietam, is already one of the
ablest writers, as he is one of the noblest
men, connected with the American press
Then, too, in the same office, are Clarence
Cook, waging war against all bad pictures
and some good Edwin H. House and Will.
liam Winter, dramatic critics; Nathan
Urner and Kane O'Donnel. comparatively
new arrivals in Gotham; Albert d. Rich
ardson and Junius II. Browne, who came
very near being made old by Castle Thunder
and Salisbury prison; and Prof. Schem,
who would have been young enough to men.
ton if this article had been written ten
years ago. The Times. in the absence of
Henry j. Raymond (who is just finding out
how much less influential his congressional
chair is than his editorial), is conducted by
Franklin j. Ottarson--a gentleman who,
we believe, is never remembered to have
been young, but who is the kindest of edi-
tors tojuvenile applicants with manuscripts;
for we happen to know of youngster
whose first piece of newspaper writing was
accepted and printed by Mr.. Ottarson, then
city editor of the Tribune. But all the rest
of the Times men, we believe. are young
Stilman s. Conant, the two Swintons, Ed
ward Seymour, Henry j. Winser, and the
rest-though we believe we ought to except
VT. MOTTlsOU. LII tu6 Il0rdiu, vumoo UOT-
don Bennett, Junior, is learning his fathers
trade Of newspaper management but We
are unable to say whether or not his youth
ful pen is yet competent master of that
elegant and Addisonian English wherewith
the editorials of the Herald SO charm the
North American Review. Manton Marble,
chief editor of the World, is gentleman
whose politics are very bad, but whose edi-
torship is very able. George William Cur
tbs, the editorial writer of Harper's Weekly,
is not the youngest of young men but we
trust the years will be many before he shall
grow old. The Nation is edited by E. L.
Godkin and Wendell Phillips Garrison
both young men. Mr.. .Sweetser, of the
Round Table we take to be rather oldish
and mellowed man judging from the sweet.
tempered, humane, and serene tone with
which his columns usually refer to his edi-
torial neighbors. As to Bayard Taylor,
Richard II. Stoddard, Grant White, and
Joseph Barber, we are q little doubtful Of
their ages-but we give them the benefit of
the doubt. Edmund G. Stedman, the poet,
is still in the early morning of his song
Frederic B. Perkins, born magazine wri-
ter, is lending young mans energies to
the Galaxy. Charles d. Gardette, John
Alden, Barry Gray, @ d. Stanley, and
DR.. Stiles of the Historical Magazine,
might all be much older and still young
George w. Bungay has just renewed his
youth by taking charge of the Herald of
Health. Col. Halpins and Private Miles
0'Reilly, those interesting twins who edit
the Citizen. cannot pretend that their united
ages are over thirty five; and George Al
fred Townsend, the co-editor, is much
younger. Eugene Benson, the art critic,
was boy only yesterday. The Anti-Slav-
cry Standard begins its new volume with
Aaron NJ. Powell-the youngest man who
ever edited it. On the other side of the
East River ia Edward Cary, the indefatig
able young editor of the Brooklyn Union.
We presume that the journals of every
American city are equally crowded with
young editors. Solomon thought it good
for man to bear the yoke in his youth
and nothing in this world is more like bear