The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1867-01-25
The Ne,C York Tribune.

No. 33 Ann street Horace Greeley, ed
ltor: Henry J. Raymond, first assistant
Mr.. Raymond began his journalistic ca
reer at ten dollars week At the outse
the staff consisted of five or six men nov
the Tribune writers, home and foreign
number nearly three hundred.
1t was started as a one cent paper
There were then twelve dailies, and bu
one hundred periodicals published in New
York. A. present the whole number O
periodicals is about 250. The Herald
which had then been issued about 81,
years, was two cent paper. The penn,
Sun, neutral in politics, had an immens'
circulation. MIR. Greeley had acquired
considerable reputation as a political writ
er, through his New Yorker No pru
dent Journalist would now undertake tt
found In New York. new morning daily
with less than half a million dollars Bul
only one thousand dollars borrowed by
Greeley from a triend) was required for
starting the Tribune. 1t began with SOC
boaa .tde subscribers, and the first morn
inc printed 5000 copies. At the end of
the week the expenses amounted TO S525,
which was thought alarming and extrava-
CANT. During the past summer, in a sin
gle day, the Tribune telegraph bills (only
one of many expenditures have run up to
81 800
AT the end of three months, Thomas
McElrath took charge of the business de-
partment and for several years it con-
tinued to be published by Greeley and Nc
Elrath In 1916 it was changed to a
Ioint-Stock concern of one hundred shares.
with a par value of $1,000 each These
sl.arcs now sell at from ST, 900 TO $4,000.
In 1865 Uhe most lucrative year in news
paper history the Tribune divided SlG5,-
600 among lis stockholders. beside setting
aside considerable amount of its earnings
for the purchase of material, and the pay
ment of an old mortgage.
The editorial department expanded SO
greatly that Greeley was unable TO attend
to lis details. Accordingly. when it was
changed II a stock concern. Charles A.
Dana took ten shares. and assumed the
managing edtorShip Il position which he
held for fifteen years. Under Dana the
Tribune had Il shining staff. George Rip
ley, one OF the best book reviewers in the
United States. William H. Frv. one of
the most brilliant journalists of his dav.
Richard llildreth. the historian. Charles
l. Congion. the humori>t. Bayard lay
lor. James =. Pike. now abroad in our Ill
plomaiic service. Samuel Wilheson, Il
writer of great strength and picturesque
ne~S Margaret Ful!er, Mrs .: !alia !!! Magl
other able authors and correspondents.
helped to fill it> columns.
It. WicLc> have contributed largely TO
permanent literature over 200 volumes
have been published from. their pens.
Greelcy's "\merican Conflict is reaching
4 sale of 20O.000 copies. and will bring
lis author fifty thousand dollars. Dam,
and Riplcy'> New American Cyclope-
dia,'' published by the Applctons. is also Il
great success. E;,yard Taylor has re-
ccivcd from his dozen volumes. and for
lccturing, something over 100000 The
sale OF Richardson's ''Eield, Dungeon and
Escape" has reached nearly one hundred
Thousand copies.
Dana, who left the manag ring editorShip
in 1862. WAS succeeded Ey Sydney How
ard Gay, one of the most accomplished
editorial writers in the country. lie held
the position until last May, when his
health broke under the heavy burden. Hi-
successor is John Russell Young born in
Pennsylvania, and educated in New Or
leans. For several years he edited For
ney'S Press, and before taking the Tribune
helm he w;ls one OF lis editorial writers.
His style is strong, simple and picturesque
his reviews of Buchanan'S History of his
own Administration, and Greclcy'S Amer
lean Conflict, are noticeable and aImira-
hle specimens of newSpapcrial compost
ton. Young is only twenty-six years old
and promises to become one of the most
successful writing and managing journal
lists in the country.
George Ripley still conducts the liter
ary department Clarence Cook Is the art
editor, and William Winter has charge OF
the dramatic" Some of the Tribune.
best work has been done 10y women. Mrs.
l.. &. Calhoun, nominally fashion editres,
but attached to the general staff, write:
upon all subjects, as required. Her let.
tiers from the watering places last summer
and her articles upon cookery, and Other
topics, have excited general attention
Miss Kate Fields recent criticisms upor
Ristori, were widely copied, and notice,
throughout the country. For several year
the Boston Transcript was edited by Ia
dy; and now the Springfield Republican
Chicago Republican, and some other lead
ing journals, have ladies upon their edito
rial >taffS. 1t is becoming more and NOR
apparent that in some departments of til,
greatest and most exactlng profession o
our times, women excel men.
Greeley was born in Amherst, HILLSIDE
rough county, New Hampshire, and i
now tifty-fivc years old. He is membe
OF Dr. E. II. Chapin's Uniyersalist
church, where he may be seen regularl
sleeping almost any Sunday in the year
Probably he is not always slumbering s
soundly as he seems. On one occasion
after nodd;ng all through sermon by th'
, famous Charming, he went immediatel
to his office, and wrote out an abstract c
i it nearly a column in length, which prove