The Republican journal., 1870-10-27

Near the head of State street the Traveller has its
birth. 1t Is an evening paper under the manage
ment Of Mr., Rowland Worhngton-a fine looking.
well-proportioned, porty gentleman-a title past
the prime of life. He addresses you in decisive
business-like manner. with just perceptible air of
Dombey and Son lurking beneath the suave smile.
Mr. G. c. Hazewel is one of its editors, famous for
his historical learning. An able man, trenchant
writer and gifted scholar, his ready and polished
pen is easily tiscernible in the columns Of the
paper The Traveller is most sought for its tele-
graphic dispatches and dramatic criticisms The
latter are keen, searching, salient. sparklng vet
just and reliable. The former are thrown off with
the rapidity of Il French mitralleusc 1t never
puts in an appearance without first. second. third
fourth and fifth dispatch, up to the very last
moment of going to press. In the present Franco
Prussian wart Is the only paper in Boston, the Post
excepted that has taken the side of the Inflated
French. And upon this question the historical
lore of Mr. Hazewell comes efectually into use
Handling the subject with knowledge, he does not
fail TO make his articles persuasive and logical.
At the corner of Water and DevOnshre streets
looms up the office of the Boston Post. A lofty
and handsome granite building, lately erected, and
showing. in Its solid structure and magnificent
details, the hand of wealth and iberalty. The
rounting-room occupies the lower front corner,
and presents, with its polished marble counters,
an air of luxury as we'll convenience. Up three
flights of steps, you open from long and wide hall
into the various editorial rooms. The printed signs
upon the doors-"Night Editor" ''City Editor, /"
9 Financial Editor" = Managing Editor" "Re-
porters," &C., telling you where to find the man
you wish to The Post is under the sole man
a@emcnt and control of Col. Chas. G. Greene, who
originated it. and has kept it steadily progressing,
from little hy T. sheet to its present mammoth
proportions. nstinctiyely newspaper man, a
| fluent forcble and ncisve writer upon political
topics, his versatility is wonderful In leader or
paragraph he is equally original and happy. His
cheerful temper has peryaded the Post from its
BIRTH His sound political judgement has kept it in
the straight Democratic path and if the party has
not alwaysbeen successful ,andis notnow paramount
i'll the government, is not for lack of good
sci from the Boston Post. He is hale and Vigor
GUS man of perhaps sixty years Of age but appears
much younger. His abilities We're never more dis
tinct than to-day. The Post shows his hand in
every part of its reading columns. He is constant
v devising features, retaining nevertheless all
| the Old ones that have made the paper famous,
The system of condonsing news into paragraphs
as "All Sorts began with the Boston Post. Its
convenience and accaptabllity are shown by the
| universal adoption Of that style in almost every
newspaper in the country. Col. Greene, rs have
said, is the sole manager Of his paper but his staff
is very large and able and fully equal to the bur-
| lens imposed upon daily newspaper. The
specalities Of the Post-its national reputation in
| politics; its witty sayings and sparkling reports
are too well known 10 the majority of yonr readers
| to need enumeration here.
| Then there are the Times. The Daily News,
The Nation, Commonwealth, Bulletin, and a host
of other papers, great and small, which have not
now time or space to describe. pERCIE.