Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-06-24
Some of the Editors of America


occasion on the recent visit of the
Western Associated Press to sketch
some of the leading members. We
extract from this veracious narra-
tive:
We begin with Chicago, the
youngest, and, next to Cincinnati,
the smallest Of the cities represen-
ted. Chicago sent Mr.. Medill, Of
the Times, and Mr.. Chandler, of the
Tribune. Both are eminent in IL
linois. Mr.. Chandler is very well
known to the people of the South
as one of the few genuine Republi-
cans-certainly one of the few Rad
ical United States Senators who has
always advocated peace and the
rights of the States. Mr.. Medill is
the author of that charming romance
"The Constitution Of Illinois, or
the Prairie Bride and other works
of fiction. Both are under thirty
years of age, and not nearly so
much married as many othar Chi
cago gentlemen. at the same time
we say this for the benefit of inter-
ested persons-that they consider
themselves sufficiently married for
all useful purposes. They are, also,
like the great majority of successful
journalist, rich and handsome.
Mr.. Howser, Of st. Louis, repre-
sented the entire press of that city.
which he owns. Mr.. H. is light
and graceful writer, but has been
greatly injured and kept down III
Missouri by the fell spirit of intol-
erance which pursues every one
suspected Of sympathy with the late
unhappy rebellion. The recent de-
struction of his office by fire is the
latest and most striking proof of
this intolerance.
Mr.. Walker, of Detroit, President
of the American Press Association,
is very promising young journal
ist, having already occupied many
leading positions of public trust,
having been Governor respectively
Of Mississippi, Kansas and Virginia,
Secretary Of the Treasury under Mr.
Polk, and the most famous of fill
busters. He is also the author q
':W alker's Tonic Bitte1s," and two
or three dictionaries.
Mr.. Baker, of Detroit, the show
lest and handsomest editor in The
West, is distinguished for the par
he took in the capture Of j. Wilke.
Booth, when he was Chief Detec
tive of the Confederate States Wa
Department.
Mr.. Bigham of Datyon, is tn
founder of the system Of pluralit,
OF wives, hence the term Bighamy
Notwithstanding all this, Mr.. Big
ham is sportive and jocose, ant
: plays the ACCORDION better than an,
. man in Ohio.
|, Mr.. Armstrong, Of Cleveland, ha
led an adventurous career on Sc
|, and land. He commanded an,
: owned the privateer Armstron;
: from which he took his name, an
in which he fought the Kearsag
: and Alabama. He invented tn
5 Armstrong gun, and is in every res
pect dangerous person and a dea
| shot.
| Mr.. Nixon, Of Cincinnati, is d
! rect ancestor of the great filibuste1
William Penn, who drove the Ind
: ans out of the State which bears hi
1 name, and established the New o.
: leans Crescent an Cincinnati Times
t which he still owns and conduct
e as his organs. Notwithstanding hi
a age and experience, Mr.. Nixon
n an able an constitutional writer {
r great power upon local and munic
/. pal topics.
n Mr. Richard Smith, of Cincinnati
y son of Richard Sydney Smith, th
J. poet and husband of Pocahontas,
s a near kinsman of Capt. John Smit
: and Joseph Smith, the Mormon
5 whom he is said to resemble. He
an orator rather than a writer, an
e at present a member of Congres
It from the Second Ohio District. II
l. edits the Gazette as a recreation
The most imposing of all tt
journalists, and next to Mr.. Bake
}. the handsomest, is Mr.. McCullogl
of Cincinnati. Owing to his oy
: like gravity, and modest. retirin
'f disposition, he is thought by man
: TO be morose and unsocial. But tn
is a mistake, as those best kno
who are admitted to the magic il
$ ner circle of his presence. He
it chiefly famous for his great du
with Mr.. Halstead last autumn; bl
J. beside this he has at various time
e held places both Of honor and prof
= He was Secretary of the Treasur
under President johnson and CO
# respondent of the Cincinnati Con
mercial, making great deal of rel
utation and money as a humori
+ and fnancier, and retiring upon I'll
Enquirer, which he purchased OF
e of the proceeds and converted int
r a progressive organ. He is abo1
r fifty years Of age, weighs two hui
n dred pounds, is six feet high ar
? unmarried.
Mr.. Murat Halstead, of Cinci
E. natl, is son Of the great Frene
IS cavalry Marshal, but on the dow
fall of Napoleon he took the mate
< nal name Of Halstead (after tt
l. fashion OF many noble Europes
femilies,) refusing to return
Y France after the coup detat and pr
j. ferring a Republican journalist
crust of bread at Cincinnati to I'll
l. royalties of the Empire at Paris.
is more than binted however; til
m bo bas reoant1v recaived somnthir