Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-17
The NEW YORK HERALD.-.A G.

.sence to the Richmond Whig speaking of the
New York Herald, says: ..l.,
Tie editorial staff consists of one chief. one
managing, one financial one city editor and
rii. 'b1 editorial writers The ship news, for
,.;Gn news domestic news, statistical matters
and trquslation departments each have a chief,
will, such assistance as he may require from
the city department. The city department IS
presided over by L chief who must have gone
through all the gradations ct the rtportonal
department
This force CONSISTS Of twenty seven reporters,
who cover all the news points in New. \ ork.
Jersey City, Brooklyn and contiguous places OF
easy access to New York. The salary OF the
managing editor is $1,000 per annTm anancial
editor $1,000 per annum, and the. Wrl-
,ers or sub editors, from $40 to $50 per week.
The clerical force Of the paper numberss
.,!ont twenty, divided into relays for day and
uinbt work. The editorial force meet daily In
thr council room Of the establishment.
The meeting is presided over by Bennett, IA
;hrr or son, AS the case may be, or in the ab-
scrc. ui' both thes,; gentlemen. then by the
.n,;or writer, Dr. George Is. Wallis who, by
,Lr w,v is u native OF Richmond. At this
,s,unci all the current questions OF the day are
discussed, all iG;umality in speaking on topics Is
avoided and it partsk kcs more OF family gath
,.rnr Mr. Bennett, alter carefully looking
over his memorandum Of points breaks 81,
!cncc and the conversation taxes cnceful
turn aud continues for upwards or TWO h"urs
Ia the interim each editor in assigned TO write
Il certain article.
Mr.. Bennett, senior, has not written an artl-
Gle for the Herald for many years yet he lden-
1i6es himself with the editorial columns ny re-
,,uring the editors to keep the tone and style
uf their articles within certain cardinal points.
". Bennett has telegraph wire (nne miles,
connecting the Herald Office with his residence
1t Fort Washington; also shorter line three
niles to his house on Fifth avenue. by tins
y,.aus he is in constant communication with
the Office Important news from Europe and
;.niead from any part Of the world Is anuoun-
ed - him, and he frequently sends the points
,,r = ,'-ader over the wires, the telegraph key
leing man n;pulatcd by the gentle hand OF his
beautiful dau: Inter Jeannette. ~ ~.
The foreign correspondence OF the fleraNl ~
n.,w 10 charge Of i Sentleman III LONDON "no
RECEIVES salary of $1,000 per year IN gold.
lie moves and nstructs tiie correspondents d.
the various European caplta's' g.,
The receipts from advertising range troni s.,
10 to S:i.OUn per day, according TO the changes
Ii. the busy seasons OF the year.
Nir. l., unett i Income from his real estate
aud newspaper is S2225 900 per year, auo -ia'
."t his son 1000.
Mr.. Bennett. ST., is seventy five years o1 age
Nct his brain is as vigorous as 1t was l"ch'S
,csss ago. His habits arc of I very abstemlouSs
character, and to this he ascrlbes his goou
health.
ABSENT MINpEpNEsS. Abs ent- -mindedneSs
even when its manifestations are harm less, Is
not a trait to b. commended in men OF genius
nr others, II is worthy OF note, however, that
it is no SIGN of mental intcriorlty, but rather
seems TO be failing peculiar to the higher or
der OF mind Literary biography abounds III
anecdotes Of the kind which we have quoted;
not for the sake of proving "an undlsputcd
thing in such solemn way but as IN intro
,luction to an exceedingly neat instance OF alb
sent mindedness which lately came under our
observation, and from which the newspaper re-
,porter of the period has not yet taken the
i!oem. One hot August afternoon gentleman,
whose name attached to cheque would ic
anore valuable to the reader than 1t would
wI5nrn here. was standing III front OF the
Gcytre House waiting Tor Washington street
" Jo was Il slim, venerable gentleman,
with long whl,<e halr' and certain a,Enaty ia
about Lm which we suppose cyaeS h I. ", t'"4 t3r
h;.vug handsome bala '' 49, ~ h,rn ,b;s n,rt;c.
we nee. cr knew poor man 1, 'a'o ''.H nd th,.
nlar air It was sultry after ''0n, t.,n IN tho
mill onairc, standing on the curb ~ .,oI;n,
sI,a de, had removed his hat, and was 'o,'"o
mis- forehead with his handkerchief like d"
con mon nrrsou, when the Cambridge horse
car stopped at tha crossing at his iret. FROM
tLi car hastily descended a wcll-known Man
of Letters whose pre- occupied expression show
ed at once that he was wrestling with an IN
sub ordinate hcxamctro or laying out the poluts
ur :. new magazine article. Suddenly ne
,1rn | himself face to face with L white haired
obi an deiectedly holding a hat III one hand
\. 'uick as thought, the poetic whom
n..;,Ss old age nor young appeals IN VAIN
.TnISr I'. his hand into his veSt.pockct, and,
Ir'n yi1 g handful of nickel and fractional cur
rnnat in, % the extended hat, passed on Inc MIL
i;ono;, % & 'azcd aghast into the hat tor an IN
.,,nt t'' md then inverted it spaSlnodlcalIy, al
iownr tho money to drop into the gutter,
mncb 70 the amusement OF a gentleman ana
tooth. .n;c on ,'he steps OF the Revere llouse,
and very much more TO tue anusciu'u' ,hs. ~ y,
another pa rty m.r CHANGED L" knoT ,tterS t' h"J M
supposed Ii ,eNi;ca,'t anu ,a,. n'a" =" thesc TWEEN.
been on tel ms OF per- 'ua5 l~Ja" ' '~,,O.
ty years -Etc~ Sotn. .'o"g'
rur \ o,,n---- IN l,GELD Fires
ni y y .'sIHwESTh. cerning the fires which
Detrolt IT. H. 'st rcrnarks con- of Michigan, Wis
consn and Mi ,nns0ta. that c., moor
OF all the ,sses the burning o. "'s s.';o,, p 81
lumber mills ;s thc severest to that .,;sr j. j.
he country Each mill along rhe, iroL :. .hs
he life ans soul of its settlement, Cpon IT.
settlers 10 md about depend for, work, Wages, rs
ind a ms rLet M The very few farmers IN the ne
umber' vooJs we're furnished by the mills wiln tn,
mark ct: and all the rest of the popu'a1T1bb, Tba
sith nrlovment ~,' and the means OF living nc n,
oss O tbe W Small crops of this year was taa not an
rrvr arabic injury, il the mills had been sIseu. as.
}ut tho burning Of the mills leaves the the n'uoo not
settlers just before the winter Ss's m
VI y without food or shelter bus h;ua Sa."D" 10 snn
usincss with which to earn any 'llns ,s 10Th
M esI compafed nssis With III the almost tswpoiaE
Productive labor has utterly ceased IN ,'nes uonen
Of little settlements The utter hopsLrs:nss 60
Of such calamity as this can be apptsc;a.,s' a;.,'
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