The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-10-12
Horace greeley.

gives au extended account of the his
tory and personal qualities OF this great
journalist and Statesman, from which
we clip the following:
AS writer, Mr.. Greedy is u won-
der hc is never idle. Iu all places
aud a. all times. when not asleep, Le
is doing something. lie plunges into
the Office at railroad speed scarcely
speaking 10 or noticing any one, his
hat, pockets. aud hands full of crum-
pied papers, calls out for his letters,
dives for his room sings his ovcrcoat
one way aud bat another, and in hall
minute will be writing as though
he had only half an hour iu which u
do days work He sits at desk
nearly as high as his chin--so high
that he must raise his arm to the le-
vel OF his ear. Aud such q desk IL
is chaos typiied-sirewn, or rather
heoped, with papers, notes, clippings,
as though some rigman's cart had
been empticd upon it. There are no
keys, for a lock is mystery he could
never understand, aud a key thing
be never could keep. Behind him is
chain, securely rlvitcl to the desk.
on the eui Of the chain pair OF scis-
sors. Without the aid of this contri-
vance he would probably loso thi,
valuable assistant every five minutes.
At the other en- OF the de,k, and
within easy reach, is chained his po.
lilIcal monument, thu Tribune Al
mauac.' This, too, is an hourly ne
cessty when he is at work, aud there
is no keeping it within reach save by
sold lasrcnings.
While at work Mr. Grccly is cn-
tircly absorbed. Any one may 20 in
ami out Of his room, aud take his ha,
and coat, or papers Of his desk. and
unless they spoke to Lin, be would
know nothing of it. lie writes with
great rapidity, seldom grasses or inter
lines, ahd his copy is among the
best known to typc.sc,ters. a sirau-
ger to his "pot hooks is, however
very likely to mistake his chirosraphy
FIR Arabic or Caalice and very
amusing anecdotes are in circulation
10 misntcr2r,t,tIon # his letters.
Thi writer of this sketch has sever,
al of Mr.. GrccIcy's letters, parts o
which no one has ever been able t,
iecipher, A little practice, however
enables composi'ors on tho Tribune
rs well us his assistants, TO read hi.
editorial manuscript with great case
and in tho office it is preferred to tha
Of almost any other writer. New cGm-
positors, however, fnl great difficult,
with his manuscript 1t is related
that a raw hand in the office came
one evening to the foreman of III,
composing room with u take frou
one Of Mr. Greslcy's leaders. II can
make out the sinsc of this" said he
he was pn Irishman-" tits FIVE, III
fifty fifty It's It's fvci, What doe
Mr. Grcely maue be that p Mr.. Gree
Icy had quoted the words, It's true
It's pity pity It's, Ills true
Mr.. Greeley has stroAg liking 70
statistics, and nothing gives him NOR
satisfaction than to see tables G
figures in the columns Of the Tribune
Most readers find such matter yer
dry he reyels in it with delight.
Recurring for moment to one c
his special characteristics--his fond
> ness for election returns--wo ma,
safely say that no man who never say
"H G. ION the night after an importan
election has ever seen him at hi
best. Not another man 10 the coun
try has such q memory of formc
votes. From Maine 10 anywhere, b
rembers every State or Congressonu
election siocc "Tippecanoe AMI Tylc
too" remembers who were candidate
how many votes they received, an
what became Of them. lie is NO
quite rs dcmonstrativc now, for az
will cool tho blood but few year
ago, after working all day at tho poll
AS he Invariably docs-he wou !
come to the Office at night to see th
returns. Every item passed under h
eye; and us tho several dispatche
came in there would now and then b
heard from bis sanctum, when som
particular favorable news arrived.
wild scream of delight. moro like tn
warwhoop OF Comanche Indian tina,
any sound belonging to white civilizs
tiou. All the whilc he would DO raI
idly filing out tables and maxim,
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