The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-06-03
Death of James Gordon Bennett

Auo eieSrtph announces the death of James
Gordon Bennett, the founder and proprietor o.
the New York Herald, in New York, Saturda,
evening, at about balf-past five Mr. Bennett
was one OF the most remarkable men that thi.
country has ever developed. Mr.. Bennett wa:
born about the year 1900, at New Mill, Keith
in Banffshire, Scotland. He remained al
school In his native place until about fifteen
years of age, when he went to Roman Cath.
Ole seminary in Aberdeen, with a view to pre-
pairing for holy orders in that church. of which
his parents were members. Here he remained
between two and three years, when he aban-
doned the intention of entering upon the priest
hood, and soon after determined to seek his for
tune in this country. Under a sudden impulse
he embarked in April, 1919, and arriving at
Halifax with but scanty pecuniary resources,
betook himself to school teaching to obtain a
livelihood. 1t is also stated that Mr. Bennett
taught school in the town of Steuben, in Wash
ington County, in this State. But this calling
was not evidently to the mind of the man who
was to be so famous, and in the autumn of the
same year, he came to Portland, and went from
here to Boston. In Boston he Immediately en-
gagged as proof reader in the then distinguished
publishing house of Wells & Lilly. While
there he wrote several poetical compositions on
local topics. In 1922 he went to New York,
and after brief connection with the press. ac-
cepted a position in Charleston on the "Cour-
Ter" as translator from the Spanish American
papers for that journal. He also prepared
original articles, some of which were in verse
He remained there but few monthe, when, re-
turning to New York, he issued proposals for
the establishment of commercial school, but
falling in that, he delivered course of lectures
on political economy to a small audience In
1926. Mr. Bennett made his first attempt to be-
come the proprietor of journal, by purchasing
the New York Sunday Courier" but the en-
terprise was by no means a success, and he was
soon in the employ of various journals, as writer
and reporter In 1926, he became closely con-
nected with the "National Advocate" and
soon took an active interest in political matters,
being Jealous democrat He was vehement
opposer of the tariff siand the national banks.
In 1927, the leading interest of the paper hav-
ing espoused the cause of John Quincy Adams,
Mr., Bennett, himself warm Van Buren, par
tisan, he left the Advocate" and became
associate editor of the Enquirer % and an
acknowledged member of the Tammany society.
During the presidential canvass of 1923, he was
devoted to the interests of Gen. jackson, re-
siding at Washington, as the correspondent of
the " Enquirer" In 1881 he began series of
articles on the banking system of the United
States, sustaining the acts of the jackson party,
which were published in the "Couricr and In
quirer," of which he was associate editor. He
remained on this journal until 1882, when a
difference of political opinion arising between
him and Mr.. Webb, the editor, he retired, and
in October of that year, issued the first number
of a new journal called the New York "Globe,"
which continued one month, being devoted to
jackson and Van Buren's interests Mr.. Ben
nett then purchased a part of the '' Pennsyl-
vanian" of Philadelphia, and became its prin-
cipal editor. Sometime in 1884, he returned to
New York, and in May, 1885, issued the first
humber of the New York Herald a
Mr.. Bennett has been in feeble health for
some time, but his condition has not alarmed
his friends until within few days.