The New York herald., 1872-06-04

.uouSnCoT-Wero aWaV In Europe. Win the
Rairrnego given some few patient and hard workers
ne mas lived to see his work completed and to leave
and usenI wor OF ready successors II is great
| have chosen.
From the New Haven Courier. June al
That ne was man OF marked ability. both as a
writer and business manager, the creation of the
HERALD Is lhdlsputable proof Whether his iniu-
ence has been, on the whole, good or evil. men will
long dispute. He certainly did much 10 transform
a chrcncers Of 'o the ere party organs to impair
that direction has been for the benefting of the
" wnoe county, "a AS newspaper simply the HERALD
or opinion look TO Its columns for full details ~
every . notable event whatever may be the opinion
| Of its editors of the participants therein AS n
barometer of public opinion the HERALD has its
office, and Is useful even to those who regard strict
adherence to ones own opinions as the test of
virtue.
| From the Albany Argus fold "Albany Regency,
| under Van BUREN,, June 81
| The death Of James Gordon Bennett terminates
the career of an extraordinary man-of one whose
| genius and resources have left an impression upon
his times, which will not be easily eGaced. " y
| When he sought to enter the editorial profession
here he endeavored to connect himself with some
of the political leaders; for the newspapers were
then all through partisan. Mr.. Van Buren, to whom
che made the overture, did not respond to it warmly
and young Bennett isolated in his position and little
inclined at any time to play the subordinate, was
| driven to new venture. He established the
HERALD in New York-an independent paper. 1t
| rejected his own Views his reSentments and pre-
JUDGES, but it was filed with the evidence of his
energy and courage The established papers,
to frown him down, to pooh-pooh him, to denonnce
| him, to howl him down. He deserved some of this
pathies are all with the isolated young scotchman
as against the generals and coones, professors and
whe their estoa roo to qSa
that political organizations, conventions, caucuses
Tammany Halls, regular nominations, &c were
parts OF machinery which the press was to super
sede. The journals were to control political
opinion and editors name candidates. Some of this
vision has been realized-not only here, where
editor Greeley disputes the Presidency with Gene
raj Grant but IN France, where editor Theirs sits
Icons; and in England where Gladstone and bis.
raeli fight behind the masked battery of the press
His paper grew in value and IN character with
| time. But he never ceased to display his
! venturous energy. His correspondence from
the Abyssinian expedition, from the Ger
suit suit Of ujj Livingstone. : indicated aii ID how how
vital he to the last Nor did he rest for repu-
for information from all quarters and, seeking,
found it, gentleman engaged in writing his
tory of our civil war for London publisher told
us that he had to rely upon the HERALD for infor-
| nation to be found nowhere else.
The warfare of his early life passed. he lived in
serene tranquility. The younger members of the
profession looked up to him with admiration. Poll
ticians feared and courted him. He in return eX-
hibted traits of generosity and magnanimity. Some
one sent him papers which would have compro.
missed the character OF rival. He paid for
Greeley, on his recent nomination, was gene
| rous and eloquent. He himself had no taste for
politics, and he rejected the only offer ever ten
| dered him-that Of Minister to France under Lin
coin. AS a writer he was terse and vigorous,
master of idiomatic English and sometimes as cpl
grammatlc as VOltaire. But 1t was as the admins
traitor OF great journal that he showed himself
the master. He had but delicate physical consti-
tuition but he lived beyond the allotted years. He
was exceedingly prosperous, but this did not alter
his life or character, He was free from personal
Scottish blood, and doubtless to many others, and
lived to admire, love and serve the country to which
q ne ma ad oed ms ISL me we faye OF @
but as historical character, for as such lie de-
serves to rank
[From the Albany Press, June 81
Advertising, as 1t always does and always should,
since that the HERALD had the circulation ran in
steady, swelling stream into its columns till its in
come doubled and quadrupled that OF any other
other journal in the city. Nor was the large in
come boarded, but 1T was spent as freely as it
received in procuring news from all parts of the
world as well as from our own country. Carrier
pigeons, yachts, steamboats,, pony expresses, in
short, every possible mode OF conveyance and COM
munication was brought into requistlon Verbatim
night were laid, like Photographic view, before
the hundreds OF thousands 0freaders OF the HERALD
ence detailing at length great events occurring far
distant from the city was fastened forward by the
most speedy cOnveyances by special reporters sent
thther from the Office for the purpose.
But when the telegraph was invented and brought
into use, then 1t was that Mr. Bennett began to feel
that his great ambition was to be satiatcd This
instrument he hngged to his bosom as Gods greatest
blessing on earth TO man. and to himself especially
He made q household pet of 1t. Nothing delighted
him more than to be able to converse as he con-
sidered 1t. with one OF his correspondents in Wash
ington This was the realization OF one OF his ear
liest dreams. Nor did he wish to have exclusive
OF 1t. fair field was all he asked and how well he
made use OF this field the columns of the HERALD
hnU fnl Fol 1,lp
and, indeed, sometimes outstripping him, his con-
temporaries learned the lesson he taught them
They were, In fact kept wide awake to their duties
by the steady, continuous systematic and efrectua
assiduity Of the great Napoleon or the press.
When the Atlantic cable was stretched no man,
unless it was Cyrus W. Field, took deeper or more
| earnest interest In that great event. and when it
was. accomplished he astonished the whole world
! by the great use he made OF The cost Of piece
OF news was of no consequence to him. Its value
was priceless; He was as ready to pay five thousand
! dollars for despatch as he was one thousand. And
! II he paid five thousand to-day for despatch he
was ready to pay ten thousand tomorrow for
not live, and never lived, who purchased NEW
YORK HERALD and did not get his moneys worth.
america has lost her greatest Journalist; but he
gave such striking and impressive lessons, there Is
! no fear of any degeneracy to the spirit prevalent
when he came upon the stage of action. chad his
| rivals, and apt ones they were. They will readily
| fall into the well-beaten track he left behind him.
and will maintain the prestige James Gordon Ben
nett won for the American newspaper press.
From the Boston Times June al
! The death of so prominent journalist as James
Gordon Bennett will excite the reflections on his
remarkable career which belong to the case. He is
the acknowledged founder Of the modern style of
newspaper. Before his time it was a podding, dun,
sleepy, slowcoach affair, almost indifferent to pub
fishing the news when 1t tell into its lap. He
| took 1t and infused new life into 1t, made new
agent OF it, sent the blood coursing freely through
| Its veins, and 1t at once became necessity to
/ civilization AS man Mr. Bennett challenged
hosts of enmties, all OF which he has long outlived.
i There was no end TO his enterprise. Money nowed
| like water when news to be bought for the
| public, The founder OF the New YORK HERALD has
! earned name that will last q long while.
| From the Lynchburg Va.) Republican, June 2.]
The telegraph brings the sad intelligence OF the
| death of Jamcs Gordon Bennett, founder ana pro-
| prietor of the NEW YORK HERALD. Thus has passed
/ away the greatest journalist OF the age-a man
/ without a rival in all the elements constituting
| great newspaper manager.