The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-06
spcious, that cannot resist The divine II stinct
OF honest nature any longer. 30 lam going to be

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splcious, that cannot resist The divine II stinc'
OF honest nature any longer 30 am going to be
married 10 one Of the m st splendid women 10
inreecr, in hea I, In snu In properly, In person
| In manner, that have ye seen during nv inle'.
esring pilgrimage through human life. cannon
stop IN my carer. ! must fulfil that awful destl
ny which the Almighty Father has written aqathsl
my name. the broad letters OF lie, against thu
wall OF Heaven. must give the world pattern
OF happy wecded life, with all the charities that
spring from O nuptial love.
the most hoy rites OF the most holy Christian
church, 10 one OF The most remarkable, acc M
Pushed and beautiful yount, women OF the age
She potsesses fortune. sought and found
Iorluue-a large fortune. She has no Ston1hg.
ton shares OF Manhattan stock, but In purity and
uprIghtness sne ls worth half q million OF pure
COLI. Can any swiudling bank show as much
LII good sense and elelance another half million
| IN soul, mind and b AMY mllliols on millions,
equal TO the whole specie Of all the rotten banks
In The word
Happily the patronage Of the public to the her.
aid is nearly twenty five Thousand dollars per an
mum, q most equal TO o Presidents salary. But
property in the worlds goons was never my OBJ
1ect. Fame, public good, usefulness io my day
and .geueratluni the religious associations oil
fema ex, ellence; the progress OF true industry
these have been my dreams ny night, and NY de-
sire by day. In The new aud holy condition into
which q II about 10 enter, and to enter with the
self, anticipate some signal changein my feel.
ings In my views; in my purposes. In my pur-
suits. What tney may be know net-iime alone
Can Iell.
NV ardent desire has been through life to reach
the highest order Of human excellence by the
shortest possible cut. Associated night and day.
In sickness and IN health, In war and In peace,
with woman Of this highest order OF excellence,
must produce some curious results In my heart
and feelings aud those results the future will de.
veop in due lime In the co umns OF the Herald.
Mean while, return my heartfelt thanks for the
enthusiastic patronage OF the public, both OF
ock will only Increase my desire to be still more
JAMES GORDON BRNNETT.
In the postscript to this announcement. Mr..
Bennett gives notice that he shall have no
time to waste upon the editors who attacked
him until after marriage aHd the honey
moon." On the 9th OF June, lS4O, The mar
riage was announced at the head of the edite-
rial columns of the Herald, as follows:
MARRIED.
On Saturday afternoon, the 9th instant, by the
Rev. DR.. Powers, at st. Peters Catholic Churcn
In Barclay street, James Gordon Bennett, proplie-
tor and editor OF the New York Herstd, 10 Hen
rietta Agnes Creau. What may be the enect OF
this event on the great newspaper cootese now
wsging IN New York. time alone can show.
The success which followed 10 Increasing
the circulaIlon of the Herald to nearly II not
guile five thousand daily, established It's value
as an advertising medium. DR.. Brandreth, the
pill-vender, was then the largest advertiser In
the Country, and he made contract with It
which is Said TO have saved the paper from an
uplimply death, but the truth seems to have
been that the paper had forced Itself upon the
public, and, naturally, advertisements came
10 1t. The abuse heaped on the editor person.
ally also largely aided to extend the eircua-
lion among crrIain classes. At The end Of the
first year, May 6, 1886, the paper was enlarged,
the Office was moved to The Clinton Hall, the
present site of the Nassau Bank, Lnd the
price OF The paper advanced 10 Two cents
The condition of the paper abonC this llme
was thus stated In the usual personal style OF
the editor:
tontshed m, self. I began on ave hundred dol
lars, was twice burned out, once hail my ONCE
robbed, have been opposed and calumnlated ny
the whole newspaper press, rloiculed, condemned,
threatened. yet here am !, at tue end OF teen
months, with an establishments, the materials OF
which are worth nearly FIVE thouIa dollars,
neatly all paid for, anu prospect OF making Tue
Herald yield IN Two years q revenue OF az leasG
Thirty Thousand dollars year; yet care mol;
disregard, value not money. rise eaily ann
work late for character. reputation. the goud OF
mankind, the civilization OF my species lt my
pa. son, my delight, my Thought oy day anu m.
dream by night, to conduct the Herald, and 10
show the wo lo and posterity that newspaper
can be made the greatest most fasc' c'nattng most
powe ful organ OF Stuil,a nin sisas h,o
barbarian papers around me are Incapable VI
arousng the moral sen-lolll,ies or polntlng out
fresh paths for The intellectual career OF an ener
geIic genera ion.
developed will recognize the first half of this
as his natural bravado aud boastlDg, the rest
"a In hts peculiar, cynical and sarcastic vein.
He believed none OF it, and expected no other
10 believe it.
In l84l, the income of the paper vas at least
100000, and the circulation about 20,ooo
cUpies. The office was removed the same
wear to Nassau aud Fulton streets. From mat
time until the war the herald gradually In
creased in circulation and value as u properly.
During the rebellion It's circulation mCfe than
doubled. OF one issue during lo64 no less
than 1872 900 copies were svld. Its present cir
culatieu IL probably little more than half That
amount, but ils profits are annually mncn
larger than for any year during the War.
Frequently $500 are received for single
days advertising. 1t employed, In addition 10
It's regular force, slxty-,hree war corresptn-
pents, ut an expense lOr four years oil $685. 5,O00.
It's annual expenditures lor correspondence
and The collection of news is something I'm.
mense, and altogether diaproporti0ned to lis
payments for editorial and critical matter.
BENEFITS PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
In personal appearance Mr. Bennett was In
many respects remarkable. he was consdef
rably over six feet In height, and down to
within year or two he walked erect aud as
straight as an arrow, and with the stately
tread or an old soldier. He was slight OF
figure, but strong limbed, and the strength VI
his arms was something remarkable. He Was
very fond oil physical exercise, and generally
employed the early hours Of dawn In running,
10 H.gu.and fashion, around the walks ~ his
Fort Washington home. His countenaAce In
his later years was not unprep0sseeslng.
though s,raOismal affection gave peculiar
appearance to his large features.
Mr.. BENEFITS WILL.
Mr.. Bennett always betrayed desire to re-
tain the ownership Of the Herald mp TO the
moment OF his death. But he was not un-
mindful of The duty OF dlsposng OF his proper
ty. shortly before his vile aud daughter
went 10 Europe, the venerable journalist
made q will which was satisfactory to The
family. He dealt ont his wealth with
prlucely hand, and each of his three heirs are
now the absolute owners of millions OF dollars.
The following are sald to be the principal pro-
visions oil the will:
To his son, james Gordon Bennett, ne gives
the Herald establishment and tue Herald
building on Broadway, and also the property
on Fulton, Ann and Nassau streets, formerly
the site of the Herald. 1t is said that the will
also provides that young Mr.. Bennett shall
not sell the Herald. and that 1t shall remain In
the possession of the family.
To his widow he gives The mansion, corner
of Thirty eighth street and Filth avenue, Wllh
other real estate uptown.
To his daughter, Miss Jeanette Bennett, ne