The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-03

shipped. At that time James GORDON Bennett, whom
wa ~ the present generation knew as 80 cynical
SO pulseiess, 80 cold was an ardent, soft-hearted
romantic young fellow, with 2 brain teeming
trust Napoleon's downfall seems to have had 4
strong enect upon him. for shortly after the retire
ment to Elba he went to the Catholic Seminary al
Aberdeen TO be educated as priest. There he
picked up little Latin, enough to be able to read
Virgil In the original and to quote him on occasions
ne learned to write and speak Spanish iuentiy.
But the most important part Of HIS studies far a.
were the poetical works OF Scott and Byron. Mr..
Bennett had poetic temperament, which, IKE
many other young men, he mistook for poetic ca
f. IN his poetic powers led him, after three years
which he had proposed to himself and to return to
measure OF fame akin to theirs He had then, In
deed, boundless ambition, and was only unde-
gather the lsurels OF fame. The army was inpos-
sble for after Waterloo the word was gorged with
the blood Of battles, and very long peace was In
geniusses VINO occupied all the avenues, but Mr..
Benne tt, unchanged, tried his hand at q few
s paper M sna N the npoR Ran ss
public ear, then vibrating to the impassioned
strains Str q syro1 thrilled by the sousngng o.
he did nothing. His preternataraliy active mind,
for two years In 1871, when twenty years OF age,
q CLEAN Of light broke IN upon his darkness An
Edition OF Era M n, ute
voured It, for 1t showed him the way to the future
which his ambition had dreamed Of. Here was
his way upward by his literary abilities, nom the
numDlest position to the gtlded palaces or Kings
much IN the little 10 volumes
who had not read 4suet Ss
which the Philosopher OF Ferney scatters 90 pro-
fusely In all his writings even those which Son-
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taire, and besides this there was . broad under
the Scotch instincts that he had derived nom his
associations and surroundings. There was also an
tnas the ans Ss
moment young Bennett dreamed Of the New
World, and looked upon. 1t as the probable
tune, honors and estates. We cannot say what
Influences held him back, but 1t is certain that
he did not leave his native heaths until the Begin
ming OF 1919. In May Of that year he landed In Hall
max with $25 IN his pocket, valise stuTed with
heart that contained resolution superior to all
rebui1s OF fortune. There he gave lessons in book
4 possible to pick up the YANKEE information. But
this ne never succeeded In doing To the day OF his
death, he spoke French like Partisan and English
with the broad brogue OF q Highlander. From Hail.
fax he advanced to Boston, where he was greatly
charmed with the beauties OF the surrounding
modelled upon the flowing stanzas OF Lord Byron
but which may be fairly described poetic rather
Lily who liked his demeanor and engaged a. @eiiI him
though not at very great salary. He was to act
as salesman, for which he showed no great apti-
Of the firm as proof reader. And here he began
to see with the eyes Of the mind and to under
enrs s to o1 sSs resn and store
ton. Wells 4 Lily published books that
suited them. They were refined and scholarly.
time was very scanty, even in the intellectual
Hub OF the Universe, and bankruptcy was the in
eyitable result Their shelves were loaded with ad
nobody bought, while meaner men made fortunes
by printing rubbish. This was the second disen-
learned that he who wishes to be known as q pro.
phet must prophecy what Ia going to happen to-
year. de also learned that the man who caters for
the public must have for them what they like, not
what he likes, and he saw this exemplihed In the
nalist named Joseph Tinker Buckingham. The les
son ad npe h s HpSn needless mind and the
been t two y SSas
had saved q little money. He had no vices; he
offered him dissipation he hurled Roman apothegms
ut their heads. II eat,n said he to the dumb
ave ao mot s to
course. It was not that he was misery for on the
s II
and mean habits. So the .siller" stayed By him.
and visit New York, which, even at that
day, had acquired prominence as COM
mercal centre Hardly haa he arrived in
dalton which he had received from his old en-
poyers than he was introduced to the publisher OIL
to make transations from French and Spanish
papers This was in the beginning Of 1929. And
now he was at length embarked In that career or
journalism in WHICH pc vas 70 atta.. slic eminence
ana 10 WOfp of
southern parper was, in his way man OF enter
prise. He had fast sailing schooner In which he
mesi es ~ s
Benefits work. After the French or Spanish
vessel had been boarded and the files obtained,
he ensconced himself In the cabin and worked
away at translatlng the subjects Of interest which
his principal had Indicated. This made O deep i'm
preston on his mind and years aiterward, when
Q prominent paper, he established q steam yacht
for the same purpose. In Charleston he stayed a
for he received considerable attention at the hands
Of the wealthy aristocrats OF the South, who rel
ished his conversation and appreciated his light,
sarcastic wit. His wages were, no doubt, not very
magnificent, but certainly very much higher than
they had been proof reader, for he had to keep
up the appearance OF gentleman and to associate
with gentlemen. Altogether considered this was
probably about the sunniest part Of the first epoch
Returning to New York in 1924, he found no open.
ing on any Journal and determined to teach. He
advertised his intention to open near the site OF the
present HERALD OIHC6 u peTnaucnJ COmmerCal
school, in which all the English branches and sci
ences were to be taught, and also the French and
Spanish Languages II required. Application was to
be made to ]. G. b., las Fulton street. 1t would
seem that neither the English branches and SCI
ences nor the French and Spanish languages were
required, for not solitary application was made,
and young Bennett In disgust gave up the idea OF
being pedagogue. Then he tried his hand at lee
turing, and advertised q course OF lectures upon
political economy at the old Dutch church, in
Ann street. But Shakespeare and the musical
glasses were then all the rage, and nobody came to
be enlightened on that abstruse subject Resist
ance was in vain. He had given himself to jour-
nalism In Charleston and 1t claimed him in New
York. whichever way he turned there was no
opening for him but In that direction reluctantly
he resigned himself to that tide which was to bear
him onward to success which he had never
dreamed Of in his widest castle-building In the old
scho0l-boy days OF the Seminary at Aberdeen. He
became attached to the National Advocate, q
democratic organ OF the good old stamp, on which
Inc was q reporter, paragraphist, editor
and jack-oEa-work. He wrote very much
lin the same style as when he after
ward astounded the world in his HERALD, but the
chiefs took excellent care that everything which
would have given sensational stimulous to their
columns should be riQdly excluded. But still