Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-06-06

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The death ef James Gos1oa BSRsess. The
veteran editor 81 he New York Herald
xAisA lad keea anticipated for several
iays. .cek place al his residence in that
sisy On Saturday afse.acoa Hasa at ) .
s'clcsk. ef ths ksseFy Of Mr.. beasess
saaeA Nigh, Be writtea illustrating the
romance Of an early adventurous career,
and The isal triumph Of industry and per-
severance over repeated virissisvaes.
Mr.. Bsnsest xas heFa in BaRa>AiFe, -
scotland. M the latter part ef Of the hss
century. and after receiving the usual
preparatory education catered the Roman
Cs,Ae.ic semisary in AAerissa xAsa Aseas
afseea years ef age, vish Woe Of pre-
pairing Tor holy orders il that eAsrcA. Of
which his parents we're members Az
this Institution he rsmsiaei for several
years, when. under 4 saaden impulse, hs
emisra,ed 10 America With ycaag com
panica. arriving at Halifax in April 1919.
Having but f,sle money he VAS saen com-
PEELED to SEX employment. which he
fcun in the following autumn in Boston,
AZ proof-reader in publishing house -
During his residence in Rostcn be pub
hshed number Of peetieal sffusiahs in
the newspapers. la iS22 De visited New
York Cor .hc 6rst time, aud after bret
connection with the press Of that city. ac-
copied position ea tie Charleston Is. G.
Courier as translator from SPANISH A1sr-
can Journals In year OF Two he returned
70 New York, aud after trying the bust
ness Of leetaring. went 10 work GA tha Ma
licnal Advocate, = demaeratia paper IL
1873 he bought the Sunday Courier
which he gave up some time after aud
became Wa.hin ton correspondent Of the
Ne" York Enquirer, in which position he
was able TO show his talents a. a newspa-
per writer. la 1882 he went to fhi'a-
drlaha, and for a year or two vas conRcc-
ted With the fennsYivanian, . democratic
journal Ga the 9th Of Nav, 1855, Mr.
Benneit with the aid of two ycung prin-
ters, published the first number Of the
New York Herald, the third penny paper
then ever attempted ia America. His
days Of poetry anl partyi.m we're how cad
cd lie worked with view u build up
a thor"ng hgoms newspaper as the suresi
mean, Of fortune How far he succeeded
the world already knows.
The Herald. ia announcing the death
Of Mr.. iieunett, says:
Five years ago Mr BENNETT entirely
withdrew from actual mana 1eluant IT the
Herald tut although feeble III franc H..
general health had been remark .tiy good
while bis fine intellect remained unimrair-
al, aud his interest III tho events al the
daY continued "nabsted up to the moment
II hi, fatal illness. About IL o',iuat
Saturday attarnaon. 10Th at Mr Bon
nett saff.ie,i a slight conclusive aita,k
accompanied by eriiar,ie symptoms, lat
Hnt sufficiently marx cd aT violent Ia excite
apprehension "t Immediate danger AT
| 80 O'Clock last Sunday m.ruiap ,hs at
tack VAS repeated with greater severity
From that Time the eni became evident
although the constant aItanianna of brs
tecca,ini, Hammond aud i.usk ensured
the exhaustion 1t all within the reach 1T
huma" etoEts Ia avert a fatal Tesuit "a
Tuesday last at the request 1t Mr. Hsnnett,
Archbishop Mcclushy visited his bed
side aud administered IT, him the ssor.
meat IT the church When TIE lasl h.u,
arrived he sank 10 sleep in death caiu.ly
aud peacefully aud his soui passed away
without a struggle. Mr. Bennett was in
The 9Th year at lis age