The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-03-27
A Journalistic Don Caesar De BaZan.

A Journalistic Don Caesar De Bazan.
PHOTOGRAPH OF ONE OF GOTHAM's BEST
WRITER'S.
Pessimo," the clever correspondent of
the Chicago Times, in an article descriptive
of the men of note in the newspaper world
in New York, draws the following excellent
pen portrait of VIM Henry Hurlbut, which
we copy chiefly because our readers will re-
cognize at once a striking similarity to one
of our knights of the quill.:
VIM. HENRY HURLEUT
is a genuine free lance. He can write on
one side as well as another, always lightly
and gracefully, if not cOnvincngly 1t is
reported that he has, in times past, fur
nished series of articles to ono newspaper,
and opposed them violently in another. He
deems it evidence of worldly experience to
be unfettered by convictions; holding, not
illogically, that truth and tasehood are the
| same things viewed at different angles.
With him, literally rather than satirically,
Thinking is but an idle waste of thought;
And nought is everything and everything is nought
Born in South Carolia, where his father
|
arily staying, he was educated in New Eng
land; studied theology, and for awhile
preached from the Unitarian pulpits, not
without success. Hurlburt's nature, how
ever, was secular, not spiritual, and he had
marked propensity to write. Ere long he
found his way to journalism and New York,
where he was connected with the Times and
| Commercial Advertiser before he went upon
| the World.
A. &c 10;
sidered the rapidest writer on the metrOpOl-
itan press He frequently does column
(brevier) of the World in twenty minutes,
and has been known to do two columns in
half an hour. This seems impossible, and
would be but for a kind OF short hand he
uses, and the printers understand. His style
shows no traces of haste; on the contrary, it
rather indicates elaboration from its ALTER
alive and antithetical character. Most per-
sons think it brilliant but it is overloaded
and too verbally ambitious for entire salts
faction: is obnoxious to the general fault OF
the NeFld-that it is sophomorical.
AS A MAN.
Hurlbut's weekly salary, | am informed,
is only 500: but he is as well with this as if
it were ten times as much. He is consti
tutional bachelor, and financially not unlike
SIX mpole. He has wealthy friends, with
whom he is a great favorite on account of
his talent as a talker. story-teller and accom-
plished convyialist, and who are willing to
aid him in any way. On intimate and con-
tidential terms with Marble, he does very
much as he likes: travels far and often; is
one season in Mexico. the next IN Cuba, the
third on the continent, and the fourth III
Epypt A good linguist, wandering is
pleasant and profitable, and his easy con
science and agreeable manners pave his
paths with smoothness.
Though devoid ofa.aspirations or convic-
tons -perchance for that very reason he
relisbes life and the many good things it
contains. Quite handsome in youth, he
somewhat resembles, in middle age, a Ger
man professor, except that he is as light
hearted radiant and hooking as the Ger
man is serious, distracted and ingenious.
Fond of newspaper writing as he seems to
be- he has no fancy for sustained literary
effort He has never contributed anything
to IA magazine (the ARREST minds have their
substratum of solid wisdom), and has per
emptorlv refused all invitations to that
end In French literature he is we'll
verscd. and svmpathizes with it profoundly,
bis favorite authors being Balzac Gauther,
Baudelaire. and Brilat Sayarin. He be
longs more naturally to the Latin Quarter
than to Printing House square; Is il Bour-
bon o.! the Henri Nurger stamp. and nigh
well be called the Don Caesar dc Dazan Of
New YORK. tiaT7r57ttffii-fas,
Nj. Disraeli i, Aalf commended by the
London Spectator. for that he has dared to
break through tile practice Of his predeeeS-
snrs aud pat the young nen OF his party
into training for future official leadership, by
giving Them important under-secrctarysh hips
IN the Administration. He has distinguished
in this way the Young Earl OF Pembroke,
whose clever but rather roillcking book
about the South Seas, the Earl and the
Doctor written by him i'll conjunction with
George Kingsley. NJ. D., the elder brother Of
the Canon now lecturing among us, has
made his name pleasantly known beyond tie
limits of England Lord Pembroke is the
son of Sidney Herbert, who was listin-
guished War Minister twenty years age; and
though he is but twenty-four years of age,
Nh DiSraeli evidently believes that III him
blood viii tell" Under competent chief
Lord Pembroke, if he really has any thing IN
him. will be sure to have 1t brought out;
and at all events, the Conservatives cannot
accuse Mr. Disraeli. as the Liberals are be
ginning TO accuse M Gladstone, of taking
no thought for the future OF their party III
his administration of its present Resources.