The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-24

kepn M, The curiosity touching Its owner.
ssSsn anr,esrs 10 be sbnormsi, and g DoesJay
S3n;,,d own II? 20 Is one OF the connndEums
that seem ever IN season. ~ g
whi,eiaw Reid controls Hfty.one sharea,
ard is therefore the governing power.
where did he get bis money to buy snose
shasnx q Probably no oHe knows pos,iVeiy
ay.o,,t the borrower and the lender, oue "
3 declared bs those " BIO ought 70 knoW that
V;,lsarn waller Phelps, 8 very Rich man,
s3and recently member OF Congress nom
New JERSEY, furnished his friend kesd Wltn
When William Or.op, president of the
western Union, bought htty.ons Tribune
shares. after Horace Greeley's death, Win
], view OF making Schuyler Colfax its editor
: in.chief, and replacing the jauraai Ia the
Repubijcan harIess, be Is said to have boz
rowed part or the purcbase.money rom
FAY GOULD.
II this be trpe, Il may account for the
.,ften. repeated opinion thar Gould lent Reid
The money also. Even II be had lent It to
him. be would have done It az . business
transscsion, taking the property as security
Tor his lcan. without having any Hen on the
editorial department or the management OF
the newspaper. Gould has grown 70 De
no much OF q oug.bear that be Is presumed
to be at the bottom OF sll mlscnie'. aho
90 own everything. We hear constantly
That he does exactly what he chooses WHO
Wall street; that be 10 the sutnor OF .ais VI
chat movement; that this would be done OF
that would be prevented but for him. 1
sbould not be surprised II he were TO Walk
off aome morning with Msnbattan island 10
his pocket; that is, If should believe ail
fiat I hear of him. One thing seems 10 DC
nretty clearly settled: that Jay Gould does
not own Whitelsw Reid, and that Reid Ylr-
tuaIly rurs the Tribune, wherever ne may
have cot the money to make his purchase
TnB OTHER STOCKHOLDERS
are, many OF them, those who have long oeen
identified With the Association. They are Bay
ard TAYLOR, George Ripley, Oliver johnson,
Cornelius A. Runkle, DR.. j. C. Aver, Abby
, Ssge Ricbar d. on, Ida and Gabrielle Greeley,
:John T, Cleveland, Thomas n. Rocker,
James Fitzpatrick, Patrick O'Rourke, John
HAY, C. d. Jenny, Gordon L. Ford, and
Sllas p. Cheney. :.
Most Of these arc connected with the edi-
seriaI or mecbanical departments. Runkle
Is the Tribune's attorney; Rocker is the
foreman of the news room Fitzpatrick Is
+ the pressnan, O'Rou,ke the engineer,
Jenny the collector, Ford the business
manager. Mrs. Richardson ls the WIDOW Of
Albert D. Richardson, and Cheney IS tie
brother OF the late Mrs. Greeley. Ida gree.
ley il now the wife Of Colonel Nicholas
Smitt-she and her sister owning the shares
ftWeIYe In number) that formerly belonged
10 their parents. DR.. Aver bought bis shares
wears ego with the idea of getting control OF
The paper, and using II as an advertising
medium for his patent medicines. Unable to
dothis. and finding his investment as such
y profitable, he has kept bis stock to this day,
and ran!fests no desire to part with 1t.
TIE TALKED OF CHANGES
In the N;bune seems to have no basis. None
OF the present stockholders appear disposed
to sell, and there have been no alterations OF
consequence on the staff for some time.
Reid is likely to be the editor, publisher, and
controller 80 long as he lives, and as he is
still very young and Of robust constitution
his life will be apt to embrace great many
years.
Every once In while I see in some of the
interior Journals that somebody Is about to
buy
THE HERALD.
Bennett would not sell the newspaper be
is the sole proprietor of for Eve times the
sum It 10 worth. at the most liberal estimate.
why should he2 The Herald Is exceeding
" prosperous, and he Is very rich. All that
he is, or can be, he owes to the great daily
which his father built mp and bequealhed to
him. Without the Herald he would be
nobody, and he Is not the kind of person
who would be willing to sink into instgnif'
canoe for any given amount OF money, par
alculariy when he has no need Of 1t. For
him to dispose Of the paper on which he de-
ponds for social existence would be like
/. Neptune disposing of the sea that constitutes
his sole Gominions and creates his habitat
Whenever you hear that the Herald Is fol
sale while Bennett 10 alive, or outside Of 6
lunatic asylum, you may be sure your inform
ant sad your Information are wholly I'm
Trustworthy.
is steadily In the market, II gossiping para
graphs .aay be believed. presume 1t coult
Be bought any time of Manton Marble, WHIT
claims to be its absolute owner, were tn
offering price large enough. Marble, 1t il
eaid, asks S500, 900. and nobody Is willing Il
pay bali that amount, because the concerl
,has nothing except presses, type, and mate
rial-not very valuable-and half million
or thereabouts, Is an enormous figure fo
mere good will. If general report may b
depended upon, the World has no
been prosperous, Notwithstanding al
its commencement, and Its sale would
doubtless relieve Marble of many anxieties
It Is reputed to have done better financially
of late, and 1t certainly shows more enter
prise than II used to; but 1t must have
great officially in competing with tbt
morning Quartos under existing circum-
stances. an, inclined to think 1t will pas.
into other hands when certain men, need
Ing an organ or q .mouth.piece, are willing
10 pay handsomely for the luxury they covet
It makes some money probably, but moi
enough to render 1t dear To mercenarJ
heart. In
iE ~ FHE BUN
the largest stakeholder Is Charles A. Dana,
3s who controls more than bali the shares
" The other principal stockholders are said Il
4 be Frederick Conkling, Marshal 0. Roberts
". o. Bartlett, 1. 81. England. James Hitch
cock, Henry B. Stanton, and Amos j. Cum
: ningas Ten or twelees shares are held BY
seven or eight persons who are employed in
i the Office In various capacities.
fHg JOURNAL OF COMMERCE
is close corporation, and represents the
journalism of o past generation. Its stock is
n the hands OF four or five persons, Colonel
Stone, the aditor, and j. 8. BoutoD, the
managing editor, being the lsrgest holders.
TaE EVENING rosr
is owned BIZ William Cullen Bryant and
I isaac Henderson, each having fcrty-eight
shares, while Miss; Bryant and Miss Hender-
con, daughters oil the twain, bsre eaeh q
ahare. 8 Bryant Id: nominslly the editor,
! aisaf1rh ha does NO thing on the paper, and