, 1876-10-15
THE fsCHRISTIAN AT NoRK. !,
An Account of Mr.. Ta1mage's Doines bx u.
HorAtio G. King.

An Account Of Mr.. Ta1mage's Doings br Y,
Horat1o G. King. ~
| 4Ne,o FORK Worid, oct IL
= When AIR. Ialn1aEe says that lie cndeavo,.,
to sever his connection with the Christa1nn' n'es :
Work at any previous time, or that he h.. ~,sE :
formal notice Of his intention of doing 81 sa,s ~
Monday last said Mr.. Horatio C. KIM r. ~ " !
World reporter yesterday, 'she simnjT ~.
| what is not true. He did from time tn ,s s;ss.
threaten that If his salary were not increased !.
would leave, but that is Us far as he ever uans
in the matter. As for his assertion that II.
chief stockholder, meaning, doubtless, NJ = =
F-.Rcmmington, fnterfered or attempted * - -
| tcrfere with the editorial management If H..
| paper, the only foundation there is for thu = :
| that Mr.. Remington is jealous temner,n.ss
man and did not fish the subject entirely nss'
lected."
AS to the occurrence OF Monday night and
Tuesday morning Mr. King made the foliowine
statement as beng within his own personal
knowledge: 81 Afr. J. N. Hallock took charpr ~
the business department Of the paper on Man
day, and during the day had an Interview gith
Mr. Talmage, in which the latter expressed Ii.
entire willingness to stand By the Christian =
Work even if there were no prospect Of b,
him that he should hare $4,000 for tbs
next year, and if the profits warranted 1
more. This seemed to sasisfv Mr.. TaImage t.
tirelY, in fact seemed to delight him, and i.
went away in apparently high glee. as The
contract between the stockholders and Mr. Tai
mage required either to give the other thilt,
days written notice before dsso1Fing It, there
mind Of anybody about the office Of what dI
happen later on. Mr.. N. H. Bright. the
managing editor, had made up all ths
forms and gone home, as the printing was not
to be done until Tuesday morning. Before the
close Of the day, however. Mr.. Talmage can.
117t rroSy, 51,xl
foreman, who is a member OF his church, to il.
sert his editorial OF 'Good-By, Old Friends ou
the first page, and also to take out good ra1.
ing advertisement on the last page and put ia
the prospectus Of the Chicago AdvaAce, viii
himself announced as editor-in-chief. He then
had tue forms taken to the press-room: got tAs
press nan to start the printing at once and rsn
off the entire edition during the night, he star.
ing until carly dawn to see to its being doins
and to make slre OF getting the issue out b.
fore the propretors could prevent him. he did
so we'll that no one at the publication ofiu
knew what had occurred until the press.nan
marked to Mr.. Hallock. ! see you arc go;rs
to lose your EDITOR This was Ii:
irst intimation the gentleman addressed
had Of the true state Of affair.".
ac at once had the papers put under guard, an!
set to work getting out another edition Il
which he was so far successful that the sub
'cribers received it only twelve hours behind
he usual time. As an instance OF how tho.
oughly Mr.. Talmage did his work, Mr. BRIGHT,
he managing editor, found On his desk wae1
1e arrived in the morning, the proofs of tia
tarious pages, just as he had made up the forns
he AFTERNOON previous, so that he could su=
}ect nothing wrong.s
sfr. King also said that Mr. TaImaec's claim
# talking with him, the Per: Mr. Spurgeoa,
nd other contributors to the Christian. at IIg,t
5 entirely groundless- Mr.. Spurgeon hs