Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-05
FROM SIRE TO son THE BEN.
NETS.

body from father to son and from on:
generation to another is an admitted
sheorem in tho science of physiology
and that this similarity in characteris-
tics has q tendency to bring on like
incidents, attitudes and experiences
IS not to be doubted; for We must take
the consequences OF our inheritance oil
whatever rewards or penalties it may
cause US to be possessed. The fac:
that g:ea: mems sons are proverbialiy
lacking in the qualities which rem
dered their fathers distinguished and
admired, proves nothing against the
converse OF the proposition; for the
phenomenon of transmission is quite
rs distinct and marked and iudubiis-
be As the phenomenon OF the failure
70 transmit. Neither proves anything
aga;ns. the other, Lu. each REMAINS,
always, an irrefragib:c self-illustra-
iiou. That James Gordon Bennett,
the founder of "The New York Her
AID transmitted enough OF his own
singular characteristics to his SON
as TO render that son amenlble To
like attitudes and experiences to
those which be.sll his father, is
more aud more WILDLY illustrated,
day by day. The earlier dsvs of " The
Herald" were fraught with Iaanv ex
citemeuts, many startling sensations,
snd many indigni:ies and Personal
sui>sdven;ures to its proprietor. But
that the elder Bennett was SO constitu
led rs to be insensible either to feel
ing of regre. for personal grievances
needlessly or unjustly inflicted, or
sense or humiliation over personal in
digni,ies self incurred and experiou-
ced, is not TO be doubted. Indeed, this
remarkable man seems to have been SO
peculiarly fashioned as 20 be willing
that his own ca>tigations, even, should
be utilized 20 the promotion of the pi-
quancy and newsipess or Z" The Her
aid" OF an event which took place
as long ago as in the first year of that
papers eNistense, and which indicates
the estimate then placed upon James
Gordon Bennett As q writer and man,
we quote from Parton, as follows:
"Thcre was then upon tina New York
stage a VIGOROUSLY dissolute actor,
who, after outrasiDg the feelings of his
wife in all the usual modes, completed
his infamy by denouncipg her from
tbs stage of a crowded theatre. The
Herald took her Part, which would
naturally have been the popular side.
But when the actor rotorted by going
to the office of the Herald and commit
ting upon its proprietor most violent |
and aggravated assault, accompanying |
his blows with acts of peculiar indie |
cency, it plainly appeared. that the
<ympathics of the public were wholly |
with the actor,-not with the cham
pion Of an injured woman. HI, hand |
his hour of need, when he WIS greatly
IN the right, every heart was closed
against him. No. the less, however,
iid the same public buy his paper
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wanted, j. G. the news o: the day, WV
idly exhibited" In the press dis
patches which were published yester-
day we are informed that James Cor
don Bennett the younger, the present
proprietor of the Herald has just me,
with an experience like unto that to
which his father was so much accus-
toned. In the press dispatches lately
there have been several references TO
the actual or supposed engagement
between young Bennett and a
certain Miss May. The "Sun" OF
Wednesday declared that engagement
to be broken Off; "The Commercial g,
reported an alteration {
between Miss Mays brother and Ben ,
nett and the "Times," in an article .
which is unctuously reported in the
press telegram as "several columns"
in length makes the following state
ment Of the Occurrences:
May provided himself with cow t
hide and lay in wait tor Bennett in I,
front Of the Union Club, aud on the
aiteI's appearance he was assaulted, c
beaten and thrown down. The ac- Ii
counts are somewhat conflicting on
he point as to whether Bennett Of u
Tered resistance or not. The assault K
was witnessed by a number of per- .,
sons, including several members of -
he Union Club and other gentlemen
Who were in the neighborhood, and
we're attracted to the scene of action.
rhe tidings of the affair spread rapidly
md before evening formed the promi-
lent and almost sole topic Of CONVEX b
alton at the clubs and hotels. &c
We confess to having long enter b
aimed an unfavorable opinion Of the O.
present Mr.. Bennett. In the most Of q,
ensive sense Of the phrase he seems n
o be a snob. His ostentatious affecta- :,
ion Of the airs of sporting gentleman q,
4 fortune and high pedigree were not :,
made any less obnoxious to the charge
4 supercilliousness by the very silly :.
fer Of the gift of bis yacht to the y
'rince Of Wales and even his liberal