The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-07

and dld some work on the Cincinnati
Commercial and the Gazette He
became an army correspondent when
the war broke out and his letters
from the front, under the signature
"Mack achieved for him no small
reputation. He crossed the Mis-
sissippi river with Grant, and the
silent soldier and brilliant CORE
spondent struck up close friend
ship which lasted till the generals
death. MIR. McCullagh was also with
Sherman army on its march
through Georgia He followed the for
tunes OF war nearly three years, and
In that time had various sensational
experiences and narrow escapes.
proving himself under the most
irving eircums stances cool, resolute
aud daring. At Fort Donnelsen he
was IN the pilot house of the gun
boat st. Louis on the Cumberland,
directly under the enemies gnns, a
very perilous position. A shell
struck the pilot house, and five out
of six in it were killed aud wounded
one of them being Captain (after
ward Admira) Foote. Mr. McCul
laugh alone was unnurt.
As Washington correspondent
Mr. MeCullaugh added to the repu
tation he had acquired during the
war. His familiarity with political
principles, as evidenced by his ar
'icles, was such that his advice was
said to have been sought by states
men. He was called the originator
Of interviewing, having practiced that
branch Of iournalisn in manner
seldom If ever equaled. His first
interviews with President johnson
were copied all over the country.
Between 1868 and 1870 Mr.. Nc
Cullagh was managing editor of ths
Cincinnati Enquirer Then be bough
an interest in the Chicago Republi
can, now the Inter Ocean, but whe,
| the property was practically destroy
ed in the 1871 fire, returned to st
, Louis, where he lived till death. Fl,
accepted the editorship of the Globe
. one of the two rival republican
newspapers. There was snap in it:
, editorial comments that St. Loui
had not been accustomed to; ther,
was an air of sensationalism abou
! its news departments that was ne'
IN that field.
When the Democrat and th
Globe consolidated Mr.. McCullag
was placed in absolute charge G
d the Globe Democrat. which positio
[ be held to the day OF his death. Nj
M,Cullagh's last illness came upo
q him shortly after the close of tt
/ late Republican National convention
70 It took the form of acute asthm
d complicated with nervous depressio
When he passed through the acu
n stage he found himself slow in r
i covery. His limbs had lost the
le vigor, and his arms were numb al
ii there were premonitions that Il
in b, ain had been under tie sEadoy
n. SPELL.
: Mr.. McCullsgh would not adm
) that he was failing either ply ysical
8 or mentally. He insisted on mana
ht ing his newspaper from his bedroo
Il All through yesterday he sat in /
armchair wrapped in blankets,
-, ceived reports from his subordina'
>" and gave them orders for the &C
q: duct of the paper.
IN MIR. McCullagh was hard WORK
ed aud usually spent eight or ten hot
at his desk. He exercised su per
lz sion in person over every detail a
' in every department of the pap
10 He usually wrote with his own ha
an a column or more of editorial co
ep each day.
en- 1t is admitted that intervie wing
he generally applied of late years, oV
~ its origin to Mr. McCullagh
n' was the first correspondent to use
I'd to any great extent, aud SO popu
Ir. did it prove that in time every pa
for of any consequence in the coun
On took it up. 1t is related that dur
= the impeachment trial OF Presid'
'he johnson, McCullagn got into
or, good graces of the Executive
of applied the interviewing process
him with marked success. In ia