Mr. Bonner has made his paper useful to young people as well as those of maturer years.  Each number contains articles, briefly and pointedly written, upon some popular and useful topic, so that thousands find not only amusement, but valuable hints and profitable instruction in the “Ledger.”

It was for a long time the custom of the newspaper press to indulge in sneers at the “Ledger,” and, at the least, to treat it with a species of mild contempt.  In order to stop this, its proprietor secured and published a series of articles from James Gordon Bennett of “The Herald,” Henry J. Raymond of “The Times,” and Horace Greeley of “The Tribune.”  By thus identifying the leading journalists of the country with his enterprise, he effectually silenced the scoffers, and with them the “lesser lights” of the press.

It was said by some over-careful persons that the “Ledger” was not a proper paper for young persons to read.  Mr. Bonner at once secured the services of the Presidents of the twelve principal colleges of the Union, and articles from each of these gentlemen appeared in his paper.  After this it was not to be presumed that a journal which had among its contributors twelve such distinguished guides of youth could be unfit for any one to read.

In order to make still less room for doubt on this subject, a series of articles by twelve distinguished clergymen soon after appeared in the “Ledger.”

Indeed, the greatest care is exercised to exclude from the columns of the paper any thing savoring in the least of impurity.  It is the proprietor’s aim to make it a help as well as an amusement to its readers, and his object is to elevate, not to degrade them.

The “Ledger” now circulates over three hundred thousand copies per week, and is growing in the public favor.  From the profits of his business Mr. Bonner has built a splendid marble publishing-house at the corner of William and Spruce Streets, in New York, from which the “Ledger” is now issued.  It is one of the most complete establishments in the world, and is fitted up with every convenience necessary to the performance of the work upon the paper in the most perfect and expeditious manner.  Mr. Bonner has created all this by his own energy and business talent, and richly deserves the success he enjoys.  He resides in an elegant mansion in New York, and has also a handsome country seat at Morrisania, in Westchester County.  He is married, and has a family.

Mr. Bonner’s great wealth has enabled him to achieve a distinction of another kind.  He is famous as the owner of the finest horses in America.  His stables are located in Twenty-seventh Street, and are the most perfect of their kind in this country.  They contain every thing needed for the comfort and care of the horses, and the men employed in them are thoroughly skilled in their business.  The horses are seven in number.  First on the list is “Dexter,” who has made his mile in the unprecedented time of