Transcriber Notes Obvious typos and missing punctuation fixed. Archaic spelling and inconsistencies in hyphenation retained. Unclear text in the ads in the original has been clarified by review of the same ads printed more clearly in other issues. The table of contents has been created and added by the transcriber. Italics are represented by underscores surrounding the _italic text_. Small capitals have been converted to ALL CAPS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Life of Stephen H. Branch. 1 Supervisor Blunt, and Paul 2 Julien—My Last Interview with Madame Sontag. James Gordon Bennett’s 3 Editorial Career. _For the Alligator._ 3 NEW YORK, June 15, 1858. 4 Advertisements. 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: STEPHEN H. BRANCH’S ALLIGATOR.] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Volume I.—No. 10.] SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1858. [Price 2 Cents. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by STEPHEN H. BRANCH. In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Life of Stephen H. Branch.