The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1836-01-05

HE NEW YORK sun appeared yesterday morning
In its last improvemenpu its last pair of breeches
-arrayed itself in its last cockade-and spored iaunr
ngy, we have donbt its very winding sheet before
the public eve. In parting with his remaining trump
card, MIR. Benjamin H. Day. the editor and proprietor
tells long story about his labors bis projects his
energies and all his hair breadth escapes" He has,
however, only told part and small part of the his
tory Of his connection with the penny press He has
lett TO our graphic pen the task of completing the pic
ture.
The New York Sun is only continuation of the
weekly paper called the Free Enquirer first established
by Fanny Wright and Robert Dale Owen for the pro-
pagaton of infdelity abolition, amalgamation, and
every species of immortality and social dsorganization
In April, 1882, Fanny Wright brought Day into the
concern, as her printer. He was then poor ragged
fellow, from the British Colonies loud, noisy in6de
with white negro eatures-a tinstrument for the dis
seminaon of the morality of Carlies Infamous pam.
phlet calede Every Woman's Book" Day is a man
Of some business energy, and found very useful
assistant to Fanny and the Hall of Science people,
Ii was soon found however, by Fanny that such a
cause she advocated would succeed in Chris
tan community like that Of New York. On or about
the 10Th of October of the year. Mr.. Day pur-
chased the Infde Enquirer of Fanny Wright and Ro-
bert Dale Owen, for $400, not cent of which ne has
ever paid them. From October 1882, he continued TO
publish and print il I'LL sometime in 1888, when he
changed it into small daily paper which he called the
Sun, and sold for penny apiece. Under the nj me of
the Sun, the In6de articles of the Free Enquirer we're
stopped for short time, bat the morals of Fanny
Wright are strictly followed up to the present day. In
order to deceive the community completely Mr.. Day.
when he changed the title of the Free Enquirer to that
of the Sun, set up for exclusive morality and would
not publish theatrical advertisements This thin veil
was easily seen through. The most gross and indie
cent police reportssroret stabs at gion and mo-
ralty freqently revealed the real character of the
concern.
The community, however, not suspecting the in6del
and polluted source of the Sum- very naturally in
weighed into course of support and patronage part of
which remains 10 this day. This patronage vas at its
height about three months ago. Ever since that period
Mr. Day, in order to preserve from leaving him. has
been making every effort by enarging his paper. But
its true character is just beginning to be known-its
reckless princples-its of all TRUTH religion and
morality.
We understand that the means to effect alsfhese i'm
provements in the Sun have been ftlr<ahed BY Sc
mittance from Fanny Wright, who possesses large
fortune and who expected TO make her appearance
again in New York; in DE month of March next
Whether she has yet ellen upon the Sun we know not
positively, but is highly probable Its course in the
recent affair Of Dr. Sleigh shews that it IS still as true
to the of the Hall of Science as was when il
was called the Free Enqnirer For all general pur-
poses-in busiuess-in public afairs-in matters of
taste, the Sun perfectygnorant and name as any
oumal that ever was published in this city. There
g not about il who knows how construct para
graph that can tell. Sir Richard Adams Locke only
contributed the Lunar Hoax, that he is ex-
hausted and is now like old bucket that goes to the
well, but fetches no liquid home.