Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-01-19
Growth and Popularity OF the Herald.

all united and condensed into one SYSTEM under the
personal inspection and supervision of myself the sole
editor and proprietor, enable US to issue two daily
and two weekly papers with ease and despatch.
For many weeks past we have beaten all the Wall
street papers in ship news, foreign and domestic arrv
ais, and local intelligence of every kind The superb
ority of the Herald in commercial matters Is now as
universally acknowledged as it has for long time
been in every other department in life. In every
branch of newspaper, our intellectual and physical
elements far superior to any other IN this city
As natural consequence of this powerful organlza-
ton the popularity and circulation of the Herald
increasing beyond that of any former period This
increase and this popularity are not now, as in 1885
and 1886, confined to the city neighborhood-
are coextensve with the whole Union, and even
reach to foreign countries. As specimen of the
extraordinary and powerful movement the Herald IS
producing on the public mind, annex the following
letters received Except the names) for dayycs
terday-from persons residing in every section of the
country
MEDINA Dec. % 1897.
Nh. JAMES GoRpos BESSErr,-
SIR
Enclosed | send you 49, half payment for one
year for two copies of your "Weekly Herald"
For want of the exact change or denomination Of
bills, send you only half payment with the promise
that before that part has EXPIRED 10 either call myself
or remit So more for these two subscriptions and also
for mine
You will please send two copies of your Weekly
Herad-one to the address of Mr.. r. s., and the
other TO Mr.. J. l., Medina Orleans CO., N. Y.
Respectfully yours
H. S. w.
UREA, Dec 10Th, 1887.
About four weeks since my brether-in law, l.. I.
Il by name, subscribed for your Morning He
raid. His primary object in so doing was, that It's
entertaining contents might aid in passing smoothly
and proftaby away these long winter evenings,
which without intellectual pleasure would be intole
rable Among books, papers, and other literary para
phernaila your most exquisite and bewltchlng little
Herald for the first two weeks, stood conspicuous
Since then we have sent day after day TO the post
Office for II, but in van know you TO be man whose
chief study has been human nature, and, of course
aware of the consequences of hope deferred"
have experienced them now for the first time tit IS
a sickness of heart, which nothing can alleviate bat
the presence of the desired object. Can you tell me
where the fault les-whether in YOURSELF in the r
regularity of the mails and if in the former, repair
without delay, if you value the welfare and happiness
Most truly your friend,
GERTRUDE s..
WATERLOO, N. Y.EDec. oath, 1887.
Sir-Enclosed Is SO TO pay for your Weekly He
raid for one year in advance, from the 22d of Dec
Co. N. Y. S. q. for S. G. H.
He wishes your paper of the 3d. s. G. H.
DAssvLLE, N. Y. Dec. 22d, 1897.
DEAR SIR,-Wiil you be pleased to forward your
Weekly Herald 10 Nj. NJ, addressed 10 the above
office forthwith. Enclosed he sends you three dol
lar bill, as the price for year. The Herald is
likeyt take well in this quarter, and will endea-
vor TO send you more names soon.
Very respectfully yours, &c. A. B., B.
JAMES G. BESSErr, Esq. Editor of the Herald,
TErps p O Dec Ord 1927
SiR,-I enclose you three dollars; send your week.
ly paper, the Herald, to s. D., Leeds Post Office,
Green Co. N. Y.
CoLrMBus, Geo. l4th Dec. 1897.
Mn. JAMES c. BESSETT, New York,
Sta-Enclosed you will please find Sfive dollars
Bank of the United States, one years subscription
o the ally Morning Herald which you will please
forward at this office directly. to
Respectfully yours, &c GEoRoE c:
Per r. A. B.
woopvILLr, Miss. Nov. l6, 1887.
J. Goapos BENNETT, Esq
SIa-I became subscriber to the Herald during
my stay in the city Of New DIRK IN the summer of
1886, which 10 be sent TO me from the LIST Of De-
tober of the same year to Oct 1885, the dustun being
put down at the time Of subscription. Now, sir you,
after the rules Of your cash system, had right TO
strike me off the rolls, provided did not at the ex
piration of my subscription year, march up with my
rhno ut the time detailed.
| admire your system of cash payments, because
II IL always an ultimate good and IS productive OF
honest results but cannot award that praise (you
accustomed to receive) for beng puncullsus in all
ef yosr conduct in life. For instead OF sending me
the Herald until October, you were in hasty pud-
ding humor, and struck me off early in September the
Sd of that month, being the last dates from my high
~ esteemed editor James Gordon Bennett. Now,
was this an oversight or have knocked you down
as youdid your good friends the Haggertys without
proper understanding OF the matter hope so. OBJ
serve lost q days Of reading the Herald which pa
per being at the time above pai and ts intrinsic value
great by of the delinquency aforesaid, and the
force Of the statute, my damages are great say forty
per cent, for | cannot PUT you below the damages
on sterling exchange. Now, Sir, you may reckon
the loss and place IT TO my credit on the current
year. Again. | credited you at great hazard and
you did not recprocate, although gave toerable ev
dence of my being myself leash system man"
for it will be remembered if the Haggerty, Thomas
Hamblin & Co. had calaboosed you much of out
door observation would have been lost to the read
ing world coming too from q man Of great peneira
ton and Of fearless expression of thought Upon the
whole, Mr.. b. have been treated little cavaliery
and must retaate in the only way new IN my power
by sending you ten dollars subscription for one year
TO the daily Herald for self, and my neighbour A. M
r. both at the Woodville post office.
make the remittance in two five dollar notes OF
bank Of our town on the Fulton bank Of your city,
which they will pay, as know that they have the
funds of the Rail Road Bank now on depest TO meet
their notes. OF this there is no mistake. warrant
and defend you in any thing you may say TO them
IL they refuse am confident they will not howe,