Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-12-30
MORNING HERALD.
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CO. For Legal Intelligence, &C., see fourth psgs.
Tho Fereign News.
The foreign news which we publish this day. 10
interesting to Amc readers, than any that
we have received for months. The commercial
relations Of Europe and America having assumed
degree Of tranquility, and taken new bat natural
direction, nothing very remarkable can be developed
in those matters for months to come.
But and deeply important features are revealed
to in the complicated political, social, and COM
mercial relations Of Europe and Asia. We aliudc
particularly to the threatened blockade Of China by
England-the new military and naval movem eats
preparing by British India to fall upon the celestial
empire-the remarkable reform which has taken
place in Con,tantinople, amounting to civil revo-
luton in the Turkish eppire-ths effect which all
these new mens, both political, military, naval
and social must, in time, produce upon the destiny
OF the east.
is very evident that the influence Of France and
England has entirely overreached that Of Russia
upon the councils OF the young Sultan The pro-
gress Of civilization and Of liberal principles which
first astonished the world in l776 this continent,
has been great in Western Europe, and now it has
pcrvaded the East, and has begun a triumphant
reer in Asia. Probably, also, the hostility of Eng
land towards China may have, inthc end, beneficial
effect on the general movement Of society.
The first effect Of this piece Of by-play, on this
continen will be enhance the value Of all Chinese
produce; for it is probable that if England turns her
attention 10 the celestials, she Will proceed with
force sufficient to carry every point she aims at.
On the whole, the affairs Of Europe and Asia are
presenting novel aspect-so in the history
Of rations-so curious in every point Of view that
every arrival from Europe will be looked 10 with
general interest," not only by the merchant. but by
the philosopher, the chris ian, and the friend Ct
mankind. The principles Of civilization are spread
ing over the old world, wherever the power Of
steam and the press are felt.
The WALL STREET PRsss &c. BEAT AGAIN
BLAcRouAnpIsM OF THE HERALD.-Again we have
beat all the Wall street, penny and Sunday papers
Of New York, combined in one big compound Of
dirt, Incidence and conceit On Saturday afternoon,
about half past three, received from the hands OF
Commodore Martin, our letters and papers, contain.
ing eight days later news from France. This was
probably five hours before any other paper had the
news. The Louis Philippe had arrived of the Hook
Friday afternoon, bat Of fleet happen
ed to be on her tack, we did not get papers in
time for the Saturday morning paper. The Thun-
derer must look out sharper in future.
I'm SauTuay AFTERNOON, In ten minutes after Tecelv-
| ing the news, our immense establishment, editsrs,
clerks, bookkeepers, boys, engineers, and steam
were in motion from cellar TO fifth stsry. At five
o'clock sent of printed slips by the Railroad cars
to Mr. Coffee Of Philadelphia and to the bank
newspapers there, and If boat had sailed for Boston
we would have done the same for the East Ateisht
o'clock we quito press magnificent Extra Of nearly
four columns of extracts from English and trans
/ latso .fk
commercial letters. To every country and daily
subscriber of the Herald comprising many thousands
from Canada to Texas, we sent this Extra, IN adj.
src<s s,ran press so,ng "a wee shsrt hour
ayont the twal ION Sunday morning (may the Virgin
TO- give rs our sins Iestsrdsy morning we issued
to the innumerabIe newsboys-thosc little practical
PHI osophe 70 Of Ann streets large edition OF the
Extra Herald, which superseded every other paper
| in the city.
Now what did the other newspaper establish.
meats dol
Our highly respectable Niger contemporary Of
the Srn, as all niggers do when they see real
Anglo Saxon white man play trumps, tried to initiate
MS, and issued bit Of Extra that made the pews
bsys laugh. The Sunday News did not know that
there was any news at all; the Sunday Atlas picked
| MP a Few items from Bulletin, and every Wall
street paper were lounging at the theatre, drinking
| gin, er dosing away their time.
This Is the way we do business, and accordingly
gain the same nams in New York which the "Lon
doa Timss." from its like enterprise, gets from lis
co'emporaries across the water-tbat Is to saw
being called the most unPrineipled, the most black
guard journal in Europe-the epitoms OF all that is
most revolting-ihe pander to every low prejudice
the betrsyer Of all who ever reposed confidence in
Il, SC, Sc" And snch the lazy, indolent, bank.
rupt, ignorant press Of New York call the Herald.
| for tho like reasons.
4 Curious CASE ron THE CRowN LAwysns-We
learn that on Saturday night the revenue cult. r
Jackson, Capt. Bicker, was ordered BY the Collector
Of this Port to proceed to in pursuit OF the pack
ct strip George Washington, whose letters and ma.
pers received in town on Friday last. hut The
vessel herself held OF and on the Hook for the mr.
pose Of escaping the duties Of the present year.
II viii be recoleeted that this packet has sailed
from Liverpool for several years pa.t in the early
part OF December, under contract not to enter New
York until after the lst January In order TO take the
benefit Of the usual 10 per cent reduction in duties
which have taken place for several years past in the