The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-15
Nexvxpau.r Projects.

obt servant and friend, r.
THE New YoRK CoRREsroNDENr OF THE MApsosiAN
Newspapers Projects.
In spite of the many attempts, and the many lall-
ures which have attended those attempts, to esta-
| blish newspapers upon the cash plan during the
last few years, we learn that there is whole
batch of new candidates now maturing TO come
before the public in a fewweehs or probably few
days One of the first upon the list which we hear
talked about is a new evening paper Of the small
kind, TO be conducted upon principles similar to
those of the Boston Transcript. We understand that
certain clique of literary gentlemen have project
ed this paper, and that the preparations to bring II
out are rapidly maturing. From what we hear.
indeed, we should not be surprised If q. r Morris,
the song writer, n p. Willis the beautiful story
writer, Cuban G. Verplanck, and variety OF other
similar hterati prove to be engaged IN the nroduc-
ton of this concern 1t is intended, we are further
informed to print this paper very beautifully, and
to give character and an air OF refined gentlllty
to all that may be said in upon matters and things
in general Ii intended also to avoid all those prac-
| teal developments of the day which take place IN
courts or elsewhere in fact the paper is to be COM
posed principally of literary and fashionable gossip,
species of information which certainly has no
very popular character, and only be interesting
| to few.
The other newspaper enterprise about to be at
tempred IS new free-trade Calhoun paper,
to be commenced under the auspices OF
General Duff Green, who has recently re-
turned from England. According to the rumors
in circulation in Wall street upon the subject
Of this undertaking, it is not improbable that
the Ant-Corn Law League in England, or some
monied man in connection with that movement, Is
willing to advance 1926 900 for the establishment OF
such free trade paper in New York, with the view
of circulating the opinions and movements OF that
combination in England and of producing GER
tain effect upon both the British and American go
| vernments upon questions Of trade. II Is also
stated that part Of the money just spoken OF
| has either been already received or was brought
over by General Duff Green but the Gene
raj himself denies all these rumors, and OF
course they are not true. We believe that
General Duff Green is now actively engaged
in this city in collecting and preparing the materials,
PHYSICAL, mechanical and intellectual for the ac-
| complishment of the work. He has had large ex-
perience in newspaper enterprises in Washington
and Baltimore and if there was any possibility OF
establishing paper here at ALL amidst the crowd OF
have as good chance of success as any other OF
the candidates.
There are erlierary projects on foot but they
are not sufficiently matured for us to refer them
publicly
But we cannot dismiss this subject OF newspaper
projects without few practical observations. Dur
ing the last ten years that we have been engaged
in the publication of paper in this city, we have
seen probably hundred Of these and other perio-
ideals starting each one full of hope and confident
of success in realizing fortunes-and, all of them,
every one, after a few months, more less Of
sckly effort, dying away, leaving "scarce wreck
behind There Isl perhaps, no profession in active
life that presents to the imagination of the unlnI-
/ tlated so many inducements to embark in as that
of the publication of newspapers for in it there is
species of popularity and notoriety, daily and i'll
stantly arising, which it to be the ardent de-
sire of all young and old aspiring minds to catch.
Indeed, the spirit which spurs SO many to engage
in these projects is something like that which IN
spires many to rush to the gambling table, and we
believe that those who successful in it, compar
ed with those who are unsuccessful, are about in
the same ratio The present papers in the field,
occupying the first points and the first positions OF
popularity, can, with ordinary sagaciiy and ordinary
industry, retain their position and their influence
in their business in spite of all attempts to defeat
them, come from what quarter they may. II a
company of men with $5O0,O00. or even a million
of dollars, were TO start newspapers IN opposition
| to those already in existence In this clty-and We
may say the same of those in London and Paris
these new concerns would sooner spend the
whole of their capital and their earnings, and then,
but not before, sink the whole enterprise, than they
Dust the old ones from their position. A question OF
this kind has been tested over and again both
in Paris and in London and it has been tested here
also for the last fifteen years, and possibly it may
be for the next century before certain class oil
minds will be convinced that the same results must
inevitably follow the like course.
We can ourselves reckon up alone a million dol.
lars wasted, irrecoverably, in foolish enterprises OF
this kind in London alone within five or six years
Mr.. Murray, the great publisher, lost E35, 900 by
by his pet named the Representative the Duke
Of Wellington burnt his fingers to the tune
of E40,000 by his darling called the Albion
Mr.. Spottswood, the printer to the Queen, il
is notorious, has lost flO,OOO by the British Lion
and the other newspaper speculations he has engag
ed in. Ia fac; this gentleman is monomaniac upor
the subject, and it would seem that his complain
is not confined to the other side the Atlantic
| Many other cases might be enumerated and, pro
badly, we shall detail them some day or other
The same thing might be said Of New York ant
of Paris, and to like extent, thus illustrating tn
great fact in newspaper literature-that old esta
blished newspapers. by energy, enterprise, talen
and tact, can always retain their position agains
: all rivals from all quarters We suspect Genera
Green has something else in view than startin
a newspaper.
: MUSICAL AND THEATRIcAL.-The Concert Of IN
Philharmonic Society was perfect Jam on Saiui
l day night. Madame CASTELAR, sang with grea
briIliancy and was rapturously appauded She en-
: banks for Havre on the l6th-and SIC has chose
her time well to make first appeal ance in PAR,
Grisi is on the wane-Cinti Damoreau is on th
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