The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-02-21

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Yesterday we gave this community and the
whole country, another specimen OF our enterprise
in the transmi sion OF news, which surpasses any
thing which has taken place in the annals OF news
papers We received by extraordinary over
land express from Boston, the highly important IN
teligence brought by the steamer Hibernia at that
port on Monday morning last, and published IT in
this city four hours in advance of all the ne,cspaPer
press of Ne,c York. The intelligence was sent by
us TO all our subscribers and agents by the early
mall over the whole western and southern country.
This is the fifth beat IN fourteen days that we
have given to the combined and allied newspaper
press Of New York. and it Is the greatest and most
costly Yet it has already paid itself and afforded
us small margin The cost of this extraordinary
express rose to nearly four hundred and ftiy dol
rs-but the sale of extras, papers, increase of
advertising and other tangible advantages reached
nearly $i95, thus leaving little nest egg for the
next express.
This is the way we do things. The recent ex-
traordinary beats which we have given the whole
newspaper press in relation to the arrivals Of mere
packets, had awakened them during the last week
to ia melancholy sense of their imbecility and
weakness. Accordingly under the fostering care
of the Rev. David Hale on the one side, and that
of the Rev. Colonel James Watson Webb on the
other, we understand that they had made arrange
ments for overland express, in connection with
those extraordinary express riders, Harnden & Co.,
and that they intended to beat us beyond redemp-
tion-beyond hope--and beyond all former prece-
dent. These extraordinary arrangements of the
Wall street press, were formally announced in the
Journal OF Commerce of yesterday morning,
being perfect, complete, and just what they wanted
To their utter establishment, however, they found
that in spite of all their arrangements, we
again beat them-more sgnally, more fatally,
than ever. Intelligence of the greatest importance
TO the whole American commercial community,
South and West, was exclusively communicated to
our agents and subscribers by the early mails yes
terday morning, trenty four hours in advance ofaN
the New York press. If Postmaster Wickliife and
his subs throughout the country attend to their
duties, there can be no fear of our thus preventing
any one from taking advantage Of the intelligence
by specializing the planters or merchants at the
south. Formerly, when we have sent slips, they
have some how been obtained from the Post Of
fee, and persons have chartered STEAMBOATS, and
gone of South to speculate the planters But
we have thus endeavored to prevent this again.
This is the way we do business. The steamer
Hbcrnia arrived at Boston about eight O'Clock on
Monday morning. Our express started precisely at
twenty minutes past eight, and reached our office,
overland, every inch of it, against steam and sails,
about five o'clock yesterday morning. The over
land extraordinary express which had been arranged
by the Wall street papers in connection with Harm:
den & Co., did not know of its existence and took
no steps whatever, for they had no express. The
regular mail arrived here a little before nine
o'clock. We were thus four hours in advance of
the rival expresses of Wall street and of the
mail itself, and by the time they were put
in our possession we were enabled to send
our papers South as we have Just stated
About O'Clock the intelligence was spread
throughout the city Of the arrival of the steamer
with highly important commercial and other intel
ligence which had reached the Herald Office In
half hour afterwards rlarge office was crowd
ed with men and boys, hauling and pulling IN eve-
ny direction for re::eIs. We did not issue one
however, until the Southern and Western mails
had been supplied, and then, about half past eight
O'clock we let go and allowed the food to spread
all over the city The intelligence created great
deal OF good feeling and animation, and the effect
on the markets here will be found under the pro-
per heads in this days paper
Thus we have, during the last fortnight, given
the community specimen of our organization and
enterprise, such has never been equaled in this
country. Beat after beat we have given them up
to this Waterloo defeat; and we are prepared in
all future times to furnish the same triumphant and
overwhelming evidence OF our enterprise in news
paper business