The New York herald., 1845-01-06

guilt OF abolition, and, at this moment, the aspec
OF parties here, as to the probabilities of thei
future destiny, is interesting in the extreme, ant
not without some threatening features. We shal
watch the progress OF events with great degre,
OF interest, and endsavor to give every possible
intimation of approaching events which our inde
pendent position will enable US to do, as we are
encouraged to believe, not altogether wuhsut sat
istaction to the country at large.
JOURNALISM IN NEW YoRK.-The aurora, which
ior some time has been the organ Of Capt Tyler,
In this city, after great deal of spasmodic kick
Ing and struggling is at last dead The history OF
this paper is not devoid Of interest furnishes an
instructive lesson to all politicians who think to
manufacture public sentiment by purchasing or
setting up rickety newspaperslwhich nobody reads.
The Awora was established about three years ago
by couple of industrious journeyman printers,
who were then publishing half-price Sunday pa
per, which they had got into quite an extensive
circulation among certain class by leaving it at
the cheap porer-houses to be peddled out by the
bar-keepers. along with bad brandy at three cents
nip" A young man by the name of Nichols
who had acquired some notoriety by being fortu-
natey sent to Jail in Buffalo for gross libel, and
who had come to New York for the pur-
pose OF setting things to rights here-was
at this particular juncure roaming the streets, out
of pocket, out Of credit, and particularly out at ell
bows He was pitched upon by the Awrora people
and hired to write up their paper. 1t was at this
time filled principally with long and fulsome de-
scriptions of balls in the Sixth Ward and at the
Hook, IN which "the beautiful Mrs. B, Of
Orange street," "the fascinating Miss s., in
blue spencer and green feather" "the bewltch-
ing and voluptueus Mrs. -, residing in an ele-
CANT mansion in Rose street," &C. &c., formed the
staple OF the articles, and the loops upon which the
ineffabls editor hung his festoons of fancy and
garlands of wit.
In short time, however, the "editor'' had
quarrel with the propretors, and started the Are
na," an obscene sheet, in which he poured forth,
without restraint, the treasures Of his pruren ina
gnation, as long as he could get it printed on trust
The aurora then fell into the hands of Mr.
Whitman, who commenced an outrageous system
Of Safeguarding the Catholics and the Irish, and
soon ran the paper down to ow-wa;er mark, when
the emissaries ofyCapt. Tyler, casting about for
tool within their means of purchase, stumbled upon
the aurora, and the bargain was struck at once.
This purchase was effected principally through the
agency of Capt. Paul R. George, then in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the paper was from that
time directed and controlled by him, under the
general supervision Of John G. Spencer. AT this
time the circulation of the paper was between five
and six hundred, beyond which it never reached.
| Another clique of the Tylerites, at the head of
whom was Mr. Curtis, the Collector, likewise
wanting an organ of their own, lighted upon Major
Noah, who was ripe for any thing in the old clo'
line, and readily undertook, for consideration, to
elect Mr.. Tyler next President, and to brush up
the political regulations of Messrs. Curtis & Co
as good as new and as easily as he would scour
an old pair of breeches This movement resulted
in the Umion-which. after sinking some twelve
thousand dollars, good part of which found its
way into the pockets Of Moses Y. Beach, died, and
was merged in the Awvora-which addition to
its subscription book raised the circulation to the
immense number Of six hundred and fifty per day
-one-third Of whom were custom-house officers,
who were forced to subscribe, or lose their places
The deficit in the weekly expenses was made up
by hardyrung contributions from the Tyler Office
holders, and the two publishers were placed in the
custom house on salary Of fifteen hundred dollars
apiece, where they still are.
After the dismissal of Capt. George for some Of
fetal msbehavior, the removal of Mr.. Curtis, and
the downfall of Jehn G. Spencer, new shaking
of the dry bones of Tylerism took place, which
brought the aurora into the hands of Col Graham,
Redwood Fisher, and few others of that clan,
who imported man from Philadelphia-a Mr..
Thomas Dunn English, "sole editor of the Awroru''
to whose hands the poor thing was lcommitted
to die-which destiny 1t has at length accomplish
ed, much to the relief, doubtless, of the nurses,
both wet and dry. and the paying members of the
contributing fund weekly raised for its support
As the Union was swallowed up by the Aa-
rora, that inturn has been bolted by the Pebeiam,
which is hereafter to be the organ Of the Of
fce-seekers and hangers-on of the democratic par
ty, and which, itself, is little substantial or
influential than either Of the Others This eating
each other poor fare for hungry newspapers, and
they don't seem to thrive on it at ALL
There is set Of men in New York perpetually
revolving about in the current of political events,
like chips in an eddy Of the Mississippi, and who,
by their loud professions and pretensions to in
fluence, and the show OF a miserable newspaper OF
two under their control, such as the aurora, the
Union, and the Pisbeiar, generally manage to
humbug the President, and keep themselves in
Office II is astonishing that Presidents and Minis
ters of State-who ought to be wiser men-are &c
easily and SO continually duped by set Of ctarla
tans and political hucksters, whose support s death
to the popularity of any statesman, and blinded by
the fulsome and nauseous doses of lattery which
they concoct and publish in their wretchec
little "organs" as the real and deliberate voice
OF public opinion The amount Of money sunk
and squandered in this city upon such burlesque,
on journalism as the aurora, the Plebeian, the
Union and the Republic, is indeed enormous, anc
shows how utterly ignorant Of the philosophy o.
politics and newspapers, and of the true method o.
influencing public opinion, are nine.tenths of those
who assume the control of political affairs anc
claim the dispensation of all the spois' amonf
themselves. Let US see There were Sl2 OOt
sunk in the Unon-at least 81. 900 on the Aurora
while the Pkbeiam has been supported by week.,
contributions since it started, and was kicke,
out Of doors under landlords warrant, few
weeks since, having cost it's hackers probably
$20,060 TO $50, ,000-and all to what purpose