Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-06-29
THE WORK OF NEW SPAPERS.

NOBODY, says The N. I. Tribune, but one
who has been accustomed TO he labor, knows
the hard work il is getting the matter of
newspaper and putting it together. There
is the latest news from all parts Of The world /;
the doings of Congress OF the day before.
brought by lightning; the latest advices from
Mexico, by lightning and express 1.-THE events
of the day before at Cincinnati, ST. Louis,
Charleston, Detroit, Boston, and almost ev-
erywhere else; the contents of almost all
the country newspapers, and the dnings in
your own city, worked over, condensed, boil
ed down and arranged for your pleasure and
instruction. How many hands and heads
have expended themselves in filling up the
broad page over which our eye wanders!-
From early morning till long after midnight,
they toied TO pfepare that mass of editorials
and news: and while you were sleeping SCUM
dest the presses were Iailling, as. under the
direction Of workmen pale with nightly yigils,
they struck off The edition. The whole OPP
erations of daily paper include many labor
eTs-priniers, pressmen, editors, reporters.
clerks, &C. Most of these wolkmen have
tolerable busy life of it, beginning carly
and working fast and late We translate
| the following account Of the existence OF one
of these ioilers from the French Courier
The subject of the sketch is an employer oil
the French press, where they arrange mat
ters some what different from our American
fashinn:
To-day have been a journalist collec-
tor of news for l6 years. | have not beer
i'll single day, and, excepting on the five
festivals of the year, have not failed TO make
up and distribute my correspondence to the
journals OF Paris and The Departments every
day.
as my working year is thus $50 days, TO
day makes $3.50 days that have worked ol
the daily press. Consequently have made
up $3.50 budgets Of news. AS each budget
contained. on an average, 30 facts or differ
ent pieces of news, il follows that have sen
into The world lis 200 different pieces G
news.
"Every day, TO collect and distribute Ties
news, have travelled on an average 10 lea
CUES, which amounts TO 5000 leagues
year, and in Is years TO $500 leagues
The circuit OF the terrestrial gobe bein,
about 5000 leagues, il follows that in L
years, to find my lis, eco pieces Of news,
have travelled as much as six and one-tL il
lime the circuit OF the globe.
! 81 affirm, on my honor, that have neve
J suffered the least attack of that cruel ma |;
dy called The govt. From this conclui
that those citizens who shall, ike me. ira,
ell ten Leagues day, will not have 10 suffe
\ any farther from that terrible malady.
& "Finally, 10 sum up the results oil this fiv
!. fold occupation Of traveller, observer. sdto
Ct printer and distributor, on the average bas
! honestly gained 1900 frances year, will
: out ever doing injury to any party, except
may be 10 the fallen Government, which #
. l6 years. less months, have attacked wi
!, all my little force, without truce or respit
y Consequently through The publishers al
: editors of The journals, | have made $3.50
6 francs, of which there remain to-day on
l2f50c. [about So 25.] which hope W
= carry nue. through 10 the 30.h Of the presei
= month.