New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-04

hundred suNscrlNeT- OF the LNt"f'- -HiFW ID MUCK
turtle with their mufns-what think you the world
would have heard Of the Bard Of Avoni And yet
there are Al lea.t half hundred journalists attached
to the press Of New York any one OF whom could d.
all ,fis beside finding time at odd spells 70 contribute
couple Of columns t. the Sunday Dash. write love
story for the Sspblae Maga-ms carry on daily cor
respondence with tao or three papers at the south or
West and get up prize tragedy or sstric poem,
cordins to the state of the market Indeed the
and variety Of Intellectual and physical labor performed
BIZ thorough bred New York journalist unparalleled
and incredible.
If we attempted 70 classify the journalists should
simply divide them a. they do almonds and Baptsts At
the south into hard -heed and softshelied The ior-
mer know how 70 make the most Of their position the
latter allow their good nature too often 10 away
with their nteres, a. well AZ their judgment and
might rs well have no pockets.
"a general thing the habits Of the Journalist very
,egrlar-he being regularly employed TIL two o'clock
IN the morning and rising at ten the next day to break
fast on hard eggs and cold biscuit As to domestic
felicity keeping wholesome hours and all that sort
Of thing he has read Of them be but so be has
Of the diamond valley in Slnbad-and that 5 all he ever
knows about them His wife and children get perhaps
glimpse Of him for the first time Ia the week sat
(Which generally do.J happen toarrivc on that day
Hi- brain from the effects OF constant pumping and
squeez ling is very much in the condition Of well suck
ed orange through which dribblcs an ocean Of the
hghlyconcentrated essence Of Old newspaper, IN one
weak. wsshy everlasting Hood Law, cookery, poliii-
cal and moral ethics. engineering war. watermelons
tremendous squashes and farmers clubs, daguerreo-
types washing machinesare all Legitimate subjects OF
,f.. - It
the ncalcuabe advantages Of the baby Jumper and the
danger Of a national debt Physic architecture, music
and millinery are also topics upon which he is com.
pletey at home and to reviewing books, claryoy-
ance il no touch 10 him.
II new notabiiiy from Europe arrives in the City
he had better, A. soon as possible put himself on
good terms with the hard shelled journalists For talk
a. We will Of the want OF influence Of the journal and
journalists who practice the depicting system upon
strangers yet unquestonably that the sights
and sneers or the silence Of those papers which
are mostly devoted to affairs Of theater concerts and
public shows Of all sorts. are serious drawback
upon the success Of any artist that have never
known but one (lr Macready) TO workhis way against
them 4 dishonest journalist is the most active and
virulent OF mineral poisons, whose venom crculates
from the brain the PresD 70 the remo:est extremtes
pathic principles that nothing but metallic remedy
can prove on efficient antdote Thus far. believe
gold has been tried with unwavering and con
rary the sister principle established by fiahnemann
that the smaller the dose the more certain the cure,
has been ascertaned in the most marked cases Of ma
ignsni journalism the larger the amount Of the golden
remedy exhibited the rapid and satisfactory were
the effects We have known patient who had reached
.ff
mouth to be cured by this medicine in a single day
Your tshclled journalist now is much more eas
ly managed. private dinner and plenty of cham
payne al the Hotel de Paris At Delmonicos, with
liberal allowance Of extra tickets, generally
sufficient or, If there is lady in the case, an estab
shed footing at the morning leyees and the eaee Of
the greenroom will generally be quite sufficient The
sotsheled journalist is Of good heart and is easily
delighted II performance is not everything that
might be wished he conveniently remembers that Art
in America is but in its infancy; and if unsuccess
ful engagement has been crowned with nncager fare
well benefit the softshcled duly informs the town in
the morning that an audience, although not very nu.
yet unusually fashionable and ntelg gent, tesii
fed their delight" &c sc.
All this aware is not entirely creditable TO the
profession OF journalism-nor do we mean to say that
there not exceptions what we have been portray
ing. But the general accuracy Of thinning APP
piled to majority of the subordnaes upon the Daily
Press, will be recognized by all who familiar with
the subject Nor the journalists themselves much
to blame for this much Of it is owing false system
or perhaps an ncurablc incident of the profession
itself The writers for the press, as class are men
OF refined tastes costly ambitions and high intellectual
eudowmcnts-they must be So They also general
y well married, to women OF breeding, and partaking
largely Of the universal female desire 10 stHe. Now
what is the scrbbler with his expensive sppees and
his extravsgan family, to do upon his modest salary
True with economy it would support his family in
comfort and responsibility. But he IS daily obliged to
mingle with men OF large incomes-politicians,
chants professionals, and gentemen-and his position
gives him admission to rank in society far above him
in point of money, but probably much below him in
every other respect If he is shrewd and mercenary,
he knows how TO sell his influence the best advan-
,sge and to reap solid benefits from his labors if
merely conscientious and good nstured he accepts al
most unconscousy, such slight alleyiitons Of the So
cia isolation in which his barren income places him, a.
tickets to places Of public amusement and now and
then good dinner, afford
The truth H. then that By the system which the
Press il 1T present conducted the journalist hardly
treated considering the character OF ms sbors and the
requirements necessary for him to possess. There Is
no profession in society which demands such peculiar
such diversified such almost universal natural endow
meuts, and requiring much experience and ar
duous and ncessant labor IS there any that H. com
paratiyely speaking poorly rewarded This state Of
things is the consequence Of mutual error between
employer and writer The former If he could see his
own best interests would not hesitate u remunera,e
his writer's in such manner would enable every one
employed upon bis journa to devote the entire OF his
time aud energies there and nowhere else-to support
himself and his family decency and without embar-
EASEMENT and 10 avoid all the humilistng shifts 10
which he is now obliged 10 resort to keep his head
above water. An establishment would thus be sur
rounded wiki an intellectual Gordon that would render
il mpregnabe TO the rivalry Of new enterprises snd
which would impart daily new force and momentum
to il and confer upon il that substantial consistency
which most Journals in this country 50 greatly lack
On the other hand the journalists themselves by com
b.uaon and mutual good understanding might sggran-
disc their position without doing injustice TO employ
ers might graphic with Fortune by the instead 81
hanging on by the eyelds, and convert their occups'
ton from precarous struggle for bread into the most
noble. the most worthy and the most useful OF the
professions A, the same time they should learn to re-