The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-01

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respectively to examine Jointly, and report for publics
made II. scrutiny required, and report that the
average circulation Of the two pspers during the four
week: pr.csdns the sssssnent which originated this
Nsw Yenx HERALD. NKw YoRx TRrsuNs.
Average Daily CIR Average Daily Cir
,sulAiicn;. a.. 1871! eulAsion: -. lass
B. b. s. sst a. g. &c.. ' Z;
1855 as,ls.
Tie quantity Of paper used by each establishment
during the ionr weeks above specified, fclowsl
Br raE Br THE
For The Daily. e'S reams For the Daily. o73 r.sms
Do Weekly.... 9Sk Do Weekly. lsiK
Do Presidential Do. Semi Weekly 10
We therefore decide that tho Herald has the largest
New York. Feb. IS, 1913. JAMEs G n WILSON MI
The Tribune is trying to escape, by every
method, from its disqualification, in publishing
the quantity of paper used by both establish
ments, thereby showing that we have nearly
one-half as much more of an aggregate circu-
lation than theirs; while, by its mean exclu-
sion of our Sunday Herald, they attempt to
reduce our aggregate to something less than
twenty-nine thousand, while 1t 10 actually over
WY WVosono' ~ says ~ has lct Sns
out" Let US see. In the matter of the post
office advertising, which the Tribune illegally
received for two or three years, we demanded a
scrutiny, and the result was the award of that
advertising patronage to the Herald, value about
two thousand dollars. The next "bit OF gas
let OUT was the bet OF two hundred dollars
for the benefit of The orphan asylums, on the re-
spective calculations; and that also, after great
deal Of struggling and wrggling, and wry faces,
was awarded to the Herald, including, also, COM
pensation for the two umplres-price fifteen
dollars each The whole matter then, stands
thus:-
STATEMENT CT GAS LET OUT OF THIS TRIBuNE.
Bet for The benefit Of Ii: Orphan A.;ums 80 90
NonaPensationo OF the mpires. ~ w
Exact value Of Gas let out of the Tribune. $50 Oo
This is a specimen Of our arithmetic; and If
we were to 60 into the Tribune establishment,
we could give them some specimens of Ben.
nett's book keeping" of account keeping, of
affidavts of morality, and several other matters.
From the manner in which that concern keeps
its accounts, as we learn, we are disposed to
think that it is an impossibility for it to swear,
with any degree of accuracy, to its daily cir.
culstion in the city of New York. 1t does not
know directly its exact city circulation-it can't
ascertain tit has no direct method of
reaching such point; and although the clerks
who made their affidavit may have done so
honestly, and with perfectly good motives, we
doubt very much whether the actual city circu-
laton of the Tribune is over six or seven thou
sand, instead of nine thousand. We are certain,
at least, that in the wing wards we circulate
oh h,rhov ,herf fho ND
if they wish to test it, will venture on another
bet, for the benefit of some other orphan asy lums.
BY the wing wards we mean the first, second,
third and fifteenth wards of this city; and we
will make bet of one hundred dollars on each,
that in each of these wards we have larger cir
culation than the 1'ribune--such bet to be appro-
priated to the public charities Of New York.
Won't they consider that money, too, we'll ex-
pended, if they can let out little more of our
gas in the same way?
N. I've suppose their exclusion of the Sun
day Herald arose from their extreme piety and
devotion to the Sabbath day. Does the same
sentiment of piety authorise violations of the
city charter, by giving advertising jobs to an
alderman Come, little more gas letting.
N. b, 2-They say they have paid the money
over to the two orphan asyums. Where are the
vouchers! Produce them.
The SPRING ELECrIoN-THE CoRPoRATIoN.-
The time for holding our charter election is
near at hand, and strange to tell, there seems to
be no disposition on the part OF our overburden-
ed and plundered tax-paying citizens, to relieve
themselves Of the regularly planned system of
corruption and mlsmanegement which they have
suffered from so long, and complained of 60
bitterly.
They have been, for a series of years past, buff
feted about from pillar to post, and post to pillar,
and cheated, and swindled, and plundered, and
robbed of their money, in the shape of taxes,
which has been taken from them nominslly for
the purpose of unfolding the city governments
and conducting the icpal affairs of the city,
but the most of which has gone into the pockets
of the aldermen's friends and favorltes, and
other co-workers in iniquity. 1t makes no
difference in the amount of taxation levied
or in the amount of corruption and prof1igacy
practised, whether the reins of our city govern
ment be held by wings, democrats, or natives.
The result, in all cases, is the same; and it would
really appear as if the city expenditures were
made in a spirit of rivalry by those partes-one
trying to exceed the other in corruption and ex-
travagance.
But OF all the governments" heaven save
the mark"-whch this goodly city has been af
4 cted with, the present, perhaps, is the worst,
the most extravagant, the most wasteful, and the
most reckless.
In the face Of the charter, which the members
have sworn on the Holy Bible to sustain and up
hold, we see an alderman of the city contracting
with the Corporation, and receiving portion of
the profits OF such contract, when that charter
expressly and unequivocally declares that no
member of the Common Council shall, either
directly or indirectly, be interested in any con-
tract, the consideration or emolument of which
is to be paid by the Common Council. That in