The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-09-15

The PREss-NEw YORK JoURNALIsTs.-The
New York Tribune has an article which states
the way in which editors of Morning papers
are compelled to labor in that city; We copy
the following:
As general thing the habits of the Journal
list are very regular-he being regularly en-
ployed till two o'clock in the morning, and
rising at ten the next day to breakfast on hard
eggs and cold beef and cold bistu nit. As TO
domestic felicity" excepting wholesome
hours" and all that sort of thing, he has read
of them To be sure, but so he has of the dia-
mond valley in Sinbad-and that's all he ever
knows about them. His wife and childSen
get perhaps glimpse of him, for the first time
in the week, OF Saturday morning-provided
the foreign steamer doesn't (Which il generally
does) happen to arrive on that day. His brain,
from,the effects of constant pumping and squeez-
ing. is very much in the condition OF well
sucked orange, through which dribbles an ocean
of the highly concentrated essence Of old news
paper, in lone weak ,washy everlasting flood
Law, cookery, political and moral ethics, en-
cheering wal, watermelons, tremendous squash
es and farmers clubs, daguerreotypeS, washing
machines, are all legitimate subjects OF his
pen; and some of the finest things he does are
upon the incalcula BILE advantages of the baby
Jumper and the national debt. Physic archi-
lecture, music and MILLINERY, are also topics
upon which he is completely at home, and as
to reviewing books, clairvOyance is no touch
10 him.
This mode Of life, the New York editors
think, and it no doubt is, very hard, but it is
not to be compared to the labor zoe PERFORM
The New York papers have an editor for every
department, news collectors, reporters, para
graph hunters, aud others, while rce have no
one but ourself to perform all and every spe-
cies of the labor necessary to the getting up of
a daily paper. And if our labor stopped at
the mere writing of editorials. the selection of
matter. the hunting up Of news, &C., We would,
severe as that labor would be considered when
put upon one man, be content, and think we
were getting off cheap; but in addition to this
We are our own Foreman, we make up every
daily and weekly form that goes to press, do a
portion OF the presswork, (until lately we did
nearly all the Press-work,) set type-compose
articles at the case-do job work, read proof,
mail all our papers, and dun delinquents--
blast them. Sundays We don't know any
such a day-we have no Sundays-we never
expect TO see another Sundsy-but labor. work.
toll. through the seven days all alike. How
long one set of nerves, one head, Que body
can stand this is not known yet-it will be
though, that is If we ever wear OUTPUT il
seems to US that we are made of something
stouter than iron, more elastic than caoutchouc.
Ten years have we labored thus and we feel
now just as young. just as supple-and the Ia
landed on these shores. So if our opponent,
expect $40 see the last Of us" soon, the chance,
are that they will be disappointed.
But" says some sympathizing friend. call
this severe labor which you perform for the
public brings you in rich return of worldly
wealth-you fare sumptuously and are lying b,
the fat things Of this life-you are getting rich
Now, friend, don't say that again-"an you
love us, no more oft. "-"Gstting rich" well
that is the richest thing we ever heard-"get.
ting rich"-yes, "over the left" as the boys
say. No, friend, there is no chance for an edi.
tor to ''get rich" in this community who be
longs TO the Sons as we do. The thing "ain
to be did," The public will take care tina
nothing Of that kind shall ever happen. W.
are truly thankful to be able to announce tina
we hold our own--that is we hold our opr
with our delinquent patrons to help US.
Now AND THEN.--The Petersburg Intelli