New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-30

hsps the single exception CT the Lssdos Isres'
0fthe macy Iastrations Of the American motto,
SEQ ahead" this 10 the most striking II nos The
most fruitful No expense 10 too great no gndef-
taking too difficult 70 distance too remote. br his
assnslem spirit Of enterprise. There is something
Amos, sublime In the vast machinery 10 employs
Agents in Europe. newsboa,s far out at see, az
presses encircling half continent telegraph lines
rsmiyiDg al over the Repablio, thousand indus
trous heads and hands posted Ike sentises, watch.
irg every instant to Sash the lstes. thoughts and
Occurrences along the nerves Of this great system
Of Intelligence to the central brain, thence TO be d
patched sgsin in al directions, 90 that every point
Of the whole may snow Whatever % OF interest a.
al other points. In this there q somewhat Of the
grandeur Of Mature, at the same time that Il 10 a
triumph Of human energy and intellect American
Journalism has 4 right to be proud Of IT, And ~
FOR the evil which may be feared and to which we
have alluded In former article. namely, absorp-
ton IN tribes and elimination Of that attention due
to matters more veighty, we again reply that such
fears sppesr to Us tooeheap and shallow lobe ccasid-
cred when the lightning Of heaven Is wiling b.
travel all the way from New. Orleans to New.York
to report the price Of cotton Let those cherish
such anxiety to whom it ia congenal for our part
we cannot spare them any sympathy.
There are two great classes Of daily Journals In
Americs, the dear and the cheap. The former are
relics Of old tmes-the latter the product OF the
new the former incline 70 a sort Of domestic tran.
quillity-the latter are iun Of life, movement and
invention. The former have long been aud stil are
the chosen medium Of advertising for such whole
sale merchants as require but little publicity for
their announcements. DevOtiog comparatively lit
tie space 10 news and editorial matter and charging
high prices to their subscribers they arc able to ill
up their big sheets with standing Advertisements
At rates low enough to suit those whose business
IL 90 large AZ only to need advertising after the
slow and easy fashion Of twenty years ago. The
cheap papers 60 on another principle. Instead OF
making their subscribers pay FOR she advertise.
meDts Of the merchants, they make the latter pay
fairly for the service they receive. and 90 are ena
bed to afford their papers to their readers At rates
but little II at ALL above the cost Of the white sheets
on which they are printed. Instead OF making II
their business to publish a. little news a. prsctica-
bic, and that in the breiest space, in order that
they may have room for embellishments th,ir plan
Is to give the news entire as well az all other mat.
ter interesting to the public, leaving to advertise
ments only the second place. Thus dear paper
out Of forty columns supposns II to have % many,
may occupy seven with news and editorials, lsav.
ing thirty three for its advertisers cheap paper.
out Of forty eight columns, viii occupy thirty to
thirtytwo with news and editorials, which il 10 not
too much TO say are equal In quality 10 tho seven
columns Of the other, while they greatly exceed
them in quantity and variety The result IL seen
In the limited and stationary circulation OF the one
and the large and steadily increasing subscription
sts Of the other. II ia needless TO add that the lat
ter is tho medium Of advertising generally soughtby
young and enterprising men, whose shrswd judg.
ment is NOT blinded by habit or q mistaken notion OF
cheapDess-B efore leaving this branch Of the sab
ject we ought to ADD that the enlarged and liberal
enterprise In the obtaining Of news, which we have
spoken OF az prominent and honorable character
istic OF the American press, originated in q great
measure with the cheap press and but for tho jour.
nails Of that class would never have reached ia
present development
Indeed, the cheap papers form the progressive
element In the American press To satisfy the
wants Of their great and increasing circulation new
presses have been inverted till at last Hoes great
cylinder machine whirs offts ten to fifteen thousand
sheets per hour. Before the cheap press the Jour.
mails depended on the Washington papers for the
mass Of their news from the seat OF Government
eked out by an occasional letter from some person
who had q little leisure from other occupations
Now each paper must employ there at least one
regular cores pendent devoted in great measure,
II not wholly to its service. Before the cheap press
there were abroad no correspondents OF American
journals, except occasional travellers who desired
10 communicate their impressions 70 their friends
and were glad Of the more extended publicity Of
some psper. Now the dailies In this metropolis
which have not one or more established correspond
ents in Europe, are universally regarded as def
Gent 10 either enterprise or means. Under the
cd system, no paper Ia New York publisbeda
daily Money article nov, nearly all attempt H.
Formerly there was no endesvor at a detailed
day market report, and at Change time two or
tire editors Of big pspers were Sufficient with
passing glance at that 6cus Of commerce. 10 give
ali The information that was thought necessary
concerning its transactions. The cheap papers
sPrsDg up, and now you may see quite company
Of reporters at the mart through whose labon every
merchant may the ncx. morning learn all the oper.
atoms that took place there, snd regulate bis own
business accordingly. 50, too, was there no de-
pstmentfo for the miscellaneous news Of the City
until the cheap press invented IL; and tho same
may be said OF most other modern improvements ia
our newspapers
The present number Of daily papers IN the poan
Try is not far from $50 though, from the ceastant
rise Of new ones and the disappearance OF the old,
It is impossible to bit the precise number, and oar
figures may not always bs perfectly exact With
reference to individual cities. OF the $50, New
York has IS, . Of which are German; Boston, II;
PHILADELPHIA g; New Orleans, O.; Cincinnati and
Pittsborgh, 9; Albany, Nashville and Rochester,