The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-14


curruxaH PREss.--The editor announce
.h.t The subscription list Of this paper is nov
larger than that of any other daily paper il
WsshipQton. In the number OF the 25th ult
we find the speech of the Hon. James L. Orr, il
the Charleston convention, against the separate
secession Of South Carolina from the Union.---
Mobile Register, july 3.
II il true that the editor Of the Southern
Press" few days ago, made the boast allow
recorded, but we do not think he would repea
it now, a. we happen to know that he has tnkel
some pains to satisfy himself of his egregiou
blunder. The regular subscription list of tn
"Southern Press" will bear no comparison will
that of the National Intelligencer.- Nationa
Eatslligencer.
The above il enc of those intrepid paragraphs
which are occasionally achieved by the Nuliona
Inteugsncn.
When We announced, several weeks ago, thai
we had good authority for believing that the
Southern Press had larger subscription thar
any Of its competitors here, we made formal
application to the Departments for the Execu-
tive printing under the law which gives it to the
two papers Of the largest subscription An in
vsstigation was instituted, and the Intelligencer
and Union, as we'll as This paper, required to
show, by affidavit, what their subscriptions were.
Dispositions Of persons in the three establish
ments were duly produced, and from them it
appeared thst our subscription was larger than
that of the Union or IateAigencer--larger by
several thousand than the number sworn to
from the Intslligencer Ctiice. And yet the
editor Of that paper has the hardihood to make
the statement we have quoted.
Tho affidavit Of the Intelligencer states their
number Of daily and semi-weekly papers now
printed, and says nothing about the weekly
But underneath is mere statement, unsup-.
ported BY affidavit, that the weekly edition con-
ssts Of several thousand. The affidavit from
this Office states plainly the number of coma
tide permanent subscriptions to all our editions,
and from our Information of the actual number
of tho weekly edition of the Int.Higencer, il
cannot if added to the semi-weekly and daily,
equal the number of tho three editions printed
at this office. And in answer to the Intell-
we challenge the Inlelhgencer to submit the
books of both Offices 10 disinterested parties to
determine this fact
is not questioned that we have more sub
scribers than the Union And as the law gives
the advertisements to the two papers OF largest
subscription, we arc clearly entitled to them.
But the ground has been taken in some quarters,
that it is not the aggregate number of subscrib-
ara hot n L..x Al. II
any one or more of it's editions, that a Depart.
ment may prefer, which is TO decide positio,
that would give to papers having merely in THU
corporation more daily subscribers than others
the right to publish the laws, land sales, post
office proposals, &c., extending all over tn
Union, instead of paper published here of Tel
times its subscribers. ,
The question is still pending in the Depart
ments, and therefore we will not now discuss it
We should not have referred to the subject a
present. but for the il fatuaton of the Mtelli
gencer, which has thus urted its 'wn exposure
We shall announce the resui, of the ap pcation
when it is obtained
We observe that the announcement of our
triumph over the old Metropolitan organs has
produced sensation in the South and the North.
1t is an important and significant event. 1t
shows the extent, energy, and intelligence OF
the party in the South, whose views are pre-.
scented in this paper. 1t secures in future, al
the seat of government, sounder, historical
philosophical, economical, and logical exposition
of our political and aocial svstems