Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-12-18
SHORT ARTICLES ABOUT NEWSPAPERS

newspapers in France, Spain, and other
countries Of Europe Every editor in France
has 10 deposit $40 900, security money; and
if he should publish any thing that could be
construed into Tan attack on the President
and on the principles of the Government
zcns, OF any attack on religion, family or
property" he forfeits The sum, and may be
punished by Imprisonment for FIVE years, by
transportation for twenty ycars, and fine
from 5000 10 100000 francs Neither is he
allowed The right of ,rial by jury. But all
offences of the kind are submitted 10 a spe-
cal tribunal-which is probably only an
instrument in the hands of the President
The press of Spain is in no better condition
than that OF France, and preences can be
easily obtained for abolishing such papers as
are obnoxious 10 the governing power.
The Spanish editor mus, be twenty FIVE
years old, pay taxes of 1000 reals in the
provinces of Madrid, or, in any other por.
tion of lis kingdom, from 500 10 1000 reals.
Offences Of the press are Of eight kinds ::
--agains, the King and the Royal family, the
State, public peace, society, religion and
morals, authority, foreign powers and per-
sons. The Government may forbid The in
PRODUCTION of foreign publication.
AS a general thing no capital is less profit
able than that invested in newspa per-ow.
! ing probay 10 the neglect of subscribers 10
pay The National lnleiligencer alone has
over s25o,Qoc ewing to it by bad subscri.
bers. Many Of the city papers, however,
after they are well established and have OBJ.
tanned large circulation, make money very
rapidly. The total circulation of The New
York Tribune is 95, 900 copies the annual
expenses are about S27o, 900, and the annual
profits, clear of all expenses Of every kind,
are upwards of $50, 900. The annual profits
OF several other papers are as follows
The New York sun, $50, 900 Journal oI
Commerce, $4,000 Courier and Enquirer
40, 900 Philadelphia Ledger, $4,000, Bal
timore Sun, 10000 The New York HeralL
IS supposed TO be worth 10000 !; the agste
gate number Of copies issued in a year il
near $1,000, 600, $4,000 are paid oul an
nually for paper the income OF The Office
is 10000 the advertisements are worti
$50, 900. 1t has fifteen editors and repoTter
and eighteen Or twenty foreign correspon
den,s-making in all, including printers
pressmen, clerks, Sc, 200 persons employ
ed in the establishment.
The United States Gazette, says an ex
change, sold a few days since for forty-tiyi
thousand dollars, and the Missouri Republi
can was purchased in 1888 for twen,y-eigh
thousand, and i, is valued now a, one hun
drei thousand, and would probably be q
good investment al inat.
The New York Sun has daily circulation
of fify-lhree thousand, and pays out for pape
alone per annum, one hundred and fft.
thousand, and for editors, reporters, eXclu
sive of campositors. eighty thousand. 1t
printed on press which strikes off twen
ty thousand per hour, and its daily issue
larger probably than that of any other pape
in the world. 1t is penny paper, and con
Quoted upon the cash system.
The Philadelphia Ledger has daily ciT
cula,ion of fifty five thousand. and has mad
.ts proprietors wealthy.
The Baltimore Sun not long since erec,e
an iron building for lis publication house, a
a cost of seveny-fve thousand dollars.
The London Times, the brag Journal @
Europe, is said TO haYe circulation of thil
ly.eight thousand, and It's income Of $4,000
900 per annum, its profits are about $500
900.
; This press-lhe Times-is said 10 wiel
i astonishing inhueuce in Europe. "Sock
, fall with rapidity on the stroke of its editC
, rial pen, aud leading article from its giiie
conductors, will snake throne, and ma
, drag down principalties and powers"
= is joint stock concern, and its principal &c
/ itoT RECEIVED a salary some years since of 81
| thousand pounds, or about thirty thonsan
/ dollars per annum. It's advertising is enoru
f ous, and paid for before it goes into the P'
, per- The new advertisements in singl
1 day have been known TO reach as high {
, one thousand and lhiriy-eight dollars. Pr
II
, badly the income from this source for sill
Gle day would be Two thousand, or six hun
q dred thousand dollars per annum.
b Owing 10 the ,yrannical laws Of France: II
] circulation Of the press is limited. The 70
, lowing is the circulation Of the principal p
=, pers in Paris Constitutional, $4,000 Sieol
y $4,000 Presse, 5000; Debats, 5000 E
! tafetle, $4,000 Pays, 10000; Assemble
e Rationale, 5000; Union, 5000, The circ
J lation OF the rest is significant.
The following is supposed TO DE the nun
y Der Of newspapers in the world, In Austr
# 10, Africa u, Spain ~, Portugal 30, Asia
. Belgium 65, Denmark IS, Russia and Polar
g 90 Prussia 500 other Germanic States 80
Great Britain and Ireland 1000, United Stat
1t $500.
q DURING the joint stock mania of lS42,
ia England, wag advertised a company
draining the Red Sea, and recovering 4
valuables dropt therein by the children