The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-24

manufactures was only : 10 0D4, aud of the 1ss
of cotton but $l4 I96; while there we're export.
ed to the United States, during he same period,
Produce OF the Mine. observation-disclosures. $50 372
seas. ....,................. 43ISs
:, roIeet. .-..'....,.....'....... zs35oo
vegetable food. ............... 300 2sS
Ofvegetabls food. the value of wheat was i56 93s
vbish must have been ground and consumed in the
country after paying the duty, and ha of ,ur was
81, lS9, lao, which WAS exported.
The votes in tho House of Representatives evinced
evident determination, last week, to abandsn tho
protective sys.em let s opponents therefore, begin
by permitting the importation Of the neoessaries Of
life free Of duty, and thus placing the consumers 10
this country, as regards cheap food, ~ pat with
those Of Great Britain: lot them also reduce tho
duty COAL Of whiOh those vho raise thai article,
and the railroad compan'cs, have monopoly.
IL psrpetratipg s. neiul outrage on this com.
DuDity and sewhere TO tax fuel, 10 40 n,le meat
climate, as is the NJ present, ADD to CO noel
tie hardworkipg classes and its moro destitute por-
ton, particularly on the seaboard to pay one-Gfth
more than the true market price for tho necessares
Of life whish they consume. In fac., were comps,i-
ton permitted between tho Western and Canadi an
farmer, the effect would be to reduce tho price Of
these below what thoy at present, exclusive Of
the duty.
Next to The vegetable food which is -ont from
Canada the produce Of the forest is the gre Attest in
amount which enters largely into tho consumption
for house ard ship building and which IL is obvious
should not be subject to duty So also with wheat.
the large importation Of which, were the duty -e-
moved, would give additional employment to our
Western miers in tho vicinity of the eat lakes and
the ST. Lawrence. and, as VIC have already obscrv.
cd, would indirectly benefit the community At large
MAGAZINE LITERATURE The combined ineu.
ences Of republican institutions, universally Of
education, free discussion, and an untrammelsd
pess under which this great country progresses so
ra idly, in ply siosl point Of view, arc no less
potent in developing, to wonderful extent, ita in
tcllectual qualities. Newspapers are, to this com
munity, not . luxury to be enjoyed only by tho
few, but an indispensable necessity for all and
literary and political magazines have, we dare
say, greater rroportionste circulation 10 this
country than even that of the daily news papers in
many Of the European countries IL Is proved, by
statistical calculation, that whore, in the great
metropolis OF the British empire, thoro circulates
but one copy Of a nevspspsr for every baairei psr
sors in New York the average is one copy to every
tenth pcrson-or, in other words, New York, in
proportion to its population, issues ten times as
many newspapers as London. The same proporsioo,
10 doubt holds good in relation to magazine li:era
ture; M d, though we have st hand no data from
which TO calculate tho circulation Of these psrio ii
calls, some idea may DO gained Of the enormous
patronage bestowed on them from The fast that no
less than ninety magazines and reviews-nosIy
mopthJ-aIe supported in New York alone.
Theso publications tseat Of every matter and sab
ject which could possibly interest the public Some
specially devoted 10 politics. somo to literature
education. commerce, Theology, s,icncc, Temperance
reform, medicine, fashion, Law, Go but all treat OF
general subjects and discuss passing events always
with characteristic freedom, and sometimes with
much talent and ability.
1t must be, however, conceded that this class Of
publications cannot stand favorable comparison, in
point Of literary merit, with some Of the London,
EdinbuTg, and Paris magazines, which have the
advantage Of experience on their side. While some
Of the latter are in existence for half century,
those New York are but comparatively Of to-day.
The Knicksr6osksr Magazine 10 the only ono in
the city that can boast Of anything like rsspecsa-
bic age, and its existsnse docs not xtend past
some fifteen or twenty years.
The most popular Of these works arc the most
modern. Barper's Magazine, with many selected
Z ticlss md fewer original ones, is to DO found
in general circulation through the country; and
the suscc,s which has attended this, and others
Of the same class, 10 constantly stimulating into
existence and producing fresh ones Latterly,
we have had new or revived magazines pre-
scnted every month-the Amcrican Wing Rsvisv,
The Democratic Review, tao United States Re-
view, have all, in turn, put forward frcsh claims
to public patronage 10 fact, thore appears to
DO no linif assignable 10 thc,c productions, and
their influence on policy. literature, commsros, and
social life, must be c,rrsfpoIdingly immense
Tho latest candidate OF this order for popularity
and support 10 ono entitled Patnam's Monthly, che
FIRST number of wbich--that for January, 1858 has
Just been issued Itsinroductory givos some slight
sketch Of the orbit in which it purposes moving "
Is 70 be devoted TO the discussion and cuciGation OF
iubjocts bearing more particularly on this country
s,Tbe genius OF the old world, it says truy rs au-
ent; ve owe much TO IL, aud we hops TO owe more
But wo nvo no less faith in the opulencc OF our own
,e,oorces There are some COOL articles in this
initial number but its illustrations are confined 70
n single excellent engraving Of Aarbield We SEQ
among the list Of rs contributors the OF sever
nj no,sble mon OF letters, and It's editors are Mr.
ps,Le Goodwin, who has written life of the French
,ocial philosopher, FOURIER; George Curtis, who
vas a member OF the somewhat celebrated Brook
Farm; and ChsIlos Briggs, editor Of the Sunday
Cewisr. Tho article on Onba was, We understand,
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