The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-12-11
He liyes!-Where patriots live-where they
Who ore by one have passed away

Still lives, to stamp on all mankind
The impress of his mighty mind
Shors Articles about Newspapers.
THE PRINTS OF EUROPE AND hMEAIcA.--
There is no such thing 5 independence in
newspapers in France, Spain, and other
countries of Europe. Every editor in France
has to deposit $4,000, security money; and
il he should publish anything that could be
construed into "an attack on the President
aud on the principles of the Government
an attempt to excite hatred among the citi-
zens, or any attack OH religion, family, or
property" he forfeits this sun, and may be
punished by imprisonment for five years, by
transportation for twenty years, AMI fine
from 5000 10 100000 francs. Neither is he
allowed the right OF trial by ury. But all
cases of the kind are submitted to special
Itrbunal-which is probably only On instru-
ment in the hands of the President The
press of Spain is in no better condition than
that of France, and pretences can be easily
obtained fer abolishing such papers as are
obnoxious to the governing power
The Spanish editor must be twenty-five
years old, pay taxes of 1000 reals in the pro-
Ivinces of Madrid, or in any other portion of
III httlEhblHs lIUul Ott W .cOO 4Csb!S.
Offcnees Of the press are of eight kinds
against the King and royal family. the State,
public peace, society, religion and morals,
authority, foreign powers and persons. The
GOvernmert'may forbid the introduction Of
foreign publications.
As general thing no capital is less pro-
fitable than tint invested in a newspaper ow
ing probably 10 the neglect of subscribers 10
pay. The National Inle'ligehcer alone has
over 100000 owing to it by bad subscribers.
Many ofihe city papers, however. after they
are well established ami have obtained "a
large circulation, mike money very rapidly.
The tota' circulation ofthe New -yofk Tri-
tune is $4,000 copies; tue annual expenses
are sboat S270oGo, and tie annual profits,
clear of all expenses OF every kind, are TIP
wards Of $4,000. The annt.al profits Of Sc
verll other papers are As follows: .li
The New York Sun, 100000 Journal of
Ccremdrce, 5000 Coulter. arid Enquirer,
$4,000 49, Phiiadel hin EeGger, $4,000
Baltimore Sun, 10000. The New York
Herald is supposed TO be worth 3 l50,OcO the
aggregate number of copits issued in year
is near $4,000 600. Sl3oSO6 are paid out an
nualy for paper the income Of The Office is
40 900; the advertisements are Worth l5c 900.
1t has fifteen editors and reporters. and eight
cen foreign notwithstanding in all
including printers, pressmen, clerks, Sc, 2C6
persons employed III tt.e establishment.
The United States Gazette, says az Cx.
change sold few days Stree -. fprty-fyc
thousand dollars; and the Missouri kepubli-
can was purchased IL 1895 for twenty eight
thousand, and Il is valued now atone handred
thousand, ard would be good investment at
that.
The New York Sun has daily circulation
of liiy-three thousand, and pays out for paper
+, alone per aunuin, one hundred and fifty thous-
and, ard for editors, reporters, exclusive Of
corpositors, eighty thousand. 1t is PRINTED
on a press which strikes off twenty Thousand
per hopr, and lis daily issue is larger preba.
bly, than that of any other paper in the world
! IL is penny paper, and conducted upon the
cash system.
the + Philadelphia Ledger has daily cir
culation of fifty five thousand, and has made
its proprietor wealthy.
The Baltimore Sun not long since erected
an iron Building for its publication house, Al
a cost of seventy five thousand dollars.
The London Times, the brag journal Of Eu
, rope, is said to have "A circulation of thirty.
eight thousand, and its income upwards o.
: two millions Of dollars per anrnmi its profit;
are about 100000,
+, This press-theTmes-is said to WELD as
:onishihg Influence IN Europe. stocks fall
/ with rapidi'y on the stroke ofts editorial pei
and leading article from its gifted conduc.
Tors, will shake u throne, and may drag dowr
! principalities and powers" u is a joint
stock concern, and its principal editor re.
ceiged Salary some years since OF six tlious.
: ana pounds, or abcu, thirty thousand dollar.
: per annunt. Its advertising is enormous
: and paid for before it goes into the paper =
i The new advertisements in a single day have
e been known to reach as high as one thoa
e sand and thiFty-eight dollars. Probably the
o income from this source for single da,
[ would be two thousand, or six hundred thou
: sand dollars per aaium.
: Owing o the tyranical laws Of Frnce, thu
h circulat on of the press is limited. The fol
lowing is the circulation of the principal pa
v pers in Paris: CONVENTIONAL, $4,000: Steele
e $4,000; Presse, 10000; Debats, $4,000; Paws
$4,000: Estafette, 10000; Assemble Nat
iorale, 5000; Union, 5000. The circula
4 ton of the ,est is Insignificant.
i The following is supposed TO be the mum
e Der of newspapers in the world. I'm Austrii
+ 10, Africa H. Spain %, Portugal 10, Asia SO
IS Delguim is, Denmark IS, Russia and Polan,
: go, Prussia 500; other Gerrnahic States 800
a Great Britain and Ireland il 900. Unite;
S States 500. -.--es,
Il n5A susceptible youth, named George
n Downs. Of Cheshire, CT, not long ago. dis