The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-22

years in existence. It has 1000 subscribers
The Patrie-an evening journd-was established
sions, II Is rather journal Of news-ae fats dsss-
than political sheet. $1,000 subscribers
The Umivers was established in 1888. II h ct
ence religious and political journal. 500 Sub
=, There are also two journals which publish
the articles OF the -r<woductesrs- EstG-
fdfe and the Journal DIES Fats; then two law
Journais1the Gazette DIES IiibunauU, and the
Droa; then a political journal appearing three
times a week--the Journal des Yiha II des Cana-
pagnes, (town and country journal;) finally, two
little daily journals with engra gings-the CfarauavI
and the Paris.
Besides the political press, there is reckoned among
the most celebrated and justly esteemed literary
magazines the Illustration, which has attained tho
hgure-enormous in this country-of 20 900 sub
scnbers; the Rsrue DIES deur Mondes, the Rerue de
Pans and the Rerue Cotempoydine. IL will be IN
derstood that must here stop III such summary
review 1--WE had to go to the low strata OF journal
ISM we should arrive in passing through three hun
dfed leaves whose existence il hardly suspected, b
the Journal dies NM. les Ia,Heurs (the tslor's
journal)
journalism has its language, or, if you will, ito
private cant. The political leading article of th.
journal is commonly called ua premier Paris. There
are the premir-f0riS, the second Paris, the fyos-
slime Paris and so Oh. The enr.Eid Is an article
of few lines placed between two dashrules. The
canard is piece Of false news, invented 10 amuss
the subscriber when there is dearth of news Tia
c0nord is especially summer bird. Every well
made-up canard flies out of Paris seward the pro-
vnces crosses the frontier travels Europe IL every
direction and finds ts way into the most improbable
journals of South America. There is one u them
the story Of the condor flying of with q child from
Marselles, and carrying it to Napes-which has en-
joyed popularity almost Us great as that OF Napo-
leon. The real cd'drd is not what vain people
imagine it to bea simple fact written by the frs
conner with stump OF pen. and for purpose Of in
nocent illing-up it is petty romance abored. and
studded with sudden turns of fortune The prototype
OF this class of literature is found ordinarily in tha
lively news columns (The old English story, cele-
brated in prose and verse, of young Lovel's bride
playing hide and goseeh in the castle on her nuptiaa
day, and being immured in living tomb in the old
oak chest, is given by the writer, dressed up In
French guise, as simple Of good ca''ard)
The I'd December, 1851, caused q pretty largo
number OF political journals to disappear among
soger de I Assemtiee, and le Vote Universa. Tha
Corsais was suppressed last year, by order Of the
Minister Of Police
The present legislation as to the press ia very %
we're. Besides the bail and the stamp, which affect
the Golfers of the journals the government has 70
served to itself the right Of suspendng or suppress
ing every journal which may appear to it as com
promising the public peace. The Minister OF Polics
gives warnings to the journals which deviate iron
the path traced out for them by authority. After
two warnings, every journal il it stupidity forgetx
itself is suppressed or suspended for at least two
months. Such suspension is We know, equivalents
70 u suppression.
The foregoing article is embellished in the paper
from which translate it, with an engraved repre-
sentation Of Paris editorial room. It seems to be
a large and lofty apartment, sumptuously furnished
with fanteuils and ottomans and having an oval table
in the centre, around which are grouped some dozsa
sage tsrateurs, apparently discussing the affairs q
the day. and exchanging opinions thereon. The
walls are decorated with coats OF armor sabres Ian
ces halberts pistols statuary, paintings musical in
stTuments and articles Of veyiu.