The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-20

Europe by the Europa. Affairs in the Old World
are in that volcanic State just now which makes
every ascending spark of deep interest to politi-
clans and philanthropsts, as the foreshadowipg of
a long-expected eruption, which shall bury an-
tocracies and despotisms beneath its lava tide.
ZEKE.
The Press and the Public.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin contains the
following:
"WHAr Is DUE TO THE PREss.-During pro-
tessionai visit to New York, on the occasion of
President Perce's recent tour, we were forcibly
struck with the attention and courtesy habtually
extended III other cities towards the reporters of
the public press. There is no CROPPING in the
dark, or hanging upon the skirts Of any demon
stration there to obtain the information to which
the public is entitled, and which can reach it only
through the medium of the press. n
"Many persons fancy that the profession Of a
reporter is attended with no toll or vexation; that
they join in feast or public demonstration, and
enjoy all its advantages without cost or trouble.
This is very great mistake. The readers of a
paper, when perusing the details of matter
which interests them, little suspect the vexation
and toll attending the procuring of the facts, or
the perplexity and trouble Of writing out and pre-
pairing for the press the result of the reporter s
observations 1t is mental and bodily labor of a
many suspect. Newspapers the local history
of the age, and those who furnish their columns
with news are the historians.
"Look to the Reporters, see them we'll bestowed;
For they are the abstract and brief chronicles of
the age"
Had we just grounds of complaint on the score
of sights or neglect sustained by ourselves, there
is something within us that assures we should not
utter our wrongs to the world; but where the
question involved affects the interests of the class
with freedom.
The labors of the newspaper press comprise a
continued series of efforts to promote the interests
of the public and to merit their kind approval
To advance these ends every useful enterprise,
whether undertaken by the community or by in
dividuals, is promptly described and commended
every public exhibition is made historic event;
every act and word of deliberative bodies is at
once communicated to millions, and placed upon
an impershable record; every novel fact or theory
in science is submitted to the investigation of the
world; and every incident connected with the lives
and times of men remarkable for their character
istics or position is tested by contemporaneous
analysis, and perpetuated for the instruction of
IL
of the writer's for the newspaper press of our co-
try, and to excel in their performance is the gaeat
achievement that excites the competition of our
writers. Of these many are excellent, many are
efficient, and still more, without rising to distnc-
ton, are highly meritorious, and all are useful.
But while their pecuniary recompense is meagre,
the sympathy and kindly aid and accommodation
they receive from the public are still less. The
very fact that-in their eagerness to learn all that
is passing, and to be accurate in noting down
such minute details as, considered apart from the
general subjects with which they are associated,
appear but gnifcant-they are bland and con-
ciliatory in speech and manners, often exposes
them to the sights or neglect of the arrogant and
for the promotion of whose inte-
rests and for whose qualification they are labor
ing.
In community as large and as deeply inte-
rested in commerce as is New York, the labors of
newspaper reporters appreciated, dependence
upon them is acknowledged, and they are es-
teemed accordingly; but in those behind the age,
village-like communities in which advertising is
looked upon as extravaganza, and proper de-
gree of politeness to customers as obsequousness
it is little wonder that the intelligent, active, and
energetic reporter should be but imperfectly APP
preciated and correspondngly recompensed.
From the advertising columns and local and
business reports of the papers of any city may be
learned the character and extent of that city s
commerce and the spirit of its business men; and
that the 'corps rePortoraP' (as they are often
somewhat pedantcally styled arc not in every
locality regarded with favor and respect, must in
general be attributed to want of Just apprecia-
ton on the part of the community, rather than to
a lack of merit in the reporters themselves.
Judge CLAYTON, United States consul to Hava-