The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-03


VIII be generally admitted by those now living who
were then familiar with the New York press;--
Names of Daily Papers in 1920. c"cm9ft ron
new York Gazette ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i'oU 0
Mercantile Advertiser .,..,.'...'..'.''' ,'o0 v
Rational Advocate '.'''''' i,ao o0
Columbian ...,......... ,.......,t.. cVu
Tally Advertiser ''''t'''' i,oVo
Commercial Advertiser .,,t..,...,,.,t.'.. Z,OOO
T. enng Post. ..,..,......,.. ...'.'-. OOO
q American ...,,.t't. '','''''t..''''' i'ooV
Total. papers Observation-Disclosures. 10, 800
Agerage circulation. Observation-Disclosures. $50
the principal commercial papers were the two
hes. "a the li9-the Go:eite, published by Lang,
Torner & Co., and the Mercantile Adreytiser, by
Amos Butler Co. These we're old concerns poor
Il managed. except in the collection of ship news
and advertisements: but they were the favorite pa
per of the merchants They were seldom encum-
bered with editorial matter, and gave but feeble
idea Of what was passing in the world around them
'ew paragraphs of foreign and domestic items
with the ship news, made up the columns not de
voted to advertisements. The DAILY Adrctiscr, es
tabiished by Dwight, Townsend & Walker, attempt
e. to combine political editorials with commercials
m.t5er but the paper was unpopular with
great majority Of the public, and was but
fsebiy sustained, mainly BY the personal friends
Of he editor and proprietors. The COLUMBIAN was
al Old democratic paper, which had been established
b. harles Holt and afterwards purchased by the
b, Alden Spooner Of Brooklyn. Ii followed the
jor,une> of Dewitt Clinton aud on the decline and
temporary retirement Of that statesman from public
lte about lS22, the paper went out of existence.
b. C1nton's cause was subsequently sustained here
b, he Statesmen, edited by Carter and Prentiss.
The National ddroeatc was established by the
democratic opponents of Dewitt Clinton, and was
first edited by Henry Wheaton, afterwards by NJ. NJ.
Noah. until il fell into the hands of Thomas Snow
oen printer as agent Of Henry EcSford, soon after
paich Noah left it, about 1926, and established
the New York National -idrocate which existed
bet q short time. Noah then started the New York
Enquirer. which lie finally sold out to Webb, after
the election of Gen. jackson, in 1923.
The Commercial 1i4retise., published by Francis
H1n & Co., had been edited by Mr.. Zachariah Lewis,
who was also the principal proprietor. He sold it
oas TO Colonel William j. Stone, about 1920, and
O.. Stone edited the paper for more than twenty
years afterwards, up TO the time of his death. The
well known William Coleman continued to edit the
Erening Post for many years after 1920, and stood
.. he head of the New York editors for ability.
Tie american was established in 1918 or 1919,
b. Charles King and others, and was the organ
O. that class of federasts who opposed the admins
t,ation Of Governor Clinton. 1t was for time in
Considerable favor al Tammany Hall, but finally
separated from the majority of the democrats in
supporting John Quincy Adams for the Presidency.
The A,perieaH continued in existence for over
twenty-five years, when it was sold out to Webb of
the Courier and Enquire.
The population OF the city in 1920 was 1928 700, or
sooat onetifth the present population and the above
ta6e Of circulation OF the city papers shows how
sn1n proportion Of the people were then sub
scribecs 20 the daily press The annual subscrip
ton to both morning and evening papers was ten
oollar., and most Of the advertising in the com.
IN rciai papers came from annual advertisers, who
paid thirty or forty dollars year. few extra
PAYERS were sold AZ the desks of the various Offices
for - cents each, out the system oil sales by boys
w. Unknown until the establishment OF the penny
press commencing in 1880.
The Agst penny paper published in this city, aud
ve believe, in the United States, was very small
shee, cascd The Ial, printed by George ". Evans
which was tae organ OF the working men whose
doctrines coincided with those OF Frances Wright
3ai Robert Dale Owen The lIrR was com.
roencej about the year 1880, and had an ex.
peany papers were started viz.:-the Sun, BY
D5y and Wisner, and the Daily Bee, by John T..
hin7clev. They were followed by the Transcript,
published ~ Hayward and others, and the JeGe-
Sonton. b. Guilds and Deyoe. These four papers,
sod at cent each, all in existence in 1885
but finally thc SIN was the only one which proved
soc 20 sustain itself.
n 1882 careful estimate Of the circulation Of the
Rev York city press OF all kinds was prepared and
Published in Williams Regisier of that year. by
which we find that the aggregate circulation of the
6a.l- papers then published was nearly double
tnat Of the daily press in ls20twelye years before
the aggregate in 1882 being 1920, against 10 500
IN 1870.
The following is list of the daily papers publish
ej IA tac city in ls39;
Name Publishers.