The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-08-28
SAINT PAUL.:
New York Correspondence.

New York Correspondence.
The Weather and the Cholera. Reporters: their unseen but
USEFUL laJOrs.
NEW YORK, Aug 10, 90
MIR. EDITOR of the weather we report with
great pleasure that there pleasant GOODNESS abroad
in the air and whether came from North, South,
East or West the GOODNESS Of atmosphere above
toned. is most acceptable. The cholera reports pre-
serve the usual average the deaths for the city and
county of New York last week by the epidemic, lie.
ing 3O2. The Hospital physicians sadly vexed
that their patients brought to them generally, in
the last stages of the disease, and often with other
malades at the same time, which, alone would result
in death. The most skiIliul of the city physicians
say that nearly every of cholera mi h be cured
if taken in its incpent stages. The common form
of cholera always preceded by diarrhGa contin-
uing day or two. This is easily cured but many
people take notice of it,, until it has reached the
Climax Cholera, when they become terribly fright
ened oh, for the abolition of terrible names =
Thousands have died Of long word Or an unlntelli-
gible one.
A friend Of DR.. Graham, the Southerncr who kill
ed Col. Loring at the St. Nicholas, complains of the
ociousness of the city reporters, in publishing every
little circumstance connected with the tragedy, thus
influencing public judgment prior to the trial lie
had better take care how he NEEDLES with the city
reporters, he may stir up a hornets nest. The
reporters of the New York daily press are essential
TO the pubic-que as much as its breakfast
The details of every local occurrence what the
public has been accustomed to devour until its appc
Il mich
the strife for news between three great dacs,
the Times, Tribune and HraH Each of these pa
pcrs keeps small army of reporters on hand the
qua for Of all kinds. One has the collecting
Of shipping news to do and boat to do it with; an
other watches the conflict, never-endng, of Bu! and
Bear on Wall street, another attends to the markets.
Then there is corps du rcser1f to pick up "Honbe
Tragedies" Destructive CONGREGATIONS, Daring Bur-
glares, Strange Developments and interesting occa-
sons of every description, all over the city and its
Suburbs The criminal courts, Common Council, sc.
must be constantly supplied with reporters. And
blessed be the paper that get item of news ad-
vantage its ncishbor Where the Fire-alarm
sounds by night or day, away shoots the knight OF
the notebook and pencil and if contagration be ex-
tcnsive, relieved by fresh reporter, and while
the fire is yet raging, half its history is in type,
der the press, and Extra! News the
Police Station that drunken has murdered his
wife, Away flies the reporter, inks down the shock
ing appearance of the mangled body, and attendant
circumstances. Next day he goes the great Tonbs
procures private interview with the murderer, and
such particulars of that interesting ind-
vIuls birth, pedigree and adventures, the latter
h,va hn fall th,
he INDUCES in an elaborate personal description Of the
noiabilty. Anything to satisf, the momenary GRAY
ing of the public appetite. When strongly excited on
the subject of :. Kansas and Nebraska, copous do
of pro aud con meetings, professions, dawn out
ad mfnitpm, are to be administered
While people feel uneasy about the cholera oul
Journals will We them daily statistics of It's prog
and pleasing details of ndividu cases, wherever such
details can be obtained. During the season of com
rlincnary dinners, testimonials, plate presentations
&c. the reporter is in clover. He eats epicu ar
dinner free gratis for nothing, every day, and recciv
the obscquious attentions of nnumcrablc incipien
seekers after printed notoriey, who admire
his talents, and inquire if he g isn't thirsty!" lit
generally Isl in winter, especially, the reporter live
very dissipated life, from necessity. Night is thu
time when men must work who have anything to d
with morning papers. Pass the Times, Tribune o
Herald buildings at almost any hour of the light, am
amidst the prevailing silence and darkness Of Nassa
street, long line Of lighted windows flashes on you
vision, high in mid-air. Ascend inmmerable mario,
starways and you will find long room suite {
rooms, where twelve fifteen men, fierce with mus
tache and beard, sit scribbling slips of paper
which carried up every five minutes TO the print
Ing room, above or below by little dumb waiter, a
''copy'' Such life the reporter lives, eating, drink
ing at all hours; sleeping any time and any where b
The reporters in the Tribune office mostl
foreigners.