The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-01

" 10 have been looked for. 1t will also serve
to explain why there should be SO little stabili-
ty and certainty in French newspaper proper
ty. The French journals being purely polti-
cal organs and having no great advertising in
terest to fall back upon, are subject to fuctua-
tops and revcrses more sudden and violent
than arc elsewhere to be witnessed in the news
paper press.
We manage these matters somewhat differ
entity here. We neither seek to raise State
revenues from taxes imposed upon great pub
lie facilities, nor are our newspaper proprietors
too proud or too idle to attend to the details of
their own business. The consequence is, that
whilst the number of advertisements published
in Great Britain within the year, amount only
to about 100000, those published in the
United States, exceed 100000
In comparing these results, we confess that
we take pride to ourselves for having, in some
degree, contributed, by our personal efforts and
example, to stimulate the spirit of enterprise
which has placed the American press in this
proud position. As we labored ardently, I'M
tiringly and perseveringly for this object,
our reward has been proportionate. This
journal now stands at the head not only Of
the American, but Of the European, press both
in point of circulation and advertisements
Our daily issue is upwards Of fiftyfve thou
sand, being fifteen thousand more than that of
the London Times, and our number of Tuesday
last contained upwards Of thirty columns of
closely printed advertisements, which, taking
into account the smallness Of the type in which
| they are set, will probably be found to be the
largest amount of advertisement matter that
has ever been printed in single number of any
journal, whether American or European. These
advertisements are renewed every day. and
present complete and amusing epitome Of all
the daily wants, habits, interests, necessities,
and occupations of the times in which we live.
Most of the business affairs, and much Of the
pleasures and amusements, of life are transact
ed through their medium. Under the heads of
each Of the five chapters into which they are
classified, you can effect almost any operation.
If you want wife, partner, or a servant-if
you desire to let your house " to responsible
tenant"-if you seek board which will not be
starvation, and lodgings that will not be unite
nantable-if you are driven to give away your
effects at auction for a third of what they cost
you I; or if, in short, you covet anything that
does not enter into the ordinary categories of
newspaper classification, you are sure to ac-
complish your object by glance at our
Wants." Tenants Register" Board and
Lodgings" "Sales at Auction" or Miscella-
neous" columns Should it beyour lot to make
an unhappy choice, you must not visit the
blame on US. All that we undertake to do is to
present you with variety to choose from.
VETO OF THE LUNATIc ASYLUM LAND Bill
The PRESIDENTS REAsoNs.-According to our
telegraphic advices, from Washington, the Pre-
sident Of the United States, in a day or two,
will certainly send back the Lunatic Asylum
Land bill to the Senate, where it originated,
with his veto and his reasons for it. The two
houses have acted upon the principle that if
they possess the power to vote away the public
ands ad hJitum to Western railroad land
spectators, they have also the power to grant
portion of the public domain for purposes of
public charity among all the States of the
Union. 1t seems, however, that Gen. Pierce
assumes to be a strict constructionist 'sof the
stratest sect" and will place his veto upon this
mighty nice distinction. The bill distributing
ten millions Of acres Of the public lands to the
various Lunatic Asylums of the country, gives
away SO much land for which no equivalent
can be rendered to the Treasury; but the build
ing Of q railroad through the public lands en-
hances their value; and hence it is sound
policy to assist in making the road, by grant
of the alternate sections along the line.
This is to be the plea for the veto of the bill
for the relief of the poor lunatcs, and for the
signing of the railroad land jobbing schemes,
no matter what the amount of the public lands
thus seized by the spectators, and no matter how
numerous the grants thus made Can anything
in the way of political thimble-rigghg be ina
gined more supremacy contemplate than this
paltry special pleading in behalf of the land
swindlers. Take the President upon this plea,
and the State of New York may rightfully
claim of Congress grant to the extent of eight
or ten millions of acres of the public domain
for the enlargement of the Erie canal; for what
has contributed more to enhance the value of
Western lands than this great outlet for Western
produce? What Western railroad, or any
dozen of them, is calculated to do more in still
further enhancing the value of Western lands
than the enlargement, without corruption, and
under proper regulations, of this aforesaid Erie
canal Let the New York delegation bear this
in mind, when any one of these Western land
specializing schemes shall come up for consi-
deration. And let every State or railway COM
pany interested in any canal or railroad line
connecting our Atlantic scaports with the Mis-
sissippi valley, put in the saving plea that all
these outlets Of Western produce, and channels
Of emigration, inevitably contribute to in
crease the value of the public lands, aud claim
their share accordingly. II the public domain
is to be absorbed by the land jobbers, let the
"Old Thirteen put in for their fair proportion.