The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-09-05
Progress Of Journalisna-rhe Herald.

Progress of Journalism-rhe Herald.
During the last few weeks several Of the party
organs Of the day have been putting forth state
ments. that the course of the HERALD on the pre-
sent political questions which are agitating the
country has diminished its circulation and other
wise injured its business concerns. For many
years past, whenever the HERALD has taken some
new and independent course, newspapers, politi-
clans or others who felt aggrieved by it. have been
in the habit Of resorting to similar silly expedi-
ents, in order to parry its arguments or neutraze
their weight with the public. These stupid SIAN
ders can easily be disposed of. We have pre-
pared from our books statement showing the
isements and sales, during the first six months of
ash of the last three years. The receipts for
The same items for the succeeding six months of
1854 and 1855, are even higher than those Of
be periods quoted. Here is the statement -
KECEIPTS OF THE NEW fONk HERALD.
Advertisements Sales. aggregate.
ls5s-Jan. / to July /. s,3 900 s!e5,579 s259,5l5
1s5s-Jan. to July I..... 1880 le9,ls7 2t7,s67
ls5e-Jan. 10 July 1..... 90 5ll l7S,512 2i2,0s9
If we add to these figures the aggregate of the
sums received during the remaining six months
of each year, the result viii show that in 1854
our aggregate amount of receipts was s4s4, 900;
in 1855 something over $500 900; and, accord
ing to the indications Of the first six months
of the present year. il is highly probable
that they viii reach 100000 for this year.
Il is singular fact too, that although during
the last twenty years Of its existence the Herald
has had as regular proportional increase in its
sales and advertisements as the population and
business of the city themselves the ratio of in
crease for the lest six months has far outsripped
that of any former period of its history. If we
take thererore-as men Of business usually do
the actual results of our fair business receipts as
a test OF the correctness and popularity Of car
course, il follows that the position assumed by
us IL favor Of Col. Fremont is one of the most
popular and generally acceptable that we have
ever adopted. The ridiculous cry raised By the
party press and miserable politicians of the day,
that the circulation of the HERALD had diminish
ed on account Of its support Of this or that can
didate. consequently never had the slightest
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legged that our business has been most affected,
our circulation has increased more within the
last six months than in any correspond
ing period within our recollection. We
have not received dozen stops in the whole
OF The Southern States, and these have been
abundantly compensated for by the number and
character Of the new accessions.
We shortly expect TO complete the arrange
ments OF our establishment by the addition of
new printing machinery from the mandatory OF
Messrs Hoe Co. With our present machinery
mTIrr a Ors. as yer II exrsrence-we cannot
print more than a certain quantity Of impressions
within limited time and consequently are IN
able TO supply the whole Of the demand which
exists for cur paper within certain hours Of the
morning. With our new printing presses how
ever, We shall be in position to excel all orr
previous efforts in this way, and to give 10
journalism an extension and perfection worthy
Of great metropolis like ours. We now
print nearly 10000 copies of our paper every
morning. That is the extent of our physi-
cal ability under our present arrangements;
but should the experiments now making
in Europe and America fulfil the an
ticipations formed OF them, we expect that
In year or two we shah be able to throw off
100000, and, if necessary, 100000 impressions
in the same time that it now takes us to work off
our present circulation. The prospects for the
future for the New York press are a. magnificent
as those Of the Union itself; and all the misera-
bic efforts made to weaken the one and destroy
the other, by calumny and sectional agitation,
are only to he likened 10 what John Randolph
used to ridicule as an attempt to lombard Glib
raltar with pocket pistol.
Posi- OFFICE CoRRtPrToNs.-We have received
from Washington full particulars Of the intrigues
now on foot there relative to the location Of the
New York Post Office. Some Of the develope-
ments are Of the strangest and most startling
character. II seems that there are four or five
different clqucs, each Of which works for dihe-
rent location. These cliques include land specu-
lators from this city, lobby members and hangers
on about Washington. and members Of Congress,
al nrnnnnd Il, shn,-inr thn .rnr-orr,,anA and On