New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-04
COBB AND THE LEDGER
aNrw STORY AND A NEW VOLUME

,Fw STORY AND A NEW VOLUME.
/ Tn. Nev.Y,rk Leder for Mit,h l]-h wl.afs
n0w r,sdy, u the c1nImeu senI"l' Ct a ne yll.
une, ard contains th@ SHINING Yfs rev Ia by
SAlysnus Cobb, j., .r1t'"d kDSALISD HI
BERT OK, THE HILLSIDE TRAGEDY. wai.h
IS the HEsr STORY ever written ~ that -ai.e,-
sally popglG. auth0-.
| Mr. COBB has no. written anything fr som.
months but this sIp-rb Tal.: be having lie .o,et
ayish upon !, ell The supcrabun6ant resources o.
IBIS 81 AL s1iu4, aud proSu :" . Tork hat
should BE- be very mas eTpi.ce of literary ar: a.:
.geh a wort Is "ROSkLIND HUBERT; OR.
tTHE HILLSIDE TRAGEDY" Commenced in
ltbe Nev.Yoik Ledger Ji March ljth, now out, and
lfor sale A. all Ncss Offices.
Tbs number of The LEDGER alsl contains he
copeu.ion Of Mr.. Sou:hw,rth'. gr... story,
|" THE BRIDE or AN EVENING; the c,n.
inDaiOn Of the thrilling sad sSsorb.ngy interest
ing s.0ry Of RICHARD HOFFMAN; or, THE
PEASANT AND THE NOBLEMANr; several
cumpls'e stories by EMERSON BENNETT T.
FERN, ALICE CARY, GEORGE ID. PREM
rICE, and other eminent sai popular writer's
| The fJllOwiug are sOmr Of the
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
/ From the Louisrille Journal
! NV IoEE LEDGER d i'ing q recsrt vis.t -
Nev York we called two or three .;o,es &. the
office of me Ledger, ard had an opportunity Of Ia
.pe,tin, the books ol hat wonderfully succe ssiul
Paper. What We said when We spoke of I, s,ue
weeks ago wss ia. beneath IL p-esen, mark. Its
circulat.on a, this time il considerably over three
hundred thousaud-probsb!y one hundred and hf,y
thousand over any other psp"r in America We
Dear that .here is a weekly IN London whose .r-
ruletion il equal if not superior 20 tha. Of ,h9
Ledger bu, il s sold 50 cheap thlt i,s profits can
not b. fourth part as much as those Of the la.er
perioct'sl
Mr.. Robert Bonner the ,a,s editor and propri"
tor Of the Ledger, has won his extraordinary sTc-
cess by bis singular knowleds. Of public tss;e, an
by the eX' ra0rdinary tact, talent, and enterprise
THAT be invariably exhibits in minsteriug - t.
| He never fails 70 fulfill ths eXpo:s, joins O. hi,
myriads of readers. His Ledger mas a ;nore popn-
lar CORDS OF writers than any other paper. That
his vast circulation is suhs,s tia and heal'hfnl Is
shown BY the fact ,hat y has tor mon,h. been no'
only rapid w. but steadily and regularly incTea,ns,
in sil tn thousand clues Of our Republic Oth,I
Eastern editor. behodins his triumph, have .riel
10 initiate him. but they have found rim iniinita-
! Among the regnlar contributors To the Ledger
are Fanny Fern, Mrs. Sgourney Mr.. SDu,hworth,
Emerson Bennett, Alice Cary Syyanus C 'bb T.
= Arthur, John q. SAKE. Mary Stauiy Gibs1n, En-
ma Alice BIowur and Oliver Sinclair aud there
aye very many Others Mrs Emma Alice Browne,
those genius familiar % our readers, has rDn'Th-
aed several exlisite gems 70 the Ledger both in
poetry and prose.
| From HIrpcy's Weekiy
The NJ Jst successful paper Of t- <iud in question
lat the present tlulf -, WlLIl4I al QufEIpll,
yep- YORK Ledqer. I,s circulation is sta,cd 70
aInount 70 the enormous figure OF f52j o0l weekly,
and W. have no 10 believe this s,atefnent tp
b. exaggerated. We presume the subscription list
Of the Ledger to be unequaltd in the world No
small shar. Of this success must, of course, be
described 10 the suipfsiys energy displayed by he
proprietor in advertising biz sheet But it il due 20
Truth 10 say, that the mater cpntail"d Ia the
Ledger Is admirably adapted for prolniscnous real.
ling. IL is mainly made up OF stories by such
writer's a. Fanny Fern. Mt-. SOuthw0rh, Mrs.
sisoyrney, Alice Cary, NJ. Cobb. Mr.. L. 5. Arthur,
and MT. Emerson Bennett; while such eminent
writers as George d. Prentice OF Louisville con,
tribute poetry, parsg apis and tun. 4 high moral
tone perrdde, the U.oie paper and HereT, for the
sake Of a ear'tic paragraph Or PiquIat story is
anything admitted 70 its consns Dhici could offend
l(osii2ious t1tte. The whole entsrpri.e exhibits a
striking gree Of judgment and tact. We have no
lhe.ita;ion. indeed in ssying-whatever the puolic
ia. preston may be-that all the advertising la the
world could not have made the Ledger succeed as
liz bas DONE had IL pot hit the sversge requirements
Iof the P'p4lsV mind.
Adyertinng has undoubtedly helped to- progress
of THE LEDGER but its great success is owing -
several Causes of which this Is bu, one, a per-
haps not the most important. l,s propne.o: seems
10 hay. au mtuiive knowedy" Of the wants oi
ne wspap-r readers ard an al A.idan. faith in his
yp powers in this respect. These have enabled
him 10 vet wisely, and given him courage to aet
boldly aud libefslly He has been entsrps,sing IN
selecting the peculiar talent required as well ~ in
rightly Greeting Il.
tis not. therefore merely that much talent 10
EMPLOYED in THE N. Y. LEDGER, for this may be
said 81 many papers which struggling q sustain
A circiila' ion not amounting 10 "a much in all ~
lTpr LEDcER's increase in a single week, but 10 Is
that the right talent 10 employed IN the ngh, way
TsE LEDGER evidently aims to BE- . paper 10. tae
lmiliop Ii appeals no. TO this small class. or the
lother not 20 the highly cultivated and intellectual
Iaone but to the whole people, and its condIc,ots
,ucceed In making II an infinitely better peoples
psp@r than any which has preceded II.
I Another c.ns- OF success in THE LEDGER, we
rejoice 20 believe 10 be the high moral tone which
ades IL the grga, care viii n Is eyienty taken
that ot all exceptionable line or word shall find place
lin its columns. In many newspapers tn 'rc 10
If not indifference IN references u
this point while some evidently seek popularity ny
what they call liberal tone and LACK OF pfudish-
Ines. but what Ia reaity is spandsr.ng % DEPRIVED
tastes Whilst Il is matter for rejofins Therefore,
that 30 succes ssful paper is 50 prai-eworhy IN ths
respect we believe find In II one OF the reasons
for the success itself
We have for some time Intended 70 cal! ne az
Itention of our readers 10 the fact that the NEW
York Ledger is one Of the cheapest ,aiihiy Psps,s
we / ave. Many people have an idea thai " Is mane
I'D of wishy.weshy, sentimental stories but we
assure ali such that they are mistaken. The best
rters in the country contribute TO its PAGES ior Us
proprietor pays literally, aud money can always
c, aud genius. Mrs. SOuthwonh, Geo ID rem
tice, Mrs sigoumey, Alice Cary, Fanny Fern, syl.
yanus Cobb Emerson Bennett aud host oi Othef
well known literary celebrities, are regularly eu.
Iemployed upon its pages. Nothing Is admitted thst
would copfct with the notions OF the mos rgld
morslist. lts price is only 50 syesr-two copies
for So
From The HissOWi PyesbytTidH.I
The Missouri Presbyterian, In speaking of the
New York Ledger, says:
"Ths journal deserves great credit ior i's o'I'
spoken COZ duct in reference 10 vice
II is The nish aud pure morality oi the Ledger
which make II such a universal tsvorite. MOI hn-
gle cosrse word Is ever permitted t0 spp az I'D 't'
columns.
From The Teras SeatRL
The NEW. YORK LEDGER.-The Ledger, mas
been fuding its wsy down South " Tor many a
Hanging year" 1t comes laden With such excel.
lent freight is 80 sparkling and bright, that euosy
applied 20 It's merits seems almost Ike painting tne
lily. IL il published st Il Ann'st, a. the low Ps'Oo
of 80 per snnum in advance. -,
lFron The hdrtmsrtHe lIHd herdtd
A Coon PAPER-The New YorS Ledger 10 DE-
cidcdly the hsndsonest and best family paper We
have ever seen OF read sud contains more intirest
ing and valuable matter than any paper OF its nna
Published in the United states. Puohsned py ~
BoNyER, No. "A Ann-st., New YORK, u ~ Pr..
num, ngle copy, or any person obtaining esns
subscribers at 81 80 each, will be entitled !" ono
Icopy gratis.