The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1858-01-27
The New Fork Tribune. 1857 8.


year; is semi weekly in May, 1s45. II was
ths first daily In America to issue a double
ps eight page shesl at low price, and it has
kept st leas: even with the foremost of iis
rivals in the rapid expansion of Newspaper
.enserpriss, which the great extension oil Rail.
road, and the establishment of the Telegraph
system, have crowded into these last sixteen
~veniful years. No larger journal Is afford.
ded at 80 low a prIce sn any quarter Of the
world none in America, no matter al what
pr,cs iSsned, pays ar equal amount, weekly
er monthly, for intellectual labor. 1t EN-.
ploys correspondents reguiarlp in the leading
eaPinls Of Europe, and at the most impor.
: 1sni points on this continent, with liberal
sisf OF writer's and reporters al home, regard
ing full, early and accurate information as
6ra object of Newspaper, and the timely
and thorough eIuci 1ation thereof as the chiel
sad of it's editorialR In that spirit the TRl-
BUNE has been and will be conducted, ex-
sending and perfeciug it's correspondence SO
1asi as The increase of the patronage will
justify, Should the current aiemp, 10 con-
siect the Ole with The New World by The
sDsgHeic wire prove sues.ssstui. we shall
very soon, al heavy cost 10 ourselves and,
we trust, corresponding advantage 10 our
readers, publish each morning synopsis ol
the preceding days occurrence throughout
ErYode, Northern Africa, and Western Asia
with regular reports OF the markets, the mon.
'e,sry aspects and harvest prospects of hither
Europe. With good atlas beside him aud
hts daily PAPER on his fireside table, the
American fafmer or artisan within a days
Iide Of the city may then study each even
Ing the doiDgs OF rhe civilized world through
out the day preceding; and it seems hardly
possible that any one who can read, but es'
peciaily one who has chidred TO educate,
will longer deny himself the pleasure and
profit Of daily journal. The same is true
measurably OF those who live further inland;
though were mails are unfrequent, semi.
weekly, or even weekly paper, may seem
sufficient.
The TRIBUNE DEALS with questions oi
Political Economy, Public Policy, Ethics,
material Progress and whatever may affect
the Intellectual, moral, social and physica
well-being Of mankind, dogmatic Theology
alone excepted. lis leading idea is the hon.
sriug of honest, useful work in whatever
sphere or capacity, and the consequent eleva-
lion OF The laboriDg class in knowledge, vir
the, and general esteem. Il is necessarily
hostile TO Slavery under all its aspects, TO In
temperance in whatever form or degree wnh
its accessories, TO War save in defence Of
Country and Liberty against &C tual invasion, !,
and to every form Of Gambling Desiring 10
SEQ production extended and encouraged,
while wild Speculation and useless traffic ara
euriailed, il favors the policy OF sustaining
and diversifyiDe Home Industry BY dis.
eliminating Taif-a policy which, tends 10
increase the price OF Grain TO the farmer
while diminishing that o. Bread 10 the artisan
by reducing The distances across which their
respective products ars exchanged and, oil
course, reducing the cost Of their transfer
Regarding Filibusierism in all It's phrases,
and every form and device Of National COW
etousness, with unqualified abhouence as
the bane of Republics and in their triumph
the grave Of Equal Human Rights, We seek
by every means to WOO and win the attention
OF our country men from projects Of sgerand-
izemsnt abroad 10 enter praise OF develop
ment aud teneicence al home, foremost
which we rank Railroad through the heart
of our territory 10 connect the waters of The
Atlantic with those of The Pacific. Believ-
ling that The goods of this life are not yet
4airly distributed, and that no one ready 10
work should ever famsh in unwilling idle
aees. II lends an open ear 10 every suggestion
Of Social improvement which does not boun-
iervaiI The dictates of eternal morality nor
~ur upon that naiura! right of every one 10
Whatsoever he has fairly produced or honest
" acquired, whose denial must sink man.
kind into the chaos and night Of barbarsm
and universal squaior. With aprofonnd con.
seiousness that oilers, drunkards. liberlines
and prohigsted can never be other lin The
main) than needy and wreIched, it bears
sloit the great truth that Providence is better
than Punishment-that the child trained up
10 The way he should go, will rarely in alter
years desert that way of the thoI0y paths OF
Vice and Cfims-lhat a true Educalion-re-
ligious, moral and industrious as vel! as in-
ielIectua!--is the most effective temporal an
tidote to the errors and woes ot our race.
Recognizing in the most degraded specimen
OF humanity, a divine spark which whould
be reverenily cherished, not ruthlessly uot-
den out, we hsye charity for all forms OF evil
but those which seek personal advantage
through the GebascmeGt ol our fellow beings.
The champion of no class or caste, the de-
voted of no seci, we would iain be the iner.
prefer TO each olher of mems better impulses
and aspirations, The harbmger o general con-
cord between Labor and Capital, and among
those whom circumstances ormisapprehen-
sions have thrown into unnatural antagonist.
A contemporary once observed that he never
knew. a hard, graspirg, Diggardly employer
who did not hate The TRIBUNE, nor gener-
Gus, large souled, kindly one, willing 10 live
ard lei live, who did-not like it, We ask no
higher praise, no warmer atieslatiou.
The circulation of. the Tribune IS at this
time ss follows: Daily 81, 900 copies, week
w., 300 copies;;s semi-weekiy, 10000
copies; California and TEuroPean, 600 CO.
pies loial 23O 800 copies. That of the semi
weekly and weekly we believe to be excee-
ded by no other newspaper published in the
world; tha, Of the daily, falls behind some OF
our coiemporaries. Had onr hostility to Hu.
man Slavery and the Liquor Traffic been
more guarded and poliic, onr daily issues
would be now some thousands heavier and
our advertising far more lucrative; but Of
our patronage generally We have no reason,
no wish, 10 complain.
OF late, a concerted effort has been made
70 diminish our rural circulation through The
influence Of the Poslmaslers, some OF whom
embark in il eagerly, others under do!itical
constraint; while large number; we are
happy, for the sake of human nature, TO state,
refused 10 be d'agooned into il al all. Sill,
we have been made 10 feel the heavy hand
OF power, ard have doubtless lost thousands
OF subscritess in consequence. Preext
which no individual in his private capacity
would have stopped have been relied on 10
justify the sloppage of our papers within
reach OF their subscribers and rgh,fu owners,
snd their retention in The Post Office Till
their value was destroyed. Poslmaslers have