, 1859-02-04
TIE BUSINESS oF \ NEwsrAPER.

THE hlSlNEss VI ~ VI" SfAFFhs
Annexed We present to the consideration OF
our readers an article on the above snejcct,
which SO completely meets our vicws that they
will please regard it as the platform upon which
VIC stand Horace Greeley never took more
manly, sound, and sensible stand than when he
pcnned this article. II will cover multitude Of
his short. .cominsS as conductor Of public jour
nal.
at is tho business Of newspaper 10 give an
account Of all contemporary occurrences Of pub
lie interest. Those occurrences may be agree
able or revolving. gratifying or deplorablc, bcne-
iiccnt or disastrous-wth this the journalist, as
such, has nothing to do. His task is to give
fair account oc whatever is transpiring-to ron
der his sheet, in truth, "a map Of busy life "
leaving his readers to read or leave unread, ac-
cordng to their several predictions. One
cares for nothing bu; the Market Reports and
Commercial Intelligence; another is especially
interested in whatever depicts or stimulates the
material development Of the country; third is
mainly interested in Home Politics; fourth in
Wars, Alliances, and international Relations;
fifth has taste for accounts of disaster, casual
ties and crimes Let each read and reject as he
shall sec fit; but Il is not our business to Gull
out and record only such incidents as re delight
in or such as re deem in good taste. Our only
question is-"Is this matter properly portion
Of the history Of the time? Is II Of sufficient
interest 10 be chrOnicled2 II it is, We chronicle
H. leaving our readers to pciusc or skip It, to re-
joce or grievc over il to glory in or exccrate Il,
as they shall severally see ct.
Editorial structures upon the transpiring events
are, Of course, entirely distinct from the terms
in which those events are ehronicIcd We stead
ily opposed and condemned the war on Mexico,
but did not therefore withhold from our readers
the incidents Of that war. We have small faith
in the utility Of choking men to death as a moral
discipline or social lesson; but we do not there.
fore suppress al accounts Of hangings. We
have very decided conviction that horse-racing
Injuries the breed Of men more than Il improves
the breed Of horses; yet we do not therefore
suppress all reports'o horse-raccs. And, while
We should hail with gladness any reliable assn.
RANGES that there would never be another prize
fight in America. We shall nevertheless, in case
there shall hereafter be one, DO pretty sure to
give aniaceount Of ik n We do not, the omis
sion VIII DO due not 70 the iact thatwe detest
prize fighting, but that we deem tho parties 50
obscure and the whole affair 50 contemplate that
wc may justinably let it sink at once into Obliy.
ion. In the other ease, We may condemn and
teprehcnd tho aght IN oor editorial columns,
but We shall pot undertake 10 suppress tho ma
lcriai fess. s es'
We Do not argue this maticr. We have con.
sidered Il decided upon Il, and taken our posi-
don. Those who want an expursated chronicle
of what Is going forward Ian account or what.
ever occurs. That according 70 linman Judgment
ought 70 have occurred, with whatever we may
think ought not 10 have occurred carefully sup
pressed, may doubtless find journals 70 suit
thom; but the Tribune never viii. This paper
Is conducted on The principle, that tlc world as
i Il with is sins and sorrows, is iiailtics and
aspirations Is moro instructive and profitable
theme Of human contemplation than any revised
and corrected world that an editor could devise,
and that all effort to improve Il shouId be based
on knowledge d what It is. precedent 10 con-
sideratoh Of what Il should b. III dc theory!
Of suppression and expurgation bc thc true one,
& would, carried 70 is legitimate conclusions,
give US, not carefully pfnned and welded Jour.
mails, but no journals at an. Ia truth, the aivo-
Gates q Tie theory Of expurgaiion ought 10 pat.
ronlse, not she more pfudish and select newSpa-
pers, but none at al Las most Of thom do.
THAz DELL.-Wc wore not little startled,
the other day. on learning that It was proposed
% send back 70 San Francisco the buIl purchased
for thc church here, some months since. owing
to lho failure Of tho loRnsfoIk 70 pay over the
balance duo on L. Unless the money Is forth
coming before the OIL leaves, we were assured
that il would comprise part Of her freight back.
Our rapidly growing town Is much in need Of a
bell "a Il were OR no other purpose than 70
remind lhp people of tie homes and ffionds
they Ia On lhc Atlantic side Il would be 4 gocd
Investment 70 pay Tho small amount required,
Il wiz not bo 50 easy at a future time 70 obtain
50 good ben, and Il This is suffered obe sakcn
away, il win bo : matter O. regret TO an con,
cerned.
Az QRExno RaIL-Mr, ,. Z. Westbrook's
largo and handsome saloon being finished, he
took occasion, on last Friday evening. to notify
tho public Of the fact BY giving an invitation cr
ireel ball. The Invitations were generously dis.
tribuied, and the saloon wen filed with ladies
and gentlemen st an carly hour. In addition
70 ezcellent music, (by Nessrs NeFarlandl the
host provided supper unequalled in variety,
quantity and quality on any i6rmerlike occasion.
The duncinr vas kent IN until 4 oielork A III.