The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-09-27

The METROPOLITAN AND COUNTRY PEEss-
Boous TiLkenArHc DEsPArcHEs.-Our rural
contemporaries, Jealous Of the enterprise Of the
metropolitan press are In the habit of resorting
to all sorts Of silly fabr;catons 10 counterfeit
the influence which It naturally gives it For
example, our telegraphic dispatches aud foreign
correspondence are favorite objects OF attack
with th@m, for the simple reason that they involve
al amount Of expenditure which ths country
papers cannot approach 1t matters not that
they afford Inherent evidence Of their authen-
tcity: the provincial editors can see in them
only the home manufactured article,
In saying SO they pay Us the highest compli-
ment that can be offered US; for If We were to
invent In our Office the subject matter Of the in
formation contained il the communications that
we daily publish, we might set Ourselves up as
rivals to the SYPHILIS and oracles Of old. but
1.-THE Of VIVA. the country editors assert
Of Us ir this connection were true, the marvel.
recorded Of the prophets Of antiquity would
fade into insignifcanoe before the wonders that
we daily work out on paper.
Whether we are gifted with supernatural
powers, or are simply endowed with more
energy than the ordinary run of journalists, II
lie fer the public to decide. We ourselves feel
but little concern as to which conclusion our
rivals arrive at, being contented with the results
which the exercise Of either faculty produces
u When we fud our statements OF news fals'-
fed By events, and our readers losing faith in
US, then We may begin TO doubt the efficacy Of
the gifts that are attributed to US.
Uniuckiiy, however, for the veracity Of theae
country scribee, other New York papers are
rot In position to treat their cslumnies with
the sarle indifference. A recently established
attacks, contains the following from its Wash
ington correspondent
The Pn.ladeiphs Psnnsylraniar Of Friday last, In a
prcte nded despatch from the tmpertnonce 10
Intimate that my dispatches originate In tie World
office In order 70 expose the bogus despstch system,
formed tina, the rivurian not had despatch
TIE wires for many nonths and yet dAly
publishing tos ssaa supporting to be teaegrspned from
patches actually tegrapne 70 The New York journals
have frthr learned that tie daily World HssAID, M
WHO have regular specis aphc dispatches sent from
his city every day 30 tue column afsee column pab
llLed daily In the Cincinnati journals and some 0, The
Philadelphia papers, well ~ Other papers Of other
ctee purpotng 70 come from here are a.
boms Nc dispatches have be-n nor are they now being
ielegrsphed 60 any Journals thosc mentioned. All
appearing In oibe- journals are bngus have this from
the telegraph otfoe, ana u may he relied on
There car be no doubt of the correctness Of
this statement II Is notorious tia. the country
journals subsist merely by the aid Of party con-
tributions and such black mail as they can ex-
tort from politicians. They have no indie
pendent existence, and consequently they have
neither the means nor the enterprise 10 use the
facilities which the telegraph affords. The tsle-
graph bills OF the HERALD average weekly from
ten TO fifteen hundred dollars, and Its busl'
ness receipts are sufficiently large to buy out
the whole stock and Interest Of the country
journals, With the rotten factions Of which they
are the organs to boot. We may we'll there
fore, leave to Its thin skinned contemporaries
CT the metropolis the task Of replying TO their
silly inventions.