The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-07-06
THE SPECIAL REPORTER,

|
| New York daily is an animal sui generis.-
lnasmuch as all the news proper is forward.
ed by the agents of the Associated Press, 1t
is his business to pick up all the gossip. ab-
sorb all the rumors. and be very knowing
in all military and cabinet secrets. Person
ally he varies very much in appearance
Now he is gray haired, but 1.-THE and active,
looking profoundly wise and important.
Again heis rough, and brusque, thick-set,
sandy haired. and generally bull doggy in
aspect. And this man is your true and sea-
sation reporter. Ii is be who gets up the
attack, by Beauregard on Washington. Still
again, the reporter may Q IN eminently nice
young man, given to kid gloves and odorous
Of perfumes. One such as this, not long
ago, began dispatch to the Tribune with
| the solemn announcement: These are grand
awful times.' Mr.. Dana replied by
~. ~. at the fact stated was already known
IN New Yor., and it was hardly worth while hi
to paw telegraph,.' charges upon it. The
reporter was iniignan sno"s' now, :, nana iet
ter to bis friends, consiu, 's" ~ 'e>u...os'
and was medita,ing the r,~opr's =. h- H.
ing, when the matter was Gu shy. WI
Dana resicning him. Not to pn,t TOO -'e I"
neips upon it. he was discharged.
The reporter is always familiar with ca D.
met secrets. lie picks them up in the bar
rooms, mbihing them with his,oit-repeated
cocktail. Il may be that owing to the mix
ture of drink and State affairs. his imasln-
alton is sometimes over stimulated ana
reports are sent on, out OF which nothing
hit the lightning could burn the Dayor of
vSa..;,.,,n whiskev. And then. too, 1t
sometimes happens long toward nipplsn'.
when. the wits oegns. to%erow ""zV' 'ha'
department clerks are wicked e.ough 70
.ssell'.the reporter. You will see the CLERK
aek the news man to drink. The news-man
never refuses, and then conversation in
the corner follows, the clerk emphatic
Next morning the New York daily prints
the pith of th e conversation, and the next
nigh. the wicked department clerk reads IL
with an inward chuckle at the success OF
the ssell.o
Such are some Of the means by which the
| SPECIAL dispatches OF the Press are made up.
/ If not over reliable they are at least very
amusing to those who have watci ed the
process Of their manufacture. They should
| be regarded as vast practical joke, carried
on at an unlimited expense.
! IL IL Only fair 10 ada that under the pres.
Z
reporter has been cruelty curtailed. 10
Buchanan's time round puff for Seere-
| tarv or his assistant, or even for the o. r.
II. himself, would really purchase important
Stare secret from their guardians; but un-
der Lincoln times are sadly changed. Iaa
paE m ~ kst is shockingly depressed.
THE Result OF THE BLOC kADE.
|. The world will soon know whether the
North is more dependent On the South than
the South on the North. oaething at least
lis already demonstrated The North, AT the
call Of patriotism, hesitates not 20 renounct
the Southern market. II hesi.ases net &c
lcrscs a barrier Of bayoeets against the en-
trance Of the corn uf Illinois. and the no,
sions'. of Connecticut, and the psodncs ans
manafacture IL every other free State, in't
Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Soutf
iCarog,na. The blockade effsctaally dispei'
one of the mischievou- decisions which hav'
Itvranirsd oyer the Southern mind. IL y
nov painfully apparent to the most ootus'
al the traitors. that the North serves patri
o,ism rather than Mammnn that u - mar
solieitoas to vsndieaie the Consultation AM
ensorce the Laws, than 70 keep up The Pre-
Of stocks. or TO obtain ready sale Tor dr,
eoods.-Bostss Commercial Bulletin.