The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-03


can aswer for the consequences!
Newspaper Enterprise and Newspaper
Progress.
Certain Of the daily journals Of our city are
greatly exercised Of late, not only abont the
war, the country and the Cabinet, but also
about their own and each Others aiiairs-seem-
ing to know more of the latter than Of the
former. In fact they have good reasons for
being thus troubled and disturbed; for never
have the fanatical abolition, the puritanically
pious and the hypocrital secession journals
been in such extreme straits as since the pre-
sent war opened the eyes and quickened the
sensibilities of the American people. Like o
thunder storm, this war has rarified the air and
has made it much too pure for a great many
of our journalists. Political corruption,
intrigucs, prejndices, passions, malevolencc
and trickery are dead, and the journals which
have lived upon political mire, like literary
harpies, are dying with them. Let the dead
bury their dead, while we take glance at the
a leg or so yet in the grave.
The Tribune declares that the World is losing
fifteen hundred dollars every week. The World
returns the compliment by asserting that the
Tribune is losing an equal amount and, be-
coming statistical in its passion, it even investi-
gates such microscopic matters as the number
Of the Tlibuae's advertisements, and declares
that the Tribune will shortly be compelled to
curtail its dimensions, as it has already done its
news, in order to reduce its expenses. This is
all very true of the Tribune, but the World
itself is in an equally bad way. Having lost
two hundred thousand dollars in good bankable
money and about q million in second hand
piety, sectarian bigotry, Sabbataran legislation
and advice to General Scott not to fight on Sum
day, it has at last been sold for mere song to
an india rubber manufacturer, and it will
henceiorth be the organ OF the india rubber
merchants, with principles as elastic as the ma
teriai which it represents, and which has proved
it's temporary salvation. From all accounts
the stockholders have been rs badly sold as the
paper, and the Courier and Enquirer which
was to have regenerated the World. only as
sisted and fastened its damnation, as the blind
lead the blind into the nearest pit The Tines
position is scarcely any better, and il seems to
be an omen question whether the World will
next swallow the Times, in its present reduced
form, er rice persa. The result will be the
same in either case, and as in the celebrated
combat between the Kilkenny cats, nothing will
be left to remind us of either party but few
scraps OF waste paper, u bad pen or two, halfa
dozen defaced types and q tattered, dog-eNed
dictionary. Well, if the worst comes to the
worst the World men may turn eligious ex-
horters again, and the little villain of the
Times may head his running brigade. and emu
late the iilustrious General Price as he did at
Soiferino and Bull run.
AS for the secession journals. ayowed or dis
guised, the Day Book has fairly given up the
ghost, and. as Mansillini threatened, has made
''dcIn'd, dead, disagreeable body" of Itself.
IT will never have q resurrection. The Daily
Ne,cs has lost all the fire and spirit which it
possessed before the recent suppression of its
issues by the United States police, and now
INDUCES in only long, windy, philosophical
essays upon peace, war, justice mercy,
s,itution in general, and lottery policies in par
ticular. The journal of Commerce has reduced
its size to one which better represents the small
ness Of its influence; has changed, or pretended
to change, its principles. and has sent one Of it's
leading editors into the quiet tranquil scclsioa
Of the ceunt,y--for life. Thus reformed and,
like the demonnc Of Scripture, new clothed and
in it's right mind. it Is now kneeling at the feet
of the Postmaster General and begging him to
allow it to 60 through the United States mails.
THIS request we suppose the Postmaster Gen
eral will grant, provided that the Journals
backslidc from its state Of grace to its old,
wicked courses again.
Meanwhile the HERALD goes on successfully.
and regards these newspaper wrecks as so many
proofs OF the ignorance, imbecility and want of
intellect of those who attempt profession for
which Heaven never intended them. The
HERAfD is the organ of no clique or party--rc-
ligious, secular or secHonal--but Of the whole
people, and the whole people. therefore, sup
port and encourage it. Its circulation increases
sand. sometimes rising to one hundred and forty
thousand sheets per day-more than that Of all
the other New York journals put together. Its
advertising patronage is larger, in proportion
to the times, than ever before. and
greater than that of all the other papers
in the city combined. To obtain the
earliest, fullest, most reliable and accurate
Intelligence, it eypends hundreds and
thousands of dollars. excelling other journals
not less in It's expenditures than in its enter
prise, AS single instance of this--and such
instances are of daily occurrence--we have but
to refer TO Our very full accounts, during The
past few days, Of the brilliant victory at
Hatteras Inlet, parts Of which accounts were CO.
pied from our columns, without word Of credit,