, 1861-06-29
Effect Of the war on Newspapers.

It il great mistake TO suppose that the Waf !
exci.emeu: has been beneficial to newspapers.
Thoke in the North have, it ia true, suffered
vastly 1ese than those in the South. The lot !
tcr ere in rapid process Of 'altimatc extict-
ion." onerthird Of a1l the papera IN existence
:Arse months ago in the seeded States, are
ncsI Gcfunct. The remainder are crippled and
slck'y, and dropping of every day Many Of
t. largest and strongest Of former days, ere
reduced to half sheets. The stock Of printing
paper is mostly exhausted. The paper mills
in Sccessia are teW and fer between, sud they
must econ stop manufacturing for want Of
c<1taln chemicals Indispensable in paper max
irg, AID only to be had in the North or in
Europe. Ilc blockade prevents their impor-
tatjon. But if the Southern Journals could
ci,tsi1 a full supply Of paper thzir condition
would not DO improved materially. AL
commerce is knocked On the head in tie se-
coded part Of tho South. Advertising, IN in
psrtant eouree Of newspaper income, is nearly
all dried up down in Dixie. There is little
business done but soldering and farming.
Several Of the s'blarkct shcets'' in the free
states have been reduced in dimensions. The
Journal IF Commerce has been cut down four
columns and shortened in proportion. Tho
Hfyald, which bitterly hates It, declares that
tit is on its last 1ege,'' which need not sur
prize when Its secession character is cousid-
eryd.
The Cincinnati Gdzetfe has Topped Of a col
umn from cacn page. The St. Louis Democrat
las done the same. ThGyare now about the
came size Of this Journal. which is large enough
ter the business doing IN their respective
c;tics.
Several newspaper consultations have ta-
ken place since the war broke out The most
recent union Of the sort is that of tho New
Tork 1For2W with the Courier and Enquirer.
It is stated that On The first Of July the two
sheets are to be united. The editor Of the
later, Gen. WEDD, lns been appointed Minis
ter to Brazil, and has sold, says the New York
Herald, Lis Courier dnl Enquirer Tilich he las
eGiied for thirty years, to the proprietors Of
the IForld. The Herald states that in the ne.
eotiatioo, the 1lorld was valued at 500, 900
and the Courier at 100000. How much in
terest, If an5, Gen. Webb retains in the joint
Establishment, is not mentioned.
The political papers Of the North nave not
suffered from the effects Of the p-oslavsry
| rebellion, nearly much no t1,= nivtting ana
| "iitlra1y'' kehdn.nad.1s. The L5sf}1' ''lor
mkt w@k,' the Mercury, nrd numerous
crcp Of similar sensation sheets have nearly
ali disappeared. The war las been killing
| frost to most of the "Ky1vanus Sob," Ned
Buntlint and Benecla Boy publications.
~Thoce who practiced the manly art Of self
| dcffrce according to the rules Of the Englian
t T. K, lnre dropped the gloves, and are now
studying Scotts tactics aud McClellan's bayo.
| net exercise Those who lived chiefly in sta
blea and converzed in horse talk, are immersed
in cavalry tactics and think only Of revo1yers
csrb;ncs and headlong charges. Their organs
The Spirits Of The Times" and "Clippcrs" nr;
dead Or dying. The special dispatches ens
kilograms of the daily papers, aud the wa
pictures Of the illustrated journals cngas
tLcir attention. The illustrated papers holi
their oFn By presenting pro;usion OF war
like cuts.
The nest successful and deserving Of tn
"p;cturc papeTs" ID Family Fair, which is III
J Anaesicsn Punch. It has moro humor, Wit an
rciut than its English prototype. In all il
cslts ard ilTuste, csricatarc and comedy, It j
patriotic ard nrt;oral, though II spares no
ehams in high places nor hesitatcs to census
! wherever the public welfare demands it.
Bonucr's Ledger, which at one time boas.t
. | Of its half million circulation, has nca1l
! passed from public view, and the U:rcury
less current than gtumP-taiL The rest Of til
tribe are dclunct. or soo1 will te. No tea.