The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-11-16

these different articles has been entrusted to writers
whose pursuits qualified them to handle them exhaust
yey and the result is the assemhage o. vast amount
Of statistical and other Information which is not to be
iound in the same collective and condensed form
n any other work extant. We extract the follow
ing from the article on the newspaper press
which, with the exception of a few unimportant
errors is about sketch Of the OF the
New YORK HERALD any that has been as yet given to
the public
), ID 1888 The New York HERALD started by James
oof"oh behnett, veteran editor. From that timo
reaiy dates the new Of newspapers. The HERALD
was sold at ono cent and Mr.. bennett with great indus
Wy ana genius, wrote the whole Of It himself The lrs
weekss expenses We're $780, and from that time they
nave not ceased to Increase the present time when
they are several Thousand dollars per week, and the
pfons probably Sl50GG0 per annam The principal OF
the cash press radically different from that CT the
oia papers OF the latter, politics had been the sapie
every paper the organ some Clique and the com
mercia community the patrons. The new press ex-
plored every possible topic Of interest, making politics
secondary 1t excited in the public mind interest in
topics that had been before dormant and satisfied that
interest oy seiins very cheap paper The HERALD be
gan systematic reports Of the money and commercial
markets, maintaining them with vigor that gave it
id-wtuc reputation, and made such reports
necessity Tor Ill papers. 1t sont efficient reporters to
INC courts to pub ic meetings, to give graphic descrip
lions OF what actually occurred instead las in the old
syle printing the proceedings from manuscript prepared
before they took place. II reported religious anversa
TICS, ana opened every avenue OF interest with the asst
-
ers The proprietor the alert for ei-
cent meats Of obtaining nows and spare no expense TO
DC tue nrst in tn field. Expresses by Railroad fe
qucny run at great cost, and reporters were sent to
any part OF the country where events were of ine
rest to jrsyit it. The appearance Of the telegraph
The sigma! for new enterprises. Tbsc, the part Of
the HERALD, have done 10 extend the te.eg aph
than all other together It's enterprise did for the
telegraph what before 1t had done for the press In
1917 Mr. Cay spoke in Lexington, eighty miles from Gin
ciinati, Oh the Mexican war; Theie no telegraph
n, arer than Cincinnati. The HERALD Reporters to,k
4 lgIl In ltfl
miles, carried 1t to Cincinnati in eight hours, whtncc it
was sent By telegraph and issued IN the HERALD next
morning, at an expenso q 5000. TINS i instance
oil many by which the lggALp has inl~cd enterprise.
The Associated Press, which embraces the New York
papers and those Of the neighbosng cities, toethor
with many OF those OF the interior cities pays $3.50
per annum for the daily reports Til iEuAip's proper
ton OF this forms, however, but small portion Of It's
outlay ior telegraph IN two weeks il SEPTEMBER 1860
When the llince II Wales IN Cnada and The puiti
cal events II the Presidential campaign 10 be gtherc It
expended s2,30l for extra tecgrarh c reports and it
whole expense for that item vii average 81 QUO y II
week during the year. II i such enterprise this tia;
makes teeg ahs possible and the apet ild.s ous,be.
mat the circulation s.eled beyond the capacity q Tie
press Is, under such circumstances, no mat Il
prise The result was aliu'ce OF circulation that
could have boon ms Only by tho opportHr ap earauee
OF the fast presses Of Hoo Go. The st HshAtps wcr.
printed by han SINCE cyln Tor, turiod by hand, toi-
lowed and was succeeded by the double cyin, rned
at first by hand, and then by steam IN 1osS the roar
cylinder r s. came hardly IN time 10 meet the IgeAps
wants. The six cylinder the eight cy Under and he ten
cylinder succeeded each other carrying tho prntn per
hour from $50 to 2.0O0 TO $500 to 10 600 ~ Is
is 900, and rs Oco even which last figure TIE ,aydy
press still fingers behind tho public demand for
HEaAfBs
The HERALD Is tho only daily paper owned by an ndi
vidual, the ony ono entirely independert and the OILY
one in which tho management and publication Of the
paper is tn sol business VI the proprietor.
The circulation Of the New York da!es is nn,y oyer
3ao 600 daily against, probably, 10 800 OF all q, the
the The HEAsID commenced. Tho largest preposisn OF
VI l. people. avery family, and am 81 every f,iiy
Gta has { paper, AID l. interested IL i c.nsa-
s1auce. The size to advertise, nS.ei u bcin. con
1ne't 70 tie wholesale patrons Of the largo daos, Is
shared BY every class OF the community ad the "a e.
boom the means Of interchange o. tAfrhl to N in
credible extent. The adyerlsiaE clras ii a morning
pa er contain, perhaps, as much INF rinat ii tn
doings q the community in which live any o:hcr
part OF the papero wants desires, occupations olr
people, photograph, as 1t were, Of daily life. .he
HERALD, as n matter of course LEAFS in this respect
The following, for example is the list Of the advertise
ments which appeared in the G !itions q. orc day
LAST AND StMrER OF ADVERTISEMENTS rvnisill.D TIE
HERALD OF SEPT u, 1e60.
shipping OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. so
Financial OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. II
Tobacco and segars. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2
Theatrical and other anus mcnts .......... q
Musical. $50. Observation-Disclosures. 20
Hotels. 4
SPORTING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3
steamboas, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Married. ......'................ minimum
Situations wanted, foInalcs ..................l los
Help wanted, females. 80
Situations WANT I. males Observation-Disclosures. 81
Help wanted, males. AZ
Special notices. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
TOO lae Tor classification. II
!
Copartncrship notices. IA
News apcrs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Personal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IA
Lost and found. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. II
towards.
Medicai. Is
aass v"
IN tFhues 10
10 sts ana rooms wahted..... ................. "a
Ioi!tpSui
Inc pali season OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Furniture ........,.
Houses and rooms TO 81
Boarding and lodging .............. H.
Millinery ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Matrimonial neutrality-suspicious.. ............. !
dentistry OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
1sso1oss -
sales q real estate ....-...... AZ
Inc turi OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. J
ftoises carriages, &c. 20
Ratroads. 5
Sales at aucton 81
fAcurSions. Observation-Disclosures. i
New publications..
Miscc 10
Clothing. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. II
Bliha5.. .............. .................
nrv goods Sc ~
busiuoss hooes'. '''''''''''... %
III
Here nearly twelve hundred people speaking their
wants and announcing their business in day for b.
it remembered that these nearly all fresh alve ,ise
nes, haAdel in anil paid for the counter the
before Insertion, which all read with avidy by
some These aaverts mcnts belong the day ON
which they appear and comnnse part OF the tie and
the news thereof, like any other matter IN the paper-to
many people more interesting and more important. No
portion OF great metropolitan journal, then is dee i
matter even the advertising columns, which many sup
pose to be duh and tedious full Of life ard interest
and fresh every day IT ~ amusing 10 contrast such
paper with the Philadelphia Gasete of 1850 then con.
Quoted by Benjamin Franklin. Its dimensions abort
eight by ten. Tho and reading matter which il
tans could all be put into Of the pages OF this book.
has not single line Of editorial Its latest foreign news
about three four months old. It's dom site
principally related to tho Indians Among advertise
menls several notices Of the sal: Of negroes in
Pennsylvania. The progress Of the newspaper art is well
Illustrated by comparing this sheet with these issued in
| our large citi.s at the present day.