The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-07

SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
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TIE FREEMAN 9 JoU REAL-TBR FREEMAs's APPBAL.
The circulation Of the Freeman's Journal
of New ork through the mails and expTesse 9
having been suppressed by order of the au.
thorities at Washington, Mr.. McMasters, the
very able editor OF that paper, has resolved to
discontinue il, and has issued in it's stead a
new paper, which is styled the Freeman s
Appeal.
In his address to the public he states that
80 the Freeman's Appeal will be q different pa =
per from the FreemAn's Journal, and gives
the following ccgeut rea SONS for the change
The Journal was conducted on the theory
that the press was free, within the limits of
| the common ard statute laws of the several
Stnies. The Freeman's Appeal will he issue
| on the distinct understanding that under he
new kind OF government inaugurated by Mr..
| Lincoln and his Cabinet. the press is not free,
| Us 1T used TO be under the old United States
Government.
In consequence of this new order of things,
ne proposes hereafter to avoid all reference
\ to the deplorabie political and military events
| transpiring, and TO confine him "to the
| discussion OF the great quas ion of morals and
reIsion, that lie deeper than the plane OF pol
| itics !"
| "If however" he adds sarcastically, "Mr
| Lincoln and Mr.. Pos tTnaster- General Blair
| with the rest of that yirtuous Cabinet, Rave
also got ready new theory of morals aud re-
ligion, TO which all newspa pers must yield "a
| hearty support or be suppressed-then we
| must submit 10 suppression of the Freeman IS
Appeal, as we are certain can yield no
| iig'o1.''
In ceasing to publish the Freeman's Jour
nal Mr. No Masters protests against the law
/ less violence to which ne has been forced to
| yield, and gives public notice, as he has al
| ready done specially to the responsible OIL
| cials, that he intends to sue them personally
| for damages at the earliest moment that lib
| er ty and order is restored.
| In the meantime, he calls upon those who
| sympathize with him in bis efforts on behalf
| OF 1.-The periShing rights of the people" to ex
ert themselves to extend the cirCula ton of his
| new paper-the Freeman's Appeal.
! RETIREMENT OF The EDITOR THE COURIER
| DEs ETArs UYIs.
| III. l.. Masseras publishes in the Courier des
| EtatS UniS O card addressed TO the proprietor,
| in Vq hich he aludes 10 the change of proprie-
| torship in the Journal OF Commerce, and the
| rumors in regard to the Daily News, the Day
Book aud the Brooklyn EIgle. 'This quad
| ruple abdicationf' he says, "on the part OF
| our American contem mporaries, leaves the
| Courier completely isolated in the attitude
| which it had taken III common with them
| He proposes that for the present the paper
! should coItiue itself simply to the news oi
! The day, as that is all that is now permit
| ted, aud says that he himself will seek re-
| trement until the moment arrives when he
| viii be- permitted to speak bis sentiments
He concludes as follows-"ToAay as in
| April-stiil more than ther-I am convinced
| tnat war will not save the Union, and that,
| on the other hand, 1t will destroy the Repub-
1
| nation submits TO q war which it does not ap-
| prove, without believing in The happy termi-
| nation about which it seeks to deluGe the peO-
| pie. | nm satistied that the war is the work
| OF n party, who will push it to the last ex-
| tremity. without hesitating st any means to
main tain its supremacy. In all this l see
nothing but oppression, ruin, then Us q last
| consolation, inevitable revolution. And as
| the situation in which the press is placed only
| leaves me the choice between blandiy praising
everything or holding my tongue, l decide
upon siiencs."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS.
| Wood 1latly contradicts tae report alluded to
above
| OFFICE OF The DAILY AND WEEKLY NEWS
New York, Sept. l, 1861. !
| To the Ed.tor ct the Nsto York Times:
Pease 0bli{e me by ntradicting the state
msnf pu blicly made tha the editorship OF
the Daily News has undergone any change.
There mas not been the sigh test cause tor any
such report. Respectfully yours,
BzgJAMIS WOOD.
From the u. Y. World.1
| Speaking OF the new proprie.orship Of the
| Journal, tie World says
Mr. Stone gained some notorlety last De-
cember by wearing publicly on change Sc.
cesson cockade; ana bis Efforts to embarraSs
| tha negotiation OF the la1e loan effected by Nj
| Chas are we'll known in financial circles
| IL is understood that the paper will be re-
duced in.siZs.
The Tribune, we understand, is about tC
| reduce the size CT its sheet, the Times had
yiOusly d0Ee-we presume for the same
stringent reas ons. It has already raised its
| subscription price tc 81.