Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-01-09

Es2P We notice that some OF our metropolitan CO.
temporaries announcing accessions to their lists up
on the commencement of the New Year. We are glad
of it, We get such things selves every day 10 the
year. and are willing to take more-we are anxious to
take more-we need more, iol subscription is near
" all that our paper has to depend upon The want of
advert has eff cts 1T lessons aud i'll
cceases expenses TO fiji up Daily We have to set
up every day amount OF reaing matter fully equal
to the average OF weekly papers at the South at any
time and more than equal to that average now, aoy
body may see by gIaucng over our columns
Well we seldom eithet hrag complain, save in
seriocomic sort OF way. Neither will do much good i
II people want paper they will take it. If they do
net it, We have right, and most certainly no
power to make them take it. How publishers can take
Clubs now at almost nominal rates. is more than ne
know. This clubbing is generally done with weekly
papers, 1t is true bat paper ink everything costs
much now, that it wcuId seem to that the bust
ness done, the more loss would be realizsd. So
many papers dropping out of the ring would seem to
confirm the truth Of our surmises in this respect.
But cheap and dear are now only relative terms, as
indeed they at all times and ought to be so regard
ed However people might hagge in ordinary times
over few cents or dollars in the price Of paper they
now look upon the best newspaper the most enterprisiDg
and reliable in information and character, the cheap
est, although not by any the lo,ces priced-whle
papers wanting in these qualities deor at ana price.
We have tried to make the Journal a cheap paper,
well worth the money-it has never been our ambi
ton to make it lOw PRICED and we rather think that
the present is not an auFpcous tent to attempt an
alteration of our system. The paper might be made
great deal better, doubt. might we all but such
it is, think it is worth s. so for the Weekly and
S. for the Daily and toe, if We could get it, the
way things selling.
Our printing is not altogether just what we would
like, for types just about year older than they
ought to be, or rather than had intended them to
be; but We cant help that. They have done good SER
vice. and general thing the Journal looks as well
as any Of its neighbors. 1t would be selfish in it to
try to Took better
Having so far wrestled along without diminuton of
size, and with large increase Of reading matter and of
news facilities, not without reasonable conf
dence Of being able to hold out 10 the endnot the bit
ter for cannot doubt that all things will work
together properly and that the end will be peace pros
perty and independence. When that end does come it
will be for US to look more after the miner matters OF
type and other appearances and we shall not
be found wanting. In the meantime ask for as
good showing the public here and throughout the
State give as and will give in return as good a
paper and ability will allow. We do not
expect to make money. We want to sustain our selves
and thus accommodate the public, SO that whA better
days shall come and readers may be prepared to
hail them together.