New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-03-08
NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE.


and an unreasonable braggart. Nobody, wei
presume will dispute the general proposition
that great braggarts are always small perform
ers. But everybody knows that, as there is al
ways in every community given percentage OF
fools who will believe in any lie well stuck to,
80 in this there Is considerable number OF per-
sons who put faith in The Heralds brags and
really believe it to be a good newspaper.
delusion Of this sort is seldom worth combat
ting; for once we are provoked to it.
On Monday Of last week The TRIBUNE an
nounced that ga portion of the Army OF the
Potomac moved yesterday, and was in success
full advance to-day" Where that portion was
going, and what it was going to do, we did not
say, simply because it was not proper to do so
The Herald of that day had never word upon
the subject.
The next day, Tuesday, The Herald, chagrincd
at the total Ignorance it showed the day before
aud to cover it, defeat, had a long editorial
upon the movement in the Army OF the Poto-
mac, of which this is the opening paragraph;
the only truth in it copied from The TRIBUNE;
The Army Of the Potomac IL in notion and IN the drtiou
Of Richmond The ed last Saturday ard
single d,J. march would bring troops to the "ints
encsu pment Of Lee. may anticipate, at moment
the intelligence Of desperate battle on his part or precpi
tate retreat to save himself and the City OF Rich
nond In announcing th. advance Of 0en Meade we con
elnds that We shall not the charge Of giving aid and
comfort to The enemy inAsmuch Of city cotempo
rae.-,hs peci. guardians 4 tho AdHni'tiaon and It's WI"
.ecre,.-pub.hed tho news ~ without authority yeser
day morning
OF course its trusting readers believed that
Gen. Meade, with the whole army at his back,
was in rapid march for Richmond, which only
the most desperate measures on the part OF Lee
could possibly save. But The TRIBUNE Of that
morning (THesday) gave the latest intelligence
from the army, statins tho simple truth, That
there had been no battle between the opposing
infantry. but only some skrn,ihing OF no ac-
count and that Lee had not leil bis mtrehch-
ments.
On "Wednesday, the only intelligence Inc
Herald had from the Army OF the Potomac Id
relation TO the movement, was that there was
gaeat excitement there because New-lork
paper had published the news. But 1HR IRIp-
UNI CpntAlutu u ''NN'' 'Ns-
correspondents Of the movement of Sedgwick to
the extreme ioE of the enemy to engage his at
tention. Of Custar's advance 10 Stannardsyille;
Of unlpatricks crossing the river, and that, by
rapid detour to the southwest of the enemy's
position, he had already reached within twenty
five miles Of Richmond.
On Thursday The Herald came to time,
breathless, with an old map on one page and
another apology on the other. Hitherto II had
only rofTained, In compliance with the wishes Of
the Government, from the publication of the
news. But now sit was relieved from it, obi
cation of silence"l The good Herald So it !
again published our news Of the day before, |
with some slight additions. The TRIBUNE also
reported the whole movement under Sedgwick
and Gustav with their return to camp.
On Friday THE TRIBUNE contained full ac-
count Of tho movement and progress Of Kill |
patrick and DahlgTen; that they had met with |
no serious resistance; that Fitzpatrick had been
within fifteen miles of Richmond; that railroads |
and much other property had been destroyed;
and finally, that the expedition had reached the
White House, and made q junction with force
from Gen. Butler. The Hcra!d-the injunction
of silence being, 10 doubt, again imposed blythe
Government-had nothing TO tell except Of the
destruction Of railroads. and such other general
information az was sent to the Associated Press !
the newspaper dispatches as it calls
them.
On Saturday morning TnI TRIBUNE gave
further particulars Of the arrival Of Gen. "a
patrick at Fortress Monroe, and in thu AZ
ternoon issued an Extra with a full ra'ort Oh
the whole expedition from the time j. crossed
the Rapidan till il reached Whie House.
This was rcpublshed in Monday mornings
paper. But The Heraids dispatch from
the Army of tho Potomac Oh Saturday was
mainly complaint that Other papers had oil
the week been publishing the news, while the
only real intelligence it had to give was the dis
patch to the Associated Press containing the an
nouncement of the arrival at White House,
which The TRIBUNE had published day before
But on Sunday The Herald exhibited its un-
rivaled enterprise in its own unrivaled way. 1t
stole the whole special dispatch Of TnE TRIBUNE,
issued in an Extra of tho afternoon before, and
published it as q dispatch to tho Associated
Press.
We have amused ourselyes-we hope the
rcaaer-once in a way, for half an hour, with
this exposure of The Heralds record for week
and its title to call itself great newspaper. We
might do il any month in tho year with the
Same result if the "game were worth the