The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-21

Weekly Journalism.
There are great many weekly journals pub
lished in this city--one TO sustain every posi-
BILE opinion and to reflect every peculiar shade
of thought Recently quite crop Of new ones
have made their appearance. In this crop are
the CgHssn, the Round Tube, the Nation, the
New Nation, the WsskIy Rsvisso and the Sataw-
day Press The Weekly RsvisO b . literary
pauper that lives on the English periodicals and
has column or two Of silly Bohemian twaddle.
The Saturday Press 10 Q collection Of unmit-
rated trash-feebler and more inane even than
Mrs. G,xndy-6lled with the same toothless
gable with which the old lady would have run
ON If her Life had not been cut short The
Round Tube gives some indication Of healthy
life. It has touch Of real vital fire In 1t. II
is marred by the defect Of too pretentious
style. II should relinquish that pompous error
and talk the pure clear English that gives
Addison and Goldsmith their greatest charm.
No argument or topic is so high as to require
any extension of the semi-Latin jargon origi-
mated by johnson, and any view urged by
newspaper will gain new force by being
stated in the simple, Anglo-Saxon, honest
English of the people. The Round Table has
taken up Barnum in a sensible and trenchant
way. Let it go on and discuss the theatres all
through in the same vein. 1t has there fruit
full field before it.
The city weeklies that are really successful,
and deserve to be, are Bonner's Ledger, the
Citizen and the Leader. The Ledger is con-
Quoted by good business man with tact and
sagacity. 1t has the largest circulation OF any
of the weeklies. II amuses and instructs an
immensely large class of readers of both sexes
and all ages with its well written stories. The
Citizen and the Leader have the double charac-
ter Of literary and political weeklies. The
Citizen In its literary phase is an outgrowth Of
the war, and is impressed with the changes that
the war has brought about In our literary tastes.
It gives sketches Of generals, accounts Of
marches and campaigns, soldiers songs and
stories full of spirit In its political phase
it reflects the vague notions Of reform that
originated with the old fogies Of the Citi-
zens' Association and leans q little toward
republicanism; but Its politics are Of no &C
count, and are quite subordinate to the
points Of excellence in Its other character.
The Leader represents the better class Of politi-
cal weeklies as they 6ourished before the war.
It's literary character is good, and it's political
character also, as it represents that part Of the
democracy that has kept up with the spirit Of
the age, and has understood the growth and
Il q necessities of the country.
We have but one fault to find with these two
latter papers, and 1t Is one In relation to which
we are disposed to give their respective editors
some advice. Both journals are conducted by
young editors, and we would advise those men
never to let themselves be used by political
cliques to assail the characters Of one another.
Let them not become the mere tools Of politi-
cal tricksters, who use newspapers, like 30
m any stale guilds of tobacco, to throw at each
other. This advice comes from our own ex-
perience. We have had oil sorts Of relations
with politicians for thirty years, and in that
time every little clique has tried to use us
against some other clique; but they never did
it. We were never at their service. On the
contrary, we have always made free use Of
these rogues for the benefit Of the public; and
we recommend that course. But the politi-
clans are vile material. They are treacherous,
INSCRIPTIONS rogues, through and through.
They know just enough Of the law to keep out
of the State Prison, and they owe their liberty
to that little knowledge and not to their hon.
esty. Do not blacken good characters in the
warfare Of such fellows.