The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-11

policy of reorganization. It is broad enough
to admit all true lovers of the Union.
The Herald ON q War and Pcucs
Footing.
The reading public generally have no
very definite idea Of the effect Of the late
transition of the nation from peace 10 war, four
years ago, was accompanied by no more sim
gular or startling events than those which
characterized the revolution of the daily press
at the same time. The first effect of war was
the plotting from existence about one-third OF
the papers then published, while, as contin-
gent result, the circulation of the principal
journals increased at heavy ratio. The pub
lie demanded quality, not quantity, and aban-
doned the more insignificant papers to their
fate At the same time the expenses of
all the principal journals were Increased
at ratio only less than that of the
increase of their circulation. This was
the experience Of the entire press Of the
country, but was more forcibly illustrated
in the experience of the HERALD than Of any
other journal. Our circulation was doubled,
often reaching as high as one hundred and
fifty thousand copies daily, while our adver-
Using patronage kept pace with the circula-
ton. At the same time our expenses increased
in like ratio. Not only were more presses, but
more printers-not only additional machinery,
but additional minds-found necessary. We
were compelled 10 increase not only our
editorial and reportorial corps, and our force of
regular correspondents in the various cities of
tho country, South America, the West Indies
and Europe, but also to originate and organize
special corps Of army and navy correspond
ents, mounted and equipped to accompany the
armies in the field and the squadrons on the
seas. We kept no less than sixty-three of these
special agents constantly in the field for the
four years of the war, of course, at q
heavy expense. In addition to our usual
expenses on the former peace footing
we were compelled to pay for the
services and expenses of these additional
writers-greater in number than thespecial cor
respondents of all the other papers of the
country put together-the sum of half q million
of dollars, while the engraving of the maps
with which their war reports were illustrated
cost us twenty-five thousand dollars more.
Thus the rebellion, which cost the nation such
an immense sum to subdue, cost the HERALD
large expenditure to chronicle; but as it
served to arouse the latent energies of the coun.
try, and to give it position as the first nation Of
the world, SO the war served also to display
the greatness of the HERALD as the first paper
of the nation.
The press Of the country is now about to
return to q peace footing, but 1t does not ap-
pear, 80 far at least as the HERALD is concerned,
that there is to be any decrease in tho circula-
ton and expenses. Instead Of the circulation
falling of to the figures which prevailed before
the war, it is being daily increased. The Chi
nese wall of prejudice which shut the South
against Northern publications has been leveled
by the war, and the HERALD is being welcomed
in that benighted region as friend and is
enjoying a widespread influence than ever
before. From every direction, North and South,
the demand for our paper continues to pour
upon us, until additional presses and other
machinery have become necessity no longer
to be ignored. The same singular indications
which accompanied the transition from peace
to war, four years ago, are to-day visible in the
return from war to peace. The public are
abandoning the weak papers to their fate
while the circulation of the HERALD is rapidly
increasing. At the same time, instead of being
decreased, our daily expenses are augmenting
We have not only been compelled to retain
the corps of extra or special correspon-
dents made necessary by the war, but
have had to add to their number. Our
Offices in the various cities of the South
have to be renovated and others established.
In the absence of mail communications we
have had to establish our special courier lines
in the South, and also to resort to the telegraph
to an unusual degree, and thus the expense
Of obtaining all domestic news is greatly
enhanced. The mode of obtaining foreign
news is also about to be revolutionized, and
the cost increased to degree which will still
further add to the number of defunct papers
and increase the circulation of the great
dailies The completion of the Atlantic cable
will make o change In the manner of publishing
foreign intelligence 80 radical and progress
sive and expensive that only the strongest
of the daily papers will be able to survive.
When the cable Is completed the HERALD
will publish daily the news of the European
capitals with the same regularity and in as
full detail as 1t gives the intelligence from our
national and State capitals. Under the tariff Of
charges Of the Atlantic Telegraph Company the
expense Of obtaining this news will often
amount to fully one thousand dollars pei
day, the rate being as high as one pound
sterling per word of Eve letters, or one
dollar per letter. This increased expenditure
will be more than returned to us In the add
tonal circulation which we shall receive. Th'