The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-16
The Herald Constantly Ahend-The
Other Papers Petition Congress for

Thc Herad COnStAhIly Ano0O-Ahe
Other Papers Petition Congress for
sympathy.
We ask the particular attention of the public
to the petition recently presented to Congress
by Sam. Wilkcson, the Washington cores
pendent Of the Tribune. Thai petition, which
has since been endorsed by the World, sets
forth in decided terms that the HERALD was
several days in advance Of all the other papers
in the publication Of the news Of General
Buffers removal, and begs Congress to abolish
the censorship Of the telegraph in order that
the other papers may get some Of the news.
Sam. Wikeson is a pretty good sort of man,
although he is too busy with the Tribune Con-
tract Bureau at Washington to make good
correspondent We are obliged to him for
calling official notice to the fact that the
HERALD is constantly ahead. Almost every
body in general, and the chief editor of the
Tribune especially, has acknowledged that fact
already; blu! we do not remember that it has
previously been brought before Congress and
entered upon tho records Of that body. Such
testimony to our enterprise, and such frank
admission Of our superiority, are Of course,
do even better in future. We have organized
q splendid corps of war correspondents, at an
enormous expense, and it appears that they
know how TO obtain the news and how to send
it to our Office, in both of which qualifications
the correspondents Of the Tribune and other
papers are deficient Having failed to equal
US in any other way, the other journals have
determined to try to accomplish it by act OF
Congress. In spite of our doubts of their sue
cess in this undertaking, we shall advise them
to proceed with it, since II is clearly their only
chance. And Of the same time we really thank
them for the Congressional advertisement which
they have 80 kindly procured for US.
Upon one point, however, the petition Of
Sam. WIlkeson Is open to objection. We see
no reason why he should have confined his
illustrations Of the assertion Of the superior
enterprise Of the HERALD to the single incident
of Buffers removal. lie might have included,
If he pleased, almost every incident of this
war. Just before the war began we gave the
other papers an earnest Of what they had TO
expect by orr special report of the arrival Of
the Prince Of Wales at Newfoundland, and our
telegrapbic reports Of his progress throughout
the British provinces and this country. The
Tribune might have taken the hint of our enter
prise from our correspondence about the John
Brown raid, and especially from our descrip-
ton Of the burial of John Browns accomp,ices
in New Jersey; for, although the funeral took
place at the residence Of one OF the Tribune
Association, the HERALD was the only paper
that published the news OF the affair. Since
the war commenced Its history has been simply
history Of the successes of the Union and the
HERALD. Our special reporter at Charleston
sent US the first account Of the bombardment
OF Fort Sumter, and for this the Tribune people
endeavored to incite q mob against our Office.
From that day to this we have beaten them
constantly. We bea. them, and were ahead Of
the government dispatches, in our report of tho
battle Of Shiloh. We beat them at the siege Of
Yorktown, when Mr. Gay, editor of the Tribune,
wrote:-"Thc HERALD Is constantly ahead. We
are Obliged to copy from it." We beat them at
Williamsburg, when we published The only full
and authentic report Of that battle We have
beaten them at Mine Run, at Stone river,
or Murfrecsboro, at Gettysburg, during the
dreadful seven days on the Peninsula, at
Pea Ridge, at Corinth, and at oil the Fremont
fights in Missouri. We beat them in our reports
Of the operations against vicksburg and the
pas sage of the rebel batteries by our fleets.
We beat them q. the iron-clad fight with Fort
McAllistcr, aud the capture of tho rebel ram by
She Wcchawken and Nabant We beat them trc-
mendously at New Orleans, and ct Farraguts
fight In Mobile bay. We have beaten them
regularly in Gouihern news and in tho publica-
ton Of JEFF. Davis messages and public docu-
ments. All lhose triumphs, and others. too nu-