The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-17
THE PARIS PRESS.
SKETCHES BY LABnULAYE AND GIRARDIN.
FRENCH NEWSPAPERS AND NEWSPAPER ConREs-
POSDENTS


FRENCH NEWSPAPERS AND NEWSPAPER conRgs.
| PONDENTs.
Tho "Phris Guido" contains two articles on tn
Paris Press by ii. Iaboulayo und NJ Emilio ii,
Grardin. tho first OF which iB devoted to tho His
tory OF the Press, and tho second tn ali account n
| Paris. io "
Tho different yicisstutlcs Which tho press url.
| nerwcnt until the decrco OF 1852 which NJ. tlt
prrsIgny, styled "ono OF tho greatest services
conferred by tho imperial power of France" urr
| duly set forth by NJ. Labouiayo, who does moi MP
pear To be greatly dissa tsied with tho restrictive
features OF That measure These wcrc in Lrief the
"oliSntion imposed upon thu journals TO procure u
authorization from government, tho cxaction of II
worry considerable money sGc,irity, liable to partial
or entire coniiScation: and tho establishment OF a
surveillance III spite Of tho sophisticated argyll
mcnts which arO adduccd in defence OF this policy
and Notwithstanding u. Girardin's denial that the
level OF journalistic talent in Paris has been do
pressed by its adoption, II is easy to perceive that
o. Laboulayo casts wistful cyo to the future, and
w M G,rnrd himself pdmts that though tho penal
ing writer's, yet tho fiscal laws such as those roa-
| tmg TO caution-moncy and fines, cannot help but
retard tho progress of journalism in france and
thus il s tint many who cannot afford to subscribe
to paper Which thoy might renl at leisure in tho
family , crso, hetako themselves to tho cQe or cab.
press Of FInnco will longer havo to drag bohilItl
it the two dcad-wcghts of the stamp duty and tho
that day will $40 it mistress of Eu-
ropn. How Is il that Franco possesses tho ineaus
| OF influence, this instrument OF conquest. and
! makes TO use of it? This is n question which nil
Americans Am and Englishmcn attracted to Paris by
tho Exhibition, will not fail to ask."
There arc seventeen political daily Journals pub
lsieg in Paris, Of which six appear in tho morning
nns sS I" nE 0ssE es or o joH
toastttatfonnet tho iSiecie and tho Union, which
worc started before 1851 lavo not beem Obliged to
| provide themselves with an authorization from
government ind the Bamo ia tho caso with tho
following oyoning papers, viz: Tho Gazette de
France, the Presse, the Pairic, and tho Pays
nnnm mn fn,,r,, lao .,l
| tho UHtoers, suppressed in 1860, und tho remain
ing seven morning papers, nre authorized, in
formity with the decree above mentioned.
Nj. GirnrtR, in his short sketches of these pa-
pcrs, declares that they are conducted with us
much independence and talont rs in other timcs
Tho iournM des Dctats, founded by NJ. NJ. Bertn
frcres in l1S9 has lost from its staff Chatcanbrian
but still boasts among it's authors Al. NJ Michael
Chovalicr, Jules Janin, j. Lomoinne. Provost Par
atlo Rouan. and others equally celebrated:
raue as o faithful record Of history. 1t hes be-
como a journal of the State, and its position is
prccariouB.
The Constitutional nnd tho Pressc both notcd
for thor clever dramatic criticisms, are worry well
conducted papers. and the Siecse Inns tho honor Of
having fortyy-iivc thousand subscribers. It up
holds tho opinions OF the Restoration in 1916, and
tho Monarchy in 1880 Tho Patric is ono of tho
Journals in tho confidence of tho Government q
trust which it shares with tho [bnsiuuionnel tho
Pays md tho EtcRddrd. Tho Union is liberal
paper. Tho 0pintonc Ndtionatc espouses the
Italy and Poland. Tho Monde very ably con
Quoted pIpcr, is tho special organ OF tho Catholic
and Papal party. The Temps holds an equal place
with the Journal des De60ts, and it's London cor
rcspondence, from the pom of NJ. Louis Blanc, is
one OF its principal eSccllcncics. Started at tho
Same time as tho Temps, tho journal La France is
distinguished for the snmo ablo authorship.
NJ. Girnrdtn speaks Of his own paper, tho Lsberfe,
as being moro successful than IL deserves. Tho
number ,o Of ts Subscribers IL thirty thousand.
NJ. l.. Berardi, editor of tho Independence Beige,
which enjoys an even larger circulation than tho
English Times. Al. Berardi complains bitterly OF
tho censorship. II ie, ho says, OF tho worst kind
without responsibility or CONTROL mud exempt from
any obligation to give On explanation OF its pro-
Seedngs. Every copy OF newspaper sent into
senior clerk, tho head OF tho department AMI the
minister: Liable to be prohibited by any Of those
G,SeTs its 1 delivery to the public is always re-
tGa sS % pF sna ID
denies that tho foroisn press derives any assist
nnco from tho present Hystcm Of restrictions and
remarks Remarks TINT ct least if any advantage docs
editors have advocated its abolition is wonderfully
diBinterestcd. =
oi the foreign papers tho Independence Bcgo
has by far tho lnrgest circulation. Admiralty
edited, IT possesses no less than twonty two cor.
respondents in Paris-one for Zach branch Of 30
cini @ activity Tho Gazctte dAugsbourg, tho Nord
and tho Courier DIES Etnts Unis are pretty goner-
ally read by tho Germans, tho Russians md those
Frenchmen who hnvo relations with tho United
Statos respectively.
Tho London Times has always been exemptcd
from tho censorship except during short period
Immediately following the coup feidt. The En-
peror, IL IL said, used to road tho Times regularly
a habit which Inc has relinquished Of late
NJ; Berardi then gives us sono interesting par
tiegars concerning tho system of correspondence,
and the gentlemen who fill tho posls or Town cor,
respondents" in Pnris.
Newspaper correspondents OF tho botter class
arc well known to tho political and literary public,
and mix much with ench other. They meet i'm
newspaper offices, in salons and libraries and in
sonlo Cqtes which aIc transformed at certain hours
OF tho day lnto regular aditors' rooms. Hero they
hold Kind OF news exchange; nor is their mani
pulaton OF intelligence and gossip very different to
that with which spoculators raisl and depreBs the
r0iuo o. stocks OIL the Hourse. Tho government
naturally has good deal OF influence over corrcs-
pondGnts, who arc now very humorous body.
letters arc in no way extraordinary The Daily
Telegraph is represented by gentleman who ype-
cially trcqucnts official receptions, md picks out
Iacctions anecdotes from tho comic iournals Tho
Morning Post, Lord Palmerston's organ, possess-
cd o correspondent who was specially at homo in
the Office OF the financial minister. The Morning
Advertiser and tho Gloho wero both vol served in
this respect at ono tlme but perhaps tho best in-
formed correspondent Mt present Ia tho represen-
tatiyo OF the Pross and tho Economist. The wife
OF tho correspondent Of the Daily News often
sends communications to tho provincial English
press.
After tho Times, tho Illustrated London News.
frlnch-ofton supproaaed-and the Daily Te!e-
graph, tho News Of the World is tho English iour-
nal most road in Paris.