The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-02-07
DAILY PRESS.
A Paper ENLARGED 10 the size ofthe largest
s New lnsiand Dailics.


The enlargement our daily edition is equivalent
to the addition of bSween three and four columns to
its size. This addtjna space will be devoted to de-
tails OF important cents, which we have heretofore
been Obliged to given brief and to selections from
current Literature, grave or gay. such as we have
lately been obliged omit altogether. t..-fs-..
What the charactr of the paper thus enlarged will
be, its past histOrywill show. The PRESS was es-
tabshed primarilyo represent the Republican par
ty Of Maine. 1t WIS impossible for the CONTROLLING
party of the State remain voiceless in this CITY,
The PRESS will CONTINUE to defend the principles of
the Liberal party 4 America The war has closed
one great cycle incur national history-the cycle
during which aristoracy at the South and democra-
cy at the North gew up side by side, a period of
jealousy and confiic resulting in an appeal to arms
and the victorious supremacy of the democratic prin
cipe. We have entered state of transition, which
seems likely to prove longer than most of us antci
pated The PRESS will insist upon a settlement
which Will secure theTuits of our victory. Nothing
is settled till it is settled right. We must have de-
mocraey at the Southas well as at the North-equal
rights for all secured by equal laws, freedom of
speech, freedom of thu press, impartial suffrage. OF
the profound convictions of the Republican party Of
Maine, the Press will remain faithful exponent.
sion of the telegraph ound the world. The compile
ton OF that great enterprise will compel change,
which has already hgun, in the management OF
newspapers. The leading features of the worlds
history will be registered from day to day by the tel
egraph The expense of special dispatches from all
parts OF the world will prove too great for single
newspapers, and correspondence will regain some
thing OF its old Importance. Newspaper associations
OR news agents win assume the task of furnishing
the dairy dispatches, while correspondents will fur
nisl details explanations and Illustrations by mail
The Atlantic telegraph has already destroyed the |
system by which foreign news has for years been
furnished by steamer, and already the Tribune has
its special correspondents established in almost |
every capital in Europe We cannot rival the feats
New York Journalism but must be governed by the
same considerations
sSlssssweshave engaged $50 ~, Yl
Regular Correspondents i'm Washington,
New York, BOSTON and Augusta, n
and occasional correspondents at various points
throughout the State. During the session of the
Legislature, we shall publish
tHfs sLl3 &. Y 4 q E.CsSl
Special Dispatches
from Augusta every morning, furnishing a synop- !
sis of the previous days proceedings. ~ =
To the people of Maine, and especially to people
who have business relations with Portland, we hope
to make the PRESS more valuable than any paper
published outside of the State can possibly be. We
shall publish the same telegraphic summary other
New England newspapers. We shall not publish
special dispatches from Washington, but we shall
have regular correspondence from that point, and
Daily Summary of Maine News
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which readers here would be sorry to miss We
shall have ,tHtyu
,ae Full and Accurate Market REPORTS.
forwarded by telegraph from al parts of the United
States, from Canada, and from England. weekly
Review of the Portland Markets,
10 sesfssi and an accurate 81 Is EaFas
u Report of Maine Shipping,
in foseign and domestic ports, viii be published as
heretofore.
'slA There will be
No INCREASE IN THE PRICE
~ pisf OF the DAILY Press. For Nil
. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR!
We expect to furnish paper,
The Largest in the State,
and as large as in other States is offered for ten or
twelve dollars year. a'.5ug sa5 u.s. .iaisi4i