The New York herald., 1867-07-10

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These are Evolutionary timos. A very edi.
| cal revolution is now sweeping over The South
| egn States of the Union. Ths muttarings OF
coming revolution are heard in England, the
end Of which no one can forcsse. An impend.
| ing cloud darkens the future prospect In France
and Germany and the res! of Europe. Not the
least important among these actual and threat
| ened commissions ell over the world is the tre-
nendous revolution jnst about to commence
| in this country in regard to the newspaper
press.
Nearly thirty-ave years ago the movement
began that has brought the newspaper press Of
the country up to is present position. News
papers were then first vitalized with the spirit
of the living age. The press had been an old
humdrum machine-a drowsy record Of events
that had usually become respectable by age
before they were admitted TO the dignity Of
print But new spirit was abroad In the
world; new thoughts were in mems minds I;
the word progress began to be heard, and .
new press came into existence, to develop,
discuss and chronicle the thoughts and trans
actions Of actual life. Penny dailies carried TO
the masses that diurnal history which had been
the privileged treat Of tie richer few, and, BY
widening the field of journalism, gave an i'm
menss impulse to its enterprise and its power.
An independent press, recording facts with
minute exactness, illustrated the relative inn
portance Of each event, and, discussing all
theories and measures with bold Freedom, in
troduced every man into the arena of national
life, and made its readers actual participators
in the government of the country. Hence, it
was wonderfully welcomed wherever there was
intelligence and a manly spirit Upon the ap-
psarance Of this new agent Of civilza. ion, the
mummiied organs of cliques and parties that
had preceded 1t sank into the silence Of his
tory, and are principally to be found on Gle in
the museums. From this city, in which the
establishment Of an Independent press began,
the revolution spread over the whole country /;
and every journal now in existence that is
at all worthy Of mention as newspaper, Is
the offspring Of that movement.
But the press is TO take another new depar-
ture; to rise apparently into still granier use
fulness and power; to become in the future as
superior to its recent history as In its recent
history it was superior to its origin. Tho ap-
plicaHon of steam to travel and the conse-
quent Improvement Of means Of communica-
ton was an important element in the success
Of the penny press; and now we have new
inventions in the same direction carried to q
far greater extent Already the telegraph had
put every corner Of the continent In instanta-
neous communication with this, it's commercial
and intellectual metropolis; and now the sub
marine cables are linking us in the s,ms way
with the cities Of other continents. Old men
thought there was no end to the wonder
when the weeks voyage to Albany had been
shortened to day, and then to five hours; but
now London is, for the Interchange Of ideas,
nearer than Albany; and Paris, Vienna and
Berlin are hardly a. far away as St. Louis. Not
only will the cities Of Europe henceforth take
their regular place In the columns Of good
newspaper, as our American cities have hith-
erto done, but those Of Asia and of Africa also
will come into the electric circle.
It is impossible to foresee all the immense
changes that these wonderful inventions will
make in the press, but revolutions Of the most
notable character must necessarily result
Already there seems . tendency to change,
in the making Of two distinct classes Of jour
nals-one the great paper that deals with the
worlds news and the important national topics
that hll mems thoughts, and the other the
smaller and cheaper sheet that gives photo
graph Of local life, concerning itself, mainly
at least, with events In the city. Such divi-
sion Of labor is already realized to certain
extent in the European press. Paris has many
papers that discuss policy and great questions,
local events beneath their dignity,
and it has one journal Of immense circulation
filed only with what the others reject-the
chronicle Of those smaller points Of city news
and gossip that interest the million. There is
the same division in London.
Perhaps the same will grow up here. These
smaller journals are springng into life around
us already, and the time may not be distant
when. working their vein with proper spirit,
they will compel the other journals to relin-
quish to them the local field and To take
higher sphere exclusively as great national
organs In news, in discussion and in advertise
ments. Since nation is now, for purposes Of
communication, no larger than . city was. il is
not an improbable result that few papers at
great centres-ss the HERALD 10 this city and
the Hmes in London-will monopolise the
publication Of news on large scale, and drive
provincial journals to the nero discussion and
elaboration Of local topics
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