The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-06

| Tho Heross vsS1eooooce 81 Days
The HERALD " yesterday strikinsly erem
plined the dsvelopnsut and extension OF tn
modern journal. whicS hes fairly becoms
an spItoms of the daily hisso.y Of the world
Its seventy two columns comp,is>d the requi
site material for every department Of : news
paper - rsnex OF the extraordinary times j.
which We live.
No denominstiona paper gives more full
and interesting budget Of religious news than
that contained In the Sunday HERALD. Besides
religious news We gave yesterday the is'ss,
scientific, literary, artistic, musical and drs-
matic news; political news. news OF the courts.
commercial and financial news. shipping news.
news Of the markets, police and city news.
brief extracts from other newspapers offering
the condensed spirit Of the American and Euro
pean press, advertisements which are Of indis-
pensable utility to the public. and which alone
would enable the future historian, centuries
hence, to reconstruct the New York Of to-day,
together with editorial comments on the news
and the various questions that actually interest
the public mind.
In addition to all this we published q CORES
pondence which of itself illustrates the pro-
digious scope and variety Of the modern
journal. This correspondence included tele-
graphic dispatches from London and Havana,
from Washington, Boston, Poughkeepsie, Buff
falo and other points In this country, some OF
them from so great distance o. Omaha and
Fort Bridger, via st. Louis II included also
the lengthy and detailed accounts by our
special reporters Of the celebration OF the
ninety second anniversary Of our national indie
pendence, of the dedication of the new Tam
many Hail. the first days proceedings Of the
Democratic National Convention In Tammany
Hall, the Soldiers and Sailors Convention at
Cooper Institute, the Schutzenfest ct Jones
Wood, the racing at Paterson, the trotting at
the Union Course, the excursion of the Brook
lyn Yacht Club, the national game"
as played by several base ball clubs,
together with numerous notes, letters and
communications. Among the latter we may
specify elaborate disquisitions on the finances
of Europe, apropos of the tax on government
bonds, and on China ard the Chinese, setting
forth the philosophy and organization of the
Chinese government, the penal code OF the
empire and the vices and virtues Of the Cetes-
tials two interesting accounts Of Rocky
Mountain excursion q graphic description
from Fort Harker of life on the Plains two
exceedingly curious and instructive letters,
)ne from Mazatlan and the other from
Rosmio in the State of Sinaloas a; letter from
sichmond, in Virginia, and numerous letters
N the live topicsof the opening Presidential
ampsign; together with our European let
ers, one from Vienna and several from Lon
lon, the frst Of which refers particularly to
he great libel suit by Risk Allah against .
london newspaper and to tue royal militssy
eview at Windsor ;; the second to the turf N
hs Marquis of Hastings scandal; tive third
o the yachting season in England; the
ourth to the great Henley rowing rcgatta,
nd the fifth 10 cricksting in England. One Of
he extracts from English papers relates' tn
acin~ 90 p--.~s~i, auutner 20 Herr- Neu-
nanns Official seport, just published At Vienna,
IN tho history Of the electric telegraph, an
ther to recent important explorations in Pales-
inc, and others to the Gladstone Church |
Meeting. in London, to the appearance o. old
frs. Ryves before the House of Lords in sup |
'ort Of her claim to tho throne. Of England,
nd to the for,ed appearance Of Madame
Rachel, ''the beautifer," in court in the-scan-
alous Ranelagh and Boradaile case.
But no further enumeration il necessary to
how. that. availi1g ourselves Of all therappli-
noes of modern discovery and invention in
he transmission Of news, we wore enabled to
ny before our rosders on single morning. |
nd;on the next meBning after q holiday, pic
ure of the world 20 complete and vivid as to
make the HKRALn a truly wonderful microoosm.
sSsrman's Fushins Bill and tho. Treasury