The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-28
CHI Es TON.
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY %, 1858.
Tho News-A Retrospect.

The News-A Retrospect
Just three months ago to-day, the pres
ent proprietors assumed charge OF IHH
DAILY News. Perhaps no more discovrag'
ing period, in business point OF vlew7
could be singled out within the memory OF
the present generation in Charleston than
the ninety days that have intervened slnos
then. The sad failure Of the Sea island
crop and the ruinous decline in the market
price of Upland cotton, the disorganization
of labor, the alarming prevalence Of inoeI'-
diarism and crime, the political prospect
blank, and our social future something
worse-al these things have combined to
produce in the season which, with US, ia
usually marked by the greatest BUSINESS
activity, scarcity Of money, a prostraa' IN
of credit, and paralysis in every branch
Of trade, the like OF which nobody can re-
member to have seen, before, during, or
since the war. The most widely circulased
public journal of community affords gem
orally fair index of its prosperity; and
stagnation in business reacts at once snd
severely upon advertising, which is the life
of Journalism. So, in the present case, the
terrible pressure which has been felt within
the last few months, in greater or less de-
gree, by every class of our people has borne
heavily indeed upon newspapers.
But the proprietors of TIE News did not
AZ the outset underrate the difficulties at
tending the prosecution Of their enterprise
They foresaw the untiring energy, the
constant and sustained effort, tho rigid
economy and close attention to details, and,
above all, the unswerving adberence to the
cash system, through which alone success
was to be won; and these they have labred
earnestly, rssolutely and increasingly to
supply. They have given to thu -nrtha n
-wIde-awaKe daily paper, at o price (coi,sid-
ering the depreciation Of the ourrenoy)
altogether without parallel in the history
Of journalism at the South, and they have
spared no pains to. make it not only the
chespest of our newspapers, but also in the
freshness, variety, and compact arrange
ment of its matter, tie best. They have, be-
sides, introduced In Charleston the system
Of weekly delivery and collection, which is
in universal use in the Northern citiel, and
by which hundreds Of our people are ena-
bled to take TIE NEWS, who, under the old
yearly subscription plan, could not afford to
take paper at all.
Our efforts to accommodate the public,
we are glad to say, have not been without
reward. The edition Of TEE NEWS, almost
from the time Of its establishment, hts been
considerably larger than that Of any other
journal in the State; but since the recent
changes and improvements in the p0per its
circulation has been making strides in the
city as we'll as in this and adjoining States,
far surprising our most sanguine anticipa-
tions. Advertisers are already pretty well
convinced of this fact, and in spite Of the
hard times find 1t to their Interest to give
us q liberal share Of their favors. We can
only express our thanks to the public for
their substantial appreciation Of our en-
deayors, and pledge ourselves to strive In
the future to make The NEWS sill more
worthy of their generous support.