Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-05-26

| THE PuIIIc LEDGER AND THE PUBLIC RECORD
| WHY THs PAPER WAS SOLD lND HOW IL HAP
P1NED TFA- THE NEW ONE WAS STATED.
| Special C"rY .pondras, to the Commercial.
PHI ADstPHIl May 19th.-The event of the
week has without doubt been the appearance of
| the Public R'cord. That Lms'' candidate for
public favor fa;,ly englossed the attention of the
br;'1e.3 pal OF the town, upon the day Of it,
| advent and al Tough the excitement has mer1rr-
| ably sub1ided-for such feveriGh condition
could not in rea7on be permanent-yes the sense
of novelty has not yet worn of. You have OBJ
| served, doubtless, that men OF AL professionI
are apt to look Gas IL ,oere, Of corrse,) through
the bunghole Of the baifel they inhabit, and
| fancy that what they see is the world. Painters
think and talk pictures, actors talk theatre, and
| 30 do newspaper people, too often, fancy that
| tine interest Of the community begins, centres,
| and ends in newspapers. Now for my Own Poor
Part, as the Bard remarks, / have grown to be-
lieve this mistake. Eut think, too, thst whi'e
intelligent people regard the newspaper buc'ness
just as they do other ente,pr1e, think a. much
but no more of it than they do Of Others and
shake it up comfortably and impar:ia'ly with this
dry goods hardware, and other respectable trader,
u -tint ot thc pdno thuo iuuht D3 htfultteu
that there are combinations now and then formed
| in the newspaper world which attract general at
tention. The attempt to pervert the Mcfarland
trial to general ti;al of Mr.. Greeley and bis as-
sociates was one of these combinations or events.
Mr.. ]. r. Youngs quarrel with Mr.. Dana and the
consequent e.tajli. .hment of the N. Y. Standc,d
was another, and the publication of the Public
Record is yet another. Some par.icr ara rela-
lat'ng to the sale of the old Ledger property and
the pull h'ishiny OF this young i:val may be
rev to your readers. When Nj. Lb' ds acd NJ.
Drexel pr, 1.ed the Lstlcsr o; Me; =. Swei1.
Abel, and Srm DIS, tine re- ng + m ey. ED
not to pub'i.h rewopn.oe.!l Pf'ase'pl e. for
fringe on the g-oc9d made good hyt' Isl,,sr,
and now dispo ed oi lis VIZ Sf.' ecu. r. ioi
the price pad wa, Very la.ae. TIE ''ces' IN
effect was in q Tec, ar si.ef. at ira. ''me. 1t
was dui'ni.3 the v,n-, rnd rcpe' w. az .ishe.a
figure. The Ls'er was % J fe..' e :, o. il
circulation. Ii p led a shee. nea'.,. a. ls ge
as the COMMERCIAL, end lod il al o 70 Ger.
Large Is itl edyersi.ing va, it made We :, LILLE
way as.'ret the ier III CO of puh';;:.ioc. ItJ
circr,nt.on wi5 ejo mors, but { 'e mo rspe,s
it printed the mo- moJey il % /. Tie a m l.. !
/ oil the anxious seat To- cone ime. Troy were
afraid to ,si,e the p zee a,d t-ey corld II ssaDd
the precspie-pa' ado:'c;l es il my lcsm-of
this huge c;.cu'r 10 wrich W. C dung inc li'e
l o"o "a ~ '-'-e ~ = Wy Z -Ael IL. o
them an oier. It waJ a,cep:ea The / der
was inc.ea.ed ''i' sly in Liye r. pi ice vas pu.
up to two cents. and i. went 'tead rke yht. In
six month, il h;d become De iiect rev joaper
property but ole il tue coi-.it y, t,rt one
being the N. Y. Herald Tie 20 ! goes that the
old Ledger fl IN was lick OF ne ba,aai 81 Boon
as il was made and thai they siew d. y mo Q
poorly At e'i events when Mr.. Swain died
| leaving an immeD.e prope " 10 lii OF y eon,
he apparently ,.p' ed ii he with The re;.o'ye
to build up rpo.her Let,qsr ihfi .hord be all the
1 new Ledger is end yes hive what was inc
II old papers great .,in;l cl.. IA to popr'a,ity-a
cheap p,,ce. AS soon a. The i've ye...'. INIT 4. d
expired Mr.. Swsil's new pe?er appeared. When
first projected ii wa. il.e 1led to ca il the Ti1e
Ledger, but the friends of Ire pub';.her d.
suaded him from mailing so d. eel an attack
upon Mr.. Childs az that would hare been. So
the Public Record il ID. although I cannot SEQ
that the case il helped muci by o c.aDae of
name Mr.. SWANS ac.iol is clear violation of
the agreement made by IT. fatier, in the Epirit
il not in the le.!e. Il . . d'vect
bid fos the old cr.tom, be- me- !. ant. eene,a
good WI Of the Let,ge' new-papes fot which a
piincely pie war yeas Ego psid; sna V. ,.ch in
honor shorld be allowed 70 rem; y L.. ct in the
Laad1 OF its new Prop .e.oit. This i, the way
pie men lcok al the eat..Dli merit of the Pub
lie iaeoa,M. ] have vet 10 hesr lie first word
raised in defence of the MOVE wi ch manifest
ly moves it. INDEX.