Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-07-21


Boston NewspaI IDs.rs.
THEIR PECULIAR CHARAcTERIsTIC--REL
CIRCULATION.
The Boston newspapers are all max.
ing considerable money at the present
tine, although it is not many years age
that they were all struggling for exis-
tence. There are now four Repub-
iican papers, the .Journdi, Trur-
eHer. Transcript. and Idrertiser, the
first issuing both morning and evening
editions only, aud the last only Il morn
ing edition.
ne Democrats are content with the
Morning Post (the leading Democratic
organ OF New England), and the He,'uid
small and vile sheet, which is issued
morning and evening, in fact, nearly
every hour OF the day. The latter j.
sDld for two cents, and lacks one feature
which nearly every newspaper in the
country possesses, good. bad or in
different editorials. Ii has place, oi
course, for editorial articles, but does
not contain more than half dozen each
ycar-and these are drawn out bv great
political excitemcnt-, or by somebody =
treading on the leading prop,etor's
corn>-Inctaphoricallv speaking. IL NAV
be uncomplimeutary 10 IN, raj and rcli-
giou, Boston and New England, but
the UtTff has by far the largest cir
culation of any paper in this section,
and l. popularity supposed to print so,
nb or "n,ouD copies daily.
In circulation the .joDyam ranks next
and the figures are said To be 10000 or
i1."Op. There is not much difference in
the circulation ot the other papers,
winch range from ~. 900 10 80 900. ac-
cordin@ I" the figures of the counting
room clerk, aud from 5000 10 l5.UoU
VITA the prcssmen, who arr. generally
supposed 10 bc pretty well posted. The
circulation oi the Traveller /, doubled
on SATURDAY 'bv tie Review OF the
W eek. NJ iiciI j. written by the Hon
CAarlc, {. iidLewcll. who is pronounce
Ell ~ compctcnt judges the best review
writer III the country. That the read
lh- puD!c IKE his style, and appr, clatc
MS aOiIItN. l. shown by the fact that lnc
number ot IrocetieIS printed Oh Satur-
Gay i twice ~ large as that ot aHv other
dAv. Post and Traceiier are the only
establishment, winch solicit advertise
inent-, the Others trusting confidently
and WIN success 10 what may be called
spontaneous advertisers
The Uernid is circulated mostly
among the. lower classes, though its
Objectionable news attracts the patron
a1c OF many respectable people, who
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