, 1870-09-06


tor ..s 1uiness of detail
From tAa Scientific .tmtrirna.
The Atlantic Cabc despatch, containing . tuii
aceount OF fhe great battle OF raytlott*, sent tu
the NEW 1ORk TK1HCSE. and puhltshtd IN that
paper the aath u1t., is pEubab15 the longest an
mist cnssiy despatch ever eent over fhe trsus-
pceanic wtres. 1t cost TIE TRsBCSE 1880 In
rnk,. AZ specimen Of cn,crrrising 1ourual;5m.
this Is absolutely unprecedented The slowmov-
sns t!tises Of 1ssn,lon au3otncE foreign cities Will
sta.ld wtdeInouthesl With astonNh&aent at tho al.
solute disregard o! expense shown by their Amer.
lean contemporaries in hbta!aing news. We .suutt
whether any Of them ever paid a. much fer E-ws
IN an rns1se week as THE TR1HCEE paid for this
single despatch.
Fr"pl ne HuTa1o chtritf.
Tue Tr1BrSE.s Gravelottc despatch wlleil wc
rerul.ishei III full yesterday, wa tnslec1t msE-
nt.cent demonstration Of newspaper enterprise,
and. altogether, the hest thing the American rIts
has achieved In connection with the present was-
IL the WAT, What has become Of the SIMS s;ecia1
correspondent. Dr. Russell: We shau have TO
take back, ssou. ali We said about that ssruke Of
ENTERPRISE.
From he strtav ani +Nury Journal.
4 fun description nj the last Of the sc7es 1t ca-
EaSe1aeuts tor thu possession ut tho vcrrnn road
s given III tie Ftrr Yalras,e anI interesting etc-
Of TnH TR1RrSE correspondent at Metz, which wc
s..rr1tluce IN full elsewhere We arc ais, iuieb--
I'd tn +rnE TRanrSI tar map accompanying 1h,s
ir-Crtpiin as well as for tho very valuable ,.c
sc1!rttous nf the camraIEu IN France, which the
enterprise sf its correspondents has given r. the
public.
From tie Eos:nn Ert7fina journal.
TIE NEW yoKK TRtarsE has experienced s9ne
OF tile toys OF journalism lately. The other paper.
huve appropriated its news very freely, :'ri
asused Nj. Greeley aud his newspaper mose THAI
tst- fer the advantages ,ses have gatnssl hy Its
enterprise, TIE story vi the 1attls Of Grayelottc
] published In Thu TE!BrSE, anil copied by the
rtcs- Of the country, Is one Ut tac most graphic
arS. vivid descriptions Of great contest that eve,
| appeared in q newspaper. 1t IN only when rca'l
! ing such description that, which bo!'is snt
| centeniIng forces before the eye, Ike q moving
| panorama, that VIC can appreciate The ho1rors o.
| war. Such slaughter as this at Grayciotte la:
| seldom been tpIa!Iesi In modern warfare. uearet
graih that its repetition viii not be Witnessed:
| From tie Jfr.tH City Tihea.
| We have made istc Use Ut THE TRIBUNE
| special dispatches from the b9ttle-ueltls II
| France, III our editorial columns, and have neve
omitted to give the proper cErs:it for them. Tht
morning VIC tint the whole ntst page OF that en-
terprslug Journal given up to special ttiegTnrht
| accounts Of The various actions fought near Metz
| en- Sunday. TutssilY. aud Thursday Of last week
l; Wit l-e interesting to cornparu ihesc .lctalle
reports with the dispatches published Es III
authorizes al Paris an. Berlin. We regret tna
! We hare aot ruoln tn publish entire THE TRIRrSE
most interesting account OF the terrible hattle
| Thrrs.lay. Beside belug marvellous achtes,
| tuent IN journalism. tt ii vivid picture OF tn
| horrors Of war, antl tHst tribute to the ut
| su1pas:abie courage Of the French anil Gsr1na
Ffpua tAt Hi7liaHsbtr9h Tim<..
TIE NEW YORK TRIDCSE has taken the lea
| In iurnlshin: var news, a1tl it Is a matter I.
national pride that that great paper has,
| this instance, ecpsetl even the Lpudon Tine
jealousy. however, 1s cropping out--a 1ea
ousy, We are sorry to say, altogether III
worthy of The profession Of journalism. Our col
! temporartes should member taat one cannot
| a1wRys the most successful IN matter Of III
sint- The HERALD, we 1ni, has resortesl to Il
| columns OF the other rarera to advertise the ID
] that 1t has corrs Of European correspondent;
| from whom, 1t expects news from the seat Of WI
4 strange proceeding on the part OF the Htsal
| and LOCKING very like confession Gil Its ~
that, like the French, 1t hus been ou'generas!
| Tits time
From M< Salfa Ft {StH Hax1eo} Pas.
; With all the show Of the H.Fdli and thr ht
Of the SuH, the steady, trustworthy old Ta!nr
hral8 OF the palm In the View York papers rf
test for European war newE. The S"H, Wit.
) rn'1't*h Of tsunrcts. announced that Dull II
! i,us-e!, Of the Leaion Taa<s, vas to he
!: special correspondent; the H<fat1. with
: usual disgusting 1rasgadoc.o, was sol
I, 10 'e In advance of the worl,
! | giving war news. The TRIBUNE q
. / esiy set 10 work. Said nothing atont what
t | ~as .:piH1 to to, hut dbl give Us the news, n
T. completely, more CORRECTLY, and more re8u!a
= | than 1t waa given evea In the Lordon papess-
,rnutle with the SIN and HtraEd was that Il
lnokel At the war from a sensational po.ut
riew, ani retained = coErs TO report il, VII
/ taleies could paint pleasing and rcallab1e ere
| %tteout occurrence, bat whose former occu
4 tons neither gave them the fitness nor the inG
- 1g 80 essential to the var, the hardest working
- - | all correspondents The Tribune conprehen
ii | in the situation great Important feature Of
f. worlds history. and secured men com ken1
ID pen the leaf bearing its recor1i. The Tribune
a triumph Of trustworthy, honest, enierpns
. i Journal Ism, determined to succeed only Il sucs
could te obtained by integrity and industry,
= In tss kurcesH, We hope for the credit Of stat
] public mind which vii neither encourage
tolerate the Trash which tn the past tas heen Sc
" vi with auch ayIdisy, and supplied With stch
ar, graceful prcmptnes=s
Or From the O.rfgo Journal
= Since the Franco-Prussau war besso+ the
/ nHs has displayed degree Of enterprise hitn
. uuknown to the press of The Cni!ed States,
that paHeE Il today Ss Tar in ahFance OF Tue
q metropolitan papers as :he Lonioa 7imts Is IN
yance OF tie resi- cf the London press-@
Tribune has a corps Of correspondents thru
cut Europe Of nlc education and ahtlltE, ant
= are Glad 10 record ttz success II lts expensive
| destattns. The money thus spent viii retosT
- doubs, II good tint, and the circulation Of
! paper and Its power to advance Republican /
s,p1es Wit he t1pmeasu-ably increased. 1at
.,,a:chts OF tho Js1buHs have been at 50 L
III eslue that the Sun. Herald. and other paPera1
U l<en compelled tocopy them.
From the Albany Ehfet<sbne1rf-
The account at the battle Of Urareiotte, "
We took from the Tribune, Vas one OF the s
est and most successful efforts ever a1tempte
| newspaper In this country. The despas:n
tbe 1rst~a< &, 80 In gold for its tran1mts
rcl, | from london TO New York There were es
It. The cost Of OF special courier from the oa
-;.h 1eld through France. Rhenish P1ua+:.,---=,GG
and therce TO London. and The pay Of the
r1spont!ent himself. We recognize the h1es
thi. extraordinary Terk.