The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-25

pointed office. Aboy enters with huge
sole-leather box. which he places upon
the publishers desk. The publisher
unlocks II and takes out from three to
four hundred letters from all parts OF the
United. d.States, Quebec andpOntario. This
Office has the largest mail going or COM
ing to New York.
The circulation Of this paper is enor-
nous. 1t is claimed by Mr.. Sykes to be
over two hundred thousard, and we
know that the advertising agents who
base their contracts on close estimates oi
circulation put the Democrat on an equal
i ity with other weekliss whose circula-
tions range from 175,000 to over 2OO, 900.
The daily amount Of laborto be quicA
ly and accurately transacted here de-
mands thorough system and experience
ed; and so complete is the system and
so experienced are the men that there is
no hustle, no -cenfpsion-naught but
quiet, earnest, effective work. IS.
| From here we proceed to the editor
in-chiefs private sanctum on Union
Square. For upwards ofa year Mr..
Pemeroy endeavored to do his editorial
work at the lower office, but the contin-
uous stream of callers who must see him
if he was in, the unavoidable Interrupt
tions and delays, and the noise and bus
tie of the location, finally compelled him
to seek more retired quarters. efya
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And here we find him, as he says, with
Union Square as his door-yard. Two
handsome and cheerful suits of rooms,
elegantly and luxuriously fitted in eve
ry particular; scores of fine portraits,
valuable engisvings and costly paint
ings; numerous statues of distinguished
men and friends; Turkish upholstered
chairs and sofas; an extensive library;
and excellent biiliard-table, and, in fact,
everything betokening the man Of taste
and wealth sufficient to crafty IT. Not
withstsnding all theseinertia. producing
Mr.. Ponsroy is a man of work-alert,
active, and earnest TO, intensity, Yet
when the work is accomplished no man
more readily casts aside business cares
and enjoys relaxation and amusement.
He does all of his editorial work, with
the exception ofhis far famed Saturday
Night Chapters" by the aid Of phono-
graphic amanuensis; the short hand
notes being taken in neatly bound
books, labeled editorial notes of Trav-
el'' and Business and Private Cores
pondence," indexed by the title of the
article as we'll as tho dnte, numbered
and preserved, so that at any time tho
editor can refer to this or that editorial
or letter. . ..ft.,. .,,
The exchanges, to the number of two
thousand weekly, arc brought here for
MIR. Pomeroy's inspection first. They
are then returned to the news-editor.-
The editor-in-cheif claims the largest
staff of any paper published, having, it
is said, upwards of one thousand regular
correspondents who write more or less
frequently. giving information Of local
occurrences, political movements, the
misdoings Of opponents, the wants of the
people, etc., etc. To make use of this
vast mass of information, Mr.. Pomeroy
has introduced as leading feature of
his paper a department called "Social
Chat with Friends" in which he inserts
such letters as can be made available,
making remarks thereon, answering
questions, and giving general informa-
ton in a chatty, friendly, aud converse
tional style. We had the pleasure Of
glancing over few of the hundreds o.
letters filed for the department. From
all parts of the United States, on imagi-
nable and unimaginable topics; in the
handwriting Of the well educated far
mer's daughter or clerk and the unin-
telligible scrawl or the minsr of plough
holder; praising or condemning this or
that article of measure; asking advice
on all manner of subjects, from the state
of the soul after death to the most efiec-
tive rat poison; yetall are carefully read
and cheerfully answered, either through |
the paper or personally. Judging from !,
the tenor ofthese letters, the people have
most implicit confidence in Mr.. Pome-
roy's integrity as a man and his princi'
pies as an editor. J.erEt
Pomeroys Democrat is but now in its
third volume; yet, with its present i'm
mense circulation and rapidly increas-
ing popularity, one can readily believe
that its managers prophecy of entering
the Presidential campaign of 1872 with
half million circulation will be realiz-
ed. 1t certainly will be, if care, labor,
work, versatility Of talent, business en-
terprise and energy are of any avail.
In addition to the business, foresight
and enterprise which sends out a hun
drej thousand sample copies free per
we would cite the following:
On the 3rd of March the publisher
closed contract with well-known ad-
vertising agency of the city for the in
'ertion Of page advertisement of Pom
,roys Democrat in one thousand OF the
eading papers of America, the most ex-
ensive contract ever made in tho United
Y. EUening Matt l+'i
"A WIRES FfDELITY.--Annther faith
uf wife has been discovered in Indiana.
Her husband, John T. Bridges, was sew
raj years ago sent to prison on a life :
entence for murder Lately he feceiv- ,
ID pardon. and although his crime di- .
'orced his wife, she met him at the pri-
on door, aud re-murrisd him that same
lay. "'ais aA
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