The New York herald., 1871-01-18
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Great as the HESAIp bss always been
IN the matter Of enterprise, lavish as it
always is in the expenditure Of money
to obtain the fullest and most reliable
Intelligence from gil parts OF the world,
1t OF late has excelled even itself. It's hum
dreds OF thousands Of readers know full well
what 1t was during the war Of the rebellion.
when every battle, every skirmish and every
movement throughout the country was given
with the greatest accuracy and most minute
detail, at the earliest moment it could be
obtained by means of horse express, steam
and electricity. Then our correspondents
were with every corps and division Of the
army and with every squadron afoat and no
expense was spared in order to give the read
ers OF the HERALD what they most desired
what they took the paper for-information
respecting the occurrences of the period which
could be depended upon as correct in every
particular. Again, when the Abyssinian
war occurred the HERALD's correspondents
were with the English army throughout the
campaign-in the march from the sea to
the fall Of Magdala-and to the HERALD's
correspondents the English government, the
Horse Guards and English people were
mainly indebted for the earliest intelligence
from the seat Of war. At that time such
energy, such enterprise In conducting daily
paper was without parallel; 1t surprised our
own people, but It astonished Englishmen, and
both thought that journalism had then reached
its highest point that perfection had been at
last attained. Not SO, however; for the HERALD
of to-day is as far superior to the HERALD OF
that time as 1t was then to the HERALD Of
lS45, and as its age increases SO will it con-
tinue to improve
Examine the HERALD Of yesterday notice
what 1t contains in special European de-
spatches alone. There are no less than eight
columns of matter giving information on Euro
pean subjects, Containing upward of ten
thousand words, all of which came from
our correspondents abroad by cable, who are
instructed to use it exclusively for conveying
all inforpatieq concerning the important
events that are now transpiring on the Cont
nent. Many Of these correspondents are vete-
rams in warlike journalism, having served
long and faithful apprenticeship with our own
armies. They are accustomed to the whistling
of shot and the scream of shell, and when
fight is going on they prefer to look at it
rather than remain at headquarters and de-
pend upon reports; hence our readers may
know that what they describe they have
seen. We gave an account Of the lombard
ment of Paris In all its terrible detail, both
from the besiegers and besieaed the recent
circular of the German Premier, Won Bis
marck, in which he replies to the French
charge Of Prussian cruelty and violation Of the
laws Of warfare; the interview of the HERALD's
correspondent In Rome with the Cardinal Sec
retary Of State Of his Holiness Pope Plus
the. Ninth, Antonelli the graphic
and deeply interesting detail Of the
great battle Of LIE Mans, as seen by
our correspondent with the army of Gene
raj Chanzy, who witnessed it all from tho
headquarters of the general commanding; tho
operations In the north and east Of France-in
fact, all items of interest on foreign affairs were
laid before the HERALD's readers with as much
promptness and as full In all respects as il
the events described had taken place at the
same time in the southern part of New Jersey
or in the western part of our own State
With our representatives In every capital on
the Continent, and with every Prussian and
every French army, instructed as they are not
to count the cost In obtaining news, only to get
it, the HERALD must be, where it is, at the
head Of Journalism in this and every other
country. Our expense Is enormous it can
not be otherwise What it costs to publish the
HERALD now would swamp the balance of the
metropolitan press. But we are satisfied; we
have no wish to reduce 1t so long as our
efforts to be first, to stand above all others,
are appreciated by the publicity the people.
We strive to. please by giving them what may
so well be termed live newspaper. We have
thus far spoken only Of what we have given
from Europe, because that formed the great
features and 80 1t will continue to be, until the
great Franco-P -Prussian war is over and until
the Conference of the Great Powers, whose
deliberations may have 50 much influence on
the future peace Of Europe, has concluded
its session. Turning to other parts of the
world, over which the HERALD has its repre-
sentatives spread broadcast at every point
where news is to be obtained, and their instruc--
tons are the same as given to those with
the armies in the field, who are witnessing and
the great battles and sieges that are
to determine the fate Of France. They are,
told that when any event of importance trans
pires the mail must not be used if the tele-
graph can be. Their messages are not limited
to few words. On the contrary, the whole
story must be told, no matter what the cost
that being in all cases the last consideration.
With these unlimited instructions the case isa
clear one-the HERALD must and does have all