The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-07-19

one year. More than 1000 new
newspapers have been established
since the first of March, 1870, and
the number Of new ones announced
since January 1st, 1871, has ave-
ragged nearly four per day. The
number Of suspensions is about
one-fourth as large as that Of the
new issues announced. Messrs.
Geo. P. Rowell & Co. assert that
the number Of newspapers issued
has fully doubled within sixyears.
In looking over the publications
devoted to specialties, Cor class
publlcations,) we find the religious
largely predominant over any 9th
er class, which shows the interest
the public press takes in the NOR
al and religious welfare Of the
country. There are iu the Uni
ted States 283 publications advo-
eating evangelical or sectarian
ideas, with % IN the Dominion of
Canada, with none either il the
territories or colonies. Of this
number New York City has A,
Philadelphia %, Boston ri, while
Florida, Kansas, Nevada and New
Jersey are entirely unreprcsented.
The farmers, horticulturists and
stock raisers have their interests
I represented by an agricultural
press numbering no less than l06
publications, many Of which are
gotten up at great expense, and
are very extensively circulated.
The medical profession enlight-
ems its members through the COL
umns Of y publications, of which
8 are weeklies, so montblies, 8
semi-monthlies, 3 bi,monthlies,
and II quarterlics.
Nearly, if not all, the schools of
medicine have their representa-
tive organ,whic circulates among
its admirers and is criticised &C.
verely by it's contemporaries, whose
views differ from it about the
"healing of the nations" while
there are a number that furnish
intelligence of interest to all med.
ical men, as we'll as the general
reader, without taking sides tor
or against any particular school
of medicine.
Most of the colleges and many
of the State Boards of Education
have their representative organ,
besides several publications that
treat educational matters il q
general way. Of this class we
have 81 in the United States and
6 in the Dominion Of Canada
They are mostly monthlies, with
an occasional weekly, bi-weekly
and quarterly.
The large cities have their COM
mercial papers which are nearly
all issued weekly.
Insurance is discussed through
the medium of 10 special publica-
tions, 12 Of which are issued
monthly, and a number Of them
being noted for their superior ty-
biographical appearance.
Freemasonry, temperance, odd
fellowship, music, mechanics. law,
sporting, real estate, end woman's
suffrage, have each their repre-
sentative organs, many Of which
are edited with ability and have
extensive circulations, and net
large incomes to their enterpris-
ing publishers.
The list of class publications is
increasing rapidly of late, it's ratio
of increase being greater than
that of the entire press Of the
country taken together, owing,
probably, to the fact that the in
crease Of wealth and population
of the country make it possible
and profitable to publish class pa
pcrs where, but a very few years
back, they could not have been
made self.supporting.
The number of papers published
in other than the English Ian
guage is growing rapidly, owing
to the immense immigration from
foreign countries, especially Ger
many, France, Scandinavia and
Italy.
The publications printed in the
German language in the United
States number 341, and the Do
minion of Canada 5, and are over
three times as many as the sum
of all the other publications in
foreign languages combined.
The publications in the French
language are confined principally
to Louisiana and the Province OF
Quebec, where the language is in
common use,
The Scandinavian publications
number 18, and are confined en-
tirely to the West and Northwest,
(witb a single exception, that of a
daily, semi-weekly and weekly in
New York City,, the immigrants
from Denmark, Norway and Swe-
den having principally settled
there. Many of the thriving West
ern towns have been almost en-
tirely built up by these indnstri-
Gus and frugal people, who use
their native tongue universally,
and frequently never loarn the
| English language.