The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-24
Temporal MUTANTUR!
IMEIRTA7HT CHANGES IN NRW YORK
81 J0URNALIsM.

IL ~pIuuaUluty9E1L eodmb W uo, aSSePtea
true that Vice-President Collax will become
editor of the Tribune, either on the first OF
January or after his term of office expires IN
March. One story is that he is to have ten
THOUSAND adollarssper annum, another that ne
Wi1sget twice that amount and a number Of
shares Of Tribune stock. The Sun processes to
know that Mr.. William 0rtou, Jr., president Of
the Western Union, Telegraph Company, has
bought Q controlling interest In the Tribune
association for five h1ndred,and ten thousand
dollars, which Ii equivalent to ffty-ene shares
at ten. thousand dollars per share; that Mr..
Sinclair, the publisher will retire, and that
the paper will become an orthodox Republi'
can organ. /, U.-
These reports naturally alarm the owners oil
the Times, who see the position OF their paper
as the leading administration organ in the
country seriously threatened by this new de-
parture. The Times took the place OF the
masses when tho latter strayed off with the
Liberal movement, and 1t has since striven to
keep 1t By the most intense and bigoted par
tisanshiP. The advent of so conspicuous q
Republican as Mr.. Colfax at the helm of its
rival puts the Times back where It was before,
to q sorf of second dddleship. +.
To hold the ground they have gained curing
the campaign It Ia said the Times stockholders
have sncceeded In .effecting an engagement
with Mr.. George William Curtis at q large
salsryssiMf. Curtis, who stands as high In the
condolences tthe: party as any other Repnh-
lIcan journalist, Is the present editor OF Har-
per's Weekly at q salary of $40, 900 per annum.
he Is q man of much more ability, than the
Wce-President, whose journalistic experience
has been confined to small country news
paper, and who Is, alter all, only an example
o~fsanaatfsMBgly lucky man. Il
3IudeD.the Ortoni management OF the TIL
bape. It. ustherfepested that Mr. Whitelaw
correspondent Of the Tribune for many years,
win become chief Of staff. The change In the
Times will necessitate the retirement of Mr..
Jennings, whose administration has net been
an editorial success. The Times has. made
some lucky business hits OF late years, like
credlsTottheB is given to Mr: George Jones,
the publisher and part proprietor.
A change in the administration OF the
World has already been made. Mr.. CrOly,
the accomplished managing editor for the past
seven years, has taken charge of q new enter
prise, and has been succeeded by Jerome B.
Btillson, an old attache Of the paper, who has
emit IN past years. u ~
Nj. trolys new paper, as I intimated in my
last letter, will be an evening Illustrated
journal, to be called The Graphic. The capt
talists who are behind the project firmly be-
lleve that 1t will work q revolution In Journal:
ds1aadssAmong tas5 people for rplcture
paSeysSss Guthefetofors the supply has been
furnished BY the weeklies. All the plctorials
have enormous Calculations, witness Harper's
WeekB3udBaEVar;F Frank Leslie's illustrated
and Gbirnney iCocnerf- Hearth and Home, and
cur to the reader. There is a large circula-
ton, also, OF the London Illustrated News and
the London Graphic In this country. ><1
The quarrel among the life insurance com
panies has resulted In the defeat OF the Mutual
and It's retirement from the advanced position
It took In reference to q reduction OF the rates
OF, premiums. This was brought about 6y tn,
efs5rtS' OF the polfcy-holders In the Mutual
themselves, who were persuaded that the new
movement menaeed the security OF. their In
terests In the company The war, while IL
ragged, was inl or bitter personapues, and
was worth severalahoEsand dollarsft 70 each or
The EneisS papsfs GaSs recently eenjpub.
fishing sceounta. OF experiments made In the
nsighborh0od ~ London, with % newly IN.
vented Water-o.aft, which Ia 30 constructed
that sea sickness on board Of 1t Is Impossible.
The invention Is due to the genius OF Mr.. bes-
semer,~ the man who has revoluttonized the
tine ss,1 manufacture saSsTss s az ss ssssa tse large ass paIey an ID
pronounce Is to abeEs complete euccess, Al
spacious passenger saloon has been devised
WhIchsh suspended In the centre OF the ship
a~ndFRovefned by asset Of powerful hydraulic
appalIssns beneath It and 80 arranged aoas as
resistance. afforded by the water Is at once
brought into use to check the motion. "a
pair or equilibrium yalves"-1 quote from the
deSCrIpUon-sIare actuated. by u double lever,
like the handle OF a bicicle, and by 1t stands q
steersman, who, with . curved spirit level De.
fore him, watches the slightest indication OF
rolling in the vessel, ana immeaiately f Sup,
the motion OF the ship. The invention per
"a doea not profess to- deal with the pitching
oEships at sea. That Is q point which can oe
dealt with by the Length Of the vessels con
structed, as every one knows who has tray
elled infhe Great Eastern.
this planS for passenger traffic have attracted
the notice of our " shipbuilders, and this
week two OF our leading men In that business
departed for England 10 study Mr.. Ressemers
model and make arrangements with lin ior
the construction of ono or two experiments.
santI.seaAickness" steamships on this side OF
the water. With what delight q large part Of
the travelling public will hail the news OF This
new discovery. The ocean trip between |
Charleston and New York will be robbed OF 1s
only discomfort, and travel by rail, between
seaports. will be at discount.
1ueW piRy, 1OOuQeQ Oh tnc Wouuetiui hn
tory az ,ajoan Of Arc,n and written by John
Brougham. has BEEN produced at Booths
Theatre, with splendid scenery, and q new
actress, g Miss smple, In the part Of the he.
rolns. Seldom has any new piece elected
such diverse comments from the newspaper
critics, as-this. Winter .pronounces 1t admira.
bic, and praisea the actress. wheeler says IL
Ii wrefc6ed, and that The debntante failed to
comprehend the character Of Joan. Both
wrltersa are nDQuestionahly honest, but "see
differently" Like the animated discussions
among the critics several years ago as to
whether poor Edwin Forrest was q great actor,
the result of the present controversy WILL De
to Ill the house with curious spectators:
SENATOR soHURz ON TIE SITUATION
Senator schurE has been talking very freely
with . correspondent Of the Cincinnati Com.
mercisl about the Liberal prospects. This is
what he ssid about the future:
We will6aye to begin in 1875 where We left