The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-25
CHRISTMAS IN GOTHAM
THE TRIBUNE AND Irs FUTURE.

The Unloading OF Jay Gould-Stokes'
Trlal-Christmas Coming. zss3
[rRox on. OWN CORRESPONDENCE
NEW YORK, December 30.J
The muddle about the change In the Tribune
proprlstorshIp continues. There seems tobe
no doubt that Mr.. orion and his friends have
purchased q controlling Interest In the stock,
but at this writing there is evidently rome
hitch about Mr.. Collax. he has been persts-
tently interviewed by the Washington CORES.
pondents of the New York press, and all that
can be wrung out OF him Is that no definite
arrangements. have been made. MI. Orion
denies that George William Curtis has been
thought of as q substitute, and If the Vice
President Is not the coming man 1t Is difficult
to say who s.
It has been ascertained that the old Greeley
party 10 the Tribune, excepting Mr.. Sinclair,
the publisher, were 10 favor OF continuing the
the election, that Is, Of running the Tribune as
an independent paper. When they found that
by the detection of Mr.. Sinclair they should be
outvoted and the tribune would 60 back 70
The support Of the Administration they agreed
to sell out, and most OF them resigned. Il 10
understood that If they had prevailed they
would have called Mr.. Samuel Bowles, OF the
Springfield Republican, 10 Mr.. G.eeleys VI
cant seat. The selection would have been an
admirable one.
The sale OF the Tribune brings up the al.
ways interesting question OF the valhe 1ot
New York newspaper property. The wonder.
ful growth OF Journalism In thus city u In no
other way better illustrated. The Tribune
property Is divided into one hundred shares.
Mr.. orion paid $4,000 per share for tfty-one
of them. This would make the Tribune
worth 81, zoo, 900. Several years ago Mr.. Mar
BILE purchased the only quarter Interest In the
World that he did not own before, for $780,
600. It Is not probable that he woald sell out
to-day for t~hree-quarters Of million: When
Henry ]. Raymond died, In 1869, and bis -eS.
tate was settled, his shares in the Timesswere
sold or q basis Of $1,000, 900 for 1.-The entire
property, but that was understood at the time
10 Include q part or the building In which the
paper is published. Probably the Herald u
worth-6xtures. good will and real estate--
not less than g. 00, 900. Its income from ad-
vertiBIng Is enormous. The Evening Post
establishment is also a valuable property. Its
circulation Is small, but 1t has q peculiar and
well paying class OF advertisements and an
extensive JOB office. Tle Express has made
the Brooks brothers rich. The heavy adver.
tteing patronage OF the Journal Of Comm6rce
renders that one Of The most valuable papers
In the country.
All that cutters is not gold. Thetaakon
Printing House square Ia that The SUMS not
making money, though 1t has q large cifcnla-
tlon. lis advertising has dwindled during the
past year. The Evening Telegram 10 q tender
to the Herald, and is owned byM Bennett,
but 1t has never been made TO support Itself.
There are TWO penny papers, both very
prosperous. The News has q bona fde' circular
lion Of $4,000. and on occasions OF unusual In
terest Its sales nave run up to las 600. 1t costs
as much to advertise In Its little columns "a II
the Herald. The Witness, the other penny
sheet, is of later birth. II proposes To- De o
moral and religious paper, and Is owned bya
Montreal Canadian.
Professor Tyndall's lectures, which began
this week al Cooper Institute, ara attracting
immense audiences. He discourses on EghE
and makes experiments nightly Withthe eaabr
crate apparatus which be brought over with
him from Eugland. His season will be pecun-
iarily successful here, bnt 1t is said that he
barely paid expenses In Boston and Phllsdel-
phia, and Lost money In Baltimore. Bis man
ner Of delivery is pleasing, which cannot be
London English In bis accent than Dickens
was, and his pronunciation is 30 unusual 70
American ears that he is followed in hia lee
lures with some difficulty. suchr al least, IVES
my experience. =. = a9istf
8T6 6HltdGluK tu0 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VI WAdk NO
called 'sHol[y Tree Coffee Houses IN this
country, for the accommodation OF the work
ingmen. If one OF that class wants . drink
now he must 60 TO q barroom, where It -
likely he contracts or confirms bad habifs.
The idea is to furnish him with places where
he can get coffee and other comparatively
harmless beverages. at q moderate cost 6ey-
have been held here and in Brooklyn, and Hf.
Beeoher appears to have adopted It "a ahoboy.
An Englishman writing 10 one OF the. papers
says that coffee houses" as counter attrac-
lions to draw w%orkingmen away from The beer
saloons In England have proved q failure. he
suggests cheap dining SALOONS as more emca-
cious.
Gould has concluded that ha would be beaten
In the long run BY the Erie Railroad sults and
has disgoFged $4,000, 600 In consideration, Of
being .Slet alone" in the future. He Ii having
som huge transactions In Wall street, and
and doubtless ianoles he will make up his
losses In q few years. The career Of this man,
as Of his partner, James Fisk, Jr., has been .
series of startling and dazzling points. He
toeses millions around. Just as much poorer
folks do ten cent shinplasters, when they hap.
pen to be abundant.
Our Injured iellow-ciuzen, Mr.. Stokes, Is
undergoing another trial. he has four law.
gers. and Ihey confidently expect to get hin
on this Time. Jim Fisk wal murdered the 9Th
OF last January, and Stokes wiz probably % a.
liberty before The round year has been con-
cluded. The woman Mansfield will bardly.b be
at the trial. She is living in much style In
Paris. Stokes had tho iPpndence to tell o
reporter the other day, speaking OF the scene
at the death bed when he was brought In to
be Identified by Fisk, ''Fisk merely said 70 the
officer who asked him II he recognized me.
N ,Xss, I know know TIE s mani io II y :. MI me- st soss.
what, in hia old fashion. I thjnk SADLY vet not