New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-28

these readers are repealed from the paper by
its persistent disregard of even decency in
its attacks upon the President and every
one connected with the government, how
ever remotely. Who, even if inimical to
the administration, can enjoy reading, day
after day, month after month, year
after year, these aspersions against
leading public men! This whole bust
ness of exposures and frauds and
corruption is getting to be wearisome
to the last degree. And the sight of a
column headed Investigation makes the
average reader sick. No doubt the San
has lost circulation and influence in great
degree by its want of tirmness IN dealing
with public men and public affairs. News
paper readers any more than yOuim0ets can
not live Oh a diet of bitter herbs, sauce
piquante and absinthe, which may 90 for
occasional indulgence but rot for u steady
diet, and this tact the San forgets. The
paper circulates only in New York city and
is very little known outside of it. Its cir
cula.Ion is probably about d, coo and, being
confined to the classes that have little or 10
money to spend, it's advertising does not
amount TO much 1t ought fairly to divide
the business OF the Herald, but it doesn't
reach so good class Of readers and hence
it is neglected by advertisers.
). Tho New York World was once
paper of great promise, and had the ablest
pens in New York employed upon IT. Its
articles were generally of a high literary
tnish-in fact, too high for the audience
which a Democratic paper could address
in city like Nav York. Not that the
highest culture is not appreciated by the
ordinary reader; bat if it is pedandic and
iantastical, ana fine writing Is INDUCED III
for IT'S own sake, it otfends the general
reader. The paper then addresses itself to
n au,.A end aelact cIall and ~ T.
can not expect to have large circulation.
The World was AWAY. conducted without
any great sense in regard to the larger
politics Of the day. 1t was never indepen-
dent; it generally gave very bad advice to
its own party: and for the last five years has
made many serious and disastrous mistakes.
1t took the French side during the
Franco-German war, manufactured victo-
ries for France out of every defeat, and so
tasited current history as TO atfront its
patrons. Again, it made the mistake OF
defending the ring" after it had made
very effective war against it. After the
failure of the Young Democracy fight in
Albany it struck its colors, formed an ALI
ance with Tweed, and during that shameful
summer in which the Times was exposing
the rascalities of the ring in every posi-
BILE way, the World, under the inspiration
of Mayor Hall, defended them in most
unwise aud maladroit manner. It's clientele
was of course the well to do classes OF the
Democracy, who were as much disguised
with the rascslities OF Tweed as the Repub-
licaus: and by it's course 10 this respect it
gave itself a fatal blow, from which it has
never recovered. To crown the cup OF its
mistortGnes, when Greeley became the can
didate of the Democratic party the
World mad the supreme unwiedom
to support him, after it had put
itself upon record thousands Of times
as disliking Greeley intensely, distressing
his political principles and questioning mis-
Judgment. These three great mistakes
the attitude upon the Franco German war,
the defense Of the ring" and the advo-
cacy of Greeley-wOuld be enough to kill a
strong journal; but the World is far from
strong. 1t never seemed to have money
enough to compete with other papers in the
collection Of news, and in money matters
made as bad mistakes as it did in the other
departments. | do not care to give the
figures which i. is said the Worlds circua-
ton has fallen to, for they would seem in
credible in regard to q paper which once
enjoyed g considerable degree of influence
and circulation. IL is under the further
embarrassment of having TO charge the
same price which the three other dailies do,
though it doesn't contain half their news.
It's money column is well written-one OF
the best in the city.
The other Associated Press papers DO not
count for much. The Journal Of Commerce
has circulation of 5000 or 1000. and is I'M
derstood to be very profitable. 1t is full in
its commercial intelli gence. and answers a
series of commercial conundrums daily: but
it does not pretend to give the commercial
community anything like go good Il paper
as they deserve to have or arc willing to
support
The Erf,y'esS - now a paper which merely
lives because it has the Associated Press
franchise to sell. It is understood to be
worth nothing as property, and its crcn-
ation can not be over 1000; and were it not
Tor the money it got from the ring world
not have been able to exist for the last SIX
years. The Express should have been the
evening Herald Of New York, but It's dis
play advertising. together with its want of
enterprise and ability (which has been con-
,picuous since James Brooks died., has |
aiken all influence from it and it Is no
onger of any consideration among the |
press Of the city.
The Ercning Post is not an Associated |
Press paper, but it has an old contract with |
hat organization under which it has the |
privilege of getting all the news the same |
Is the papers in the association. Its circu- !
alton is 5000 or G000, and latterly its adver- |
Using has been very poor. The Post has |
evidently seen it's best days. Il is not by |
my means such an able paper IA it once !
vas. BY it's parsimony it drives away able |
men from its editorial rooms. II shows in
redble greed for profits. When the Post |
vas most prosperous il paid ont consider
tble amount for its editorial department,
Tut it has since unwsely economical |
here, and the consequence is that the
,aper is in worse plight than it
las ever been since 1860. In times past it
vas very well supported by the better
asses i'll New York; but it never gave back
N equivalent for what it received. Ii is
low getting its reward Nothing hut the
Ugh character of Mr.. Bryant and the pres
ige of his name keeps the Post alive to-
Law.
The other papers are hardly worth de-
cribing. They are, with the exception of
he Daily Graphic, dependent upon sl;ecial
aEses for their existence. New York ought
o have greater morning paper than any
now possesses, and if there were, as you
ave urged, free trade in news, at least
hree or four new dalies would be started.
The Acapulco Massacre.
Rev. NJ. N. Hutchinson, superintendent
Presbyterian missions in Central and
Duthern Mexico, and treasurer of the entire
IeXican missionary field, arrived at San
francisco by the steamer Montana on the
,nth instant on his way TO this city. lie
was who was temporarily ministering to
lie Protestant Reformed congregation at
capulco at the time the attack was made
pom that con gregation which resulted in
10 murder OF number of Its members.
n his authority the San Francisco Alta
ives the following detailed account of the
lamefui outrage, and of circumstances an
,cedent to il:
Professionalism has made rapid progress in