The Morning herald., 1876-08-23
ENDfNGa1F TlrR FIRST YEAH.


ance upon the streets Of Wilmington. It
was new fsatarein the history Of jour-
natism in this6tate. Its publication was
considered BY very many to be an act Of
boldness, bordering largely upon rashpess.
Many I head'was wisely shaken upon the
street corners d they held the young bant-
ling in their hands as in pity for what
they considessd to be . dare devil venture.
They who aAistedat its birth have lab
ored witha courage, a persistence and q
vim that has nsvsr failed in any advsn.
ture, and willnot fail in this. !. It he's to|
thank many thousand readers for their at
teutive regard % the doctrines it has
taught and propasated. It has given to
them value full to overAowine for what
they paid forit. The many hundreds Of
our citizens who. have kindly favored it
with their advertisements are thanked,
and willsbe kindly remembered for aiding
its sustainmeAt.
Few Journals indeed, even old and well
estsbdished, 4h&vs met with such bitter
and unrelenting opposition as that which
The HERALn has had to encounter dur
ing the first ysar Of it's existence. The
editor Of : contemporary, in whose path
way ve ha7e never laid - straw,
adopted the role. Of prophet and
uttered his malsvoieut predictions that it
could not livea month, but living month
he would not cas. of the prophets mantle
20 persistent w@ his hate, but continued
to extend the tefm Of its existence to two,
then three months and finally wound up by
saying it must die amid the frosts Of Feb.
ruary. One Or more Of our city journals
have without exception always treated
The HERALD fairly; we are pleased at
being able to ssy 90.
The HnKA1D has circulation within
the city ofs Wilmington, to-day, greater
than that Of my other Journal It has fire.
quently within the past month published
over four thousand copies, and its daily
circulation atthe lowest is now thirty-6ve
hundred papers. Although an evening
eotemporary advised a union Of THE
HERALD with another journal few days
ago to enable 1t to publish a better news
psRss I.sss sfnl hsszI6 pupnsheas sshat jalEasl
telegraphic matter in one day,than it pub
fishes in a week, that its local columns
are 10 full every morning as to compel the
Journals We refer toto rewrite The HER.
AIDS news for its readers. We fearlessly say
that upon this continent there is not a
penny newspaper, that surpasses the HER.
AnD in the ability Of its editorial staff and
the industry, far seeking and untiring en-.
ergy Of its reporters. We have refrained
from neticipg the untruthfulness and self
suficiency ofsome Of our cotemporaries, be-
cause it was not subject calculated to in
terest the general reader and We will not
again refer to it.
For the coming year we have well de.
fined and clearly mapped out plan OF ac-
ton: the policy Of TIE HERALD will con-
tinue to be Democratic without halt or de.
Walton, Notwithstanding, the uncalled for
hostili1s of many Democratic officials.
RECOGNIZING sthat the true function Of a
newspaper is to present to its readers, q
photograph as it were Of the worlds work
Of the day before, we will continue to give
in our telegraphic department such per-
feet epitome Of news, as papers in connec-
ton with the Associated Press can alone
give. It must have been noticed in the
past, that in that~department The HER
AID fully equals any of the costly papers
in the large cities. In the reportorial de-
partment we will give full and accurate
reports Of all meetings etc., irrespective Of
party or creed. In the editorial depart
ment no personal attack upon the private
character Of any man will ever appear,
and all subjects treated Of will be discussed
fairly. The HERALD is ON enterprise
which the city of Wilmington ought to be
proud Of, as it is no small compliment to
the intelligence Of its people that they
have aided in sustaining the best penny
paper upon this continent: y.
TyssUSnc ths Country.
A special train of two cars left Phtladel-
phia yesterday morning and passed down
| the Delaware road. On board were Messrs.