In regard to papers named as text, and yet unquoted—we said eight, the editor says five. We counted as unquoted—The Journal of Commerce, The American, The Evening Post, and the Atlas (?) of New York; The Daily Advertiser, and the Atlas of Boston; and the Intelligencer and the Globe of Washington. On a second reference to the article, it appears that mention is made of reporter's letters from Washington to 'The American' and 'Journal of Commerce.' We do not consider these as quoting those journals, or as having anything to do with their character. Is an editor or a paper responsible for public occurrences chronicled by his reporters? If so, he would have much to answer for, on either side of the Atlantic. Other than these we see no quotation from "eight out of the eleven papers." In the second article, which is styled "The Answer of the American Press," (!) besides paragraphs about the Somers Mutiny and the Ashburton Treaty (neither relevant to the case in hand), the whole number of lines quoted is about 404:— Of which there are from the HERALD Courier and Inquirer 321 36 American 18 A part only of these last eighty-three lines is at all applicable to the reviewer's article, except, as before, to disown and denounce, in suitable terms, the abominable nuisance inflicted upon the country, by the self-styled "Socrates of New York" and "Napoleon of the Press in both hemispheres." "Silly remarks," says the editor of the Foreign Quarterly, "answer themselves." Can any one believe that the ridiculous and reckless bravado which he quotes from this person, would be the language of one really possessing such mighty influence and such immense patronage? The New York Commercial Advertiser-one of the best and most influential journals in the country-is scarcely alluded to, in either article; and The Journal of Commerce, decidedly at the head of the daily commercial papers, is summarily dismissed as a "very dull and very harmless journal." No sensible person could object to judicious, fair, and canddid. strictures on the American newspaper. A thorough reform-a L higher standard of character is much needed; and whoever could introduce an improvement, would deserve the thanks, rather than ill-will, of Americans. These articles, had they been written in a fairer, kindlier spirit, might have done much good; but as they are, all good tendency is controverted by feelings of resentment, that a worthless and scurrilous print, raised by a variety of causes to a bad eminence of notoriety, should be thus prominently displayed in a grave critical review as "the leading journal of America!" There may be good and sufficient reasons why this print is more quoted in Europe, than perhaps all other American journals together though these reasons can hardly be understood at home. But what does this fact prove, except that European editors prefer it to those which give a more favourable notion of American journalism, and which are the really influential papers among "real Americans?" The reviewer took pains to quote in full, from a Western paper, a disgraceful libel on Mr. Webster. If he wishes to see "all justice" done, we would respectfully suggest another article from materials nearer home. Nearly every paper in London, if not in England, about three months since, gave currency to a gross libel on this same Mr. Webster; charging him, in no very courtly terms, with "dishonesty" and "swindling." This libel might, and did, have much more effect on Mr. Webster's reputation, than the other, which "refuted itself;"--and all the excuse for it has long since been shewn, in the highest quarters, to be groundless: but in not one of these papers have we yet seen a syllable of retractation, or of apology for those abusive attacks. Nay, this same reviewer, in this same article of indignant reproof of the American press, forgets not to make a quiet sneer at "red-lined maps, and smart doings;" although the tables had been completely reversed by the official admission of a much stronger case on the other side! Will not the reviewer's respect for the purity of the press induce him to re-consider and acknowledge his own errors? Again: a recent paragraph, generally copied by the English press, amiably intimated, that all New York would soon be bankrupt, for there were 700 names gazetted in one paper! This long list was, in fact, only equivalent to the sum total of all the London gazettes for years, instead of one day, combined in one paper, and repeated daily; and this was fully explained in a note to the Chronicle. The paragraph was calculated seriously to injure many individuals: but was the explanation copied where the slander had been repeated? Oh, no! And yet, are not such grave charges in respectable papers infinitely more injurious than the nonsensical ribaldry which this reviewer delights to quote? This is an ungracious and a thankless task—perhaps it is impertinent for mere publishers to meddle with it. It cannot be supposed of particular interest to you or your readers, but we are sure you will at least permit the explanation of what we at first ventured to say.-W. & P. Bangor Theol. Seminary. .... Bangor, Me. Cong. 3 Gilmanton Theol. Seminary.. Gilmanton, N. H. Cong. Andover, Mass. Cong. Divinity School, Harv. Univ. Cambridge, do. Cong. Unit. Theological Seminary... Theological Institution .... Newton, do Presbyt. Theol. Dep. Yale College N. Haven, West. Theological Seminary.. Alleghany, T. Theological School ... do. Ass. Ref. Ch. 3 N.J. Dutch Ref. 43 139 7000 3 23 52 4300 5 93 932 17500 2 35 213 1800 do. Baptist Ct. Cong. do. Presbyt. 6 96 100 12000 do. Baptist do. Lutheran 3 Theol. Dep. Ken. College.... Gambier, 321433222 2353242 Law Department, N.Y. Univ. 5 .... Williamsburg, Va....... William and Mary College... Charlottesville, Va....... University of Virginia... Lexington, Ky....... Transylvania University. 75 Cincinnati, Ohio....... Cincinnati College 25 Bloomington, Ind. Indiana State University.... From 1791 to 1838, inclusive. Schools for the study of law are much less frequented than schools for the study of the other professions. The first institution of this nature, of much note, that was established in the United States, was the Law School at Litchfield, in Connecticut, which had, from 1798 to 1827, 730 students, but it is now discontinued. American Almanac. XXVI. TABULAR VIEW OF EDUCATION In the United States and in Europe. [This Table is modified from that in the American Annals of Education, in 1832. The proportion of Students in Europe has probably not altered much since that time. The numbers given include Medical, Law, and Theological Students. In the United States in 1844 there were 10,393 Students in Colleges; 3532 Medical, 1174 Theological, and 422 Law Students. The returns do not refer to where the Students belong, but where they are now studying. We have taken the number of Inhabitants in 1840, and the number of Students in 1844. The proportion of Students to the Whites only, in the Southern States, would be much greater.] |