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| The very first edition of the New York Daily Times on microfilm. |
“New-York Daily Times.
New-York, Thursday, Sept. 18, 1851.
The first number of the New-York Weekly Times will be issued
on Saturday of next week, September 27th. It will be a very large paper, printed upon a
quarto sheet, just twice as large as that of the Daily Edition, and will
contain an immense amount of reading matter of all kinds, including that
published in the daily paper during the week.
Individual subscribers and clubs in the country would do well to send in
their orders as soon as convenient. The
price to Clubs of twenty is but one
dollar a year. Postmasters are
authorized to act as agents.
> If any of our subscribers, in this city or in
Brooklyn, fair to receive their papers before
seven o’clock they will confer a favor by leaving word to that effect at
the office.
> We have received a great number of letters from
gentlemen in various parts of the country, seeking employment upon The Times. In all cases where it has been possible, we
have replied by letter; but some sixty or seventy still remain unanswered. We beg the writers to believe that nothing
but incessant occupation has prevented us from paying attention to their
requests. Our establishment is now full, in every department.
A Word about
Ourselves
We publish to-day the first number of the New York Daily
Times, and we intend to issue it every morning, (Sundays excepted) for an
indefinite number of years to come.
We have not entered upon the task of establishing a new
daily paper in this city, without due consideration of its difficulties as well
as its encouragements. We understand
perfectly, that great capital, great industry, great patience are indispensable
to its success, and that even with all these, failure is not impossible. But we know also, that within the last five
years the reading population of this city has nearly doubled, while the number
of daily newspapers is no greater now than it was then; -that many of those now
published are really class journals,
made up for particular classes of readers…
New-York Politics
Both the great political parties are in the field for the
November Contest. The two Conventions
assembled at Syracuse last week, and their proceedings in detail have already
been spread before the public. The
Democratic Convention assembled first and adjourned last. The ill-feeling which has been growing up
between the two sections of that party, during the past few years, was still so
strong as to make the task of “harmonizing” one of no little difficulty. The members of the Convention, however, went
at it with a good degree of courage, and followed it up with tenacious perseverance. Their efforts were crowned with a good degree
of success.
The proceedings at the outset rather staggered the
Hunkers. Having counted upon a very
decided majority in Convention, and being determined to use their power with
remorseless severity, they were dumbfounded to find it suddenly smitten from
their hands. A goodly portion of their
number fraternized with the Radicals, and gave them the organization of the Convention. The Hunkers struggled against the current,
fighting every inch of ground, making sharp speeches and fulminating very
intelligible threats. The Radicals
talked less, and were anxious to harmonize, but were bent on doing it in their
own way. Their Committee reported a
series of resolutions, re-affirming those of the State Convention of 1848…"
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