First,  the  heavy  old  papers  had  been  startled,  and  their  power
shaken,  by  the  advent  of  the  Herald;  secondly,  a  spirit  of
eager  rivalry  had  been  awakened,  which  ensured  the  prompt
collection  of  the  news  of  the  day ;  thirdly,  the  Tribune  had
become  the  established  organ  of  the  respectable  part  of  the
community,  appealing  directly  to,  and  receiving  ample  support
from,  a  large  class  which  had  long  forsaken  Bennett,  on  aceoinit
of  his  indece3cy;  and,  fourthly,  it  had  been  proved  that  a
cheap  paper  could  exist  in  New  York  without  pandering  to  the
criminal,  or  attempting  to  please  the  vulgar.  To  Bennett
must  be  given  the  credit  of  efiecting  a  revolution  in  the  meth-

emineDt.  Perhaps  that  last  choice  batch  of  letters  may  be  somewhere  on
file ;  we  are  almost  tempted  to  cry,  *  Devil  I  And  it  up ! '  Poh  I  it  is  a  mere
cinder  now;  some

** '  Fathoms  deep  my  letter  lies ;
Of  its  lines  is  tinder  made.'

"  No  Arabian  tale  can  cradle  a  wilder  fiction,  or  show  better  how  altogether
illusory  life  is.  Those  solid  walls  of  brick;  those  five  decent  stories;  those
steep  and  difficult  stairs;  the  swing  doors;  the  sanctum,  scene  of  many  a
deep  political  drama,  of  many  a  pathetic  tale,  —  utterly  whiffed  out,  as  one
summarily  snuffs  out  a  spermaceti  on  retiring  for  the  night.  And  all  per-
fectly true.
**  One  always  has  some  private  satisfaction  in  his  own  particular  misery.
