lic partizanism, and, strange to say, a little
too much looseness in the tone of its Sunday edition. Its circulation is
variously estimated at from 15,000 to 30,000. The exact number is known
only to the publisher.

The _Sun_ assumes to be the organ of the working classes, and claims a
circulation of 85,000 copies. It is a bright, sparkling journal, issued
at a cost of two cents. It is four pages in size, and has a fine list of
advertisements. It is owned by a stock company, who bought it from the
late Moses Y. Beach, its founder. The chief editor is Mr. Charles A.
Dana, a journalist of long experience, and one of the most thoroughly
cultivated men in the profession. He has made it a great success. It is
piquant, forcible, and good-natured. Mr. Dana is assisted by a corps of
able editorial writers and reporters, who are thoroughly impressed with
the wisdom of his policy. He is very sanguine of making a still greater
success of the Sun, and claims that he will yet run its circulation up to
200,000 copies.

The _Standard_ is the property of Mr. John Russell Young, formerly the
managing editor of the _Tribune_. It is a Republican organ, and is
struggling to reach an established and prosperous position. It is well
managed, and is conducted with considerable editorial ability.

The _Journal of Commerce_ is one of the few old-style papers left in New
York. It is a ponderous four-page sheet, depending more upon its
advertising than upon its circulation for its profits. It is edited with
ability, and as it employs but few editors and reporters, and cares but
little for general news, its publication is inexpensive. It is supplied
by a regular carrier, and is not sold on the news-stands. It is taken by
the leading hotels and by the down-town merchants, to whom it is valuable
because of its commercial reports. The general reader would find it dull
reading. It is one of the best paying papers in the city.

The _Star_ is a two cent paper, and was started at the time of the sale
of the _Sun_ to Mr. Dana and his associates, with the hope of securing
the patronage of the working classes. Its managing editor is Mr. Joseph
Howard. It is a sprightly paper, intensely Democratic in tone, and is
said to be prosperous.

The evening papers are much less influential than the morning journals,
but the best of them are very successful.

The _Evening Post_ heads the list. It is owned by William Cullen Bryant
& Co., and M