Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1895, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. \416 Seventh =| BAUI(S. ‘The Popular Shopping Place. RED TICKET DAY 1 sg A weekly event originating with us and? $devised to clear out broken lots, odd pieces,: remnants, &c. values given below are uine ones. . SOc. China Siik, light and dark ground, figured. Red Ticket Price. $ sc, Ee Department. We. %e. Satori Underwear & Corsets. Ladies’ 35¢e. Vests, low neck, ribbed arms. Red Ticket Price....... s- 19e. Small lot or Children’s White Lisle Vests, silk tape. 10c., 3 for... +. Be. 9 Chiidren’s 50c. Night “Gowns, 1 Pa sizes. Red Ticket Price... Ten’s Furnishings. : : Its occurrence means extraor dinary buying possibilities for you. 85c. Pleated a Gloves & H’d’k Dept. 28 pairs $1.00 4-button Black Kid Gloves. Red Ticket Price. z 85 pairs $1 and $1.25 Gray Kid Gloves, button and lace... Weeaccceee x---. 88. A small lot 12%4c. Ail-Linen Unlaundered Handkerchiefs, each.........2.sesse0+ 8€. 500 Paper Bound Novels--Standard Authors==""4" 3c. each! Friday, Soap Day. IOC. Sweet Violet ss. Se. letta, Cape May, I5e., 18¢. 20c. Soaps, superfine quality BUTTERMILK SOAP... a3 OAKLEY'S IMPORTED CASTILE SOAP: 5a Warrarted # pure Olive Ol! Soap: rbolie Soay 7c. 3 Vio- and ‘Tar, Sulphur and ip, the finest facial soap made... GENUINE BAY RUM SOAP, very fine, rating, refreshing. Reg- ular price, 12%. Briday........ Ce PEARS’ SOAP...... BAUM/’S, The real--the savings gen- Cloak & Suit Dept. $10.00 Black Cheviot Reefer Suit, size ae Bea ‘Ticket Price... <.-- — 5. rate mavy blue. Ticket Price. cc rseeece $1.75 Lieht Clot Red Ticket Price. Laces,Embroideries&c: Colored Embroidery, worth 12%c.. and 15c., all the shades for children’s shirt waists, per yar 1 Jot Orfentat Worth 25e. $1.75 Be. 19c. d. 2 SES Lace. in f and ecru, RIBBONS. Black Gauze Satin Stripe Ribbons, 8% to 4 in. wide. Red Ticket Price... Upholstery Dept. 6-4 Chenille Table Covers, were $1.25 to 12¢.. Hosiery. Children’s Tas Drop-stitch Hose, choice all sizes. Red Ticket Price. . - 18¢. $1.25 and $1.50 Ladies’ Opera boet and plain shade, lisle and cotton. Red Ticket Price.. Neckwear. $1.50 Black Spanish La Scarf: Fichus. Red rat Price id — 39e. $1.25 Navy China Silk Eat et Pric 7T9e. ONLY, Notion Dept. Unusual prices prevail here at all times. All sizes PEARL BUTTONS, 2 dozen 6c. 6c. Large roll Black or White Tape, per roll. 8c. DARNING EGGS..........0ecsssereeeeaghOe With handles. Best black enameled. 7th St. — ity a : Refrigerators |} oe pe eo to know how’ well we can do for e F . gears Will HicHist Baty re gk: $5-75 Spore e fie much caunot “be said tn the $ clone a ele Trunk, which has steel elatape all 3 Parison. elec ine eee ee around, 12-incl es, iron Orn, ld, di AMPNESS two trays, pias te Excelsior! INPOSSTEL Soe . heavy lock bolt; cov- Only SMALL QUANTITY ered and musitn-lined. © Cheaper quired—stecng, juste ae ae ‘simple you want them —t eonst: tion— strong ones, every one. More costly Price ee mee ones, too ‘e shall be pleased to show you A Trunk Strap and your name “The Eddy, marked on the ‘Tronk free. or oe, ae 3 Kneessi, 425 7th St. | W. Be ° ae rl. W. Beveridge, QOPSOSOSSSSOSHSSOHEHOSECOSO OOPSODSEPOO PSOE LOSE DOS OSSSD Serviceable, Stylish SSHOES==" Wo've all styles—all sizes—all qualities in shoes at the lowest prices ever quoted on good footwear. The following are only ideas of the many bargains we're offering® during this sale of odds and ends: Ladies’ Stylish Shoes. Men's Serviceable © Children’s Dursble Shoe: 215 F St. & 1214 G St. POTTERY, PORCELAIN, GLASS, ETO. a24-40d 3 » Creamery, This is a special your mpling: is unusual fine Butter. You can pay ad if you want to—but you'll not get @ better or more delicious flavored butter than this Iilinols Creamery. rice to induce A purest and best materia) and: as near perfect as a Butter Latest and Best, |SONNETTE CORSETS. ‘The C. P. Importers make them. $a7-42d5m $ can well be. » Witmer & Co., 1918 Pa. avd eo 2, ap24-28d SEOSSSOSSSOSES ESO SOS SOS SO: “We sell nothing but Corsets and Waists."* CORSETS For your choice of the bala: of those 50 doz. manufacturer's sec- ( onds Fine French Cout!l and Sateen Corsets in white, black and gray, that wer» made to sell for $1, $1.25 and $1.50. Oh! but you ought to have seen them selling yesterday! For the balance of that 25 doz. Fine French Coutil ©. B. a la Spirite Corsets in white and gruy, Qextra long waist, 2 side steels, all sizes, that were made to sell r $1. HOWARD'S Stous, 1003 _F St. Sostox nous, STORE, ‘ap24-24d co ENTRAR RMT TO iThe“Galt” | Watch. $18 Watches Now $12. WE have decided to close out our en- tire stock of Boys’ || andMen’sSTERLING SILVER WATCHES —and have reduced the price from $18 to $12. For accuracy and durability these || Watches have NO SUPERIOR. GALT & BROTHER, Jewellers, Silversmiths and Stationers, 1107 Penn. Avenue. TTT TTT Ta AAT Closing Out Underwear. It will soon be time to shake the heavy Underwear, and these closing-out prices for cooler Underwear will probably make you than you would ba change quicker S5e. “Underweai nea NNT “a nd housewives in HN H ‘The best cooks a1 2 —— Washington use z Cream Blend | —— Because tt NEVER FAILS, under | = propse conditions, to make PERFECT ar iS) ‘= 3 «1 and IDEAL cake and pastry. t=4 pee oly whol jesale it. & . BARNSHAW & BRO. WHOLESALERS, i ‘Ask your grocer for it. E when THe EVE. Don’t be decetved themselves o-ulists. for humbug. We adjust - 8€., 2nd 1000-2 M st. st Aan aan by those opticians, who call ‘ou are paying your dollars t your glasses scientifical- ly and gusrantee satisfaction. As a special price eglass, we offer a Fox Patent Rimless Ey with finest French lenses........ Gold Eyeglasses or Spectacles........! a .. KANN, Wholesale and Retail Optician, fi4-3m* 985 F st. n.w. “Shirtwaistings.” ee ae ee Lovely Novelty Checked Tuffetas, pink * © ond black, green end black, blue and gold * © and changcable stfipes. 6 yards will make a waist that sells ready- msde for $16. Only... Z9C* yd. Exquisite Jaconette Percale, pink, blue and lavender stripes, yard wide. 3 yards will make a valst. p> 7 Only << 0ccesieceee 712 ye yd. SUCCESSOR TO J.B. Nallle, #52 38s" oo. 1328 F ST. 2p25-20d Leatherol TRUNKS Are famous for Lightness and Durability. Made only by James S. Topham, 1231 PA, AVE. N.W. It Cx For Good Hee Color and ot Heavy Growth “ “ Of Hair, use, _,, AYER’S Hair Vigor One Bottle will do Wonders. Try it. Purify the Blood with Ayer's Sarsaparilla. IF THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE thing, for cl teething. It soothes the chia, softens the gum, alla; ‘ali in, cures wind colic and is the best remedy: for farrhoea. 25 cents a bottle. sel0-1y ‘They make one feel ag though life was worth living. Take one of Carter's Little Liver Pills after eating; it will relieve dyspepsia, ald diges- tion, give tone and vigor to the system. We have just pur- chased at a very low price a lot of Fine English Suit- ings and Trouserings. In order to sell these goods quickly we have determined to,offer them for sale at a very low fig- ure. All these fine Suitings to order, $25. Actual worth from $35 to $50. All these fine Trouserings to order, 6.50. Actual worth from $10 to $1! Morton C. ‘Stout & Co., 112 F St. N.W. WASHINGTON, D. C. ap9-3m,40d_ Disinterested experts pronounced. CEREAL FLOUR better than al others. S C-e-r-e-a-l Is not only the best, but GOES * FARTHEST, therefore, the cheapest flour money can buy. Ask your grocer for it. it 3, Healthy Skin, - A Beautiful Complexion INSURED BY THE USE OF PineBlossom Soap: A puiifying, healing, medicated Soap. An up-todate necessity for the,toijet and bath. Price 25 Cents, AT ALL pRuaorsrs, Foster Medici . Co., Baltimore, Md. 42d12r-7 Gentlemen’s Riding Saddles. 2% Imported direct from England. **%% Made of the best English hogskin, *¢* Very light and will outwear several © * ¢ of the ordinary kind. ONLY $18. Do- | see es much cheaper. . TED RIDING BRIDLES, $2 finest’ made. ry style of Ridi and Spurs always on never so low betore. BECKER’S, 1345 Pa. ave. HORSEM & TRAVELERS’ “FIXINGS.” ap25-28e0 Whips Price aera ae hree Favorites. tions, comprising every form and vor know- ing confectioners can [pense ‘Tomorrow's the day for ‘em. Gill’s 2c uth and F sts. Also be obt IN 133, GARR Ee ) 2925-200 —Consult us—we'll examine them and advise you free of charge. Our skill and experience— combined with absolute, Your T-e-e-t- roublesome*23,.°% , o out pain, 50 cents. Evans Dental Parlors, 1217 PENNA. AVE. ap25-244 painless _methods—enables us to perform the most successful and satis- Mantellos, $2 Dozen. Pe Saratoga High Rock On Draughtl Se | At the following well-known druggists’. It’s a strong tonle and mild aperient. ‘Try it from Edmunds & Williams. ++-8d-and Pa. ave. EF. 8. Williams & Co. 9th and F. ith and 'N. H. ave. -14th and Stoughton. BY THE AGENCY. Shafer’s [Mineral WaterDp. ap24-21d 103 PENNA. AVE. TEL. 234, AKUMA HANA When Wash Day Comes Send your FLANNELS here to be cleaned. Ordi- nary soap and water washing don’t clean them properly. When we send them home you'll easily sce the superiority of our matchless pro- cess, Drop postal. Wagon calls. Anton Fischer, 906 G St. ap24-10d SPICED OYSTERS, . loc. a Can. _Everybody who's tried them declares they're All selected and the choicest “i simply delicious. ‘Chesapeake Oysters. Flavor unsurpassed and ‘just ——— Here ts one place, at least, in ——— Washington where ‘you can ‘get “Mantelics” for $2 doze the thing” for a late supper, a lunch—card parties, M. B. Brady’ &e. This special price Wednesiay'to Friday only. =) of National Celebrities, Stalee’s, “S5Pis. Writing Paper 1107 F ST. By the “‘pound’’ or ‘‘ton,’’ if you wish— —the fame of our $5 Made-to-order Shoes has Gray Hair A thing of the past when Nattans Crystal Dis- covery is used. Guaranteed to restore gray or fuded hair to its natural color in 3 to s— Positively not ad: tops the halr from falling out, arrests dandruff and traveled further than the Hmits of small Washing- —— with envel C. “Pursell, 418 oth st. n.w. 5-84 a5. ton. We receive orders by mail from hundreds of miles away. You are paying your-round-the-corner Hine WORTH shoemaker $7 and $5 for Made-to-order Shoes that are far inferior to this elegant footwear we are building for $5. In buying your Spring and Sum- mer Shoes remember it will not cost you a cent more than you pay elsewhere for Ready-made Shoes to have them made to measure here. Spe- cial Shoes to order, any style, any shape, from $5 Do You Paint? If you do we want you to know that we have a full stock of Painters’ Sup- plies, Ready-mixed Paints, Floor Stains, Varnish, etc., for elther inside or out- side work. Quality ull right. you. Geo. F. Muth & Co., 418 7th St. N.W., accessors to Geo. Ryneal, jr. apS-24a Prices all-right for to $10. Fit guaranteed. Comfort is our hobby. yes : “Shoemaker for tender feet,’” 929 F St. N.W. ap23-260 That Soiled Dress > ‘e cleaned. Perhaps you are going bs di rd it because te is a Freee S ‘o matter how fine it how be the laces—we will not in the - ise injure it. Anything dyeable e¢** dyed bere. Shall our lady representative eee call? A rT) 9 1068 Jeff. ave., heatley,” (35m ap24-lld ‘ so {Fs = Wi, tor tne datance of the week, cut the Bungs of all lady visitors FREE OF ALL CHARGE. Congenital, cozily fitted up parlors for Dressing, - Curling, Cutting, Shampooing, and > gee Manlcuring parlors. {6m Seventh St. 2728 ace. eee reer een ee Bargains In Long Hair Switches. $2.50. Formerly $5.00. $4.50. Formerly $6.50. $6.50. Formerly $10.50. G7 Hair Dressing, Outting, Shampooing, . . Ps . . . Pg eeeee Foe at S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N.W. ALIFORNIA: WINE{ 1205 AND FRUIT €9O., |GSt. FERD. SCHNEIDER, Manager, "PHONE. 1641. ap24-28d a iWe Care For the Furs yee ie {hem clean thes and store them duri e long season where mothe or fire cannot ‘harm them. Charges moderate—the valuable sort more than those not so valuable. A tal will bring us. yy, Stinemetz & Son, vi 200 Your Hus in=-d-e=r-w=e-a=r ER Fhmmnmaunmetinoen moron #4 + —ao you ouy it? It you don’t, tell him Le * about these: . Pepperill Jean Drawers, 48¢. pair—tfelled . seams, clinched buttons, stockinette or = etrap bottoms. Ribbed Shirts and Drawers at 39c. gar- ment—elsewhere 50c. Lots of other equal- ly good values here—in Men's Furn! Tanzer & Co., 908 7th St. ap24-16d ' ICE, COAL WOOD. ‘ome Ice Co., E. M. Willis, Propr. $0. Depot, 13% and 14th st. wharves. C RIVER ICE. Best grades of FAM- nd Wood. Wholesale and retail. Fair api5-6m APTE!. a SLEEPLESS NIGHT, USH DR. SIE- ert Aogoatace, Bitters to tone up your system. s druggists, ‘in the brief time THE DISTRICT PRESS Mr, Spofford Gives an Interesting Historical Account of It. NEWSPAPERS AND EDITORS OF THE PAST The Evening Star and Its Place in the Record. THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION The Washington Library Association held its seventh regular meeting at the Colum- bian University last night, with a good at- tendance of members, about twenty, being present. Mr. F. A. Crandall was elected a member of the association. Mr. O. L. Tas- sig, secretary of the association, presided at last night’s meeting. Dr. Cyrus Adler presented the report of the committee on a union list of periodicals, which was re- ceived, and Mr. H. Carrington Bolton dis- cussed the plan, relating some of his own experiences in that work. Mr. A. R. Spofford, librarian of Congress, read a poper on periodicals of the past in the District, which was appreciatively re- ceived by the audience. Periodicals of the Past. Mr. Spofford’s paper was as follows: In laying before you some facts regarding the history of the press‘in the District of Columbia, nothing more can be attempted allowed than a few sketches, rather than a systematic history. Washington has not infrequently been called, from the large number of journals started here which had but a brief and precarious existence, “the graveyasd of newspapers.” Yet a careful comparison of the number ¢nd the history of periodicals established here with the records of news- paper ventures in other cities and large towns (4s chronicled in the Annual News- paper Directory) would show quite as large a ratio of journalistic mortality elsewhere as has ever prevailed here. No doubt many abortive enterprises have been undertaken in Washington, based upon its nationality as the seat of government, and the political center from which it has been assumed must radiate a powerful influence through- out the land. Visions of a populous and rapidly growing cepital have dazzled the eyes of some; visions of government pat- ronage and lucrative advertising have been potent with others; visions of immense cir- culation among the great army of office- holders here and elsewhere have entered into the calculations of some enterprising persons; visions of party advantages and partisan support have had their influence with many, and visions of wide influence upon public opinion and of reforming the world by the power of great ideas have iNumined the pathway of others in ventur- ing into this undeniably attractive field. Most of them—in sober truth, more than nine out of ten of them—have failed; have learned to their cost how far promise out- runs performance in creating a circulation for a new and untried candidate for public favor. Their experience, however, is not exceptional. The ambitious editor, like the ambitious author, who fancies that his own heaven- born genius is something quite new and original among men, launches his adven- turous bark upon the untried waters, and after being buffeted for a longer or a shorter time by the winds and the waves, suffers the inevitable shipwreck. Show us the city which is not strewn with wrecks of whole argosies of dead and forgotten journals, and we will admit that the his- tory of Washington journalism is excep- tional. According to a chronological table of periodicals published in 1877 by The Even- ing Star (to which, as well as to the Post and other journals,I am indebted for many facts), there had been established in the District of Columbia from 1792 to 1877 (a period of eighty-five years) 239 different newspapers and other periodicals. Out of this list, seventeen only survived at the date of its publication, and those were of very recent origin. All but five of the seventeen which were alive in 1877 have since given up the ghast. Only two daily papers then printed are now in existence —The Evening Star and the Washington Post. According to the returns of the census, the whole number of newspapers and pe- riodicals published in the District of Co- lumbia was, in 1810, six; in 1840, fourteen; in 1850, eighteen; in 1860, thirteen; in 1870, seventeen; in 1880, twenty-six, and in 1890, sixty-four. Rowell’s Newspaper Directory makes the riumber of periodicals published in Washington (Georgetown, of course, in- cluded) in 1894 sixty-two, four of which were dailies, thirty weeklies and twenty- eight published monthly or less frequently. The First Paper. The earliest newspaper established with- in the limits of the former District of Co- lumbia appears to have been the Colum- bian Mirror & Alexandria Gazette, started at the then flourishing town of Alexandria November 21, 1792. It is a notable and perhaps unprecedented fact in American journalism that the Alexandria Gazette has continued to be published by members of the same family through three generations, having been established under another mame by the grandfather of the pres- ent editor and proprietor, Mr. Harold Snowden. A_ fragmentary but pre- cious file cf this pioneer journal is pre- served in the Congressional Library, and bas been liberally drawn upon during the last few years, as it furnishes the only original or contemporaneous account of the ceremonial of the laying of the corner stone cf the Capitol of the United States, Sep- tember 18, 1793. This account occupied about three columns, was copied into the journals of the northern and middle states, and was reprinted at length in our local prees at the centenary of 1893. The Columbian Mirror & Alexandria Gazette (published later under the second title only) was a three-column semi-weekly, at three dollars a year only. The prospectus of this pioneer of all the rewspaper3 in this District is an interest- ing document. The following is a speci- men of its contents: “The editors are at this time uncertain whether the number of subscribers amounts to two hundred, but, immerged as they al- ready are in all the expense incident to such an undertaking, they enter upon the execution of the work with all that plea: ing expectation which a predetermined as- #idvity can alone inspire. “The editors solicit, in the warmest man- ner, the aid of such whose leisure and talents qualify them for the office. They will ever be ready to receive with thank- fulness communications tending to the pub- lic good or amusement. Original essays will always be received with gratitude, and such as have a tolerable share of merit and are not ircorsistent with individual tranquility, they will gladly commit to the press.” (Signed) JOHN SMITH. ELLIS PRICE. The columns devoted to foreign intelli- gence are full of information about France and her wars, which occupy even more space than the proceedings of Congress at Philadelphia. The ship news shows two vessels sailing for London, one for Cadiz, one for Lisbon, one for Cork, and several for Philadelphia, New York, Salem, Nan- tucket, Norfolk and Rhode Island. One learns from the reports of the Alex- andria custom +house that in the first three- quarters of the year 1792 the imports at that port were $60,000 and the exports $343,000, showing, thanks to the tobacco crop, @ comfortable balance on the right side. Philip Wanton advertises loaf sugar in barrels, cotton in bags, “a variety of schol- astic books and stationery,” and “new and elegant charts of the United States and of the city of Washington.” 2 From the large humber of advertisements for fugitive negroes, offering rewards vary- tng from $2 to $15, it would appear that running away was somewhat epidemic in that age of the world, and that the market value of that fugacious species of property was not heavy. John Abert advertises a ‘House of enter- tainment, supplied with two very complete waiters, two active and smart ’ostlers, and a most excellent cook, who was for many years employed as such by the President of the United States.” The Gazette of February 13, 1792, records the celebration of the birthday of Wash- ington at the Alexandria Hotel on Febru- ary 11, (old style for the 22d). H. Wilbar, preceptor, advertises that his academy will open “for the reception of ten young ladies, at $2 per month, pens and ink included.” The issue of September 7, 1792, says, un- der the head “From Washington:” “The Capitol is in progression; the corner stone is to be laid the 18th instant. The inhabit- ants on both sides of Potomack will attend to their interests. The inhabitants of the city of Washington are remarkably healthy.” The “Poet’s Corner” of this primitive newspaper has this remarkable couplet: “A HINT TO THE LADIES.” “I courted Mira when just twenty-three; Now Mira, in her fortieth year, courts me.”” ‘The next newspaper known to have been established in this District was the Wash- ington Gazette, which began June 11, 1796, as a semi-weekly journal, at four dollars a year. Benjamin More was the publisher, and its place of publication was advertised as ‘the house west of the hotel, where sub- scriptions will be thankfully received.” This ancient hotel, the earliest place of enter- tainment probably in our city, is still stand- ing at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street jsoutheast. It is a_ brick building of two stories, now the locality of a beer saloon and garden. The enterprise of,starting a newspaper in what was then an almost uninhabited wilderness, depen- dent for its sole patronage upon prospec- tors, who were engaged i@ the buildings and speculations preparatory to locating the seat of government at Washington in 1800, was a bold one. The Gazette, while not abounding in local information, has among its advertisements more of those representing real estate than any other class. Sales of lots by the local commis- sioners were advertised. B. Fenwick an- nounces for sale ‘‘two houses and several likely negroes,” and the Daniel Carroll estate offers 500 acres of land upon Rock creek. Advertisements of the “Washington Lottery” are given much prominence, and the dearth of local information is substi- tuted by summaries of news, moral essays, dull dissertations and the inevitable poet’s corner. The enterprising newspaper lan- guished about a year, was suspended for two months in 1797, and then continued as a weekly until March 24, 1798, when it ceased to appear. x The National Intelligencer. Two years and six months after appear- ed the first number of the second Wash- ington newspaper, the National Intelligen- cer, October 31, 1800. It was founded by Samuel Harrison Smith, a Philadelphia journalist, who removed the plant from that city, where he had published the New ‘World, and its first issue records that “the vessels containing most of the material has been delayed six weeks in her passage from Philadelphia, owing to the late high winds.” In view of the present rapid tran- sit of three and one-half hours between Philadelphia and Washington, this six weeks’ transport by Delaware river, Chesa- peake bay and the Potomac river, of a press wh.ch was the sport of winds and waves, affords a striking contrast. The Intelligencer began as a_tri-weekly and was purchased in 1510 by Mr. Joseph Gales, a native of England, who became an eminent journalist. Congress assembling in Washington in November, 1800, the Intel- ligencer occupied the place as recorder of its proceedings which the Gazette of the United States had fi at Philadelphia in the years preceding. In 1812 William W. Seaton of Virginia (brother-in-law of Mr. Gales) joined him as partner; the next year the paper was converted into a daily, and this memorable partnership lasted the long term of forty-eight years, until the death of Mr. Gales, in 1860. The National Intelligencer, from its editorial ability and its advantageous position as representative of political matters at the seat of govern- ment, obtained a wide circulation for those days throughout the country. Its politics were at first republican, advocating during Madison’s and Monroe’s administrations Jeffersonian principles, as opposed to the federalists. It strongly supported the war with Great Britain in 1812-15, and its office had the honor of being sacked and partially burned by the British army when the in- Lore of Washington took place in August, 814. At a later day the Intelligencer. became the opponent of democracy, supporting Crawford for President in 1824, as against Jackson, and afterward becoming one of the ablest and most vigorous opponents of the Jackson administration in its fiscal measures, which so greatly aroused the in- terest of the country. It became the ex- ponent of what were known as whig prin- ciples, from about 1834 to 1856; being also noted for a conservative view of public affairs, opposing both democrats and re- publicans until the outbreak ef the war of secession. At that time and for some years previous the late Dr. James C. Wel- ling_was the principal editorial writer of the Intelligencer, his articles being marked by breadth of view, and mucb force and elegance of diction. During the war the entire loss of its large southern patrofiage and the establishment of strong and enter- prising rivals in Washington led to a steady decline of the National Intelli- gencer, which finally ceased to appear in January, 1870. Among the early Washington papers, one of the most prominent politically and in a literary sense was the National Journal, founded by Col. Peter Force, an eminent citizen, afterward mayor of Washington and collector of the great historical library now forming a part of the Library of Con- gress. He was a practical printer, and gathered around him as editorial aids Philip R. Fendall, one of Washington’s first lawyers; John Agg, of poetic memory; Benjamin Homans, who later founded the Bankers’ Magazine, and Dr. Tobias Wat- kins. The National Journal was a vigorous supporter of John Quincy Adams’ adminis- tration, and continued to be published as a daily until 1831, when it was discontin- ued. Its rivalry with the Intelligencer was keen, and that paper denounced the Jour- nal as largely edited by Mr. Adams and other official persons in his administration. That Mr. Adams frequently wrote for it is unquestionably true. The Daily Globe. ‘The Daily Globe was started by Francis P. Blair in 1831, and was continued until 1861, edited by Amos Kendall till 1840, and supporting the Jackson democracy through all the contests ‘of its time. Three years later began to be issued from the office of the Daily. Globe the Congressional Globe, started in 1833 as a rival to the pub- lication of the congressional proceedings in the Intelligencer, which were afterward gathered into the series of twenty-nine volumes known as Gales and Seaton Regis- ter of Congressional Debates. These were discontinued in 1838, when the Congres- sional Globe had the whole field to itself, and under tne vigorous management of Biair and Rives and their successors, con- tinued as tke official organ of Congress until 1873. In that year Congress put an end to the contract with the proprietors of the Globe, and started the Congressional Record, printed at the government printing office, and still continued. a4 Thomas Allen established the Madisonian in 1837, which became at a later period the organ of John Tyler's administration and died in 1345. The National Era was begun by Dr. Ga- maliel Bailey in 1847. It was from the be- ginning an able advocate of anti-slavery opinions, and with the repeal of the Mis- souri compromise in 1854, which had kept slavery out of the territories, its circula- tion was largely increased, reaching over 26,000 copies. In 1848 the office of the paper was mobbed, but Dr. Bailey, who was noted for his good judgment and moderate views, faced the mob and made a speech so apt and conciliatory that they dispersed. In its columns first appeared Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” which reached a circulation in book form unequaled by any American story, and ac- cording to so eminent authority as Rufus Choate, “made a million abolitionists.” The columns of the National Era were contrib uted to by many eminent men—Whittier, Sumner, Hale, Chase, Wendell Phillips, etc. It_was discontinued in 1860. The Republic was a daily, published by George S. Gideon from 1849 to 1853. It was the organ of Gen. TayloPs administration, and had as successive editors Alex. T. Bul- ltt, John O. Sergeant and W. M. Burwell, afterward the editor of De Bow’s Commer- celal Review. The Daily Union was established in 1845 by Ritchie & Heiss, the first of whom had been the able and vigorous editor of the Richmond Enquirer, and had a widely ex- tended reputation as a journalist. The Union was democratic tn politics, and con- tinued under that name until 1859. Gen. Roger A. Pryor was one of its editors; also O. P. Nicholson and Charles Eames. Later editors were John Appleton, George ‘W. Bowman and W. H. Browne, under whom the name Union was changed to the Constitution. In 1861 Col. Browne became the editor of the confederate organ at Montgomery, Ala. The Evening Star. ‘We now come to the establishment of the only daily paper started before 1877 which still survives in Washington—The Evening Star. Its first number was issued December 24, 1852—forty-three years ago—by Joseph F. Tait, a printer, and it is said to have been started on a capital of about $500. In this long career there have been fewer changes in the management than is usual in the his- tory of dally journals. In 1853 The Star was purchased by W. D. Wallach, widely known as “Dug” Wallach, with whom was associated W. H. Hope. In éts early years Ben: Perley Poore and L. A. Gobright did some editorial work, while its indefatiga- ble proprietor, Wallach, always in keen search of news, performed the labor now divided between several men. In October, 1867, The Evening Star was sold for $100,000" to Messrs. Crosby 8. Noyes, already long connected with the paper as editor; S. H. Kauffmann, George W. Adams, A. R. Shepherd and C. B. Ba- ker. The next year it was incorporated as The Evening Star Newspaper Company. In 1869 and 1874 Messrs. Baker and Shep- herd sold their respective interests to their associates. It was thought at the time that Mr. Wallach received a high price for the newspaper, but its subsequent great in- crease in prosperity and its lucrative busi- ness, keeping pace, through energetic and Progressive menagement, with the great development of Washington, have so in- creased its value as a newspaper property as to bring the amount: paid for it into comparison as a mere bagatelle. No pa- Per published in Washington, except the eee as lived so long, and none ‘ver grew into such prominent pro: and wide circulation. < eS, During and Since ‘the War. In 1860 John W. Forney established in Washington a weekly under the title of the Sunday Chronicle, and in 1862 followed it up by establishing a daily called the Morn- ing Chronicle. The well-known ability and vigor of its editor, who had established the Philadelphia Press in 1858, made both Tepu- tation and success for the Chronicle, which continued to prosper, vigorously supporting the war for the Union, and being strongly republican in politics. The daily was sus- pended in 1877 The first number of the National Repub- lican appeared November 26, 1860, publish- ed daily by Lewis Clephane & 'Co., and later by W. J. Murtagh & Co. It was a rival of the Chronicle during many years, built up an extensive circulation during the war, erected a large stone edifice at the corner of 13th and Pennsylvania avenue and was discontinued in 1888. Thomas B. Florence, an enterprising Phil- adelphia Congressman, established the Con- stitutional Union in 1863 in the particular interest of opposition to the war, but it lasted only five years, supporting Andrew Johnson’s cdministration and stopping in The Daily Patriot was established in 1870 by a stock company, as an advocate of cemocratic principles, and was strongly backed both by money and by talent. The late W. W. Corcoran and New. York capi- talists were among the principal stock- holders, and it was expected that the paper would become a widely influential national crgan. Like most other newspapers, how- ever, it sunk money instead of making it, and soon after the nomination of Mr. Gree- ley for President, in 1872, it was discon- tinued. The late James E. Harvey and Louis Bagger were its principal editors. The Washington Daily Post was estab- lished by Mr. Stilson Hutchins, December ©, 1877, who was succeeded by Messrs. Frank Hatton and Beriah Wilkins, under whcse able and conservative conduct, with ccngtant diligence and enterprise as a pur- veyor of news, it has proved that an in- gependent and non-partisan newspaper in Washington may outlive all administration organs. Among’ Washington weeklies was Mrs. Anne Royall’s Paul Pry, an extraordinary vehicle of bad writing and personal defa- mation, which tegan in 1831, and was suc- ceeded in 1836 by the Huntress, supposed to have been adopted as a title because Mrs. Royall was the bete noir of all Con- gressmen and perscns in official station for many years, boring them to purchase her worthless books or to subscribe to her still more worthless newspaper; and so per- sistent was she that escape was almost im- Possible. She died, and with her her jour- nal, in 1854. Besides these multitudes of newspapers now defunct, Washington has been the graveyard of many magazines. The Week- ly Literary Messenger was issued from 1822 to 1827. John L. Skinner published here in 1828 “The Quarterly American Journal of Improvements.” Amos Kendall's Expositor was a semi-monthly devoted to literature and politics, and lasted from 1841 to 1844. The Democratic Review, a notable literary and political monthly, was published in Washington from 1837 to 1840, by Lan tree and O'Sullivan, and _ contained con- tributions by Hawthorne, Edgar A. Poe, O. A. Brownson, John Savage and other no- table writers. It was removed to New York in 1840 and was discontinued in 1859. In 1816 was started the National Regis- ter, devoted to history and literature, by Joel K. Mead, of which five volumes were published. It died from want of patronage two years later. In 1823 Robert Little boldly ventured The Washington Quar- terly Journal, which did not go beyond a few numbers. In 1825 the African Reposi tory was issued as the organ of the Ameri can Colonization Sogiety,, with Rev. R. R. Gurley as the editor. Its publication was continued monthly until about 1888. Duft Green began to publish in 1831 the Farmer’ Register, but its race of existence was short, dying in 1833. The Military and Na- val Magazine was begun in 1 and sur- vived until 1835. The Army and Navy Chronicle was start- ed in 184 by William Q. Force, son of Peter Force, and continued to be published for one year only. The Army and Navy Official Gazette be- gan publication in 1863 and is still con- tinued as a weekly. A monthly magazine, styled The National, was started in 1874, but expired after the issue of a few num- bers. Taking a comprehensive view of the newspapers of the past, Washington can boast a century of journals, many of which were conducted by men of great talent and large experience. While New York journal- ism has been rendered famous by great edi- ters like Wm.Cullen Bryant,Thurlow Weed, Horace Greeley and Henry J. Raymond, Washington has had a long line of able journalists, among whom were Gales, Blair, Seaton, Ritchie, Bailey, Kendall, Fisher, Forney, Weiling and Hatton, to say noth- ing of those still living. Among our jour- nalists are some whose writings may safely challenge comparison with those of the ralmy days of journalism—writers who can say more in a paragraph than some editors of the old school in a column. Washington aaily journals are almost wholly free from the vulgar sensationalism which disgraces some of the metropolitan press, and while giving the news of the day with fullness, witely dispense with labored editorials thereon. The modern tendency to con- densation and shorthand methods in every department of life is recoznized. Our jour- nals only need to curtail the growing re- dundancy of miscellaneous reading of doubtful value to render them in the high- est degree useful and profitable to the pub- lic. ee Marriage Licenses. 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