The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-11-14
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selches ofths North Carolina: Press.


Add ~ thee. the piinie3 rage i
Elasrys insiruciloA 70 each ase; II
Mhen N one hour more shorts apFrar, :
Than scEiles could copy y year- 4
The Press IN ouI eannify-lls asionish-
sg psrEeclon-iis moral milnenre - he I
h5ppines a. our rice. has rarely met The !
attention Il 50 Iirhly menIs.
IL he early history II onr county. we
are informed. that when dhe gallant and ,
aslrenurons Smiih was 10 captivity by The /
savage Paxhaian. he enheavOrsd 10 elect ,
rs ransom By procuring some articles o.
value from lie Tort Of ,he rolOny al James
iswn. he sent letter By one Of The In
dams. directing that lhe articles needed
should be placed Al such Time u The
honi az certain tree. lie then tald Pow
ha,an 10 send 10 thai Tree. and 10 . The de-
sired articles were k,nnd there. Pow
hslans unluioIed miRd attributed to magic
this mysterious art. whirh thus could
make paper TALL" Such wonld be the
efIecIs on eH minds unenliglieRed by CT
yllizaiion and ar.
I IN our own DAY. and in our own en-
lighlened nation, The idea conceived b.
The Philosopher ID his solitary closcl. or
tie pan suggested hy The statesman IN
his study or il lie Senate. can IN The
course Of few weeks hy the arr Of the
Press Sc seen ~ twenty millions ~ peo-
pie. enlighiening their minds and iniluen-
eng their aels. Under wise laws. ,irln-
olss rulers, and a united people, The na-
lionaf eminence and glory dcsiiHed 10 be
attained by our Republic cannot he con-
ceiyed or inaginsd.
The art of wiring. handed dawn 10 Us
from an Asialir source, through lhr Greeks
and Romans. Ike that Of language, could
oaly have lis origin in Holy Inspiration.
'Phe FIRST writing THAI sacred or prolane
history gives any record Of, was indicted
} /" amid The awful promulgalions Of lloreh,
amid the lhunders ol Heaven, which shook
{ The base Of Noun, SIash" Bl TnE FINGER
: OF Con.
! For many centuries, by monks, clerks,
and others. the only writings were execu-
; led on stone, wood, PARCHMENT and bones.
0 The origin Of Printing has been The sub
!. jerl Of learned, long and able commen'
( lary. at is woUnderIul," says kemoine
E .but il is true, that The only ari which
1 can record all others should almost forge
E il.elf."
J. Timberly. in lis " Encyclopedia Of Ii
!, ierary and Typographical Anecdote," il
/. summing up al the evidence and argu
= menls. concludes .fha, to John Guiem
!. berg of lie cry Of Mcniz. is due the ap
s pellalion Of the father OF Printing. 10 Pete
: Schoeiler the father Of Letter Founding
j. and 10 John Faust tina, of The Geaeroui
e Patron. by whose means tie wonderful
II Art Of Printing was rapidly brought I,
!, perfection" Thus dividing Tic honor int,
/. q lriumviraic, before which that Of Anho
n ny must sink into insignifcance.
y This discovery was in the 9Th centu
le ry. Printing was introduced into Eng
r. land, the nation from which we derive
il, by William Gaxion, in l47i. He col
us suited the workmen, who were taught
Ii Mentz, and caused fnunt of letters to /
u cast, and al Westminster, in England, i
Us printed, in l474. :. The Game nf Chess.
al This is the first book ever printed in En-!
land. II was dedicated 10 The Duke
p Clarence, brother uf Edward ".
10. The early newspapers printed in Il
le, United States were on hall sheet OF p,
MS paper, sometimes in folio. sometimes
IN quario. Al this time (T7O4) there WEI
Of but four or five post.ollices in Americ
lis The first newspaper ever published
ser North Amerira was the Boston New
pe. Eetler," in 1904, by Bartholomew Gree
nd son OF Samuel, wlowas printer 10 Hawai-
se- College. The proprietor for the fr
u. eighteen years was John Campbell.
~. Scntchman, tie post master Of The tow
es- Al The end Of this time il fell into Il
Eht hands Of Green, and continued until Il
III evacuation of Boston by The Brush
i l776-lhc only paper that continued
IN. Boston through the siege. The Bosi,
pi- Gazeue, No. |, was issued Dee. 81, III
IN by William Booker, who employed Jam
US. Franklin. the brother of the pairial al
Of sage. and TO whom Benjamin Frank
,e, was an apprentice. The American Wee
ing " Mercury, No. |. was printed and pu
led lrshed, December, 1919. al Phiadeiph
Ihc by Andrew Bradford This vas the 4,
newspaper out Of Boston ever publish
ion in America
to Printing was first introduced into Nor
by Carnlna, SAYS Isaiah Thomas in |
md History Of Printing in Amerira," abo
on fT55. Before that time the necessa
ch public printing was done at Charleslo
his There we're only two presses in MOI
/. Carolina before l775.
The first press was established
rs, James Davis at NeWbern, and his par
IN appeared in December 1855, BY the nat
- Of The North Carolina Gazette" wi
pa freshest adviccs, foreign and domestic
ted II was published weekly on Thursda,
e. on sheet Of pot size folio, and aterwar
be on half sheet. lis imprint, from col
Div before the writer, was:
ms "Newbern, printed by James Dav
|. at the printing office, on Front sire,
where all persons may be supplied wi
} a this paper al sixteen shilings per annur
net And where advertisements Of modera
length are inserted for three shillings /