The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-05-23

= doubtless there are few comparative
! y who are acquainted with its origin
According to DIsraeli, we are indebte,
10 me Italians for the idea; although il
: ancient Rome, reports Of importan
events, and the doings Of the Senat.
: were frequently published under III,
! flitle Of "Acta Diurna." The period
? lcal press properly commenced at vi.
? emma and Augsburg, Germany, in 1924
these bulletins were, however, not prin
: ted. Thirty volumes of these manu-,
script newspapers existed IN the Mag
llabeChten library, atlFlorence. Abou
the year 1865, at the suggestion Of the
father Of the celebrated Monragnc.
J offices were first established in France
for the purpose Of making the wants Of
: individuals known to each other. The
advertisements received were posted
on the walls to attract attention; al in
the case of the Romans this ultimate.
~ led to systematic and periodical
publication Of advertisements in sbeeis
The epoch of the Spanish Armada is
also the epoch of the first orthodox
newspaper. In the British museum
are several newspapers printed while
\ The Spanish feet was in the English
Channel, during the year 1858. Il was
strictly the organ Of the government,
and probaly its leading editor might
have been "the great Lord Burghley;"
i was styled THE E nglish Morcurie.' :
The earliest specimen referred 10 in
the British Museum, is marked No. SO,
and is in Roman, not in black letters:
and as to Its contents, it might almost
be supposed the model of the "London
Gazette" of the present day. During
the reign Of James |, newspapersin in lhe
quarto form, were occasion ally issued:
but during the thirty years war, when
the exploits of Gustavus AdoIphus at
tTacted the eyes of the civilized void:
we find a regular weekly pap9r, edited
by Nathaniel Butler and published IN.
der the title Of "The Certain News Of
the Present Week." which may be
regarded as the first regular weekly
newspaper.
During the civil war in England, in
l643. there were, however, score Of
"Diurnals" and 'Mercuries, in circula-
tion. Their titles were quaint and on.
rious, such as the following: "Trntbs
from York, Warranted Tidings from
LELAND. " Especial Passages from Va.
rlous Places" and numerous Others oil
a more ludicrous character.
So important an auxiliary was The
press considered, indeed, that each Of
the rival armies carried printer. along
with it. In the reign of Queen Anne
l7O2, there was but one daily paper
published in London, the Others beino
weekly issues. Steele introduced pol.
tics as an especial element of the press
and Addison sought to devote it to
purely literary purposes; the result has
been the establishment of distinct We
hicles for both. The first ionrnal hav,
ing the character Of magazine, or re-
view, was the Journals des Savants."
in Paris in 1893. From
these simple ements, has grown ND
an engine, whose potency and inilu>
ence is now felt throughout all classes
of the civilized world. IN Y. Eveniag
Post e"
CoNJUGATIoN AND AGREEMENT.-In
lesson in parsing,the sentence. MAN
'ourting in capacity of bliss" &c, the
word "courtihg' comes toa pert young
Miss OF fourteen to parse. Shelcom. ,
nenced hesitatingly, but got along well
enough until she began to tell what il
Igreed with.
Here she stopped short, but the
eacher said, " Very we'll, what does
,ourting agree wilhl"
Ellen blOshed aud held down her
read. A1@l fa2 E@ AA
ELLEN, don't you know what that
lgrees With" d
"Ye--ye-- yes, sir.!" vl y
swell, Ellin, why don't you parse f
hat word2 What does it agree with2" a
Blushing still more, and stammering, u
Glen says ID
"lt-a--grees NTH all he girls. srl" I
MooEY AND STARRY.-An interogatory !,
+ silyery sweetness, and an answer Of !,
ianond beauty, are contained in the u
blowing method Of getting 10 20
Dme with her."
''The moon shines bright-- I
Can 60 home with you to-night2' 1, II
Answer: 4
j5@ 1.-THE stars do too Eof
ldon't care II you do.p
7 see." said d young lady, 'that u
'me booksellers advertises blank de- a.
arations for sale. | wish | could petl N