The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-10-02
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Origin Of Newspapers.

Among the millions who nre in the
habit Of consulting The columns of a
newspaper, doubtless there gre few.
comparatively, who IRE acquainted with
lis origin. According 10 D'Israeli, we
arc indebted 10 the Italians for the idea;
although in ancient Rome, reports OF
important events, and the doings Of The
Senate were frequently published un-
der the title Of "Act n Diurna." The
periodical press properly commenced nl
Vienna and Augsburg, Germany, in
1924; the bulletins were, however, no,
printed. Thirty volumes Of these man.
uscript newspapers existed in the Mag
liabechten library, nf Florence. AbolI,
the year 1868, at the suggestion Of the
ia,her Of tho celebrated Montague, off.
ccs were first established in France, for
the purpose of making the wants Of in :
divIduals known 10 each other. The
advertisements received were pasted on
the walls 10 attract attention; as in the
case Of the Romans, this ultimately led
to systematic md periodical publica-
ton OF advertisements in sheets. The
epoch Of the Spanish Amanda is lso
the epoch Of The first orthodox newspa.
per. In the British museums are SOW
ernl newspapers printed while the Spun.
'sh flee, was in The English Channel,
during the year 1853. |, was strictly
the organ Of the government, and pro.
bah'y its leading editor might have been
The great Lord Burghley;" i, was
styled, "Thc English Mcrcuric." :" The
earliest specimen referred to in the Brit.
isli Museum, is marked No 80, and is
in Roman. not in black letters; aud as
10 It's contents, il might almost be sup.
posed the model Of The London GaZ.
czcl1e' Of the present day.
During The reign Of James l. news
papers in the quarto form. were uccas-
iona'ly issued; bat during the, thirty
years war, when the exploits Of Gus
lavus Ad"lphus attracted the eyes OF the
civilized world, we find n regular week
~ paper, edited by Nathaniel Butler,
aud published under The title of "'rhc
Certain News Of The Prescn, Week."
which may be regarded as HE FIRST reg
ular weekly newspaper. *
Dnringihe civil wa SissSsS, ;;.nd IN
I6d3. th,ste wffP->s,.sss d stora of
"Diurna!sz,' and { .Ssetfffctinrics," in circu-
1alion. Their titles were quaint and
cu'ics, such as the following: Truths
from York," 'Warrunlcd l'idnys from
Ireland, Especial Passages from vuri-
Gus Places" unrI numerous others Of II
more suJicrous character.
SO important mn auxiliary was the
press considered indeed, that each of
the rival armies carried printer with
it. In the rein Of Queen Anne. 1902,
there was but one daily paper published
in London, The others being weekly IS.
sues. Steele introduced politics us an
especial element of the press, and Addi-
son sought 10 devote II TO purely literary
purposes the result has been the cslnb.
lishment Of distinct vehicles for both.
The first Journal having The character Of
n magazine, or review, wns The "Journ.
ais dcs Savanls," established in Paris
in 1903; in England, the first monthly
Of this sor, appeared in I749. From
these simple clements, has grown up an
engine, whose potency and influence is
now felt throughout all classes Of the
civilized world. -New Yorh. Erening
Posi-.