The New York herald., 1851-12-04

the Royal Gazete, but plain fspa ~ newspe.
per, entitled Riviwgtow's Nsto Fork Gssate and
U~ivrsa! ADVERTISE; II was, however, considered
x: publication sa nis asd rsss ss
editorial lators of Rivington ended in 1883. Few
men OF his times were better qualinsd than the
editor Of the Royal Gasats, to publish newspaper
keeping an eye to windwsrd, particularly after King
Sears and his men had destroyed his types in IT'S,
ere truly remarkable. The following appeared in
the Royal Gazdte Of July 10, l7s2, when there was
vington's shrewd and cautious styls,-
To THE PusLc-The publisher Of this paper sensible
that his seel for the Of his Maestys arms his
friendship for individuals have at timss led him to
dit and circulate paragraphs without investgstins the
fact: 50 closely s his duty to the RaDS
rosy be begs them to look over past errors and depend
on future From henceforth he will neither
shall stamp the same degree Of suhsnticity ana credit
the Rsy Gszss g Es# SSsky ss ~ xsssps sls~ &c
the Royal Gazette Of London"
In the early part Of the revolutionary war, Riv-
ingtol conducted his paper with as much Impair
tality most Of the editors Of that period and it
may be added that no newspaper in the colonies
was better printed, or more coPiously furnished
with foreign intelligence. In October, l773 Ri
vington informed his readers that each impression
Of his weekly GasetteU Amounted to 5000 copies.
In that year census Of the city was taken, and
showed that it contained II, $40 inhabitants.
and came to thiscountry In 1760, seer-dis-
continued his Gazette after the peace ofl783 his
paper having failed for want of support but he un
interruptedly traded largely in books and station
that business, and retired He died in July, 1902,
at the advanced age of 7S years.
Leaving Rivington and his interesting times, We
proceed With our list Of newspapers In the ap
patriotic paper in New York until the English took
posse Of che city, in l776 and had printed the
same during the war-6rst at Esopus livingston, }
and then at Poughkeepsie--comme the publ
cation, IN this city, of the Independent Gase or,
the N,,o York Journal Reripef. After his death,
the following year, Q7s4,) the Journal was con-
tinued by his widow, and Afterwards by Oswald, q
kinsman of Mrs. Holt Oswald had been colonel
in the American army. In January, l787. Eliza
beth Holt, and! Oswald, (who died in 1852 sold
their right in the Journal and the printing esta-
bliskment, to Thomas Greenleaf. The Journal,
under bis control, opposed the administration Of
Holt and Oswald, It had opposed the adoption of
the federal constitution. Greenleaf was born in
Abingdon, Massachusetts,, and was taught the trade
Of printer, by the celebrated Isaiah Thomas, the
The publication of the Journals as daily and semi
weekly paper, under different names, was continued
by Greenleaf until his death by yellow fever, in
1885, at the age of AZ years. After his decease, his
widow published the Journal for time, but event.
ually sold the establishment to James Cheetham,
an Englishman, who altered the title of both the
daily and semi weekly paper. The daily paper he
called the american Citizen, and the semi-weekly
bore the title of the American Watch Iotrer.
Cheetham wrote with force and style that occa-
sionaly closely resembled the renowned letters of
Junius The Amenan Citizen existed from 1901
to $50, and decidedly democratic in its charac-
ter. In the political quarrels in the republican
party, Cheetham co-operated with Gov. George
Clinton, Dewitt Clinton, and their friends and vio
lently attacked Aaron Burr and his associates But,
beyond all doubt, the best democratic paper of the
times in which Cheetham fourished, was Daqne's
aurora, published in Philadelphia; file of which
is to be found in our library.
In l7sS was commenced the publication Of Nc.
Leans Ner York Gazette, afterwards published by
John Lang, Lang & Turner, and Lang, Turner &
Co. The G0-ate continued to be published until
after the death Of Mr.. Lang, and its subscription
list was purchased by the proprie.ors of the Journal
Of Connnrcs, in $40; and thus ended the Gazette,
after existence of more than half a century. The
New York Erottng Post, by l.. Wayland and
Matthew l.. Davis, was started in 1874, but lasted
only about year. The Commercial advertiser was
established in 1871; and in 1901 was commenced
the New York Erening Post, the same establish
ment which is continued to eur own times; still
shedding the lights Of wisdom, experience, and
learning upon its admirers.
The following are the dates when the daily
papers published in this city or previous to the
LIST Of January, 1851, were established, viz