The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-12-24
An On EDyron RErrnEp.-When the head Of

An ON EDrroR RErIRED.-When the head Of
leading commercial and political journal of
our country retires from the post he has long
filed with honor and distinction, it causes the |
lesser lights of the profession, as well as read
ers, to feel that bright particular and guiding |
star has disappeared from the editorial irma-
ment. With such feelings must all of us re-
gard the recent retiring of Judge John c
Wright from the editorial charge of the Cincin-
natl Gazette, over which he has presided since
April, 1910. The Judge has left the impress of
his actions too indelibly upon the history ofthe
West to need particular notice of them at our
hands. Ripe in years and full of honors he re-
tires to enjoy the repose during the remainder
of his days he has long coveted and SO much
needs. lie takes leave of his old friends and
patrons in a brief and characteristic valedcto-
ry Col Wm Schoulcr. late the accomplished
editor ofthe Boston Atlas, succeeds him. the
following appropriate remarks upon this event
we find in the Chicago Journal -
THE retirement of Judge Wright from the
editorial chair which has been filled with sig
nal ability for the past fifteen years or therea-
bouts, would be regretted by the whole Western
press, did we not know that what is our loss is
his gain, and that age demands the rest from Ia
Dor which in his case has been of the most ardu-
GUS and hurthcnsOmc character. The Judge
may look back npOn his editorial career with
greater satisfaction than falls to the lot of edi-
tors generally. Although conducting one of
the most influential and widely circulated pa
pers in the West. and called upon to side
against men and principles, when political and
personal feelings have been aroused to the far
thest extent, he has never, We believe, had to
answer in suit for a libel, never Eepn assault
ed by the hand of violence. and has never made
an enemy when the friendship of man was
worthy of being retained. He now retircs with
the respect and Warmest wishes for q happy old
age, of thousands in Ohio. and all who have be-
come attached to him through the medium of
the Gazette. We lose in his retirement saga
ciOus, talented and courteous editor, while he
wins ease and happy consciousness of having
done noble duty, and truly may We say. well
done thou good and faithful servant We
have before alluded to Col. Schouler, who has
now taken the editorial charge of the Gazette,
as being a finished scholar and an experienced
and accomplished editor With him are asso-
ciated c. j. Wright, Esq. and l.. b. Bruen. Esq.
both of whom are well known to the readers of
the Gazette
New PRINTING MAcuINE-We have seen fire.
quent notices of late in regard to new print
ing press invented by Mr.. Francis, of the Jour-
nal, Springfield, Ills. Should it answer all the
ends claimed for it, a great desideratum will be
supplied in Western printing offices. We find
the following concerning this invention in
late number of the St. Louis Republican -
A. FRANCIS New PRINTING PREss-Yesterday
Mr. Francis arrived in this city with the model
of int, H. -
complete working order, at the Republican Of
ficc and we earnestly invite pressmen and
members of the craft to examine it, 1t is the
invention Of and has been constructed by Mr..
A. Francis. He is a typo, a cOmpOsitor, and
never attempted to build a machine of any kind
until he undertook this. Finding some diff
Guilty in getting the parts of his machine made
precisely as he desired them, he bought out a
foundry and machine shop, went into it himself,
and by his personal labor, has built his printing
machine. The Springfield Journal is now
worked off daily, tri-weekly and weekly, upon
a machine of which he has now in this city the
model. a few days ago. when at Springfield,
we had an opportunity of seeing it work for
several hours. Our visit was accidental, and
its performance was only what it executes dali
ly. 1t prints, having only the motive power of
one man on the crank, "a sheets per minute,
and this speed and execution can, without eX-
hausting the man at the crank be kept up for
an hour. In many particulars, it is an improve
ment upon other inventions, and in one it ex-
GELS all others. 1t is this there is no loss OF
time, except the short interval when the i'm
preston is taken. The linking rollers pass over
the form at the same time that the sheet is
conveyed upon it, and the impression follows
SO quickly that the loss of time is scarcely per-
ceptible. We have no hesitation i'm saying.
from seeing the press in operation at Spring
field, that it can give out impressions as fast as
the most expert feeder can sheet for it, The
mixing apparatus is very complete. and the
type being on a stationary bed are not so liable
to wear as upon cylinder. The machinery is
simple. and such as any BLACKSMITH could re-
pair. 1t will be of cheap construction and in
our view it is just the thing for printing offices
in the West. Werccommcnd it to the attention
of our city printers.
- Our staid neighbor of the Galena Adver-
tser adopts quiet way of letting it be known
that his good-humored phiz is on exhibition at
the Crystal Palace. We endorse all he says OF
Hessler, and all his Eastern friend says of him.
Here is the whole story
1IEssI.ER.-It gives us pleasure to know that
this artist is acquiring high reputation abroad
as well as at home. The following is an extract
from private letter to ua from a friend in
Massachusetts, who had just returned from a
visit to the Crystal Palace, and he describes
what he saw there, and says =" And you look
ed me full in the face and smiled upon me -
but your taciturnity annoyed ME. Verify,
your Uessler is prince i'm the line of dagucrre-
otypng. l quite decided, while gazcd upon
his pictures, that l would come to Galena in the
spring and obtain a fac simle of myself to leave
to my family. think your picture-maker must
be Yankee. Certainly, his pictures exceed
anything ever saw out of YankeedOm and to
confess the truth, they excel anything l ever
saw in it,
MAIL Extraordinarily the mail car on the
Southern Michigan road. coming west, took
fire, and with its contents was almost entirely
consumed This is a strange kind of 'acci
dent and is the second one of the kind which
has taken place on Western roads within the
past few months. No doubt citizens of Mime
sofa suffered considerably in their correspond
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