The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-03-20
The History Of Newspapers.

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in MS. form, in the republic of Venice,
and was called the Gazctta, probably from
f;.rthing coin peculiar to Venice, and
which was the common price at which it
was sold. Thirty volumes Of it are still
preserved in a library at Florence. 1t was
long supposed that the first newspaper
published in England was a: the epoch Of
the Spanish Armada, but it mas been dis
covered that the copies of that bearing the
imprint Of 1888, in the British Museum,
were forgeres. There WAS no doubt that
the puny ancestor of the myr,ds of broad
sheets was not published in London till
lG22-one hundred and fifty years after
the art Of printing had been discovered :;
and it was nearly one hundred years more
before daily paper was ventured upon
Periodical! papers seem first to have been
used by the English during the times of
the Commonwealth, and were then called
"weeklv ncws-books." Some of them had
most whimsical titles. 1t was common
with the early papers to have ii blank page,
which was sometimes filled up, in the pau
city of news, by selections from the Scrip
lures.
The first newspaper printed in North
America was printed in Boston, in 1900
Only one copy of that paper was known
to be in existence. 1t WAS deposited i'll the
State Paper Office in LONDON, and WIS
about the size of IN ordinary sheet of let
ter-papcr 1t was stopped by the Govern
ment. The Boston News. Letter was the
first regular paper. 1t was first issued in
l7o4. and WIS printed by John Allen, in
Pudding lane. The contents OF some of
the early numbers were very peculiar. 1t
had aspecch Of Queen Anne to Parliament,
delivered one numbered and twenty days
previously, and this was the latest news
from England. In one Of the early num-
bcrs there was an announcement that bv
order of the Postmaster General Of North
America. the post between 'nston and
New York sets out once a fortnight. Ne
gro men, women. and children were a,lvcr.
,ised to he sold; and call WIS male upon
a woman who had stolen Il piece of fine
lace worth fourteen sliings a yard, and
upon another, who had conveyed piece Of
!i"c c:;c, ;;'''ly her riding mood, 10 return
the same or be exposed in the ncwspa-
rcrs.
Value Of One Lszy:-Thcrc was once :,
caravan crossing, think, the north of
ln'lia and numbering in its company II
g"dly and dcvout missionary. AS it passed
along, poor old man overcome by the
heat and lahors of the journey and sinking
down, WAS left to perish on the road. The
missionary saw him, and kncc!ing down mt
his side, the rest had passed along, whis-
pered in his ear, " Brother, what is your
hope9" The dying man raised himself IA
little in answering, "The blood Of Jesus
Christ cleanseth from all srn," and immedi
ately expired with the effort. The mis-
sionary was greatly astoni>h"d at the an
swer anl in the calm aud peaceful appear
anre of the man; he felt assured he had
died in Christ. How, or where h. thought
could this man, seemingly heatllen, have
got his hope? And us he thought of it
he observed piece of paper gra>ped ,iyh.ly
in the hand of the corpse. Which he ,sdc-
cecded IN getting out. What do you sup
pose was his surprise and delight when he
found it was single leaf Of the Bible con-
tanning the first chapter Of the first epistc
of John, in which these words occur. On
that page the man found the gospel.
Il FaH.Blooded 11merican.-Tim Null
lowney, jolly looking tar, with the rich
est br"gue, applied at The Custom House,
the other day, for q "purlectinn" as an
American citizen. lie was asked for his
naturalization papers. "Me material papers
| is it yer honor wants." said Tim with an
insinuating grin, can Inc full-Llooded
| American 2"
you don't mean to say that you were
not born in Ireland2 2'
Born in Ireland" replied Tim. "Sure
| was. But thin. yer honor, I KEN from
Cork to New Orleans last summer, an
there the bloody minded mu,keeters run
their bills into every inch of me, an sucked
ont every drop of me Irish blood, god
luck to 'em, and now Pm full-blooded
American"
There was some philosophy as we'll as
fun. in this reasoning, but it had no effect,
and the last that was seen of Tim he WIS
on his way to the City Hall. to look for
"the man that sells material papers.''-New
York Dutchnann.
Curative Poaoers Of the Insngination.-
We are told that Sir Humphrey Davy cured
a paralytic man IN fortnight by placing
daily under his tongue the bulb of pocket
thermometer, from which the patient was
led to believe that he inhaled the gus of