Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-05-20


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Our Paper and Its New Dress.
We present the JOURNAL this morn
ing printed on new type, from the ceie-
brated foundry of l.. Johnson X Co.,
Philadelphia, the oldest establishment
OF the kind in America and the most eX-
tensive in the world, not excepting the
Royal Foundry at Berlin. The type is
of the newest and most approved styles,
and makes, rs our readers will see, a
clear and beautiful impression.
While donning our new attire, we
hope the reader will pardon us in ma
king brief retrospection of our connee-
ton with the press. Nearly twelve years
ago, we assumed entire control of the
JOURNAL. Its only edition at that time
was Weekly, the size of our present
Daily, and with scarcely more reading
each week than we now give each day.
The business of the office was limited,
but il was sufficient to tax our utmost
energies. as we found our time fully oc-
cupied in editorializing, sticking type
working press, playing roller boy, mail
ing papers and sometimes carrying
them to our patrons around town. We
were then in our nineteenth year, (be-
ing, as Il writer in the opposition paper,
the Enquirer, styled us, IAN ignorant,
irresponsible boy" " and had but meagre
resources of education, business experi-
ence or capital. But we had few friends
among the business and professional
men of the city who encouraged us by
their patronage and by words of cheer.
Notwithstanding many discourage
ments and obstacles incident to con-
ducting newspaper in Il new country
and on the credit system, We have been
able to weather all the storms of ADVERSE
ty since that day, and now have the graft
tication of knowing the business of the
JOURNAL is established on as firm ba-
sis as that of any other paper in the
State.
Since our connection with the JOUR-
NAL, numerous changes have taken
place in the press of the State. We have
had longer connection with the editorial
fraternity of Iowa, with one exception,
perhaps THAT of Mr.. Howell, OF the
cate city, than any editor now on the
tripod. We have lived to see four rival
enterprises in our own city yield to the
pressure of the times, though some of
them possessed advantages superior to
our own. We attribute our success
solely to generous appreciation of our
efforts to make the JOURNAL what it
should be-a benefit to its patrons and Il
fair index of the business enterprise of
our city.
With this view we have recently gone
to considerable expense to furnish the
office with new material and to improve
the appearance of the JOURNAL. We
would have enlarged the Daily had not
the high price of paper and the prospect
of still further advance made it unwise
at present. We are paying nearly twice
as much per ream for paper now as we
paid when,our Daily was column larg-
er on each page. If we enlarged we
would be compelled to advance the sub
scription price. We have thought it
best, therefore, to use a smaller size OF
type, by which we will be enabled to
give more reading in the same space and
continue the subscription price as here
tOfore. The JOURNAL is now the cheap
est daily paper in the State, except the
Keokuk dailes, which are furnished at
the same rates. We issue the only Tri-
Weekly in the State, and it is furnished
at the very low price of three dollars pei
year. 1t is becoming deservedly popu-
lar among farmers and others who have
not the opportunity to receive daily
regularly and who are too eager for the
news to wait for weekly. Our Week
ly is one of the largest papers i'll the
State, and is furnished at the lowest liv'
ing rates for paper of its size-two dol.
lars per year.
We hope our patrons and readers who
are pleased with our paper will take
some pains to extend its circulation
among their neighbors. We will con
tinue to improve it as ourpatronage will
warrant, and will guarantee to give al
all times the full value of the subscrip-
ton price.
Har Major General Sedgwick, who
was killed in Mondays fight, was born
in Connecticut in 1915, and graduated al
West Point in 1887. He served with
distinction through the war in Mexico
where he rose from the rank of Lieuten
ant to Major. He entered the presen,
war as Colonel of the 4th cavalry, anG
gradually rose to the rank of Major Gen
eral. He was severely wounded at the
battle of Antietam and carried off the
field. On his recovery in December
1862, he was assigned to the command o
the 9th army corps (Burnside's.) At tn,
first battle of Fredericksburg, undel
Burnside, he commanded the 9th, ant
bore most conspicuous and gallant par
in that unfortunate contest; and at tn
battle of Ch3ncellorsville, under Hook
er, his gallantry and daring were ever
more conspicuous than at Fredericks
burg. When General Grant took com
mand of the Potomac army, and change
were made in the various corps, Genera
sedg- wick was assigned to the 9Th,
and was in command of it whe1
he fell General Sedgwick was brav
soldier, noble gentleman, a true
hearted patriot, and honest man. HI
was never married. m 1921 ltse a5
p@The President issued proclams
ton on Monday ito the Friends of tn
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