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ed. A white, four mule team, with. driver
and negro nan, on the opposite side of the
river, were killed
Examining the topography of the country,
! am Of the opinion that the vast number of
arms, nuakefs and steel cannon drew those
two clouds together oysr that spot, as it WAS
not higher than many other hills IN: their
course III the vicinity. The clonds passed low
in their whole route for miles, but did not
unite nor discharge until arriving over, the
10Th corps, which WAS camped closely toge-
'H''' captain % 18th Missouri IS Infantry.
THE PUBLISHERS In CoUN-
GIL.
Press-kxcnrsion 10 Lake 81. Clair
and Crosse Isle.
DETROIT, Tuesday, Aus. ?, 1851.
Joseph Mcdlu Esq, the permanent Sccre-
tary of the Association, called the meeting
to order, aud the President beng absent,
nominated Il. N. Walker, Esq, for chairman
pro ttn..
31r. Walker WAS thereupon elected Presi-
dent, and Mr. J. E. scrlpps appointed sec1e-
t1ry pro tenn
The following gentlemen reported them
eelres present:
Chicago 11iIune-J. Medtll.
Chicago 1Fmes-H B Chandler.
Indtunqpots Sennna-J. r. Elder.
Ctete aHd Ledder-E. Cow1es.
Loa':rsns n.a1s Jea,nalE' 3 .. esnerns ;s%an;
Dayton .JonfnQl-W- D. BIckham.
Lorotn County {0.} Neus-L. L. Rice.
Cincinnati fbmntTI l-John A. Gano,
C2<retand Raindeo'sr--J. S Stephenson.
Cincinnati GQzttte-Kich l1d Smith.
st. Lenis DemacrdtJ. Il. Parsons
Detroit Adr<rtistr and 7ritune-J. F. conTer
- Dei;o t. Il RI frpFfi pF,xu-u. n. Walker and Jacob
Barns.
The Secretary read the minutes Of the
Heetlng held at Clnc1npati In May last.
Mr.. Medlll made a statement of what &C
tion WAS taken at the indianapolis meeting
Of the Association. and what had been done
By the Board Of Directors chosen at that
meeting
On motion of Mr.. Osborne, committee Of
three, consisting Of Meesrs. Medll, Walker
and Elder, Was appointed to report this cven-
ing at ~ o'clock, plan Of permanent or"
The President then read the following COM
mun1catlon:
DETROIT C1rY RAILWAY OFFICE,
DErRoEr, Aug. 2, 1864.
To the PRECEDENT Of the Editorial Convention:
The Detroit City Railway Company beg leave to
tendtr to the members Of the Editorial Convention
assembled In the city Of Detroit the free Of their
cars during the sltting Of that body.
+. Be pleased to lay this communication before the
By order Of Board Of Directors.
GEO. '. N. LoTuRoP. P1es't.
On motion vote Of thanks Waa rendered
to the President and Directors Of the Detroit
CITY Railway Company.
Ar- ScEipps moved the appointment Of g
Committee OF three On telegraphy-
Hereupon an interesting discussion arose
on the Subject OF newspaper disp atcles- Mr.
Medill took ground that 1t Wa6 not best to at
tempt to obtain telegTaphic news except
through the New York Associated Press, but
that She uld the Western papers be willing to
Increase their expenses for dispatches, 4 bit.
ter quality ind nure in quantity could be OBJ
taiued.
Messrs. Bickham, scripps and others
thought the main difficulty lay in the care
lessness and want Of Judgment with which
care In transcdbipg tue reports by the ope-
rators Of the Telegraph Company was also
a}1udea to.
The motion for the appointment of COM
mfstee was adopted, and Messrs. Osborne,
Gano, scIiPps and Fairbanks we're named as
On motion, tue Convention adjourned till
O'Clock P. m.
EVENING SESSION.
The President read the following note.
DErno17, Mich. Aug. Z, 1851
To the President Of the Northwcste.n n Press Con-
Eention:
sm-Learuipg that The publishes OF the press Of
roft On Tuesday, August 3D. We taks g1 est pleasure
tn extending through fo1 an tnyitatto 10 tie dele
gates in attendance TO pass tsee Of eh': over the
several lines Of railroad nc bag the a nor to req
''@S" General Superintendent Il c.RR.
G. G. TRow1I1D0K.
President D. { II. r. z,
s,,31rn
THos. SW1Sf tED,
Per Jas. PEA~ cE,
General Manager Great Western Hallway,
General Superintendent II. S. & n I.R.R.
On motion Of Mr. Fairbanks, the ttauks of
the convention we're yoted to the abosc rail-
road officers for their generous offer.
Mr. Walker, from the Committee on Per-
manent organization, reported TINT upon ex-
summation Of the State law authorizing pub.
lishinE associations, they discovered that 1t
was impracticab1e forming an organization
under IT. They had therefore done nothing.
On motion Of III: Conover, the c3mmittee
some plan Of organization on Wednes lay
morning.
The Committee on telegraph dispatches
! submitted the following report:
| The committee recommend con[errlns with Mr.
for the extern Associated Press to be under their
eont1ol 20 fa1 as appointment and tism'sssl Wnose
and to BE- permitted to control such things az per
tains to our association. ,
Mr. Bickman thought that the auount Of
! dispatches at present received, was as large
az the cost as heavy as desirable on the part
Gf the smaller puncrs, of which there were
fifteen in Ohio outside Of Cincinnati
1lr. Fairbapks had no objection to the in
= f4 Obi I'm r1+1f
DOW received was as large as was desirable
or practicable for the telegraph company to
! celiver promptly.
I Mr.. sczlpps considered the movement for
increasing and improving. the Associated
! press dispatches. as a material concession on
lie part of the stronger papers, or those now
| depending chiefly on specials, and urged
that it Was greatly to the interest of the
smaller papers to fall in With 1t, rs they
! would be thus placed more nearly on an equal
| footing with the larger ones.
Mr. Gsuo said that the Cincinnati Com,aer
ciol would as Eoon receive its news through
the Associated Frees as by Epec'ais, provided
it was equally complete.
On motion, Mr. Medi1l's resolutions were
laid on the table until after the permanent
organization
Mr. Fairbanks moved that the report on
| T1uographicaI Uuions be laid on the table
On motion, the Convention adjourned till
va. N. on Wednesday.
| SECOND DAT.
WEDSEspAY, Aug. ), 1864.
| The meeting was called to order BY the
Chai1msn.
| 31r. Wa1ker read the following report oi
| the CoKmittee on permanent organization.
ARTICLES Of Association OF agreement under the
act to provide for the incorporation Of asgocia'
tions for the publication Of pez1odieals, newspa-
Soo5s hs and other publ
/. The name Of this association shall be ~ The
Wt.tern Associated Preea. - and i's head OF priu.
epal office shall be located in the city OF Cleye.
:. The object Of this association is to promote
the general interests Of publishers Of newspapers
ting earlier and more correct Information, upon at
subjects; By procuring fuller and more perfect
teleeraphtc reports better and cheaper "p.int
a'l lseor sarng nscbines 81 applicable To- to he paS.
fishing businees, and generally to elevate the Guar.
acier Of the press ia those States.
3. The capital stock OF this association shall Be
$25,0o, divided into shares Of Sa5 each. making
In all ,0(0 shares, the game to be increased from
time to time BE- vote OF majority Of the share
No one establishment shall be permitted to take OF
bold = ore thsn four shares.
4 M Ths e term @ Of existence Of said association
s. The property. stock, and affairs Of this Asso.
citation shalt be controlled by Board OF seven d.
rectofs. gho shall be elected annually on the rst
Wednesday Of August. The said Board Of Direc
tors, at the first meeting, shall elect one Of thet,
i number President, and Secretary and Trea,urer
either from their number OF otberwise., ~ theJ
pass such tf.lsWe as NAY be necessary, not iacon
sietent with their art.c Is Of aseocfatlon.
Mr Walker explained the advantages Of the
Association taking corporate form:
| adopted as aboye.
OF motion, c>rnmittee o! three vas ap
poIntcd TO nominate seven directors.
The follow pames were reported and duly