Daily Republican., 1881-05-26
OLD RELICS.
A Collection Of Old Papers, Coins.
Almanacs, Autographs, Etc.

| AAhAUHhSSS AusvB "pMss EtCs
Mr. Mark NJ. Cleaver, Secretary of the
New Castle County Insurance Compa
ny, called in at our office a day or Sc
ago, with his hands full Of old papers
Unrolling his package brought to view
o copy of "The American Republican,
dated June 18th, 1910, and at that time
published in Georgetown, Del, by Sip
Pile & Cannon. As this was the pres.
ent Republican in an embryo state,
which was subsequently removed tc
Wilmington, we of course felt consid
cradle interest in it. Compared witt
the present Weekly it was but bant,
ling of twenty columns, but the sub.
Scription was the same then as now when
it is considerably more than twice As
large. The date mentioned was in the
Harrison campaign, and then as now il
had it's spatS with the Gazette, and per
sonal remarks at that time were frecl y
banded as the following passage taken
from the Republican, will show:
1--WE have neither 'bursted nor alb
SqUatulated. 1t is not however our
intention to waste words on this sub
ject all we have to say, therefore, is,
that the author of the unmanly attack
upon MS in the Delaware Gazette, OF
9Th instant, whether it is John Newton
Harker, or any of Wilmington OF
Georgetown scribbers, is base liar,
Il foul Inouthed calumniator and a cow
ard, and is III our opinion mean enough
to steal the pennies from a dead mans
eyes.
Amongst other papers III Mr.. Clea-
ver's possession was % copy OF the first
Ledger ever printed, a copy Of the
Philadelphia National Gazette OF 1882.
An article in it gave the size of the
Bunker Hill Monument which had Just
been commenced. 1t was then the lead
ing paper in Philadelphia. We We're
also shown a copy OF the Evening Post,
published by Niles and Frailcy, at
Baltimore, in 1909, under the admins.
traton of Thomas Jefferson, and judg-
ing from it's sparse editorials IL was in
full sympathy with it.
A copy OF the Washington National
for October, lSl3, was
another of the old papers in the posses
sion 1f Mr.. Cleaver. 1t contained an
official report from William Henry Har-
rison announcing the capture Of Maiden
from the British. II also contained an
account of the capture Of the United
States ship Argus hy the British ship
Pelican, and it had IA list q: United
States prisoners confined at Beaufort,
near Quebec, Canada.
Mr.. Cleaver also has some very fine
specimens OF coins in perfect order with
tateS very plain. Amougs' them are
silver dollars, of 1893 and l791; Il Nir-
,inia half penny 1894 very tine; u link
American cent Of l795; d liberty cap
Colonial Coin Of 1857 with the inscrip-
ion Nova CrSSarea. Also United States
pennies in good condition Of l79j-5-6
md 7. Mr.. Cleaver also has number
If old almanacs published in Whining
on. Peter Brynberg i'll l77o publishe
me. James Adams published one i'll
8Ol, and Brynberg again in 1905 and
SOG, and James WllsOu followed with
me in 1908, AlmanaCS We're no doubt
in other years bat these are all
# which Mr.. Cleaver has copies. Mr..
Ileaver has large collection Of letters
written by prominent men III the nation
rom the stirring times OF tile reVolu-
ionary was up to the present. Amongst
hem is u letter written by Jefferson
Davis to John NJ. Clayton recommend
ny to the kind attention Of the latter a
yUung man named Bell who had fought
Davis Regiment through the Mexican
Var.