The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-28

drv mariners, and then he stood the pres
sure alone. Cannot "the brethren OF the
Quill give the memory OF John Dixon
lift!
1891. "Richmond, December LIST. Paid
Aug. Davis 10 in full for his Gdxeffe from
| LIST July to 3lst December, 1I9l."
This paper was published In Richmond.
Augustine Davis was the printer TO the
Convention OF 1888. The price OF his I'd
zette until 1897 was 10 shillings per annum.
| Until 1893 all the accounts, receipts, &C.,
| that have seem to have been made on ana
| were signed by the editors themselves; in
1893 lind John Watson acting for Aug.
Davis.
| Aug. Davis continued his Gazette until
1909. have not his price for 1871 or lbs.
For 1899 and after II was Ct A., or -, ex-
cept for 1905, when his price was $40;
and In 1900 he receipts for his paper rs The
| Virqinia Gazette and General Advertiser.
II may have borne this title all the while,
but with this exception he receipts for it a.
| The Virginia Gazette. ~.
APATRIOTIc PAPER.
| In 1909 The Virginia Gazette Davls's)
disappears from the stage, and The |tr-
giaid Patriot, price g., makes its patriotic
bow to the public. Mordecai in his " Rich
mond i'm By-Gone Days" says Davis lost
| his place as postmaster because he was a
Federaist, and adds: "This prescription
excited the ire OF the editor, and ne
changed the title Of his paper to that OF
P1triOt-a title that disappointed poll
ticians are apt to assume" But l nave q
feIio,r- feeling for Davis. / know just how
This very thing Is myself, and | am sure
Augustine was really a true, tried, ana
pure "patriot" The knowledge OF TINS
fact made him feel % per cent. better, anu
am convinced his paper was worth % per
cent more. Mordecai says Davis's scissors
were sharper than his pen, and he USED
Them oftener. Mordecai was evidently
Democrat and a Bourbon. The last receipt
have for The Virginia Patriot is from
January, 1917, to January, 1878, price 80,
Mordecai says il ''was eXtant in 1878 and
later"
.'The Virqinia Patriot" was ga limited
edition" even in those good old days; has
been for. a long time Tout OF print" he.
coming "rare," " rarer," every rare" and
is now "quite unique"
Augustine Davis was an editor in li'o
and in "lS1S and later" Mordecai does
not speak very highly OF the old man; vel
| wish | knew more Of him. Was he an
editor from 1915 continuously to 1878 and
latery Forty-odd years-and such years
His scissors may have been sharper than
his pen: but what great events and grea
men had passed in review before THIS Ole
man and through his old press. The tales
his old press could tell; the events thai
were stored away in the "sanctum sancto
rum" OF his old brain; the memories Of
the old. old days before The lcdr; the day
OF the great revolution, the days OF lSl2
the DAYS of Henry. OF Washington, OF JET
ferson, of Madison and Monroe; the day.
the like of which we shall never see again
In 1897 Samuel Peasants, DR., was pub
fishing Newspaper" think then called
The Virqinid Gazette but his receipt FOL
1891. -'9s, 80 1900 and 1901 are: "Tt
one years sub. for Newspaper, from Is
Jan'v It'll 1st Jan'y - dolls. Rec'C
payment. Sam'l Peasants, Jr."
From 1902 until my last receipt Iron
lst January, 1907, till lst January, 1908.
the price remains the same but the News
paper is called The argus. Mordecai say
the full name was The Virginia ArgtS.
PATRICK HENRY's PAPER.
The first mention have OF the Enquire
is in letter OF the 18th OF October, 1904
from Lewis Nevil TO Colonel William
Cabell, Jr., from which extract: Il have
notified Mr.. Davis to discontinue Mr.. Hen
rvs paper. Mr.. Henry's Enquirer vii
hereafter be addressed TO you for the bal
lance of the wear for which he has paid.
have entered your name as a subscriber u
the Life OF George Washington on Mr.
Samuel Peasants list
bon Of NFn.
Patrick Henry, Jr., a son OF the orator. liz
died the odd September, 1904. He was The
first husband OF Elyira, the oldest daughiel
of Colonel William Cabell, Jr., OF Unor
Hill. She married secondly Mr. Jane:
Bruce, and died in Richmond 22d October
1851
| have no receipt for the Enquirer fol
llSlG, 1917. or 1918, i'm one OF which years
Lit seems, its name was somewhat altered OF
lenarged. will give copies OF the receipts
for 1915 and 1919:
December 10, 1915. Received of Colonel vii
liam CabeI Five Dollars for years subscription
10 the Enquirer, commencing the 23d OF No'em
Der, lSl4 . -, ,,.......
| For Thomas Ritcbie. SAMUEL l. BhAML'
Mr.. Mayo Cabel.
1919. TO Thomas Rlichle' Dr.
TO your subscription to the Richmond En-
quirer from the 9th October 1919 To Oth octo
Der, $40. 50.
Received payment for Thomas Richie.
SAM. CARY.
Father Richie was too big a man, sup
pose, to be proud of his autograph-nont
of the receipts that | have are signed by
him. Besides Brame and Cary, his receipts
are signed by William Pollard and Newton
Hill.
have been told that within the last fifty
years copies of all the above referred tC
papers were still preserved in this house
NOW there is not one OF them remaining
| have only the few scattering receipts ant
disconnected memoranda indicated in thi'
Iarticle. | give these to the press in ordel
to preserve them, and hoping that some o
them may supply some missing link some
where. ALEXANDER BROwN.
| One of NannIeOn's Old Guard.