Telegram-herald., 1889-05-26
A CENTURY AND THREE.
The Years Of Typical Newspaper
II the South.
Taterestfng asa y.rssa Hisf0r, ~ Sss
Augusta "a, ChE0nRcls-Sosas a..
e0aut OF IT. Present Editor.
6OB- Patrick Nalsa.

AUGUSTA. Ga. Nay 23. -ohe hundred
and three years Is a ripe old sge fer
newspaper 70 attain. Think 4 lt-0ger
80 GO days Of chr0niciing eventsi Few
papers II America can boast f such an
achievement Those few. however, still
stand firmly planted and give no signs
of decay. Among the number The Au-
gtlata Ca Chronicle, or as II ~as
Known century ago, The Augusta
ChroRicls and Gazette OF the State, has
weAthered the trials, changes and sicis-
sitades Of l05 years.
It has chronicied the news from the
days Of the colonial congress 10 the DAYS
Of a tariff congress. Ii narrated the
daily history Of the world 10 men and
women long since dead and gone. and it
has been read IN each succeeding epoch
By grandsire, BY father and by son.
From ancient types and a primitive hand
press The Chronicle has told the news
each day up 10 the present time, when
the telegraph flashes information from
every known quarter and the dizzy
whirl Of the rapid steam driven press
mirrors it upon huge sheets for the Nine
teenth century reader.
What a history OF human feeling. SEN
tirnent, prejudice and passion such a
newspaper patriarch must cOntaini The
follies and foibles OF lovely danes and
cav cavaliers Of colonial days; the strug
gles OF our great-grandfathers To ostab-
lish a republic; the union, disunion and
reunion OF the states; the inundatiOns,
confagations and storm sweepings of
nature; the rise and fall Of European
nations-these and scores of ether events
which go TO make up history. The files
of such newspaper excite curiosity at
first, interest as one proceeds through
pages yellow with age. and finally won
der and admiration at the marvellous
human progress of a century. 1t spans
time. The thumb is upon the log cabin
and the finger tip of 1856 touches the
modern palace of 1889. 1t is huge
handful, too.
have before me copy Of The Au-
gusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State
dated Saturday Oct. o, 1890. The motto is
Freedom of the Press and Trial by
Jury Shall Remain Inviolats.' The pub
lisher's announcement follows: Printed
by John f. Smith, printer to the state;
essays, articles of intelligence, adver-
tisements, etc, will be received and
every kind of printing performed" The
paper consisted of four pages of three
columns each, containing news from
Philadelphia month old; from Alexan-
dria, Va, two months; from New York,
three months, and from London and
Paris four months old; original poetry
and a variety of unique and queerly
worded advertisements. l reproduce the
following extract from the news col
umns:
Extract OF Letter from New York Aug. 81
PHILADELPHIA, Sept ?.
Yesterday morning the president of the United
States with his family set OF from this city for
his seat at Mount Vernon in Virginia, where he
will reside till his presence is necessary at Phila-
/ delphis.
He was accompanied TO his barge by the COVER
nor Of the state the principal officers of govern
rnent, the mayor and corporation, officers Of thu
city and number Of the citizens. who bade him
an alrecrionate farewell The parting scene was
sol-ran: the roar of tho cannon that were fired on
| his enbarkation humhlv expressed the emotion OF
/ th, mind on the departure of him whom all hold
| so dear: the heart was full-the tear dropped
from the eye; Il was not 10 be restrained it was
I seen: and the president appeared sensibly moved
bv the last mark Of esteem for his character and
/ affection for his person
Today such news would be amplified
TO column and headed especial dis
patch"
Here is a sample of late news from
Alexandria, Va, dated Aug 26, and
published in The Chronicle oct. .. 1880
ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 25, 1880
Can't. Wood who arrived hero on Tuesday last,
- thnt nn tho day hefnra be sailal he saw