Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-05-25
A CENTURY AND THREE.
THE YEARS OF A TYPICAL NEWS
PAPER OF THE SOUTH.
Interesting and Varied fIistory os The
Augusta, Ca, Chronicie-so1e Account
Of the Life Of IT'S Present Editor. Hon.
Patrick walsh.
Especial Correspondence

Of the Life Of IT'S Present Editor. Hon.
Patrick walsh.
Especial Correspondence
AUGUSTA, Ca. May 23.-One hundred
and three years Is a ripe old age for a
newspaper TO attain. Think Of it--over
10000 days Of chronicling eventsi Few
papers in America can boast Of such an
achievement Those few, however, still
stand firmly planted and give no signs
OF decay. Among the number The Au-
gusta (Ga.) Chronicle. or, as IL was
known century ago, "The Augusta
Chronicle and Gazette Of the State" has
weathered the trials. changes and vicis-
situdes Of 1903 years.
1t has chronicled the news from the
days Of the colonial congress to the days
of tariff congress-. II narrated the
daily history Of the world to men and
women long since dead and gone, and 1t
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 to tho 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 history OF human feeling, SEN
timent, prejudice and passion such a
newspaper patriarch must contain! The
follics and foibles of lovely danes and
gay cavaliers Of colonial days; the strug-
giles of our great-grandfathers to cstab-
lish republic; the union, disunion and
reunion Of the states; the inundations,
conhagations and storm sweepings Of
nature; the rise and fall Of European
nations-these and scores of other 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 inc copy of The Au-
gusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State
dated Saturday Oct. 8, 1900. The motto is
Freedom of the Press and Trial by
Jury Shall Remain Inviolate." The pub
lisher's announcement follows: Printed
by John T.. 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 a month old; from Alexan-
dria, Va, two months; from New York,
three months, and from London and
Paris four months old; original poetry
and variety of unique and queerly
wordcd advertisements. reproduce the
following extract from the news col
umns:
Extract Of a Letter from New York, Aug. 81
PuIlAprLpHlA, Sept 9.
Yesterday morning tho president OF the United
States, with his family, set off from this city for
his seat ct Mount Vernon In Virginia, where he
viii reside till his presence Is necessary at Phila
dclphia
Ho was accompanied to his barge by the cover
nor Of the state the principal officers OF govern.
ment. the mayor and corporation, officers Of ths
city and a number Of the citizens who bade him
an af1ectionate farewell The parting scene was
solemn; the roar of tho cannon that were fred on
his embarkation humbly expressed the emotion OF
the mind on the departure OF him whom all hold
SO dear; tho heart was full-the tear dropped
from tho eye; it was not to be restrained; 1t was
SEEM and the president appeared sensiby moved
by tire last mark of esteem for his character and
affection for his person.
Today such news would be amplified
10 a column and headed special dis
patch"
Here is sample of late news from
Alexandria, Va, dated Aug. &c. and
published in The Chronicle Oct. 0, 1880:
ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 20, 1880.
Capt Wood, who arrived here on Tuesday last,
informs that on tho day before he sailed he saw