Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-06-07

of the Life of It's Present Editor, Hon.
Patrick Walsh.
Especial Correspondence.l
AUGUSTA, GA, June LIST, 1889.
FISHERMAN & FARMER One hundred
and three years Is ripe old age for
newspaper to attain. Think of it-over
10000 days of chronicling eventsl 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 it was
known q century ago, 1.-The Augusta
Chronicle and Gazette of the State" has
weathered the trials, changes and vicis-
STUDIES of 103 years.
It has chronicled the news from the
days Of the colonial congress to the days
of a tariff congress. It narrated the
daily history of the world to 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 to 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
tenth century reader.
What history Of human feeling, SEN
iment, prejudice and passion such
newspaper patriarch must containi The
follies and foibles of lovely danes and
gay cavaliers Of colonial days; the strug-
giles Of our great-grandfathers to estab-
hsh republic; the union, disunion and
reunion of the states; the foundations,
confagations 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. It spans
time. The thumb is upon the log cabin
and the finger tip of 1885 touches the
modern palace of 1889. 1t is a huge
handful, too.
I have before me copy Of The Au-
gusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State
dated Saturday, Oct. 8, 1890. The mottois
Freedom of the Press and Trial by
Jury Shall Remain Inviolate." The pub
lisher's announcement follows: Printed
by John E. 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 a variety of unique and queerly
worded advertisements. reproduce the
following extract from the news col
umns:
Extract Of Letter from New York, Aug. 31.l
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2.
Yesterday morning the president of the United
States, with his family, set off from this city for
his seat at Mount Vernon in Virginia, where he
will reside till his presence is necessary at Phila-
deiphia.
He was accompanied to his barge by the COVER
nor of the state the principal officers Of govern
ment, the mayor and corporation, officers of thu
city, and number of the citizens, who babe him
an affectionate farewell The parting scene was
solemn; the roar of the cannon that were fired on
his embarkatiOn humbly expressed the emotion Of
the mind Or the departure Of him whom all hold
so dear: the heart was full-the tear dropped
from the eye; it not to be restrained; it
seen; and the president appeared sensibly moved
by the last mark Of esteem for his character and
affection for his person
Today such news would be amplifed
to a column and headed Especial dis
patch"
Here is q sample of late news from
Alexandria, Va, dated Aug 26, and
published in The Chronicle Oct. 8, 1880:
ALEXANDRIA, Aug. &c. $780,
Capt. Wood, who arrived here on Tuesday last
informs that on the day before he sailed he saw
gentleman from An ESM
tigua, who told him AS|a&&hzA
he had seen letter, ~
received at Antigua 80
from London, in NR
forming that an &C EN
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about the 10th Of 9aaeS
July off Cape St. Vim 60 EsNN&
cents, between sew -~SNa% 34
enteen sail of the line WsSSNSsaAuSsSSE
under the command &TSN ~S% SS3
of Lord Howe, and EEXSNIHNl ~ $S4MSEIEN
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ing and lasted until I'm
sunset: that the Brit PATRICK WALSH.
ish captured two sail of the line sunk two Others
and disabled four more in such manner that it |
was thought they could not reach the port of
Cadiz; that the British fleet had suffered very
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