The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-10-24
AN OLD JOURNAL.
1T WAS PUBLISHED OYER A I2O
YEARS AGO.
1t Was Found Few Days Ago Among q
Lot Old Papers-A Quaint Souve-
mir of the Last Century.
An Oil newspaper published before th

An oil newspaper published before the
days of The revelation.
When the colonies were groaning under
the yoke of the mother country and the
| younger Pitt. who had just entered the
house of parliament was making those
brilliant speeches which nave since be-
come the heritage of every 1OOl boy, Wash
ingt0n was in the prime of life, with II
record for si>iIlful general&tip achieved in
the French and Indian war, while Patrick
| Henry, who was destined to kindc the tires
| of the great conflict, had just emerged
| from the deep Obscurty in which he was
hidden as an uni1nown country lawyer.
Such were in brief the parallel events
surrounding the appearance OF this faded
newspaper which crept into The Consti-
tuition Office Il few days ago.
The date OF the publication was August
| 20, 1913, and the superscription OF the yei-
| low document DOW scarcely traceabic, IS
| The Maryland Journal and Baltimore Adj
| vertiser.
Row It Was Found.
| Issued before the days of the revolution
| and soiei by the flight of Il hundred and
twenty years, the question arises, how was
this old sheet preserved and how did it
happen to drift into this part Of the country.
This question can be il part answered.
| DE-. r. f. BaTly, whOee present home is
| at Silver Run, Ala, but who Was born and
| rcarel on this side of the ChAttahoochcc
| river, was recently appointed to wind up
| the estate OF his grandfather, who resided
| in COweta county, Georgia. In looking
| over tie Iolics of the Old gentleman this
yellow newspaper was found. 1t was care
| fully folded away ansi, considering its age,
| was in an excellent state of preservation.
The paper was afterwards placed in the
! hands of Mr.. G.. ID. Camp, in the office of
| the district attorney, and by Mr.. camp
| was brought to the attention OF Ihe Con-
| SlitutiOn.
| The paper is an odd sheet and represents
| in a most amusing way the early efforts
| of our grandlathers in editing ~ newspaper.
| Though published at !; time OF great excite
| ment when the advocates of civil liberty
were exposing themselves to the charges OF
| ulsloyaIty ana treason, there Is nothing Ill
| the least sensational about the paper. Inc
| leading story OF the paper is al article Oh
"Duelllng, III Whlcn tue Wl4lCl e1il"4 7N"
uDOn us immortality.
| Ought Duels to Be Fought:
The article is addressed TO AN EhShsh
lord who is OH the eve of lighting duei,
| and the following energetic paragraph Is
| clipped:
| Give me leave, therefore, to ask you
| seriously whether anything can be SO 40
| surd as the fashionable practice OF ouel-
| ing? We receive an aiIront ana we eh-
| danger our lives; we expose the long llSt
| OF our friends To distress; we hazaru al
the glowing expectations OF our tendcreSl
| social tics, all our dearest prospects III thlS
| world and all our greatest III the neAt-lo
! do what? L blush, my lord, at my own
| queStiOn--to puulSA some act oil lllclNllty
that should excite our contempt or some
a; fbpt 10 N-nO below
| uaIlou. The man WHO Is not willing to
| apologize for any olIcnSe he offers another
| does not deserve to be considered as a gen
| tcmau; Yet, supposlnS the case otherwise,
| the offence ought, Inuced, to be deadly
which induces us 10 take away Il life. II
| it is of such magnitude rs to require a
| bloody eXpiation 1t should be left to the
| laws, and ii it is not we surely reDcl
| against the majesty of our own hearts,
| where we endeIYOr to wipe 1t away with
| our own blood"
There is no name attached to the article,
| and only the initial letter e." Its author,
however, to judge from the style OF his
| diction was well educated and, i'll vigor of
| intellect, far above the ordinary.
! Gl.,, !. the %;,iuta;oiy.
The manner in which the little paper
| makes its bow before the public is quantity
| amusing. After 4 brief introduction the
article, written over the signature of its
| editor, proceeds in the following vein:
|
| Thursday, unless another day should prove
| more agreeable to the customers, and shall
| hot only contain the public news, which
| shall collect and compile with the greatest
| care, but on the failure of such anecdotes
| / will supply the room with such moral
| pieces from the best writers as Will con
| uuce most to iuculcate good principles and
| humane behavior, and now and then with
| pieces of wit and humor that tend to
| anllSe and instruct.
| Second | shall always publish with
| pleasure whatever is sent me III favor OF
| liberty and the rights of mankind, provided
| the language is decent and compatible with
| good government, but | am resolved that
| my paper shall be FREE and of NO
| PARTY.
| Having entered upon q very arduOus
| and expensive undertaking | must now
| earnestly entreat the immediate assistance
| of every subscriber. in advancing the en-
| trance money agreeable to contract, without
| which the life of this paper viii be of very
short duration All who wish well to the
| institution, | am persuaded, viii checrlully
and / hope they will dispense with Il per
possible, would be very, painful,
| and send the money to the printing Office,
| from whence receipts for whatever they
may be disposed to advance for the en-
couragment Of the work, shall be returned
| to them. / ann the public's devoted humble
servant W. GODDARD.
printing office, Baltimore, August 20,
| 1773."
This is followed by an, article on simple
| dress and short anecdote Of the young
| prctender in Scotland.
| The proceedings of the house of parlia-
munt for tue second week in June, two
months before the publication of the paper
| are given in brief.
| 4 correspondent, writing from New York.
| announces tho arrival about thirty days
| before Of $500 passengers from ireland.
| A special from Philadelphia informs the
| public Of the arrival of Il thousand passen-
| gers from London. Eng.
| News of the World.
The paper goes on to say in another col