St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-01

dlfterent Journals OF tne S-dte. III 1915
he started the first paper ever published
in the village of Birmingham, Conn.,,
where he passed the greater part Of his
early manhood. boarding. for many
years in the family of the famous Clara
Louise kellogg, the great singer. He
also originated and published the first
penny paper ever issued in Connecticut,
and conducted it with ability for one
year, when, his health failing him, he.
abandoned it. He was the first secretary
of the first editorial association ever
held in Connecticut, and was one of the
orignators of the movement in that
state. He became early Henry Clay"'
Wing. and from his early manhood was
an uncompromising opponent of slavery.
On the death Of Mr.. Clay
He Wrote a Beautiful Poem,
which was set to music and sung on the
evening Of the reception OF the news OF
the demise of the great statesman. The
opening and closing stanzas of that
poem are as follows: 81
Tread lightly! Tread lightly Disturb not
his sleep,
From his pains he's released, though friends
oer him weep;
Speak softly, speak softly; for he whom We
Has gone to the regions of glory above.
Then sing The song softly, for him who was
dear;
In silence and sadness we drop the lone
tear;
Let it glisten and glow in the blue vault
above, A.
To tell of our friendship our undying love.
Maj. Newson Came to ST. Paul.
Mimi, in 1858. and with the exception
of few years residence at Lake Como,
resided in the city up to the time of his
departure for Malaga, Spain. I'm
mediately on his arrival in st. Paul he
was engaged by Maj. Joseph r. Brown,
| then proprietor OF the old Pioneer, to
act as associate editor with him, IN
| which position he remained to the great
satisfaction of Maj. Brown and the pub
| lie until the spring of 1854. in May Of
| that year lie began the publication Of
| the ST. Paul Daily and Weekly Times,
which he edited with ability for seven
years. His paper was Republican, and
| he was among the earliest friends of the
| Republican party, was one of its orig
| inatOrs in this state and i'll the United
| States, being the only delegate to the
| Pittsburg convention from Minnesota
| which organized the national party, and
! was a member of all its committees, asso1
| ciated with such men as Horace Greely,
| Abijah Mann, Henry j. Raymond,
| Joshua r. Giddings and others. He was
an earnest advocate of the election of
| Mr.. Lincoln, and, by writing and speak
| ing throughout the state, aided very
! materially in giving strength and pers
| manency to the Republican party. He
| was married in Albany, New York, to
Miss Harriet Brown in May, 1857. Dur
ling the same year the party demanded
| one Republican paper in st. Paul in
| stead of two. and the Times and Mime
cnfo fi,o E,r,, -
NewSoE, Moore, Foster & CO., and were
conducted as one paper until 1860, when
| they separated, and again became the
Times and Minnesotan as separate
| papers. In January, 1861, Maj.
Neyson Surrendered His Paper
rather reluctantly to subserve party
purposes, and leased the Times printing
material to William II. Marshall for
| Sl,700 per year, with further stipula-
| tion being generally conceded among
his political friends that he should have
| the position of postmaster at St. Paul,
and for which position he was highly
recommended, but when Lincoln came
into power he was beaten by the very
man he had been instrumental in send
ing to the United States senate. and for
the next year he devoted his attention
| to the cultivation of his beautiful home
at Lake Como.
In November. 1862, Mr.. Newson was
appointed commissary of substances in
the United States army by President
Lincoln, with the rank of captain, and
was afterwards appointed commissary
| inspector of the district under Gen.
Thomas. He was also delegated by
Gen. Sibley to act as assistant acting
QuartermaSter, and during most of the
war performed the duties of two officers
with one pay, and yet he came out of
the army poorer than he went iIl. He
was brevetted major for meritorious
conduct by President Andrew johnson
in 1865.
Maj. Newson was a self-made mans
early left an orphan. and the last Of
seven brothers to die, lie reached an
euviable position by straightforward,
manly course. As a writer he was
original, argumentative, pointed and
logical. AS public speaker he was
clear, concise, earnest, eloquent: as a
poet his verses are sweet and melodi-
Gus.
In a work called the History Of
Derby, Conn.," it is said: "Maj. New
son says he graduated at the great prac-
tIcal school Of humanity. He became
editor of a journal at the age of eight
cen years. which was the first paper
published at Derby; four years in the
Union army; has been lecturer and eX-
plorer in the far West, and is the author
of the drama, Life in the Black Hills"
which met with a quick sale of 10000
copies. He is a ready and forcible
writer. and many of the citizens Of
Derby regretted his departure from
their midst
After the War
Maj. Newson took company of thirty.
five men from st. Paul to a point on the
line of the British possessions, north of
Duluth, cutting forty miles of his road III
the midst of winter, with the thermom-
eter many times 80 deg below zero. He
and his party were in search of miner
ais. He was unanimously elected
president of that district. and held
the Office for years. What he then
supposed existed, but he did
not realize, is now apparent, and his
dreams of the mineral wealth of the
northern part of Minnesota have been
fully realized. His geological turn OF
mind led to many discoveries i'll the
state, among which is the white granite
and other rocks of great value for
building. etc. He visited the Black
Hills twice; organized the firstHmineral
company there; delivered the first lect-
ure: wrote the first drama; made the
first speech when the telegraph was
first built there. and was among the first
to assay rock from the hills. He pub
lished book on peculiar mining char
acterS. and his newspaper articles upon
the same subject were eagerly read
by the public. In 1879 he started
the Fireside Companion. an illustrated
magazine, and ran it one year.
Paul1llustrated," which did much to-
ward building up the city. He is the
author of seven lectures, which he de-
livered from time to time. of work
called life in the Black Hills" and
another termed "Indian Legends of
Minnesota Lakes," and withal had a
taste for and was constantly analyZing