Evening star., 1895-04-25

der the head From Washington 1.-The
is to be laid the 18th instant. The inhabit-
ants on both sides of Potomack will attend
to their interests. The Inhabitants of the
healthy" NAVY
The Poets Corner of this primitive
newspaper has this remarkable couplet:
"A HINT TO THE LADIES'
II courted Mira when just twenty three;
Now Mira, in her fortieth year, courts me-"
The next newspaper known to have been
established in this District was the Wash
as semi-weekly journal at four dollars
year. Benjamin More was the publisher,
and Its place of publication was advertised
as the house west of the hotel, where SUBJ
scriptions will be thankfully received" This
ancient hotel, the earliest place of enter
tainment probably in our city, is still stand
ing at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue
and 9th street southeast. 1t is a brick
building of two stories, now the locality of
beer saloon and garden. The enterprise
ofsstarting newspaper in what was then
an almost uninhabited wilderness, depen-
dent for its sole patronage upon prospec-
tors, who were engaged ID the buildings
ana speculations preparatory to locating
the seat of government at Washington in
1900, was bold one. The Gazette, while
not abounding in local information, has
among its advertisements more of those
representing real estate than any other
class Sales of lots by the local commits
SioHeTS were advertised. B. Fenwick an
nounces for sale two houses and several
likely negroes" and the Daniel Carroll
estate offers 500 acres of land upon Rock
creek. Advertisements of the 'Washington
Lottery are given much prominence and
the dearth of local information is substi-
tuted by summaries of news, moral essays,
dull dissertations and the inevitable poets
corner. The enterprising newspaper Ian
two months in 1897, and then continued as
weekly until March "a, 179S, when it
ceased to appear.
The National lIntelligencer.
Two years and six months after appear
ed the first number of the second Wash
ington newspaper, the National Intelligen-
Ger. October 81, 1890. 1t was founded by
Samuel Harrison Smith, a Philadelphia
journalist, who removed the plant from
that city, where he had published the New
World, and its first issue records that 1.-The
vessels containing most of the material has
been delayed six weeks in her passage
from Philadelphia, owing to the late high
Winds" In view Of the present rapid tran
sit of three and one-half hours between
Philadelphia and Washington, this six
weeks transport by Delaware river, CheSa-
peake bay and the Potomac river, of a
press which was the sport of winds and
waves, affords striking contrast.
The Intell.gencer began as tri-weekly
and was purchased in 1910 by Mr.. Joseph
Gales. native of England. who became an
eminent journalist. Congress assembling in
Washington in November, $780, the Intel
ligencer occupied the place as recorder of
its proceedings which the Gazette of the
United States had flbd at Philadelphia
in the years preceding In 1872 William
w. Seaton of Virginia (brother-ln-law of
Mr.. Gales Joined him as partner; the next
year the paper was converted INTO daily,
and this memorable partnership lasted the
long. term of forty-eight years, until the
death Of Mr.. Gales. in 1SG0. The National
1ntelligencer, from its editorial ability and
its advantageous position as representative
of political matters at the seat of govern
ment, obtained q wide circulation for those
days throughout the country. Its politics
were at first republican, advocati ting during
Madison's and Monroe's administrations
Jeffersonian principles. as opposed to the
federaliSts. 1t strongly supported the war
with Great Britain in 1S12-15, and its office
burned by the British army when the in
vasion of Washington took place in August,
1914.
At later day the Intenigencer. became
Crawford for President in 1924. as against
Jackson, and afterward becoming one of
the ablest and most vigorous opponents of
the jackson administration in its fiscal
measures, which SO greatly aroused the in
terest of the country. 1t became the ex-
ponent of what were known as whig prin-
ciples, from about 1884 to 1856; being also
noted for conservative view of public
publicans until the outbreak Of the war of
secession. At that time and for some
years previous the late DR.. James c. We'll
ling was the principal editorial writer of
the Intelligencer, his articles being marked
by breadth of view, and much force and
elegance Of diction. During the war the
entire loss of its large southern patronage
and the establishment of strong and enter
steady decline of the National Intelli-
genoer, which finally ceased to appear in
January, 1870.
Among the early Washington papers, one
literary sense was the National Journal,
founded by Col. Peter Force, an eminent
citizen, afterward mayor of Washington
and collector of the great historical library
now forming part Of the Library of Con-
gress. He was a practical printer, and
gathered around him as editorial aids
Philip r. Fendall, one Of Washington's
first lawyers; John Agg, of poetic memory;
Benjamin Homans. who later founded the
Bankers Magazine, and DR.. Tobias Wat
kins. The National Journal was a vigorous
supporter of John Quincy Adams admins
tratfon, and continued to be published as
a daily until 1881, when it was discontin-
ued. Its rivalry with the Intelligencer was
keen, and that paper denounced the Jour-
nal as largely edited by Mr.. Adams and
other official persons In his administration.
That Mr.. Adams frequently wrote for it is
true.
The Daily Globe.
The Daily Globe was started by Francis
P. Blair in 1881, and was continued until
1861, edited by Amos Kendall till 1910, and
supporting the jackson democracy through
all the contests of it's time. Three years
later began to be issued from the office
Of the Daily Globe the Congressional
Globe, started in 1888 as rival to the pub
lication of the congressional proceedings in
the Intelligencer, which were afterward
gathered into the series of twenty-nine
volumes known as Gales and Seaton Regis
ter of Congressional Debates. These were
in 1888, when the Congress
sonal Globe had the whole field to itself,
and under the vigorous management of
Blair and Rives and their successors. con-
tinued as TIE official organ of Congress
until 1873. In that year Congress put an
end to the contract with the proprietors of
the Globe, and started the Congressional
Record, printed at the government printing
office, and still continued.
Thomas Allen established the Madisonian
in 1897, which became at later period the
organ of John Tyler's administration and
lied in 1915.
The National Era was begun by DIR. Ga
maliel Bailey in 1S47. 1t was from the be-
ginning an able advocate of anti-slavery