New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-20
LITTLE OLD NETWORK.
Some Odd Phases of Her March to
Greatness.
XXI.

first newspaper was published in New-York City
by William Bradford. To what extent has the
graveyard OF newspaper hopes grown since thenI
Bradfords paper was printed on small fools
cap sheet, with the heading 'New-York Gazette.
From Monday. Oct. 10th, to Oct. Odd, 1925 It
was a weekly publication. During Governor
Cosby's administration. when Bradford's paper
espoused the cause of the government, John
Peter Zenger established The New-York Weekly
Journal" which became the vehicle Of those OPP
posed to the administration of the testy and
oespotic Cosby. 1t was because of the suit
against Zenger for publishing what the Gov
ernor claimed to be seditious Hbels that the
freedom Of the press was established on August
4, 1888 and the seeds were planted which ger
minated among the people and sprung up, like
the sown dragons teeth host of armed war
riors." Bradford's paper ceased publication in
1872 and the next year James Parker. his
apprentice. issued a weekly called The New
York Gazette and Weekly Postboy." THE Week
" Journal of Zenger was discontinued in 1892
and on its foundation Hugh Game built The
New-York Mercury" In 1865 three papers were
issued in this city-ParIlers 'New-York Gazette
and Weekly Postboy.' but at that time published
by John Holt; Gaines "New-York Mercury"
first issued in 1852, and William Weyman's
''New-Yorl1 Gazette published in 1853
In November 1865, Parker resumed the pub
o
continued it until his death in 1770. while Holt
Issued a new paper The New-York Journal or
General Advertiser" which remained the organ
Of the Liberty party until the capture of the
city in 1716 when he was forced to set UP his
press in Esopus. When that village was burned.
IN 1777, he went to Poughkeepsie, where he con-
tinued to publish his paper until the close of
the war In the autumn of 1873 it was again
printed in the city Of New-York, under the title
of THE Independent Gazette or the New-fork
Journal Revived" Holt died in 1854, and the
paper was continued by his widow until 1871,
when Thomas GreenIeaf acquired it and merged
it into two papers, a weekly, "Greenleafs New
York Journal and Patriotic Register" and
daily, THE New-York Journal and Daily Pa
triotic Register" afterward THE Argus. or
GreenIeafs New Daily Advertiser"
During the possession Of the city by the Brit
fsh two papers were published. Game issued his
Gazette and Mercury" from Hanover Square.
and Rivingtons Royal Gazette" was published
at the corner of Wall and Pearl SITS. The latter
paper had "parlous" times in the autumn Of
1775, however, for King Sears Of Liberty Boys
fame, and a party of horsemen destroyed its
press and carried off the types to New-Haven.
Rivington the next year received balm for his
wounds by being appointed printer to the King.
When the patriot cause seemed likely to succeed
TO Washington secret information regarding the
doings of the British, and thus remained I'M
moIested when other Ioyalists had to flee at the
evacuation In 1856 The New-York Gazette
established in Hanover Square by John
Mclean. and was published twice week until
January l, 1890, when it became a daily. ''It
IS printed on a large super-royal sheet and has
a very extensive regular and respectable pat
ronage among the various classes Of citizens,
especially the old established and wealthy
chants. The political character Of the editors is
Of the old antt-democratic school," The cele-
brated papers of Alexander Hamilton, entitled
The Federalist,' over the signature of Camillus
were originally published in 1.-The Gazette" in
17SS. In the first quarter Of the nineteenth
century there were twelve daily papers eight
morning and four afternoon eight serni-weekly
and two weekly papers printed in New-York-
The combined circulation Of the daily papers
was 1900 copies Of the sernf-weekly 5000
and OF the weekly 10000 Fifteen thousand
reams Of paper were consumed yearly by
these publications. at average cost Of 81 80
a ream. The Mercantile Advertiser" "exclu-
sively devoted to advertisements and to the an
nouncement OF the news of the day, without
note or comment" was published at No. 159
Pearl-st. by A Butler and George W. Heyer.
The New-York Daily Advertiser" established
in 1917 and printed by a Napier printing press,
which the proprietors imported from England at
great expense was published in the Exchange.
The National Advocate" established in 1912,
and edited by Henry Wheaton, who was sue
ceeded by Mr.. Noah in 1878. was the supporter
OF the Democratic party The New-York En-
quirer" edited by NJ NJ. Noah. was the organ
Of the Republican party, and Of great polit-
teal power" The Journal Of Commerce" es-
tablished in 1927, and edited 'by a gentle
man from Virginia, William H. Maxwell" was
published from the basement of the Exchange,
in WaIl-st Then there were The Morning
Courier" edited by Messrs Brooke, Skillnlan
Lawson and Webb. and The Merchants Tele-
graph edited by John J. Mumford.
The evening papers were The New-York
Evening Post" established in 1901, and pub
Ished from No. 40 William-st. It was edited
by William c. Bryant and has long been con-
sidered Of the fashionable daily afternoon
papers" The Commercial Advertiser daily for
for the city, and The New-York Spectator
(seni- weekly, for the countryO published at No.
As Pine-st and edited by William L. Stone and
Francis Hall. ARE amusing and we'll edited
papers and give the earliest literary announce
rnents." The New-YOTk American" founded
in 1920 and edited by Charles King, lis ex-
tensivey circulated in the fashionable cir
cIes Of society and is printed on the Napier
printing machine. in New-st.' The New-York
Statesman" edited by N. H. Carter and George
Prentiss, had "a ship letter Office attached to
the publication Office. where all the regular
packets for foreign ports have their bags de-