New-York tribune., 1905-12-18
y.spapers 1gsesf Of AUegbanse.s.
AppearedColonel Marschalk and His


edge OF a press being in the country. and strong
Inducements were held out for me TO remove
to that place. Finally, 1 constructed a large
press capable of printing foolscap sheet and
printer the Territorial laws The press was
sold by me to Ben. M Stokes. and he began IN
Natchez and continued for some time The Missls-
sippi Gazette" on a foolscap sheet. This was
time in the year 1903; but he soon faleo'
The volume of Territorial laws referred to was
probably printed in 1799 as it embraces the laws
from January q to May % for that year. 1t bears
the imprint "Natchez: Printed by A Marschalk.
and and sold at the Store of Messrs Hunts 4 70 Co.
b sSPP Fl was eaef nnber known
is Volume H. No. O. September 10. 1901 published
ton, the ffst COPY was probabTy issued August
l. 1900 The issue of September 10, 1901, contains
have succeeded Mr.. Benjamin NJ Stokes. The price
OF the Gazette was Sc per annum one-naiI at
the expiration of six months and the remainder
at the end Of the year. Advertisements not ex-
for 81 50. and fifty cents for each continuation:
Only two issues appeared under the names o.
sion for three or four weeks, when the paper
again appeared under the original management t. OF
B. NJ Stokes, bearing the motto: sacred ed to VIZ Hlp.
tue, Liberty Science and Civilization. me paper
appeared somewhat spasnfodfcally thereafter, ana
probably discontinued before the end of the
It may be added that Andrew Marschalk like all
newspaper printers. after relinqushing his printing
office to Ben NJ Stokes s had Gng1Hg ag d0aiIed I0T f9
himself of the opportunity to acquire press press Rlf 1fi
more 10 Natohez about March or April 1S0o.'' who
started a paper which died early death, where
upon the press fell into the hands of James Fer
rell, who with D. NIoffatt, printed The Int@eIi- tell
gencer'' at Natchez beginning August IL, 1901
Colonel Marschalk is evidently about a year out
of the way in his recollection OF dates ABOUT
July 2S 1902 began the publication of "The Mis-
sissippi Herald A fac-simile of part of the
first page of the issue for Saturday. May Z8 lSU5
is given page q of the volume or the new
Jersey Archives just quoted. A whole column on
the fourth page of this issue is devoted to pros
pectus of an intended rival paper to be called Inc
Mississippi Republican and Natche1 AdTertiSebF Us he
gin the following September No copy OF tnls
paper has been found, and 1t probably never aPec
peared. It more usual IN those Gays ol
newspaper rivalry than in these modern times Tor
newspaper to publish a prospectus OF proJec'eu
rival. ..,,,,-o;,ri
Herald and Natchez Gazette. In April 1901 Cooflel
Marschalk attempted to issue it semi weekly, an
nouncing that 1t published Wednesdays ana
Saturdays, although the paper c2htal11S f;tio @
tempt was continued evidently only Tor a rev
months The title of his paper underwent iaT various
ington Republican, 1905 16; washington on ttep9o E
Iican and Natchez IntelIigencer," 1876; state "a
zette' 1918; mississippi Republican, tSo- ~
sstafe C,azette" 1922: "Nississipp Republican,
1919; 'Natchez Gazette and Public AdXertlser,
1S26: 'Mississippi Statesman 1871: NlsSlsslplh 12
Statesman and Natchez Gazette. l%z' ana Lqg +H
in existence in 1892 His original press was IN the
same wear in Natchez, but in bad preservatlo&n. &
Colonel AIarschalk was born in NeW-H ork otate
donbtless in NeW-York City and was descendanl OF
AnGrevy Marscha1k who figures in the annals OF taC
city H. the seventeenth century lie was an el :
sign in the United States Army in the Ieyles OF
vice when he up his printing press at MalMut ll
Hills Miss about 1893 He was honorably as
charged June l. 1902. He died August 10 lS5I ana n
is buried in Natchez His SON. Andrew IN
If published ''The Hampstead (NIissl Courier as
u i9fa +, ss IS59 WILLIAM NELSON.
Paterson, N J., Dec 13, 1906.