The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-09
NEWSP APER IS A
VALUABLE RELIC
Mother of Mrs. George N. Sny-
der of This City Has One
Printed on Wall Paper.
EXTREMELY INTERESTING.
IN GLOWING TERMS VlCkS5URG
CITIZEN TELLS OF THE BRIL-
LIANT CAMPAIGN OF ITS HERO.
ROBERT 6. LEE.

ROBERT &. LEE.
around certain Southern cities, the
newspaper business presented more
difficulties than the great and much
footed dailies of today. If IL can be
Judged from an interesting copy of the
"Vicksburg Citizen" which has just
come to light.
The paper is owned by Mrs. Wesley
Clark of Liberty, Ind, mother of Mrs.
G. y. Snyder of this city. II was pub
lished July 8, 1868, just one day before
General Grant entered the city, and
bears the distinction, probably OF be-
ing the only newspaper ever printed
on wall paper. On one side printed in
the reading matter, while on the back
is a dark old-fashioned design.
Editors Decision.
According 10 the story of Mrs.
Clark who was in Vicksburg at the
time of the seige, the Union forces
hdO tIpluIGu u pdptl supply 4AtSIN-
ed for the "CitiZen,' and used it to
wad their guns.
There was no paper to be had in the
beleaguered town but wall paper and
the unhappy editor had to choose be-
tween suspending publication at a
time when history was being made
about his very ears, or use the wall
paper. He choose the latter course
and for several weeks the subscribers
Of the Citizen" read their paper on
one side only and on the other found
variety of rich floral designs.
Was Last Issue.
The copy owned by Mrs. Clark was
the last issue of the "CitiZen' printed
on wallpaper and with the instinct of
a connosieur she saved it and brought
it north with her after the war
General Robert (. Lee.
One of the interesting stories in
the paper is an account of General
Robert E. Lee. 1t shows what the
confederacy thought of and wrote
about him while the great conflict
was going on. The Southern scribe
wrote thus:
Again we have reliable news from
the gallant corps Of General Lee OF
Virginia, elated within success, encour-
aged by a series Of brilliant victories
| marching to and crossing the Kappa
hammock, defeating Hooker's right
wing, and thence through the Shen'
nandoah Valley, driving all before
| thrnofnnino ~ HI ct0 Il
within a few miles of Baltimore, Lee
and his men are striking terror into
the hearts Of all Yankeedom. Like
| the Scottish chieftain's braves, Lees
men are springtng up from moor and
brake, crag and dale, with flashing
steel and sturdy arm ready to do anC
die in the great cause of national in
dependence. Today the mongrel ad
ADMINISTRATION of Lincoln, like Japhet, is
in search of a father, for their Ole
Abe has departed for parts unknown
| Terror reigns in their halls. Lee is tC
the left OF them, to the right of them
in front of them and all around them
and daily We expect to hear of his be
ing down on them. Never were the
French in Algeria more put out by The
raids of Alb Del Kader than are the
Federals in Maryland, Washingt
City, Pennsylvania and Ohio by the
mercurial movements of Lees caval
ry.
We lay before our readers in this
issue an account of Lees brilliant anC
! successful onslaught upon the aboli
ton hords and even from their OWL
7 record, how our gallant boys of the
! cavalry flash their swords to the hill
with their Wanting foe.
To-day Maryland is ours, tomorrow
| Pennsylvania will be and the next day
Ohio-now midway-like Mohammed' s
coffin, will fall"
Another interesting paragraph is
from the Union camp itself:
The Federal General McCleland
until recently outside the rear of oul
city has been superseded. He anC
Grant could not run in the same har
ness. He was for splurging and Gran
was for gassing, both got the logger
leads. So poor Mack has 10 leave anc
Grant has all his own way"
The copy is valuable because it i:
genuine. This issue OF the paper has
been widely copied and sold to trav
elers in the South. However, Mrs
Clark knows that her copy is genuine
as she saved it herself at the time o
publication.