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with the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1860. made a
reputa tiOn as war correspondent for the New
York Herald and World on the batlefelds of
the south and of the Austro-Prussian war. and
for nearly half n century, under the pen name
Of Cath" wrote for the Cincinnati Enquirer
and many other papers daily letters which were
among the most widely read newspaper arti-
cles Of the time.
His summer home was on his estate at Car
land. 10 MARYLAND. where the battle Of South
Mountain in the civil was fought.
If George Alfred Townsend had any
good reason for choosing Cath" as a
pen name the service of biblical
scholar is needed to discover it. In
all the references to Gath in the Old
Testament there seems nothing that
send. Gath was one of the five royal
cities of the Philistines and the native
place of Goliath. 1t stood on a hill
now called Tell-es- Saith at the foot
Of the mountains of Judah ten miles
east of Ashbod, and ten miles south
the city are to be seen. In the con-
quests of Joshua, eleventh chapter,
1t is related that There was none
OF the Anakims left in the land of
the children Of Israel; only in GAIA, in
Gath. and in Ashnod, there remained"
In the first chapter of the second
book of Samuel is this: And David
lamented with this lamentation over
Saul and over Jonathan, his son: Also
ne made them teach the children of
written in the book of Jasher. The
beauty. of Israel is slain upon thy
high places; how are the mighty fall
en-; Tell 1t not in Gath, publish it not
In the streets of Ascalon; lest the
daughters of the Philistines rejoice.
lest the daughters of the uncircum.
cised triumph"
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IF GATH" came to Washington in
- 1867 he does not appear in the
Congressional Directory. In that
year the accredited correspondents
were: Reporters for the Pres-Re-
porters' Gallery of the Senate: ]. B.
Mccullough. New York Associated
Press; Joseph Mcfarland, Washing
ton Chronicle; S. p. Hanscom.
Washington Republican; w. r. Col,
Inns. Washington Star; T. B. Florence,
Washington Constitutional Union: F.
F. Mclaughlin. U. S. and European
News Association; F. A. Richardson,
Baltimore Press Association; L. L.
Bartlett. New York Post; 6. W.
ADAMS New York World; S. Glen,
New York Herald; H. v. NJ. Boynton'
Cincinnati Gazette; James Rankin
Young. New York Tribune; Uriah II.
Fainter FAINTER Philadelphia Inquirer and
Chicago Tribune and Boston Adver-
tiser; w. w. Worden, PhiladeIphia
Ledger; Baltimore Sun and Cincinnati
Enquirer; c. H. Folwell, Newark Ad-
yertiser; E: L. Andrews, New Orleans
Crescent; J. w. Fitch. Boston Post
J: S. Holland, New York Express; j.
H. Riley. Alta Californian: W. B.
Shaw. Boston Transcript and Chicago
Journal; Crosby s. Noyes. Philadel-
phia Telegraph: F. A. Mccartney,
ley Poore. Boston Journal; J. R. Wos-
ter, Charleston (Ill.) Courier: Frank
Smith, Mobile Tribune and Richmond
Wing: ]. S. Franklin, Pittsburgh Dis
patch; A. A. e. Taylor, Philadelphia
Presbyterian; w. H. Goddard. Indian
dipavisch Post: Edward Shaw, Taun-
ton Gazette: Charles E. Mass, West
LIGHT Post; George Redway, Cleveland
Leader; Frank Y. Commeyers. Toledo
Commercial.
Reporters of the Press. Press Gal
Harris. Washington Intelligencer;
Crosby S. Noyes, Washington Even
ing Star; T. M. Cook. New York Her.
aid; L. A. Gobright, New York Asso-
ciated Press; H. v. N. Boynton, West.
ern Republican Press; Horace White.
Constitutional Union; H. NJ Flint.
New Orleans Pfcayune: r. ]. Hinton,
Rochester Democrat and Worcester
Spy; M. L. Higgins, Saginaw Enter
prise; j. L. Wilson. Chicago Journal;
F. M. Clark, Cairo Democrat; j. Q.
Thompson. Indianapolis Journal; r.
K. Elliot. New York Express; J. z.
Elliot. New York Observer; w. Hem
street. Brooklyn Union; H. A. Brew
ster. Rochester Union and Advertiser;
L. 8. Abbott, Wisconsin,; w. H. D.
Morrell. Sacramento Union; L. Ches-
ter. Great Republic; r; Geddes, Balti-
more Gazette; d. F. Drinkwater.
United Press Association; and H.
Cameron, Kansas State Journal
George Alfred Townsend appears
first in the Congressional Directory
of 1870. The principal telegraphic
correspondents then were: George w.
Adams, Walter Allen, Finley Ander-
son. w. M. Barr. D. w. Bartlett. H. v.
Boynton, D. D.=Cone, w. P. Copeland,
L. L. Crounse, J. p. Foley. L. A. Co
bright. John NJ. Morris, P. Morse, w,
G. Overton. Charles A. Piilsbury. Ben:
Perley Poore. H. J. Ramsdell, Frank
A. Richardson. w. Scott Smith, q. L.
White and James Rankin Young. The
Washington papers were represented
In the Capitol press list by I. N. Bar
rett, editor Of the Herald; 7. b. Flor
ence, editor OF the Gasette; d. G. For
ney. Chronicle; John W. Forney. edi.
tor Of the Chronicle; Tompkins. C.
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