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Charles E. Fitch, formerly editor of the Syracuse Standard, was installed as managing editor November 13, 1873. and has since remained in charge. The present editorial force is as follows : Charles E. Fitch, managing editor ; Isaac MI. Gregury, associate editor ; George W. Elliott, night editor; Edward L. Adarus. local editor ; Ernest L. Willard, repurter ; Nathan Heath, reporter ; commercial editor, Homer Rowell.
The Democrut and Chronicle is a Republican juurnal, but aims to discuss politi- cal issues fearlessly and frankly, not hesitating to criticise the men and the measures of its own party whenever the occasion therefur seeins, in its judgment, to deman.1 this. It is the only Republican morning paper between Syracuse and Buffalo, and addresses itself to a large and constantly increasing constitueney.
The Workingman's Alocate, a daily paper, was started at Rochester, October 19, 1839, and was the offspring of a strike among the juurneymen printers of the city. A press, type, and other material was purchased of Delazon Smith, by George T. Frost, William S. Falls, atd Cornelius 8. Uoderwood, and by themu placed at the disposal of the typographical association. The establishment was committed to the care of Messrs. Frost, Underwood, and Falls, and the editorial management to Henry C. Frink, who at the same time discharged the duties of foreman in the book and job office of William Alling. A weekly paper was also issued from the same ofice. About April 1. 1840, it was purchased by James Vick. Jr., and George T. Frost, and published as the Evening Armate. Mr. Frost afterward disposed of his interest to Monzo Bonnet, and it was continue about one year, and passed into the hands of John I. Reilly & Co., and was merged in the Evening Post. This firmi continued the Post in connection with a
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large weekly called the Western New Yorker, nutit January, 1943. when they came into the hands of Erastus Shepard, who continued them uutil November following, when they were discontinued.
The campaign of 1840 brought into existence the Rochester Daily Whig, William A. Wella, editor and proprietor. It was short-lived, being abandoned at the close of the campaign.
The Voice of Truth and Glid Tilings of the Kingdom ut Hund, a weekly Second Advent paper, was started February 1, 1844. by Elder Joseph Marsh. In 1848 it was changed to Advent Harbinger, and in 1849 to the Advent Hurbin- ger and Bible Advocate. It was subsequently changed to the Prophetic Exposi- tor and Bible Advocate.
The Rochester Daily American was established December 23, 1844, by Leonard Jerome and Josiah MI. Patterson, with Alexander Mann, editor. A weekly paper was also issued at the same time. In July, 1843, Lawrence R. Jerome purchased an interest in the establishment, and it was conducted under the Erm name of J. M. Patterson & Co. until January 1, 1846, when it became the property of Leonard and Lawrence R. Jerome exclusively. In September of the same year Dr. Daniel Lee was associated with Mr. Mann in the editorial department, and in 1847, Reuben D. Jones became one of the editors of the paper. In 1856 and 1857, Mr. Chester P. Dewey was the principal editor. It was the distinctive organ of the " Know-Nothing" or American party. It was merged with the Democrat soon after the destruction of that establishment by fire.
The Genesee Evangelist was established in the spring of 1846 by Rev. John E. Robie, and is said to have been the first weekly religious newspaper in the pation which had an existence at the low price of' one dollar per year. In 1859 it was published semi-monthly by R. W. Hill, and subsequently removed to New York.
Frederick Douglas' Paper was established in 1848, by Frederick Douglas, who was the editor and proprietor, and continued by bim until about 1859 or 1860, when it was abandoned.
Moore's Rural New Yorker was started in 1850 by D. D. T. Moore, and was issued by bim in this city until 1866, when it was removed to New York, where it is still published.
The Rochester Daily Herald was established in 1850, L. K. Falkner, editor. In a few months it passed into the hands of George G. Cooper, who changed its name to the Rochester Daily Times, C. Hughson, editor. It was discontinued in 1851.
The Rochester Volksblatt was established in 1853. It is now under the con- trol of L. W. Brandt. Two editions are issued. daily and weekly. It is Demo- cratic in politics, and an ably edited and influential German publication.
The Rochester Beobachter (Observer), German, was commenced April 10, 1852, under the name of Beobachter am Genesee ( Observer on the Genesee). It was published weekly by H. Blauw and H. G. Haass. Its editor was the Rev. Haass, brother of H. G. Haass. In 1854 the paper came into the hands of Mr. Haass, who issued it twice a week. In September, 1855, Adolph Nolte became editor of the paper, and in 1856 ita proprietor. Two years afterward it was issued as a tri-wechly under the name of Rochester Beobachter, and in 1864 it was pub- lished as a daily, a weekly being also issued from the same office. In 1573 it was greatly enlarged, and through the efficient management of Mr. Nolte haa taken its rank among the leading German journals in the State. Republican in politics.
The Evening Express was first published in the autumn of 1859-a newspaper called the Evening Times, from the same source, having preceded it a few weeks, its publication suspended. It originated with Mr. Charles W. Hebard, a gentle- man who had pursued the business of a marble-cutter, but had cultivated a literary taste, and written for local newspapers on public questions until he acquired facility in that work. The Express was intended to be an organ of mechanies aud work- ing-people, was of small size, and the price was our cent per copy. At that time there were but two other daily newspapers in a city having a population of sixty thousand. Its success appeared highly probable from the favor with which the public received it. Soon after, C. D. Tracy, who had some experience in a news- paper counting-house, and William II. Beach, a practical printer, joined Mr. He- bard in the publication of the paper. and a smail job office was attached. The Express continued to be published at one cent per copy. The presses and other apparatus and material were " second-hat.d." but the paper pre-ented a creditable appearance. In April, 1860, an addition to the proprietorship was made by the admission of Francis S. Rew, then holding the office of city clerk, and who had been for twelve years preceding one of the editors of the Daily Democrat, and before that a reporter for the Alluny .Journal. A new outtit was procured, the paper enlarged, and the price raised to two cents per copy, six dollars a year. In the campaign of IS60 The Express took sides with the Republican party, and aided in the election of Lincoln. The ensuing year was a trying one for news- papers as well as for etber business, but fortune favored the brave, and the business
created by the war, and the extraordinary demand for news, soon came to the belp of the Express, and its success was assured. Meantime it had to encounter the disadvantage of exclusion from the benefits of the Associated Press and the use of the regular telegraphic di-patches, and was obliged to pay full rates for all telegrams received and published. After efforts pursued for several months and against much opposition, it was admitted as a member of the Association. Io 1861, W. J. Fowler, who had been a newspaper correspondeut, became a member of the firm, and this business association continued until 1865, when IIon. A. C. Wilder purchased a one-half interest, and with D. W. Wilder, now a prominent State official in Kansas, joined with F. S. Rew and C. D. Tracy iu a new pub- lishing firm known as Wilder, Tracy & Co., and by them the paper was issued until 1868, when Mr. Wilder sold his interest to Tracy & Rew. During this latter period a morning edition of the Express was published to meet a supposed political necessity pending a bitter Congressional controversy. This experiment proved to be unprofitable financially. Tracy & Rew continued its publication until 1874, when a stock company was organized consisting of George H. Ell- wanger, W. C. Crum, C. D. Tracy, and F. S. Rew, who now control the paper, and assist in its management. It is now, as at its beginning, a radical Republican paper, aiming to be outspoken in its expression of views on all subjects, looking to the public interest rather than to mere partisan success in elections, vigilant in detecting and fearless in exposing wrong-doing, frauds, and shams. It has been repeatedly enlarged in size, and is now the equal in dimensions of almost any other interior public journal in this State, daily containing more news, literary and political matter, than newspapers published in cities of twica the size of Rochester. For this excess of matter the Rochester daily press has always been distinguished.
The Rochester Mechanic, monthly, was started in 1875 by C. R. Tompkins. It is now published by C. R. Tompkins & Co. The object aimed at by this journal is to diffuse a more extended knowledge of mechanics among the class who own and use wood-working machinery. It has a circulation of over tive thousand. C. R. Tompkins, editor.
The Rochester Daily Chronicle was established in 1860 by Lewis Selye, with Charles S. Collins editor, who is now associated in the editorial management of the Troy Times. MIr. Selye continued its publication until 1870, when it was merged in the Daily Democrat.
The Earnest Christian and Golden Rule was started in Buffalo in 1860 by its present editor and proprietor, Rev. B. T. Roberts. In 1864 it was moved to this city, where it is now published. It is ahly conducted, and has a large circulation.
The American Rural Honte was started January 1, 1871, by A. A. Hopkins and G. F. Wilcox, and was continued by them until May 17, 1872, when MIr. Wilcos withdrew, and P. C. Reynolds became one of the proprietors. In August, 1873, it was organized as a joint-stock company, under the name of the " Rural Home Publishing Company." It is a fiue-appearing eight-page sheet, and issued weekly. It is ably conducted, and devoted to agriculture, horticulture, literature, and the interests of the family.
The Fruit Recorder and Cottage Gardener was started in April, 1869, at fifty cents per year, with a circulation of six hundred. A. MI. Purdy, editor and pro- prietor. In 1871 it was greatly enlarged and the subscription price doubled. It has gradually increased in circulation in the States, Territories, and Canadas, and has now a circulation of twenty thunsand. It is devoted exclusively to fruit-grow -. , ing, flowers, and vegetables. Mr Purdy is editor and proprictor.
The Armor-Bearer was started June 15, 1876. It is a monthly publication, and issued by the Young Men's Christian Association in its interests, and for the churches of Rochester. The grand secretary of the association, F. L. Smith, is the editor and business manager
The Sunday Times was started by William S. Foster & Co. May 5, 1872. It subsequently passed into the hands of Hynes, Daniels & Co., and, later, was con- ducted hy Daniels & Peck. It is now published by Daniels & Phillips. The Times is a weekly eight-page publication. It is the only Sunday morning paper in Rochester, and has a large circulation among the middle and working classes because of its condensed summarization of the week's local and general news. It is a reliable, independent, ably-edited journal, and justly merits its present popu- Iarity.
The Sunday Morning Herald was started December 3, 1876, by Barber & Benjamin. It is the youngest of the Rochester press. It is a sparkling and inter- esting sheet, and will no doubt meet with the success it deserves. Independent.
Yon Nah Ful Fera (German) is a sprightly weekly publication, issued at No. 149 North Water street, by G. Feuchtinger, Jr.
The following is a list of publications which have existed in Rochester at various times, all now, however, being obsolete :
The Spirit of the Age, semi-monthly, was published in 1830 by Ames & Bar- num, and the Rochester Morning Courier in the same year by E. J. Roberta.
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The Rochester Mirror was issued in 1832 by E. Scrantom, Du Cadory Holstein editor; and in the following year The American Revientist and Rochester Ob- server was published by N. C. Saston. The Age was also issued during this year.
Io 1834, The Rights of Man was published by the Anti-Slavery Society, Dr. Reid editor; and in the same year The Family Journal and Christian Philon- thropist was issued by W. B. Van Brunt. In 1838-39, Ma Kenzie's Gazette was published by Alexander Mckenzie.
The Daily Sun was published a few months in 1840 by Alfred Oakley; and during 1841 The American Citizen was published here, and at Perry, Wyoming county, by W. L. Chaplio.
The Jeffersonian was a daily publication, issued here in 1842 by Thomas L. Nichols; and in the same year The Christian Guardiun was issued by Rev. J. Whitney.
The Mechanics' Advocate was published a short time in 1843; and the Roch- ester Herald, daily, in 1844. by E. S. Watson.
The Temperance Journal was published a short time in 1946, and The Penny Preacher also had a short-lived existence. Published hy Erastus Shepard.
The Christiun Ofering was published a short time in 1947 by g. B. Shaw.
The Gruesee Olio, a literary paper, was published in 1847 by Franklin Cow- drey. The North Star was issued in 1847, and The Algemeen Handretshlad in 1848. The Youth's Temperance Banner, monthly, was published by the Com- mittee of the Youths' Temperance Sucicty of Rochester, and the Medical Truth- Teller, devoted to the Thompsoniao practice, by Dr. Justin Gates. ยท
The Western Luminary, a Universalist paper, weekly, was published here by Rev. J. MI. Root, and was subsequently removed to Buffalo.
The Watchman, a weekly paper, was started here in 1841 by Delazon Smith. It was' devoted to the advocaey of atheistic doctrines, and made bold war on Christianity. It was published a numher of years and discontinued. Smith was an erratic person, and subsequently figured in politics. President Tyler seot him as minister to the republic of Ecuador. President Polk made an effort to recall Smith, and for a long time could not find him. The joke of the press at the time was that he had been sent to find the Equator, and had been lost in the search.
The Rochester Ecening Gazette was published in 1842 by one Clark, a lawyer by profession, and brother of a well-known lady writer, who uses the nom de plume of "Grace Greenwood."
The Stor of Temperance was published in this city in 1847 by a man named Merrill. It was the organ of the Sons of Temperance, then a powerful organiza- tivo.
The National Reformer was started in 1848. George G. Cooper, editor. It was devoted to land reform, homestead exemption, ten-hour system. etc.,-meas- Dres tben advocated extensively. It was discontinued at the end of a year, its measures having been adopted by the political parties and enacted into laws.
C. H. Sedgwick published The Washingtoniun in 1848, and in the following year The Rochester Germania, The Groninge Courant, The Christian Sentinel, and Brewster's Insurance Reporter were issued a few months and discontinued.
The Rochester Daily Magnet was published in 1849 by Lawrence and Winants, C. H. McDonald & Co., proprietors, and discontinued in 1850.
The Wood-Grower and Stock Register, monthly, was established in 1849, with T. P. Peters and D. D. T. Moore, editors. In the following year it was merged in the Rural New Yorker. The Investigator and The Annunciator were pub- lis hed a short time in 1850. The Cyguet was also published in 1850 by the Y ung Men's Temperance Association. The Flag of Freedom was published in 1350 by Calvin H. Pease.
The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald. semi-monthly, was commenced in November, 1850, by Jamies White. In connection with it was published The Youth's Instructor.
Anzeiger des Nordens, weekly and tri-weekly, was established in 1852 by Kramer & Felis, Louis Hurtz, editor.
The Ecening News was issued a few months in 1852 by R. Chamberlain & Co., and The National Reformer was also published a short time during the same year.
The Rochester Daily Union was established August 16, 1832. hy Curtis, Falls & Co., with O. Turner, editor. In December, I. Butts became editor, and in 1856 it was nuited with the Daily Advertiser.
Snow & Ingersoll issued the Rochester Daily Tribune in 1855-56, and in the latter year John N. Ingersoll published a campaign paper called the Rochester Daily Free Press. C. H. McDonnell issued the Mercantile Journal in 1856; and in 1558 The Evening Imerirou, a campaign paper, was published by A. H. St. Germain.
The Journal of the Home, monthly, was published here many years, and dis- continued in 1875.
We give the following brief biographical sketches of the older members of the press :
AUGUSTINE G. DADDY, whose name appears at the beginning of this article, was born in Man-field, Massachusetts. December 17, 1795. His father Was a Frenchman, and accompanied La Fayette to this country during the Revolution. Mr. Dauby passed his boyhood in Whitestown, Oneida county, and in 1-In entered the office of Mr. Merrill, as an apprentice. During his apprenticeship he was drafted as a soldier in the war of 1812; but so highly were his services valu ~~ } by Mr. Merrill that a substitute was provided, and the young printer escaped the dangers of the tented field. In 1816 he removed to this city and foundled the Rochester Gazette. In 1822 his printing establishment was destroyed by tim. and losing all that he possessed, he returned to Utica, and in the same year con- nected himself with the Observer, and in 1824 became proprietor of that journal In 1834 he relinquished the ownership; but continued his editorial relation with the paper for many years. Mr. Dauby was earnestly, zealously, enthusiastically attached to the Democratic party, and as a supporter of Monme in 1816. and again in 1820. he won his early laurels as a political writer. In the many-sided contest of 1824 he bore an active part, and under his management the Observer took a decided stand in favor of General Jacksoo, and also supported him in the campaign of 1823. This campaign was complicated by the anti-Masonic issue. under the adroit management of Thurlow Weed. Mr. Weed and Mr. Dauby had served their apprenticeship, as printers. in Utica, simultaneously, and they knew each other well. Mr. Dauby was the first man who was made a Mason in Ruch- ester, which town subsequently became the home of Thurlow Weed, and the centre of the anti-Masonic agitation. May 22, 1820, he was appointed post- master of Utica, a position which he continued to occupy for twenty successive years. He was also the first president of the Oneida bank, and remained a director to the day of his death. He died Nuvember 27, 1876.
JOHN SHELDON and ORRAN FOLLETT remained, but a short time in this city. Nothing is known concerning them except that the latter founded the Butatia Spirit of the Tiners, the List paper iu Geuesee coumy. Mr. Suchdion early estab- lished a paper in Detroit, Michigan, and was many years a successful journalist.
DERRICK SIBLEY represented Monroe County in the legislature, and subse- quently removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he died in 1875. His brother, Levi W., died in Rochester in 1844. They were brothers of the celebrated lawyer, Hon. Mark II. Sibley.
FREDERICK WHITTLESEY and WILLIAM W. MUMFORD were associated together in the practice of the law, as well as in the " art preservative." The former was vice-chancellor of the eighth circuit, and was elected to Congress two or three times during the anti-Masouic excitement, he being one of the prominent anti- Masons of the city.
EDWIN SCRANTON was the first apprentice to the printing business in Roch- ester. He still resides in this city, at the age of seventy-three years, and is an encyclopedia of its history, remembering when only four rude structures consti- toted Rochester, now a city of more than eighty thousand inbabitants.
Many years ago a little sheet called Pout P'ry was secretly printed, and as secretly placed in the village post-office. Its columns teenied with jokes, lampoons, and criticisms, both amusing and severe, aimed at various persons and enterprises, and which, at every issue, threw the town into a blaze of excitement. None could dis- cover at the time who published it ; but it was subsequently understood that MIr. Scrantom was the author, who was ever fond of a joke, and still delights in relating amusing incidents of " ye olden tune."
EVERARD AND JESSE PECK were connected with the printing and bookselling business in this city many years. The former died in Rochester in about the year 1852, and the latter remuved to New Haven, Connecticut, and engaged in the same business, where he is still living, highly respected. Jesse Peck is now, and has been for many years past, deputy collector of customs at New Ilaven.
THURLOW WEED began his newspaper career in this city in 1824, as the editor of the Rochester Telegraph, and the paper was afterward owned and published by himself and Robert Martin until during the Masouic excitement, when the part- Dership wax dissolved. Mr. Weed arrayed himself against the craft and wrote a lengthy article, wherein he reviewed the Morgan affair, interspersing it with con- wents not at all fluttering to the fraternity, of which his co-partuer, Mr. Martin, was a Knight Templar. Martin objected to the insertion of the article ; Weed insisted, which resulted in the withdrawal of the latter. Mr. Weed rose rapidly in his chosen vocation, and subsequently filled the editorial chair of the Alleny Ern- ing Jouruut, where he became conspicuous as a politician, and is now the senior partner in the large printing establishment of Weed, Parsons & Co., at Albany.
ROBERT MARTIN went to Albany and became associated in the publication of the Daily Advertiser and thatte of that city, where he died.
ELIHU F. MARSHALL was a well-known and respected citizen of Rochester. He was the author of an cacellent spelling-book, and died in this city about the
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year 1841. Mr. Spaulding dird about the same time at Aven. in a stage-coach, in which he was traveling with his wife. John II. Ilunt died in Rochester.
LUTHER TUCKER was among the pioneers of the daily press west of Albany He was a man of persevering industry, and because widely known as the editor of the Cultivator, an agricultural paper published at Albany. He died in that city about two years ago.
HENRY O'REILLY is another name conspicuously identified with the press of western New York. He was also an indefatigable worker in historical matters, and published the "Sketches of Rochester".in 1838. He was for a number of years postmaster of this city, and is remembered by miny in connection with the telegraph. He resides in the city of New York. Thomas W. Flagg was con- nected with the early press, but of him we can obtain no personal history.
THOMAS H. HYATT, after his withdrawal from the press of this city, became connected with the Daily Globe of New York, and subsequently removed to San Francisco, where be published an agricultural paper.
MAJOR HIRAM BUMPHREY was an active member of the fraternity many years. He died in this city.
ISAAC BUTTS was an honored representative of the press, and was also iden- tified with the telegraph. He was a Democrat in politics, and died in Rochester in 1874.
ALVAR STRONO became carly connected with printing in this city, and is very familiar with the names of early editors and the various publications that have from time to time sprung into existence. Ile withdrew a few years since from the active dnties of the profession, well advanced in years. He resides in this city.
Joseph Curtis, George C. Cooper, John E. Morey, Lorenzo Kelly, and William Purcell have long been connected with the press, and are among its worthiest representatives.
EDWARD ANGEVINE has occupied a prominent position in the editorial fraternity of this city for a period of more than twenty years. fle was an active and assidu- ons worker in the profession, and some time since severed his connection with the Rochester Union and Advertiser for the appointment of city clerk, a position for wbich he is eminently qualified.
Other worthy representatives of the press of Rochester, but of whom we have been unable to obtain a personal history, were D. D. Stephenson. Samuel Heron, Daniel N. Sprague, Erastus Spheard. Harvey L. Winants, Ansel Warren, E. J. Roberts, Elisha Loomis, Albert G. Hull, Peter Cherry, Henry Church Frink, Henry Cook, Samuel P. Allen, William A. Wells, Alexander H. Mann, Dr. Daniel Lee, and R. D. Jones.
EARLY MEMBERS OF THE ROCHESTER BAR.
VINCENT MATHEWS .- First among the names of the honored members of the Rochester bar stands that of Vincent Mathews, who has been properly styled as the " father of the bar of western New York." He was boro in 1,96, and was of Irish descent. His education was commenced at the Newborg academy. of which the celebrated lexicographer, Noah Webster, was principal. He afterwards attendel school at Hackensack, and in 1786 entered the law-office of Colonel Robert Troup, of New York, and, after four years of diligent study, was adoritted to the bar in 1790. He located at Tinga when " Newtown." now Elmira, con- sisted of bot three rude dwellings, and entered upon the duties of his profession. His practice extended to Ontarin county, and he was present at .he opening of the first court at Canandaigua. He represented Tioga in the legislature in 1793 and 1794 ; was State senator in 1706; and was member of Congress in 1809. He also officiated five years as district attorney of Tioga county. In 1816 he moved to Bath, Steuben county, and formned a law-partnership with Wilham B. Rochester. In 1821 he came to this city, and was actively engaged in the practice of his profession from that year until a few months previous to his death, which occurred September 23, 1846. Ile served Monroe as district attorney, and also represented the county in the legislature. Though the greater portion of las time was devoted to the study and practice of his chosen profession, he was deeply interested in all matters of social and public importance, and was especially fond of the military, in which he rose to the rank of brigadier general. At a meeting of the har, held in this city soon after his death, many eulogies upon his life and character were pronouneed by various old associates, who felt heavily the loss of their honored friend and safe adviser. The following extract is taken from the remarks made upon this occasion by Judge Sampson :
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