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40,000 00
City Improvement Bonds, issued 16th October, 1852, and falling due 16th Oct., 1882, 50,000 00
Bonds issued for purchase of School Lot of E. H. Ewing, in 1853, and due 26th Feb., 1883, 10,000 00 Bonds issued to purchase Wharf Property in South Nashville, 1st Sept. 1854, and past due, 10,000 00 Bonds issued for purchase of grounds adjoining Reser- voir, dated Jan. 1, 1857, and due Jan. 1, 1863, 8,500 00
Amounting to $662,500 00
HOTELS.
City Hotel, Public Square, Commercial (late Verandah) Cedar st. St. Cloud, corner of Summer and Spring streets. Sewanee House, College street, below Union. Watson House, Market street. Planter's Hotel, corner of Summer and Deadrick Sts. Broadway House, Broad street.
Jones' House, cor. Front St. and Public Square.
BOOK-BINDERIES.
THERE are four book-binderies in the city. Every description of binding is done here in style and quality equal to that furnished in eastern cities. This business here is an extensive one-requiring a large number of em- ployees in its various departments.
Below the city, some seven miles, is a paper mill.
SOUTHERN METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE.
THIS extensive establishment is located on the North-east corner of the Public Square. It is one the largest book printing houses in the Union, and is owned and controlled by the M. E. Church, South. The agent is the Rev. J. B. McFerrin ; Superintendant, A. A. Stitt, Every process of book printing is here carried on, embracing type setting, stereo- typing, press work, and binding; furnishing employment for a very large number of operatives. In the press-room are eight costly Adams' Press- es, two Hoes' large Drum-cylinder Presses, and two large hydraulic presses. To form an adequate idea of the extent of this establishment it must be visited. We give front and rear illustrations of the buildings.
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PRINTING OFFICES.
THE printing offices in the city are, besides the S. M. Pub. House :
Southern Homestead Book, Job and Newspaper establishment ;
Republican Banner Newspaper, Book and Job Printing Office ; Union & American.
Daily Patriot
Daily Gazette
Daily News
Ben Franklin
Bettersworth, Thomas & Co.,
NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS.
NASHVILLE PATRIOT, (Opp.,) Daily, Tri-weekly, and Weekly, No. 16, Deaderick street.
NASHVILLE GAZETTE, (Ind.,) Daily, Tri-weekly, and Weekly, corner Deaderick and Cherry streets.
REPUBLICAN BANNER, (Opp.,) Daily, Tri-weekly, and Weekly, No. 13, Deaderick street.
NASHVILLE NEWS, (Opp.,) Daily, Tri-weekly, and Weekly, No. 40 Cherry street.
NASHVILLE UNION & AMERICAN, (Dem.,) Daily, Tri-weekly, and Week- ly, corner Cherry and Church streets.
SOUTHERN HOMESTEAD, (Agricultural and Family), Weekly, No. 34 Church street.
TEMPERANCE MONTHLY AND LITERARY JOURNAL, Monthly, Southern Homestead Office.
NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, (Methodist), Weekly, Methodist Publishing House.
SUNDAY SCHOOL VISITOR, ( Methodist), Weekly, Methodist Publishing House.
QUARTERLY REVIEW, (Methodist), Quarterly, Methodist Publishing House.
HOME CIRCLE, (Methodist), Monthly, Methodist Publishing House.
BANNER OF PEACE, (Cumberland Presbyterian), Weekly, - Cherry s1. BAPTIST STANDARD, Weekly, Republican Banner Office.
TENNESSEE BAPTIST, Weekly, South-western Publishing House. SOUTHERN BAPTIST REVIEW, Quarterly, S. W. Publishing House.
THE CHILDREN'S MONTHLY Book, (Baptist), Monthly, S. W. Publish- ing House.
NASHVILLE JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY, Monthly, Ben Frank- lin Job Office.
NASHVILLE MONTHLY RECORD OF NATURAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE, Monthly, Methodist Publishing House.
NATIONAL PATHFINDER, (Devoted to news, &c.,) Office No. - College street. Printed at Patriot Office.
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HISTORY OF THE NASHVILLE PRESS.
WE cannot, in the brief space here permitted us, give a history of the many newspapers that have flourished and faded in Nashville, from the birth of "The Tennessee Gazette " in 1797, down to the present time ; nor can we even refer to all the innumerable changes to which the news- paper press here has been subject. We propose merely to glance at some of the changes in early times,-such as are not within the recollection of the young, and may have passed from the memory of the old.
We may venture to say that, at the present time, there are more news- papers and periodicals published in Nashville than in any other city of its size in the Union ; perhaps we may say in the world ; and no branch of industry and enterprise has made greater progress, or has achieved such satisfactory results. A quarter of a century ago, the only daily paper in the city, after a profitless existence of three years, was discontinued, not from a want of enterprise on the part of the publishers, but from a want of appreciation and pay on the part of the public. At the present time we have five dailies, the smallest of which contains more matter than the largest of the weeklies of thirty years ago.
The first newspaper published in Nashville, of which we have any record, was " The Tennessee Gazette and Mero District Advertiser," the publication of which was commenced in 1797, by a printer from Ken- tucky, named Henkle. The following year he sold the paper to Benjamin J. Bradford, who changed the name to "The Clarion," and soon after sold it to his cousin, Thomas G. Bradford. The Historical Society of Tennessee has a copy, No. 81, vol. 2, bearing date Nov. 2, 1801, of " The Clarion "-by no means in a good state of preservation, having suffered much from the wear and tear of its three score years. It is a folio sheet, fourteen by ten inches, has four columns to the page, and is printed on pica type. "The Clarion " was afterwards enlarged, and called " The Clarion and Tennessee Gazette." The only copy in existence, so far as we know, showing the change in size and name, is No. 295, of vol. 5, which bears date July 20, 1813-Thomas G. Bradford, printer. In 1807, as is shown by " The Impartial Review," of Dec. 24, of that year, there was a paper published here called " The Nashville Gazette," afterwards called " The Tennessee Gazette," and merged into "The Clarion," from which the latter derived the addition to its name. The number of " The Clarion and Tennessee Gazette " for Sept. 1820-No. 1, vol. 1-new series-shows a change in the proprietorship, being then published by Wilkins & McKeen. The number for March 21, 1821, bears the name of " The Nashville Clarion "-John H. Wilkins, publisher. Its name was probably changed a few weeks previous to that date. The latest number of this paper, in the possession of the Historical Society, is that of July 9, 1822, being No. 43, of vol. 15, edited and published by the former pro-
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prietor, Thomas G. Bradford, and bearing its original name, "The Clarion." The subscription price of this paper varied during its existence from $2 to $3 per annum in advance, and from $3 to $4 in three or six months. Some time prior to 1826, "The Clarion" was purchased by a Mr. Darby, a lawyer, who associated with him Mr. Van Pelt, subse- quently the editor and proprietor of " The Memphis Appeal." The es- tablishment was afterwards purchased by Abram P. Maury and Carey A. Harris, who discontinued "The Clarion," and started "The Nashville Republican."
In 1805, Thomas Eastin began the publication of "The Impartial Review and Cumberland Repository," the numbers, bound, from Feb. 18, 1806, (No. 8, vol. 1.) to Dec. 8, 1808, (No. 157, vol. 3,) are in possess- ion of the Historical Society. It was issued weekly, at $2 per annum in advance, or $2 50 at the end of the year. It was a sheet of four pages, five columns to the page-the columns twenty inches in length-and was printed on long primer type. We have no positive knowledge as to when its publication ceased.
In 1812, "The Nashville Whig"-the first of that name-was estab- lished by Moses and Joseph Norvell, who continued its publication up to July 16, 1816. It was a sheet of 12 by 18 inches, with four columns to the page. The number for Aug. 27, of that year, contains the name of neither printer nor publisher, nor of the editor. That for Sept. 3, same year, bears the names of Norvell & McLean, publishers. Previous to the 25th of Aug., 1817, Norvell sold his interest in the concern to George Tunstall. At that date, (No. 1, vol. 6,) the paper was called " The Nashville Whig and Tennessee Advertiser," and published by C. D. McLean and George Tunstall. In August, 1819, McLean sold his in- terest to Joseph Norvell, and Tunstall & Norvell continued the publica- tion until the 12th of March, 1821, when the former retired, leaving the paper in the hands of the latter, who published it until Jan., 1826, when he sold it, but to whom it is not stated. The printing department, how- ever, was conducted by John Fitzgerald, who may have been the pur- chaser. On the 19th of January, 1824, John P. Erwin became the editor, a position he beld until the first of January, 1826, at which time he was appointed Postmaster. "The Whig" and " The National Banner" were consolidated May 3, 1826, the paper taking the name of "The National Banner and Nashville Whig."
The first number of the second "Nashville Gazette" was issued May 26, 1819, George Wilson, editor and publisher. It was styled in the prospectus " A Republican Newspaper." It was issued twice a week, at $5 a year, and "printed," as the publisher said, " on fine super-royal paper," with five columns to the page. Its publication was continued by George Wilson, up to 1824-5, when he probably sold it to the proprie- tors of " The Nashville Republican," as that paper took the name of
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'The Nashville Republican and Tennessee Gazette" about that time. The latest copy of "The Nashville Gazette," in possession of the His- torical Society, is No. 1, of vol. 3, dated July 7, 1821.
" The National Banner" was established in 1822, by John J. Simpson and William G. Hunt, who published it until May, 1826, when they united it with "The Nashville Whig," called it " The National Banner and Nashville Whig," and began the publication of a semi-weekly paper, with W. G. Hunt as editor. In May, 1830, the paper was purchased by W. Hassell Hunt, Peter Tardiff, and Wm. G. Hunt, the latter continuing its editorial managem nt. They published a tri-weekly, and on the 23d of Nov., 1831, began the publication of a daily, at $8 per annum-tri- weekly $5, weekly $8. The paper was then called " The National Ban- ner and Nashville Advertiser." The firm of Hunt. Tardiff & Co. was dissolved on the 2d of May, 1833, Tardiff having sold out to W. Hassell Hunt. On the 7th of Sept. of that year, S. H. Laughlin became one of the editors, a position he held until the 22d of dept., 1834, when he re- tired, and was succeeded by Geo. C. Childress. In the paper of that date, the publishers say that an experience of three years has convinced them that a daily paper will not pay in Nashville, and that they will therefore issue their paper but three times a week. On the 9th of Nov., 1835, Geo. C. Childress retired from the editorial chair, and was succeeded by Allen A. Hall, now the veteran of the Tennessee press, and senior editor of " The Nashville Daily News." W. Hassell Hunt and Peter Tardiff dissolved their copartnership on the 31st of Nov., 1836, the former be- coming the sole proprietor of the concern. Mr. Hall continued to edit the paper, and on the 17th of July, 1837, became its purchaser, and united it with " The Commercial Transcript," edited by C. C. Norvell, and pub- lished by W. F. Bang, now one of the publishers and proprietors of " The Republican Banner." C. C. Norvell became the associate editor. On the 22d of Aug., 1837, "The Nalional Banner and Nashville Whig" and " The Nashville Republican and State Gazette" were consolidated, and issued daily, under the name of " The Republican Banner," by the edi- tors and proprietors of the former papers, Allen A. Hall and S. Nye, with C. C. Norvell, associate editor. In Jan., 1838, the latter withdrew and started another "Nashville Whig."
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In 1824, Abram P. Maury and Carey A. Harris started " The Nashville Republican," having purchased "The Clarion " of Darby & Van Pelt as a basis for the enterprise. Not long after they bought "The Nashville Gazette," and called their paper " The Nashville Republican and Tennes- see Gazette." In 1826 they sold their establishment to Allen A. Hall and John Fitzgerald, printers to the State, who changed the name of their paper to "The Nashville Republican and State Gazette," and in 1828 began the publication of a semi-weekly. On the 12th of Dec., of that year, Fitzgerald sold his interest to Mr. Hall, who published the paper
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(enlarging it 1st of May, 1828,) weekly and tri-weekly, up to 1834, when he sold to S. Nye-and Washington Barrow became the editor. These parties conducted the paper until its consolidation with the "National Banner."
In 1831, Wilkins Tannehill started a paper called "The Nashville Herald," but meeting with indifferent success, he removed with it to . Louisville, and subsequently merged it into one of the other papers there.
Previous to the 30th of January. 1839, " The Republican Banner" had been, for a number of years, a paper of five columna to the page, be- ing 13 by 18 inches in size. At that time it was enlarged to six columns to the page, but was reduced to its former sise on the 9th of the Septem- ber following. On the 29th of March, 1841, the firm of Hall & Nye was dissolved. Mr. Hall withdrew from the paper, having been appointed Charge d'Affairs to Venezuela, South America ; and on the 4th of Aug., of the same year, Mr. Nye sold the establishment to W. F. Bang and W O. Harris, who had long been engaged in the office-the former as foreman, and the letter in the connting-room-Mr. Nye continuing to edit the paper until Dec. 22, 1841. John Roberts was for sometime thereafter foreman in the office, and eventually became one of the proprietors. On the 3d of January, 1842, F. K. Zollicoffer assumed the editorial management of " The Banner," and continued to edit it until Ang. 11, 1843, when he withdrew, and was succeeded by Donald McLeod, who retired from the position on the 24th of March, 1845, and Washington Barrow became the editor. At that date the paper was enlarged to seven columns to the page. Gon. Barrow gave up the editorship in April, 1847, and was suc- ceeded by Wm. Wales. On the 11th of Jan., 1851, Mr. Wales retired, when Gen. Zollicoffer, having purchased an interest in the paper, again assumed the editorship, assisted by Wm. Hy. Smith. The former again withdrew from the concern on the 20th of April, 1853, and Allen A. Hall, Esq. took charge of the paper as editor. A new power press was pur- chased for the establishment in July, 1854. In 1856 Mr. Smith retired from the post of assistant editor, and become one of the editors and pro- prietors of " The Patriot." His successor was H. K. Walker, who in February of the following year purchased the interest of W. O. Harris in the office. With this change, Mr. Hall's connection with "The Banner" ceased, and Mr. Walker became the principal editor. At that time the style of the firm was changed to Bang, Walker & Co. The paper wa enlarged on the 15th of March, 1857, and during the summer of that year, James E. Rains became connected with it editorially. He withdrew May 12th, 1858, and was succeeded the 1st of July following by Thomas W. Beaumont, of Clarksville, who retired from the position, March 18th, 1860. Albert C. Roberts is the present local and commercial editor of " The Banner," a position he has held since the Autumn or Winter of 1858.
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" The Nashille Whig" was started June 1st, 1838, by C. C. Norvell and B. R. MeKonnie. Its publication was continued by them until some time in 1845, when Allen A. Hall, Esq., having returned from Venezuela, purchased an interest in the establishment, and became the editor. A power press was added to the office during the same year. In the co- partnership between Messrs. Norvell & Mckennie, it seems the former owned the subscription list and the latter the printing material. Mr. . Norvell sold the list to Mr. Hall, who, having been called to Washington City to assume the editorial control of " The Republic," the organ of Mr. Fillmore's administration, and failing to agree with Mr. Mckennie upon terms, sold the subscription list of " The Whig" to the proprietors of "The Republican Banner." Mr. Mckennie then started "The Nashville True Whig," securing the services of E. P. McGinty, of " The Clarksville Chronicle," and A. M. Rosborough, for several years with " The Columbia Observer," as editors. Mr. McGinty became also a partner in the estab- lishment, Mr. Roseborough being the principal political editor. On the first of January 1851, E. P. McGinty sold his interest of one half in the establishinent to George B. Brown, but continued to edit the paper. Mr. Rsseborough withdrew at that date. In 1845, Anson Nelson, who had been foreman of this establishment since 1840, became one of the pro- prietors, and the style of the firm was changed to B. R. Mckennie & Co. In 1847, Mr. Nelson withdrew from the concern, establishing & new office and publishing "The. Christian Record." H. K. Walker became connected editorially with the paper in 1850. E. P. McGinty died of con- sumption in 1855, deeply regreted by his fellow-citizens, and especially by his brethern of the press. Upon his death Mr. Walker assumed the entire editorial control of the paper, which position he retained until the establishment changed hands. In 1856, MeKennie & Brown sold " The True Whig" to Win. Hy. Smith, John F. Morgan, Dr. Jno. H. Callendar and Anthony S. Camp, who thereupon changed the name of the paper to " The Nashville Patriot," and Messrs. Smith and Callender became the editors. In May following T. H. Glenn took charge of the city and com- mercial departments of the paper. Mr. Morgan withdrew from the estab- lishment in 1857, and Dr. Callendar was succeeded by his brother, Thos. Callender. when the name of the firm was changed to Smith, Camp & Co. In 1857, Ira P. Jones purchased an interest in the paper and be- came one of the editors. T. H. Glenn's connection with it ceased in 1857. Mr. Smith sold his interest in the establishment in month of September, 1859, but still continues to edit the paper in connection with Mr. Jones, and John E. Hatcher, associate editor. The latter has been connected editorially with " The Patriot" since the first of June, 1859, though not formally announced as one of the editors until the March fol- lowing. Upon Mr. Smith's withdrawal from the firm its style was chang- ed to A. S. Camp & Co.
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" The Nashville Union" was established in 1835 by Medicus A. Long, now a prominent citizen of Florida. Samuel H. Laughlin, of Warren county, soon became associated with Mr. Long in the management of the paper, but both of them disposed of it within a year or two from its com- mencement. They were succeeded by Joel M. Smith in the proprietor- ship of the establishment, and the paper was edited by Mr. Cunningham, and then by Mr. Bradford, both, we believe, from Kentucky. In Feb- ruary, 1839, Mr. Smith introduced to the readers of the paper as its edi- tor Col. J. Geo. Harris, who conducted it until some time in 1843. Some time during the four preceeding years he seems to have become the pro- prietor, for it appears that he sold the paper to Messrs. Thomas Hogan and John P. Heiss. Hogan died of consumption early in 1844. In No- vember of that year Mr. Heiss sold the paper to J. G. Shepard, who en- gaged as editor Hon. A. O. P. Nicholson. The latter retired from the paper in 1847, giving place to the late E. G. Eastman, who had founded and for several years previously conducted the " Knoxville Argus." In 1850 Hon. Harvey M. Watterson purchased the "Union," and became its editor, and Mr. Eastman purchased half the "American" office, and be- came, with Col. Thos. Boyers, (now of the Gallatin Examiner,) joint edi- tor and publisher of that paper. Mr. Watterson soon tired of editorial life, and employed Charles Eams, Esq., as editor. His connexion with the paper was a brief one, as he disposed of the establishment in 1851 to W. Weatherford, M. C. C. Church and John L. Marling, the latter gentleman acting as editor. Mr. Weatherford soon sold his interest to his remain- ing partners, who continued its publication until May 15th, 1853, the paper at that date being united with the " American," and the "Nash- ville Union and American," took the place of the two democratic papers of Nashville.
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" The Nashville American" was established in the Spring of 1848, by James Thompson. He engaged, soon after its establishment, the services of Dr. W. P. Rowles as editor. He left the paper at the close of the year, and died a few years thereafter. Soon after establishing the paper, Mr. Thompson took in as a partner Wm. M. Hutton, now of Memphis, formerly of the "Memphis Appeal," and more recently of the " Ava- lanche," in that city. Mr. Thompson soon retired and Col. Thos. Boyers succeeded him. As before noticed, Mr. Eastman took Mr. Hutton's place in 1850, and continued in the establishment until the union of the two papers in 1853. In September, 1852, Col. G. C. Torbett, who was well known as a legislator, and man of talents throughout the State, purchas- ed half " The American" office and became one of its editors.
" The Nashville Union and American" was established May 15th, 1853, by the union of the two democratic papers of Nashville, the proprietors being John L. Marling, E. G. Eastman, G. C. Torbett, and M. C. C. Church. About a year therealter, Mr. Marling, having been appointed
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Minister to Guatamula by President Pierce, disposed of his interest in the establishment to the remaining partners. Some two years after his appointment, being prostrated with the consumption, he returned home, and died shortly after, regreted and mourned by his fellow-citizens. Mr. Church sold his interest to F. C. Dunnington, Esq., of Maury county, early in 1856. On the 22d of May, 1858, G. C. Torbett sold his interest in the paper to J. O. Griffith, of Columbia, and G. G. Poindexter pur- chased of F. C. Dunnington, one-half of his interest, and became the principal political editor ; the firm took the style of E. G. Eastman & Co., which it retained until the 1st of January, 1860. John Miller McKee became connected with the paper as city and commercial ed.tor, June 15th, 1858. In November, 1859, this establishment lost two of its editors and propritors by death. That of G. G. Poindexter occurred on the 18th of that month and Maj. Eastman's followed on the 23d. On the Ist of January, 1860, John C. Burch, Esq., became associated in the pro- prietorship and editorial conduct of "The Union and American," and the firm took the style of J. O. Griffith & Co.
"The Nashville Gazette" was established in 1844 by E. R. Glascock and James Thompson. The latter withdrew from the concern Jan. 1, 1845, and was succeeded by W. Hy. Smith, who became the editor of the paper. It was published by the firm of E. R. Glascock & Co., until Feb. 24, 1849, at when the establishment was purchased by A. Nelson. Mr. Smith occupied the editorial chair up to February 2, 1850. In July fol- lowing Mr. Nelson sold the off e.to John L. Marling and Jas. L. Haynes -Jas. L. Haynes & Co. publishers, and John L. Marling, editor. August 28, 1851, Mr. Haynes sold his interest to M. C. C. Church, and the style of the firm was changed to M. C. C: Church & Co. November 26, 1851, the office was bought by Wm. Cameron, A. Nelson and James L. Haynes, who employed John A. McEwen as editor. February 1st, 1853, A. Nel- son & Co. sold to John H. Baptist, Jas. D. Maney, Jas. T. Bell, and J. A. Laird, and Jas. D. Maney assumed the editorship, the duties of which he discharged until January 1st, 1854, when he sold his interest in the es- tablishment to his brother Henty Maney, who became the editor. At the same time Jas. T. Bell took charge of the local department of the paper. In April of that year Mr. Baptist sold his interest in the paper, and in April, 1855, Mr. Bell also sold. On the 22d of that month, T. H. Glenn assumed the duties of city and commercial editor of "The Gazette," though his name does not appear in that capacity until the 17th of June following. February 5, 1856, W. N. Bilbo became connected editorially with the paper, which was soon after considerably enlarged. May the 18th of that year, Jas. A. Laird & Co. sold the establishment to Mr. Bilbo. With this change, Mr. Glenn's connection with the paper ceased, he having made an engagement with " The Patriot." He was succeeded by Jas. R. Bruce. Mr. Maney continued as co-editor with Col. Bilbo until
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September 14, 1856. November 11th, of that year, Col. Bilbo sold to Jo. V. Smith, Jas. T. Bell, and M. V. B. Haile, and Jas. R. Bruce became the principal and Jas. T. Bell the local editor. February 27.h, 1857, Mr. Smith withdrew. Messrs. Bell and Haile are now the proprietors of "The Gazette," which is still under the editorial charge of Maj. Bruce and Capt. Bell.
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