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(tfijicago tribune. MONDAY, AUGUST 22. 1864. fHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE” flew e ight Cylinder Printing Press. )647 A.'N U 4. A SUKVKY TK£ TBlSUfifi OF TO-D&Y. 7hc development and progress of ,a city. It its monetary, mircantilc. commtrciftl, oicuufccturing, elucalluoal, moral and rell g»oue features, is pretty certainly and accu rately measured by the character oCits local journalism. The advancement and improve ment of a town and its ne»spapcrs arc fully euro to he In psmlH lin-s, and neither will much outs'rip nr lag bcluni the other. This is Uie standard by which outsiders gcnerallv dtUmiac the charaKer of a town. They are pretty feurc to he wn index and a reflex of each other. W.iat tills city was whim the Issue of the j firstnnnihir of the Chicago Daily-Tribune } clmlU-ngcd *he cob#.lder.-.non'and patronage \ ofitscUlzcDfi, tlie mouldering and decayin' I jiwee?* years has sc-rcely driven ; from iluirr* collection. In people It scarcely | numbered sixteen thousand,white in matcri- I •1 «** vcU'pmnit it showed nothing like a i ► force. To-d-y the footings of 1 Ji- \;l*l strength would yield at 175 000, | %\h le Us mouttary and commercial weight | beyond its vital force;’*! hi j i e might add that its present edu- j cailon&l, moral and religious advance Alls not behind Be monetary and' comtrerclbl strode, Si-vcotecn years ago a comparative sm&B, lo thr-woods town, with no OiftincUve.teitnre to marc it above its follows; to day It stands acknowledged | pre-MiitLCtl ;■& the gieat grain, ;>ork, b cf I •and lumber market ol the world, and wc | might atfd, also, ntJiroad centre. The euc- j •cufrire and rapid steps by «blch It hfs 1 reached this pre-eminence, is but r history j ol the rise and progress of the Chicago \ Daily Tribute. Launched on the tids of I experiment on lb* 10th of July, 1817, with j lem than. fV.ur hundred subscribers, it now [ numbers hundreds where at that time it j counted units, ur-d with a rdi’.tre material 1 progress In ©very other respect cqaaL The accififiwi to our esUliliehmenM which la&ngumtcs its inburs this morning, of one of B. M. Hoe’s latest improved eigbt-cylio der printing machines st-eu-s anappraprlvte period lor a retrospective glaocc at the his tory of the Chicago Tribune. And in do ing so, it would bt a false mod* sty on our part, which we are not willlog to assume, to attempt to the pride aud eatiafactioa wc iecl in tbc prosperity of which this im* prt-ven-ent is * logical and visible token. Blov.iog oi.’c’a < «•« Lom Is au amiable wea 1 -:- D'fSj unless it haipecs to uleturb the •■qui -tfr.iiy and ewc-el repose of one’s neighbors. «v our Cvefl we sr« qui*e kutc none Cin t>> distu'bec or offended, for at least one of n-ur t-uoiber Las practiced tbe same weak ii' rH whlun a brief period The CHICAGO Daily Tribune—by that 1 annus—comuici-ccd existence, in the third story of a hniHlnc, ou the corner of L.kc uf-.d Lasalle streets—a single room answer ing luc Uljde purpose* ot counting-room, editorial room, and printing office,—ou Thursday. June 10, 1817. Its originators were Jame* Kmxv, now a successful leather dealer atS£3 Luke street; John G. Wheel* SB, now proprietor of the Dial at Kewonee, Henry county ; and Jo K C Forrest, at present 'Washington corr'-spnudent of the Chicago Tribune, the latvr giving Ws at. tention more jiarticularly to commercial trailers, Vrblch, in large t; pe, filled about onc-quartcr of a coluum of each Issue. The dimtnslOLS of the Tribune were 22 by SO Inches, set in brevier type, advertise meats in minion. To Mr. Kelly belongs tbe credit of origl* Bating, or at least suggesting tbe publica tion. Be was the owner of the Gem of the /VflitiV, a weekly literary journal, which ho had a abort time antecedent purchased of Mr. Thomas a. Stewart—afterwords aid for several years, holding a proprietary and editorial Interest in the Tribune. His ides was to start a daily, from wtneb he could make up the weekly GGetr t regarding the for mer as in a mt attire szcondery to tbe Utter, in point of public interest, and as a finan cial measure. Here was muen consultaMon and dlscusrk-n upon tbe feasibility ol the project; probable receipts and expenses wertsclosely estimat'd; vbe sized thfclty, (then comparatively a villa?-*,) ana the fact ibatthere were then two sickly d*Ul-s. striv iL-gto carntbclr bread, were not without their' Influence against tbe project Still another, ana tbc heaviest drawback was the - fact tbtt tbc i artics po.-se-sed Httlc or no capital. But i mid all tbe dLconragrmpifc? the projector* dctermln* d co go ahead—ld flncDOtd to a certain by the Idea tb'it they might gale somc-'hing, while it was evi dent that they lad not much to lose. So J mud) being fixed, tbe next mutter in course was a name for the new diurnal. M*ny were sugcesicd. Mr. Forrest proposedthe name ofTfiiBUNS, and it ft us at once accepted by tbe other partners. Mr. Wheeler, like ma ny other of our Western ccitors and news paper men, was h graduate from tbe office of theNtw York Tnbviv, and, of course, that fact influenced him in favor of that name As re have already stated, -tbe first edition of tbe Dailt Tribune ever issued numbered four hundred copies It rss“ worked off” on a Washington hand press, one of the pro prietors being tbe pretsmon. In politics it was Independent, with strong Fm-Soll sym pathies. Tbe editors salutatory says; “ Oar views, in all probability, will sometimes be coinci dent with tbc conservatives; sometimes we maybe fonndlntbo ranks of tb? radicals; hot shall at all times be faithful to humanity _ —to the whole of humanity—-without regard to race, seclicnal dlnslous. party.lines, or parallels of latitude or longitude.*' The motto under tbe editorial was; ** Men of thought I be op and etlmox, “Nlehiand day; *• Sow the teed—'withdraw the curtain “Clear Uic way, “ Men of action! aid and cheer them Aajeinßy.” 'J he start was made not without tnonv mis givaigs, ard the Usconragcmenta seem to increase as time progressed. Mr. Kelly wau almost immediately Incapacitated fjr laborer business, by a serf jus effect! an of the ty«t?, and be was thus forced to with draw' from the concvm on the 3UU of July, just fourteen d«ys after be had commenced an enterprise in which bo felt a deep inter est. Thomas A. Stewart, whoa few weeks before suld to Mr. Kelly the Gem of the Ptniricr t succeeded that geutlcmau, and he remained in that connection fjr about years. On the 27th of September following, Mr. Foruest severed bis connection, Messrs. 'WHm.rn and flxnjrAUT remaining proprie tore, the former gentleman being recognized ea &*« editor. At this point a crisis in the history ot the Tribune was reached; Mr. Forrest w*s quite sure it oould not be sustained; hence his withdrawal. Messrs. Wheblkb and Stew art had their doubts; but finally concluded to continue it lor a few weeks longer, under the inflnei.ee of a Micawber-llke that “something mUht turn up” to “dtftr the w»y ** It is worthy of remembrance, that while the proprietors were greatly embar ntacd by the want of means to meet their dally expenses, the pnbllc,tnd oven the more particular frluida ot tfto proprietors, labored . binder tire delusive impression that they were joining money. uaiuioads. The day the Teibuke was started, there •• ps not a mile of rail-ay within the raalns >f one hundred miles of Chicago. Tne near track was at Kalamazoo, then the west ern t(radons of the Michigan Central,whence Chicago waa reached by stage and steamers coomctiLgw tli that rood. At the lime that j corporation bad hardly seriously discussed j the feasibility of continuing their road to | this city. New Bullalo waa surely regarded ' «b llm western fermions; the idea then con- | trolling the judgment of railroad men, and j nearly all otuers, that it wonld be the height j of aoentoitr, and sure to end in fimnclal j rohi, for to attempt to compete ; with steamboats on & route where the latter ' could find navigable B’roms tor their ope-.j cations. At that time the evaporation of the I CUi-ago D< loc Badroai possess- \ *4 a charter, and it w*a doing its utmost In j P M pl° subscriptions to the ; M noTv ßtoCk * “**• B. OODEK, “i™ "><D President of the Iran- I portnolUcs to P T T through the preeo, I . «vkb waa made the cii«e,,.i i ’ IT; 11 ucctlon tre must relate a wene'wlilfc 011 ' : enrred In tUTßjnona office, S.a^\ e w’ tils day ia atrongly Impress./ unon V 'memory. not*iUwlw»dlna; tUe mjaiiacaUoUl of time. It Wrt on the 4th of Ang ai t M“ 1 . The booia for anbacriptiona to the eepitj -t ock of the Q & C. U. a, U. were to bo opened on tbe lOrb lost, at various points ■i. the line of the contemplated roii Mr Ogubs came Into thr Tbidome office, in com . paay whh several friends, for the purpose of making an appeal through Ita columns to the people interested to come forward and aid the work.. lie eat down to the editor’s pine table and commenced fits work. After writing two or three pages, hearoseaudread them to bia friends, and quite a large cro vd who had gnlhcrcd in the office. At the com* pletion of the reading, the manuscript was passed to the compositors to be put in type. Mr Ogden then sat down, and produced three more urges, with which ho went through the same pre cess, and thus he con tinned to do until the article, about oue col umn and a half in length, was completed Wo cannot resist the temptation, to giro a few of tbC more prominci-t noints which Mr Ogden enforced in that article: “One or two shillings or more p-r bushel would he added to the pries of cv.-.ry bu-hil of wheat raised bv the farmers on tbc route, and other’products would he affected lo lit* proportion. The facilities thus afforded would, es a coneeqnccce, double the value of every furtr. on the route of Tie road.” “Ttc great Increase of wealth and popnlit tkn along the route, so certain to- result from the construction of the road, rdditr r so grratij to the social advantages of the p- ; o pic and country through which and n?.\r which it would pass, and the Increased com fort and relUf from fatigue, exposure and expense, by bring able lo travel in a com fortable covered car, from the Fox, Bock or Mississippi Rivers to Chicago, in two to four or six hours, in all weathers, instead of oc cupying several days through deep mud, as e now oitcc necessary, are considerations not lo he forgotten by the public lu deter mining them in their conclusions as to the amount to be subscribed for ” The n ore active participators in theefforta to put through the road were William B. Ogden, Walter L. Newberry, J. Young Scammon, Charles TV'alker, ThomasDteb, Johnß. Turner ci this city ; Thomas Drum mond, (now Judge Drummond, of this city,) cfGclcia; Thomas J. Turner, of Freeport, &c Tbc (’climated cost of the road was (148. COO, (*r $14,553 per mile, siuele track, vltn bridges for a double track. The income of the road, for the first year, was estimated at follower T<!NNACB I’EOH THE WE«T. "CUCO leueloadaud copper.... ..$3^,023 Wheat, Jlour. &r., 2,000.000 bn. ..100,001 Cotz), cau, bar'oy. potatoes, Ac lO.OT’O Perk srd i’.tVJ) txtaa S.«ioo Inrd, l.utta, &c 2.0D3 Wool, hidcf, &c 0,033 Maiuf-cmne. &c 4,C00 \V <»d, coal, £ • 4,003 OU'crarUcicf TONNAGE EBOJI THE EAST, G.OCO.CTO feel lumber, fchlxgtft l , lath. Ac... Mtrriiiiraizc, &c &j](, Imu', «vc Fafpeupers Malle. &c Total Income, This was the Hitt irtrodnetion of the rail road system Into Chicago. How it baa spread, and wbit it has done for Chicago, is Known to all. Cu ttif 21st ol August, eleven days after, Tun Tribune published a congratulatory article, also, if we recollect aright, written by Mr. Ogden, stating that (he corporation Iwd met with a success oeyond their anticl jatious, in tee amount of subscriptions wldcLhat* bv.cn received to the capital stock. OOMPLIMCNT Outf-eSCd of August, & bountiful top-sail schooner of ISO toes, was launched frorfi the shipyard of Capt/m Allen, an^she was c> liefein d*• Tribune. 3 ’ Sbe was owned by G. F. Foster, J- N. Davidson, G. SI. Iliggin eon and Cant- Heed, her commmdcr. This wa* intended os a complimentary tribute to the cba'ocier of the Tribune. MERCHANT EXCHANGE. Or* the Ct’» of September, the subject ’of a Merchants 1 Exchange orßoird of Trade was first discussed in tbc Tribune, the writer believing that tbc business of the city wpuld jurtifj the formation of such an orgaaiziMon or irstilntiou. AN .NZIDEjiT At the period of which we arc writing,one, tud a prominent s. urce of intelligence from ibe on'&tac world, was St Louis. The most j attractive field ci news was Mexico, as the j war with that disturbed and unhappy coun ; try was then lo tail blast The latest Intel. ! licence from that field of operations almost [ invariably ezine np the Mississippi to St. j Louis, and thence up tbe Illinois river to La ■ etllc, arid thence to Chicago by stage, the ; Illinois and Michigan Canal not having yet been completed. As hearing a si.nificaot relation to the above facts, an incident has .Leer related to ns by an old citizen, which will certainly be rcgirdcd by all who know the parties as charac teristic if not tru?. It transpired about the time cf the first apfeiiancc efthe Chicago towc. Altseo Dutch auil John Wentworth, published rival dally papers —Chicago Democrat and CAicoyo Cb-n --i r.trcfa? Adic?t«Nn These rival editors els what vas regarded then, as remirka i b;c spirit end activity In their humble way | in obtain!; g the latest intelligence from tbe war, which was always ioiurcriately given to tbe feeders in extrx\ A gentleman who came up from 8t Louis one day, by river and stage, brought wlt& Lira a paper from that city, coatainlts late ar-d important*: m-v s from the scat of war. This gentleman was the friend of Mr. Dutch, and determin ed to make him the exclusive recipient of the ne r. s. His house, however, was not In the direction of Mr. Dutch’s office, and he banded the St. Louis paper to a friend, *ho was to pass that way, to, give into Mr. Dutch’s band. This friend had no personal acquaintance with tbe rival editors. -At the hotel he r; et Mr. Wentworth aud tbe 1 itter inspecting be was a passenger from St. Loulf, asked if *ueh was not the ftet, audit be had a late Bt. Louis paper. The £eutle m&n responded that he was from that city, and han ala'c paper; and then asked him if be was Mr Dutch The Colonel “ smelt a mice,” and replied that he was that same man. The valuable newspaper was handed him, and an extra Democrat soon made its appearance, which sold like hot cakes. GEM OF THE PRAIRIE. From the commencement of the Daily Tribune, the <?*»» of the Prairie was made up from It, and was recognized as the weekly Issue. It was then printed in folio form, same as the Daily Tribune, but on tbellth of December, it “made up” in quarto shipe, and so continued net!! the Weekly Tribune U ol its place, of which more hereafter. big purchase of wheat. The Daily Tribune, of Friday morning, September 24, records the purchase of Jive ihun, a-.d and i7>ue lurdnd bushels of wheat, winter and spring, on the ’Wednesday pre vious by the bc-nse of Raymond, Gxbcs & Co , a*, d characterizes It as the largest pur chase ever made by atiuglebouse in onoday in Chicago. Tic price ranged from C9to 70 cents* Most ol H was shipped the same day for the Es-et. HOUSE RACING. On Ibe Sib of October, an advertisement was tent to the Tribune, with the money to pay for It enclosed, giving notice of a hoisc race to take place, oa a wager. The editor acknowledges the receipt of the money, and advertisement, but returns them to the tciidir, saying' that u horse racing oa the wbf le, is a bad businees—that it neither aims :.t and accomplishes any good cod. while lb** eiils which attend It axe great and rear ifest,” PROGRESS. Jai nary 1,1848, tbe editors of the Tribune confirm tulated their friends that although the Tribune, a little over six months previous, had been conuceocrd mainly with a capital of Industry and Hope—“with occasional xnlagivmpe as to the result, and an abiding acnee of the disproportion between onr own capacities and the Immense and never-end* lug work before ns, and although the battle had but just begun, we have achieved such a measure of anccess as to keep na In work ing condition. 1 ’ FIRST TZL'EGZXVII. The first magnetic telegraph line eatib listed in Chicago was the Erie and Michigan. It commenced working between Chicago ard Milwankte on tbe 17th of January, ISIS. Tbe followitg Is the first dispatch sent over the line. It came from Mil waukt e: “Mr. Cbxheb acmdshib ccrJial greeting to bis biclbrcn of the press of Chicago, and hopes that «s Milwaukee and Chicago are united i r - tbe game chain, tbe press ma? never fcrgtt that the cities of the Northwest arc one in destiny, and should be one in feel ing.” On the same day, the follow!c-g dispatches passed between tbe two cities: “Milwaukee, with’her 14,000 inhabitants, sends gicetlrg to h<r fair sister of Chicago, with her 17,C00. and requests her to clew the track to allow her to pass.” To this Chicago immediately replied: “Chicago, with her 17,000 inhabitants, will soon have her railroad track cast to the At lantic, atdw'tt to the Mississippi, ccleat* t so that the 14,000 citizens of their slater city can have cv* rj possible facility for passing,'* On the 4th cl February, the above line waa extended to Michigan City, On tbit occa ticn thofollowingdispatches passed between 3!ilwaukt-c and the former place: “The old Mllwaukeans send you their compliments,, and hope Michigan City and Milwaukee may hereafter be as close to gi tber as lightning and steam can make Uitm.” “Michigan City to Milwaukee—May her ‘thoceacdF of trick” enable her to distance all competition with her sister cities of the Lakes.” TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES. The first telegraphic dispatch to the Tri bune, from the East, came on the 22d of March, IS4B, and contained the announce meat ol the Bevoluticn in France, b/ which LcnJs Philip was dethroned. * PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCES. On the 14th day of August,-1818. the Tri bune hoisted the names-of Martin Van Boren and Charles Francis Adams as candi dates for President and Vice President, in opposition to Gen. Zachary Taylor aod Mil* lard Fillmore as the Whig candidates, mid Lewis Csss and Wm. O. Butler, the Demo cratic candidates. Toe Van Burea ticket stood upon th platform of “ Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, aod Free Men.” NEW PAETNEESHIP, Auputt 23,1545, John L. Scripps, one ot Hie present proprietors of ths Chicago Tri ltne, purchased a third interest in the con cern, and the firm was chingdd to Wheeler, Stewart & Srripps. TELEGRAPHIC ENTERPRISE. December, 6th, the proprietors of the Tribune announce tint they have made “such arrangements with the sgcots of O’lUilly’s telegraph line as wpl suable us to fumkh the procicdings of Congress, and other news of importance, to our ciUze *a di'Uj,” and the Lour of publication of the Tribune, wcs changed to 11 o’clock a. m. WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Up to February Ist, 1819, a weakly edition had beet, egcc up from the daily Issue under the name cf G<r-i of At this peri-d a new weekly extra was commenced under the title of Weekly Tribune, and has teen Cvntjnued under that title to this day, with an indefinite life before U. LARGEST CIRCULATION. On Friday, May 14th, the advertising of the List r*f Letters was awarded to the Daily Tribune as having the largest circulation. In fact, tha-/\ was no competitioa. When wc state that the circulation of the Tribune U'ca was less than one thousand, some idea moj be termed of thccirculstioc of the three other daily pa: era then published here. The list of leiicrs was published but once a month, ar«d were rrquiicd by law to have three euccetslvc insertiona. The monlu’s list at that time numbered about one third ihc j r»sc-ri weekly lief, and embraced all tbc ,4 crop lettue.” a disaster. May 12111.1819, the office of the Daily Texeuke was cntirtly 'destroyed by fire. Through the kioduess of their brethreu of the press ot this city, they viere enabled to rcturnc on Thursday, the 14th, the location of tie office being temporarily over the grocery store of J. IL Gray, north-east cor ner of Clerk and Handolph streets. The fi rc ws-s supposed to be (he vork cf Incendiaries, “political incendiaries,’'tin editors thought. There wanau Iceurauci of $2,1C0 on the office, which “amply covered the loss.” In coa nC'tllon with this disaster, it may not be out of place to state that the bookselUug firm of Giigp.a, Cross & Co. presented the editors of the Tbilunf. w:th a new copy of Webster’s qntrto Dictionary to take the place of the ope lost. The Dictionary still occupies a plue of hoior on the table, some what dlißLidaled, but good for miny mere jetra’ service. We med hurdlyodd tbatthcßßOSs rained in the above firm Is William Bross who now Is and husbstn for the past twelve years “ one of us.” ANOTnrnhiEiiovAL 106,000 .$13,r00 .. 8,030 .. 20,000 . 1,203 £47,003 .15*3.0(33 .83.000 .393 030 Above we stated that the Tribune, after the fire, Wfisremoved to the northeast corner of Clark and Randolph streets, us a tempo rary expedient, On the 4th of Jaae follow ing, it removed to the northwest corner ot Late end Clark streets, where now &t>n3s the buildingoccupled by the Second National Bank, end various offices, etc., above. NEW TYPE, On the 15th July following its destruction by fire, the Tribune appeared in entirely new ty pp, obtained through Robert Fergus, from New York, and pr. seated a very taste ful tppcarance, especially when compared with the very shabby habiliments iu which It paid Us diurnal visits to its patrons from the time of its disaster up to this time The editors then began to see their way more dearly, and considered themselves In tbc pathway which led to the broadway of success. THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. Then, as now the Tribune took the lead in advocating, inaugurating, fostering and putting forward all new enterprises lacking to the advancement and prosperity of tbc Crezt Northwest. Daring the mouths of September and October, articles In favor of the great Pacific Railroad wore published iu its columns. During tbc time namzd a con vention In favorof the measure was called and held ot St. Louis. Meetings *rere held Ip ihi? cllj in favor of the measure, in which fvr leading citizens took aa above part. Rev. Mr. Adam wreto » pamphlet la favor ol ite measure, which was esteemed very strong, a&o copies of it were circulated by tion raised front citizens. ANOTHER REMOVAL. May, 1850, the Tribune office was again rcmovfd to 173 Lake street. Masonic Build i'g, 2d floor the old quarters bccaalig too circumscribed for its uses. ENLARGED. Jnnel, 1850, the Daily Tribune was cn~ Isrpcd by ibe addition of another column to each page, and the lengthening of the col nmts to correspond. Da' dimensions after the were 20 by 40. Tbs editors ic announcing the enlargement say: 45 This change wc bare been compelled to adopt to. scccunmodatetbe rapid increase ol onr ad verlhlug patronage, and to enable ua to give mere space to news, co.*r-me. , cial matters, and the various subjects of general concern. Ve deem it proper to say, tbit, for pecu niary reasons alone, the Tribune has, so far, fallen much short of what vc regard 03, the ideal ot a newspaper in this age of unexam pled progress. Meantime we shill, as here tofore, Übor faithfully to that end.” HOTEL ARRIVALS. About thcSOlb of June, 1850, the Tribune commenced pnbUsbing a list of hotel arriv als. Toe names of several of the priuclpil hotels at that time will sound strangely to a large majority of our citizens. First la Ini- an opinion from the num ber of Us guests, was the City Hotel, then ns cow, a popular resort. Next follows the New York lienee. Mansion House, American Temperance House, Baltic House, Merchants Excbfcnpc Hotel, &c. The modern Sherman, the Turnout, Briggs, Richmond, ani Adams were then merely chaotic stone, brick and n ortar. Even the architect of cither bad not commenced bis labors. CIRCULATION i On the 21st of August, 1840, a little over 14 months after it was started, tec proprie* tore placed under its editorial head its aggre gate circulation—dally and weekly editions —atO,7GB. This figure was obtilncd by mul tiply ing the daily by six, and adding thereto the circulation of the weekly,) and on the occasion published a congratulatory ttticle, in which the editors stated that “notwithstanding the commencement of the Tribune is of a more recent date thin any of its cotemporaries with which It was in com petioc, cur circulation now surpasses them all. 1 * The editors lutthcr soy that they are determined to make it in evrej sense worthy of the city ct Chicago .and the great North w«fef. For a year nothing was said in Its columns in regard to the circulation, but on _tbt 21st of July, 1850, .the publication was resumed, and continued until -Oct. 1551, us follows, dally; 1550 duly 21 .I,l2oll3sl—June 2 ,1,511 Aog. 8 I,lto| Jane 4.... .1,354 .Aair.ri» l,i?j| Jute 4 ,1,014 Ocu )v I,l*o I July 26 .i,7» 1551 Mnv 2 .1,3211 Oct, 1 .1,800 May 21 V7#l Whst was then - considered a rapid in crease of the circulation of the Tribune of ccurse excited the envy and jealousy of its cotemporariea. John Wentworth, of the J)aVy Ibn.rfTct, disputed tne truth of the number circulated, and an angry dispute arose between the two paper*. Finally Mr. Bioes, now of the Tuilune, bat at that time of the firm of TVrglit <fe Bross, proprietors of theFairte Me:aid, who owned and ran the power press (of the Adams pattern) on which the Tribune was printed, certified, in an affidavit, to tbe tru:h ot the claim. DEATH or GEN. TAYLOR. About the middle of July, la 1800, the death of President Taylor occurred. A meeting was called in this city* to express tbe sympathy atd condolence of the people for the nation’s loss. At that meeting a resolution was passed, requesting Abraham Lincoln, who was then In Chicago in at tendance upon the Supreme Court, to deliver an eulogy upon tbe deceased patriot and ttauerntn. The'reqnestwas complied with, and the eulogy was delivered by Mr. Lincoln in tho presence of a large and deeply inter ested audience. The Tribune commended the eulogy in high terms. This event baa nothing to do wuh the history of the This toe; but it is a reminiscence which will in terest onr readers at this day. TTTI9T ANNUAL REVIEW. Tbe first annul R' view of the Trade and Commerce of Chicago appeared in the Daily Tribune ot Dtccmbcr 27,1850. ’The three greet sources ard avenues of the commerce of Chicago at that time, were the lake, toe Illinois and Michigan canal, and the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the western ter minus then being Elgin. Darin* that y ear the receipts and. shipments of grain footed upas lollows: . Ee:«lpto. Shipment*. Wheal, h0... 1,186,481 KS^ii C<rr. * 2GI.SW 242.265 Barter “ 94.863 92.872 oS» “ Flour, bhlt TO,tW 100j9» THE EIGHT-CTIitNIjSB HOB PRESS. Tc-dsyttcabovcu-amactions would hardly be cozsidered a fiir week's business MP. wnCELEH RETIRES. On the Ist day o! July, 1851, Mr. John E. Wheeler, who was one of its originators, withdrew froir. llso Tribune, much to the regret of Lis associates, having disposed cf hie interest to Mr. Thomas J. Waite, who as fumed the bufinesa management of the con cern, Messrs. Bcripps and Stewart remaining us editors. Mir. SCRIPTS RETIRES. Frcm the retirement of Mr. Wheeler, as related above, until the June fallowing, no change occurred in the management of the Tribune. On thbt d»y Mr. -John L. Scrlpps sold his Interest to a number of the leading Whigs of the city, >vho acted in belnlf of General William Duiucc Wilscu. now a well known and r.-si cctrd citizen 0110 *a. Mr. Stewart took the position of local and com mercial tdi’or, these two doputtucnU, at that time scucely affording sufficient labor for one man. To-day it takes nine per sons to fill the two positions. Geo eial Wilson became the political editor. Up to this time th*e Tribune had never la any way been committed to tuc policy of the Whig party, but hud been, on the contrary a recognized orgm of the Free Soil organ!- z-.ticu, as Ibeir principles were enucciatcd in the “ Buffalo Platform.,” upon which Van Burix aud Adams were nominated for Pros), dent ard Vice President. Gen. Wilson being a Whig, the Tribune under bis management sustained the pollcv of that party; and it immediately hoisted the names of Gen. Win field Scott for President .mil William A Gra* briu of North Carolina for Vice President. Mr. Waite con'iuuid us publisher of the Tribune, and the firm was styled Waite & Co. SEW TYPE AND ENLARGEMENT. Ou the occasion of a cbiiogc intbecdltorhl department, as mentioned in ttm paragraph' above, the Tribune was enlarged to the di zneuslonßof 23 by 44. It also appeared ou new and beautiful type, Brevier and Agile— from the foundry of Jons S, White, of New York. The Tribune at Uat time was mil vcisslly acknowledged to he the handsomest paper in the West. The experiment isau ingasheeiot that size, HadwUh the lirge lanonitt of mattrri at that time, when Chi cago had just risen to the so°**? °f * city of £O,OOO Inhabitants, was regarded by all ca an extremely hazardous one. CHANGE or HOUR On the 2tUb of July, 1853, the hour of pub lication of the Tribune wus changed from afternoon to morning. The price was raised from 12J£ to 15 cents a week. A small after noon itsue took the place of the regular after noon edition. DEATH or MR. WAITE. August 2Cth. 1852, Mr. Thomas Waite, one of the proprietors of the Tribune, and In charge of the publishing and business tie psrtment, died, of cholera, ugeu23 years. His death was sudden and unanticipated. Bis health had been somewhat imputed, aud he was about starting on a journty. tan fo recuperate it, vhen bo was suddenly stricken aowr, more .immediately ifflnet.ccd by a lotg Walk to his homo, in a broiling run, the day prtceoing his death. Mr. Waits was highly esteemed by bis associates and all who bLCW him. THE LATEST NE»’S, On the Cth of October, 1803, the Tribune published a leading editorial, and re pub lished it daily for some time, which said that “ without took lug any t special fuss about it, wo have thus far been enabled to present our readers the latest news of the day, bo-h foreign and domestic, as cari% as any of our city cotcmcorarles, and sometimes twenty four bouts In advance of them. Finding that one line of telegraph could not be relied upon all for all tub news received fa this way,-the Tribune was the first press In the city to employ another Lixc, and althoagh it involves considerable additional expense, wc do not regret it so long as oar readers appreciate it, as we have the best evidence that they do.*' The editors aonounco that they have suffered much for the lack of print ing puss facilities, hut that they have se cond the control cf a power press until their new from the East. another change. After the death of Mr. Waite, until Octo ber 20th following, his name remained at its htad as publisher of the Tribune. At that date Ur. Henry Fowler purchased the in terest hfld by Mr, Waite’s heirs, and as sumed the position of publisher and associ ate editor with Gen. Wilson. WAR AGAINST WILD-CAT BANKS. Early in January, 1853, the Tribune com,- merced a crusade ogalost the wild-cat enr rtney, which was then largely clr .nlated In this city and vicinity—particularly that issued by George Smith & Co. The war was a savage and acrimonious one. The C<»n;ncr cial published by Alfred Dutch, esme to the rescue ot the owners of the wild-cats, and charged the Tribune with being bought up by certain bankers, nlio were not In the “cat” business. A letter was sent by the publishers of the Tribune to the Advertiser denying the charge lu em phatic terms. The latter published the let ter, but reiterated the charge. The result was a libel suit against Mr. Dutch. A BURGLAR—FI ! t On Wednesday night; January 12, 1853, some person entered the press room aod knocked one of the Tribune forms Into pi. From the warm controversy going on be tween the Tribune and the wlld-cat bank ers, ihe inference was a logical onethat’ibc ettrage was the work of the opposite par ties in the controversy. A reward was offered by the proprietors of the Tribune for the discovery of tae per >e tritor. The reward offered failing to bring detection, a number of the most respectable citizens joined in sending the proprietors ot tbe Tribune one hundred dollars to be of fered as an addltiboal reward. In this letter to the publishers, they say, “We feel that any attempt to Intimidate the conducted of a free press, or to hinder or prevent the pub lication of a newspaper which is pursuing an honorable and manly course, should be promptly met end defeated by all good citi zens, and none the less promptly because the attempt is made through the underhanded means of an assault upon the ‘unoffending type*” The letter is signed by Edwin L. Lamed, Edward L Tinkliain, H. G. Loomis, A. 8. Sherman. Speer & Cooper, Edwin Bunt. Isaac N. Arnold, John £l. Klnzie, A. N, Fullerton, T. W. Wadsworth, B.’w. Ray mond, Gurdon 3. Hubbard, Joseph F. Rjer son, John P. Chapin, J. B Doggott, W. H. Brown, J: H. Denham. Williams & Avoir E. B. McCagg. C. L. Harmon. These nanus embraced mebers of both political parties. TRI-WEEKLY. In the early part of 1863 the publishers commenced the issue ot aTri weekly edition of the Tribune. ItFssofthe earaeslzeo the daily. It has been continue 1 until this hear, aid bas tc-day a larger circnlution thin all three editions of the Tribune when it was started. OEN. WILSON RETIRES, Gen. Wilson retired Jrotn ris connection whh the Tribune cn the 23d of March, 1853. He disposed ot his interest to Henry Fowler & Co. The means for tho purchase of that InUxest Wtre supplied by Timothy Wright, Esq., now residing in this city, and General (then Captain) J. D. Webster, now caret of staff to Gen. W. T. Sherman, and these two gentlemen became silent partners in the ownership of the establishment. The names of Henry Fowler and T. A. Stewart were taken from the editorial heads of the paper and none other substituted. AN* EPISODE—A CHALLENGE. Doling the autumn of 1858, the Pope's Hondo, Beadini,-visited this country in a sort of ecclesiastical semi-official ombassa- d« ri l character. In company wl -h Bishop Hughes, be toured through the Northwest via the lakes. Capt. Bigelow, of the U. S. s’camer Michigan, invited them to take a pleasure trip in bis steamer, thus, as the Tribune eulcl, “leaving the commercial mi nt e of the lake without thit assistance which the steamer was Intended to afford.” In consequence of the strictures upon Capt. Bigelow's conduct in the Tribune, thatgen tlemau became very wroth, and finally dis patched his Lieutenant (Grossman) with & challenge to the editor (Mr. Stewart), to meet him la deadly strhe, or la tUe lan guage of the (odeducV.o, “to demand such satisfaction • as was recognized hy gentleman of honor,” “that he was ready to fight as we might prescribe, and tbit if wc desired to evade such an issue, by plead ing the illegality of It, he was ready to pro ceed to any other State, or Canada, at any time; that should we rcluec to settle the affair in that muener, he would attack ns in the street, or elsewhere, and inflict such punishment os be deemed our offense de ceived.” The editor replied to Lieutenant Oioßfman, that “ the proposition to shoot Captain Bigelow, or to be shot by him, ac corcirp to the rules governing gentlemen, was modestly and respectfully declined,” ai d that be “ cculd adopt the alternative of attaching ns on the street, or elsewhere, If be desired to do so; that we would neither seek to meet uor avoid him; and that wc Lad never been whipped, and neverexpeeted to he.” The editor gave the captain a se me skinning, and then dropped him and that w*s the end of It. MR. FOWLER RETIRES. Mr. Fowler had only been nominally con i.Hicd with the Tribune for more thin a jetr jrcvioua to July 13, 1634, his health pitvcntlng his utlendancs upon the dnii o .s ol his io&itios. On that day his name was taken from the head of the paper as publish er, and T. A. Stewart’s aubbtituted therefor, rndtbe firm was stjled “ T. A. Stewart & Co., rublisbtrs.” ASSOCIATE PRESS DISPATCHES. On tlu* 2d of November, 1854, an urrance meut was entered into by the press of this city with the Associate Press of the East, ern cities, under *L!ch arrangement all the lelcgiapldc dispatches wSlcUappeired in the papers of the Eastern cities, would appear ibessme morning in "our city papers, and thus the Associate Press system of dis patches were Inaugurated in this city, and hBB been maintained np to this time. ENLARGED. January 1,1355, Ihc theabroal dimensions ol the Daily Tribune were extended by adding a column to each page and lengthen ing the columns. The utmeLsions of the sheet when enlarged weio 31 b? 50 inches, Leirg equal in size to ths largest journals .of the great metropolis. Tno enlargement became necessary in order that justice might be done both to 'advertisers and readers. In making ibis im provement, the editor gives a brie! retrospec tive history cf the enterprise: “The Tribune wuj. projtciad ia April, 1847, and tho proa- Pidae ,vua -written », r *k* prrffnt senior proprietor and editor, who wan at Ihst lime publisher and editor of the “ G’m of thf P/ufnV,” a weekly paper pub Imbed in tt-is city. The first number of the Tribune wts Issued June 10,1817, and met 'with gnat fsVc-r. It was* independent and outspoken on all political subjects, especial ly ogumst Intemperance, Slavery acd Land * Monopoly, and was intended to meet the wants of a large portion of the citizens of the pluce, whose opinions on subjects Were Well defined. It continued to occupy thatposition until June, 1852, when the pro prietorship was changed, the paper greatly enlarged, and it became a supporter of the election cf Gcil Scutt. The conservative and negative tone which It assumed, iu its new position, ou all subjects except such as related directly to party , was evi dently not satisfactory to the public, for a very large portion of its readers became ailenalec, and the subscription list was al most entirely changed within 'the year. In July, 1858, the publisher und proprietor was compelled to leave the city on account of 111 health, brought upon him by the inordinate labor, mental and physical, which he was compiled to perform. The paper then passed to the present proprietors, and at once as sumed a morc'posltive character. Within thiee months, its subscription Hat had great ly chaiged, having lost several hundred sa loon and Catholic subscribers, and obtained a greater number of a more desirable char acter. Experience, however, proved that while It is much easier to lessen than to in crease the number of readers aud supporters of a paper, fcbe public will properly appreci ate and sustain a journal that is Independent intone, and boM as an advocate of liberty and a conservator of pnblic njoraiUv..... Since the change, now less than eighteen months, the circulation of the Tribune has increased over twelve hundred coo’es, and i*s entire circulation, dully, is now two THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO' copies, ar d increasing more rapidly than at any other time since it was established ’* FIRST TRAIN FROM CAIRO. On Tuesday, January 9,1855, tbe first train ofcsrs from. Cairo, via Illinois Central and Chicago and' Aurora (?) Railroads, reached this city. The time consumed In the trip was tweiitj-oneandaball hour# Capt. C Cald well was the conductor. TESTIMONIAL. The Tribune; from the start, was an ad vocate of Temperance, no less so to-day than at any previous hour of its history. On the 22d of February, 1855,* several temperance organizations in this city 'met and passed resolutions endorsing the course of the Tri bune as an earnest supporter of their cause. Weglve the following as a specimen of the resolutions. It was passed unanimously by tbe Garden City Division, No. 423, Sons of Temperance; £esoite'f t That the noble eland taken upon the subject of lempersncc and a prohibitory law, by tbe Chicago tribune, is such as metis the hearty approval and warmest empathy of the members of this Division, and the coutUinanca ot a,fearless dtfente of the rifjht, will command our united ap probation and support. " new rraa. Ornihc lsth of June, 1855, Sir. Timothy Wright, who had been a silent partner in the proprietorship ot the Tribune, assumed a general partnership; and Mr. Joseph Me dill, of Cleveland, Ohio, also purchased an interest iu the establishment. The firm be came Wright, Medill & Co. Mu Msdill i= still one ol the Tribune Company. 1 REDUCTION IN SIZE. A change in tho proprietorship of the Tri bune seemed to uflbrd au excellent oppor tunity to curtail the mammoth proportions •which had been put upon it without a judi cial s regard to tbo necessities of the ease. Oie column on each page was, consequently, eliminated, liven cn its reduced propor tions— 80 by 4G—it was considerably larger than the present size of the Tribune. MR. STEWART RETIRES. Mr, T. A. Stewart, who had been, a pro- the Tbidune from the start, sold Lis interest on the 2ltt of July, 1855, to his crsoclates, and retired. In his farewell Mr. g. gujs: “The admonitions of a physical coflftilntion which is almost broken down by the long and almost unceasing labors which have necessarily been imposed upon it, leave no alternative but to sever the connection. In rural pursuits, beyond aud above the life of responsibility and excitement which the conductor of & permanent public journal must assume, I hope to regain, to some ex tettat least, health and strength.” Bat Mr. Btswart’s hopes were never bat partidJy realized. He sunk to his fical rest a little Its* than three y ears after he penned the clos ing sentence. Mr. Stewart’s former asso ciates In parting with him said: ”We part iron our friend with regret For mauyyears he has stood up and done battle for what he thought just and right with a fearless and vigorous pen. H? has bowed to no mao In office, atd been swayed hy no man out ot of fee, nor has he hesitated to oppose any power, however hacked, which seemed to llmto threaten a right home influence, or damage the cause ot Freedom. HU plume i‘ss waved ever In the thickest oi the fight, and he has measured distance with the bold est and strongest of the opposition. NEW TYPE AND A NEW TRESS. During the summer of 1553, the appiril of the Tribune presented quite a '‘seedy” ap pearance, much to the annoyance of the pub lishers. On the 21th of September it donned a new atd beautiful dress, irom the loundry of J. Connor & Son, New York, electrotyped with copper, by the now famoos Newton company, being the first “copper laced” type ever used In this city, or the St*te of Illinois. A new fas'. Hoe press (single cylin der) was also Introduced, run with steam power. The. Tribune had been worked on a Ncrthrnp press, which is a sort of‘stepping stone between a hand press and a cylinder press. The proprietors In their congratula tion soy: “Wc have the pleasure ofinfom- Ing the numerous friends and readers of the Tribune, that its present income is highly satisfactory; that its circulation is rapidly increasing; th&t its advertising was never so arge as during the last quarter. The num ber of dallies cow issued and sold is rising 3COO; til-weeklies 500, and wceiri.es4,soo. lu conclusion, the publishers tender their sincere thanks to the public,” &c. NEW EDITORS. Ou the game day that the Tribune appeared lo new type, as printed above, Dr. C. H Rat ».nd J. C. Vaughan, were announced under the editorial bead as editors. Du. Hay had reff.Uy teen the controlling editor of the pa per since the March previous, bat no public announcement had been made of the fact an ti! this time. CONGRATULATIONS. On Thursday morning, Jnne 12,1856, com menced the 20th volume or year of the Trib une. On teat occasion the publishers issued a card of congratulation, in which they stat ed that the paper was never before in so flourishing a condition. During the past year, the d'ily circulation increased over SG per cent, end was then gaining at the rate of ICO per week. ThoTai-WEnKLYhad increas ed 55 per cent, and the Weekly more than 800 per cent The financial basis was pro nonneed in a healthy condition. CHANGE or FIRM. On the 2Clh of August, 1856, a change In the firm name of the Tribune took pi ice, from Wright, Mbdill & Co., to that of Vaughan, Rat & Aledill. The change affirm involved no change of proprietors, "although the names of Vaughan and Ray Lad never before been published to the world as occupying that position. The-simc parties continued in the firm, but it became neces sary, in order to comply with the require ments of the law of “special partnerships,” under which the firm was arranged. Messrs. Wright and Websler had been silent pirt norsinthe Tribune for several years, bat had not. been acllvo and working partners. Since the Uth day of Jun?, 1855, Vaughan, Ray, and Medili had been conductors of the establishment, in Its editorial and business departments. Mr. Alfred Cowles, at present one of the proprietors, and Secretary of the Tribune Company, and who bad had charge of the finances of the office from the com mencement of Ray, Mcdilf, and Vaughan’s connection with tho office, was at the same time taken into the firm. The following gentlemen then constituted the proprietors.: Timothy Wright, J. D, Webster, Guarics H. Ray, Joseph Medili, John C. Vaughan and Allred Cowles. The finances of the Tri bune, It was enuounced, were In a prosper ous condition, and its income satisfactory to the proprietors. MR, VAUGHAN COES OUT. On the 26th of Mar;h, 1557, Mr. John C. Vaughan, who had been connected with the Tbibunb for nearly two years, withdrew, in a brief card, in which he states that ho goes Into pursuits “promising to bo more ad vantageous in a pecuniary way.” Tho title of the firm then became, Ray,'Medili 6c Co., and from that time no change in the name of the firm took place until July 1, 1858, when the Tribune and Democratic Press were consolidated. Sometime between the dates named above, Messrs. Ray, Medili & Cowles purchased the interests of Timothy Wright and J. D. Webster, aud at the date of the consolidation were exclusive proprietors of the Tribune, ELEVENTH VOLUME. At the commencement of the Eleventh volume, June 10,1857, the proprietors stated that the Daily circulation was 4,000; the Tri-weekly 800, and the Weekly 8,000. The sditora say that the “ Tribune is an In stitution—a power in the land. Whatever may he the proems of Chicago and the West,* .It is bound to keep ‘neck and. girth* with their movement ” lias not this promise been faithfully fulfilled? CUT DOWN. Everybody recollects the financial disasters of the autumn of 1557. It affected newspa pers as well us merchants, bankers, &c. Acting upon the theory of a judicious econ omy, on the 10th ot Kovember the dimen sions of tbe Tribune were reduced one col umn on each page—lt, in its curtailed pro portions, representing 28 by SO inches—not by say means a small sheet. From the fact of its great activity, rapid progress and im mense business, no city suffered more se verely from the disasters than Chicago, and scarcely a firm of any importance escaped embarrassments. From this time until the consolidation, which took place on tbe Ist of Jaly, 1853, no event of importance, affecting the position or character of the Tribune, occurred. Having brought the History of the Chica go Tribune up to that point, we must now go hack a few years and give a brief historv of the DEMOCRATIC PRESS. Tie Democratic Press was introduced to the public for Its support on Thursday, Sep tember 10,1852, under the editorial and pro prietory control of John L. Scripx*3 and William Bnosa. The Press announced itself a straight supporter of tho Democratic party and Its policy, aud flew at its head the names of Franklin Pierce and William R. King for President and Vice President; Joel A. Matteson and Gustaves Koesner for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The editors in their salutatory, say: ‘‘lt is our intention to make it a reliable advocate of Democratic measures, and a firm, supporter of the Democratic party—rcgordlog the lat ter as the only instrumentality through which the lormir may be conducted to a tri umphal hsue. We shall appeal to men’s un derstanding rather than their preju dices, and oil times labor to to accomplish our ends through fair and honorable means—neither distort ing truth on tho one Jaaud, nor concealing it on the other” * * * * “It la our in tention to make the Democratic Press em phatically a newspaper,” .Its dlmccsiuns were 24 by 34 inches, printed on brevier and agate. The,office'was located ot 45 Clark street. We will here state that few changes took place in the management and conduct of the Pi txs during its existence. Its history .will therefore be brief. *'• halt yearly greeting. Just six months after the Inauguration of the Democratic Press, M«rcb 10, 1368, it was enlarged, hy tho addition of a column to esch page, and a corresponding Increase in the length ofThe columns, “to meet the constantly increasing demand which is being made upon the advertising columns of our paper.” The editors say: ‘'Six months ago to-day we launched our. little venture upon the open sea of experiment. We did so with the confident expectation of success, because we believed that in establishing an other paper In Chicago, we* were but meet ing one of the wants of the city and the Northwest. * * * TUs result has bean before the public. Instant in season and out of season, wc have labored for six months with a devotion never inhibited save by thosp whose tends and minds move in conjunction with the best impulses of the heart Our hearts have been in our work, theretorb our woik, though arduous, has seemed light. Bnt notwithstanding- we entered upon the enterprise with so much confidence, our suc cess has far transcended our expectations, the Democratic Press now stands aide by side with Ibe most prosperous papers of the city. Its subscription and advertising lists have noth Jog to fear from a close comparison with these of its cotem porary.” SECOND VOLUME. September 10,1854, the Democratic Press entered upon the second year ot its exist ence. The editors euy: “At no time since the establishment of the Press baa the eub fecrlption lists of both our daily and weekly editions Increased eo rapidly as at present, and at no time has the pressure oesn so great uyou our advertising columns.” POLITICAL. Daring the session of Congress, which commenced ia December, 1853, the famous Nebraska bill was Introduced by Judge Douglas. Until this time the Press hid cot deviated iu Ps allegiance to the Democratic pany. But it did not hesitate to come out bolfllycnd unequivocally in opposition to that famous measure, and soon bicime en tirely estranged from its author and alt who subtaicedhim, and ever after maintained that position. press enlarged. March 27,1554. one and a half years after its commencement, the Press was enlarged, lor the third time, its ucjT dimensions being 28 by 44 Inches—the present size of the Daily Tribune. -In ihclr notice of the enlarge ment, the proprietors hay: “Chicigo is growing with a rapidity unparalleled by American cities, and we desire to keep pice with its growth in every respect If indus- a liberal expenditure of money, and such abilities as it haa pleased 63d to endow us m Ufa, cm make our paper a fair exponent of the material and mutual interests of our city, it shall be done.” At the same time of the enlargement, a Tri-Weekly edition was commenced, In connection with the Daily. The size was the some as the Daily, and was sflorded at $4 per annum. PROGRESS OF WESTERN JOURNALISM. On tho 24th of August. 1854, the Demo cratic Press published a long article on the “Progress of Western Journalism.” We have space for only a few of the frets em bodied in that article. At the date named there were published in Illinois: Dallies, 30; Tri-weeklies, 7; Weeklies, 134 ; Somi-mooth- lies, 1; Monthlies, 4; Bi monthlies, I—total, 157. The total number published in the Mis sissippi Talley was estimated at l,(X)p. The Democratic Press was established Septem. berlG, 1852. It commenced with a list of something over cue hundred subscribers to tbe Daily edition, and about two hundred and flftj to th« Weekly. At the datd Indi cated above, two years from Its commence ment, the Daily Press had a circulation ot 2,004; aud tho Weekly edition 4,030. The locaUorce employed on the paper at that time «as: Editorial Staff, 4; Trav eling and Local Correspondents, 5- with 40 others, in the various positions of foreman, compositors, pressmen, curriers, clerks, &c. The gas bills for the year footed up $400.54. The expenses per day were $121.11, per week $720.C0, and per annum $37,786 S3. The white paper used on the Press cost $29.43 per day, 5L7G.53 per week,- and $9,192.10 per year. These Dots we give here, and may Introduce when we get fur ther Into this history, by way of comparison. NEW FIRM. On Monday, September, 1554, Barton M. Spears purchased an interest in the Demo cratic Press, and the stjle of the firm was changed to Sckipps, Snoas «fc Speaks, Mr Spears’s labors being more particularly connected with the operating or mechanical department of the paper. NEW DRESS. The habiliments, of theDcMOCBATrc Press, along the first of April, 1355, bore somewhat a shabby and rustty appearance Therefore, on the 12th of April it appeared la new and beautiful garments—Minion and Agate—from the Type Foundry of White & Co., New York. The edit, ore, on the occasion, say; “It is well with the Democratic Press. * * » The business of our establishment has more than doubled within the last twelve months. * * * Our books show the business ot the establishment for the first three months of the year to he only a fraction short of $20,- COO, or at the rate of 180,000 per year.” railroad, commercial and manufactur- ing STATISTICS. During the early part of the year 1333. the Press, as it had done every previous year of its existence, published several ex haustive articles, embodying the commercial, mannbctn/lDg and railroad statistics of Chicago. On the occasion of the presenta tion of the latter, on the 16th day of Febru ary, the proprietors of the Press £aye a brief review of their own operation^ from lie commencement of their enterprise. They say: “Ibc Democratic Press was first Is sued on the 16th day of September, 1553. Commencing with comparatively a small outlay of capita], and without a sin gle name upon our subscription list, the Press has steadily gone for ward, surmounting every obstacle and our general business is increasing every day * *"♦ We have nowlnusellpower presses, combining all the latest improve ments, including one of Hoe*s Double Cyl inder machines. * * * At the present time we have sixty-flvo men employed la the different departments of the establishment, and cur current business is at the rate of about SIOO,OOO per annum. NEW DRESS AND ANEW PRESS. Dflnenced by the somewhat shabby ap parel in which the Punas appeared before its patrens, on the Bth of May, 1857, it appeared in an entirely new dress. The type was ob tained from the Chicago Type Foundry,'and was in no way inferior in beauty of face, and quality of metal, to any eyer purchased from the Atlantic Metropolis. The editors said: “This rapid growth and prosperity qf Chi cago and tbe Northwest are both reflected in the success of the Democratic Press estab lishment, and we arc determined that noth ing shall be wanting on onr part to make a proper return for a generous patronage.” VOLUME vi. On WfdDefd>y, September 16,1837, the Vlth volnac ol the Press, was commenced.. On that occasion, the editors published an article reporting progress. The looting np of ibe-,books showed that the entire business ot the office, fur tbe past year, amounted to $111,503.16, an increase over the previous year of $27,109,22. At that time the concern bad 10 powerpresaes running. The editorial force consisted of six persons, and every thing else in proportion The editors say In conclusion: “The results ©four labors for the past five years have more than realized our most sanguine expectations.’’ REDUCED IN SIZE. The terrible financial disasters which swept over our country during the autumn •cf 1657, were no less severe upon the dally journals than upon merchants, bankers and every other class of the community. Yield- Itg to a necessity as Imperative with the first as the other classes of sufferers, tbe Press, ou the 6th day of November, 1557, curtailed Its mammoth proportions by lop ping off one column from each page, with a corresponding reduction in the length of the columns. This reduction in no manner cir cumscribed the news columns, but only the advertising, tbe diminution of which seemed a necessity of tho times. From this date nothing of historic inter est occurred in the condition, character or \ standing of the Democratic Puksb, until the Ist day of July, tBSB, when it was con solidated vlth the Chicago Tribune. The history of the consolidation ’we slmU now : proceed to give, briefly, bringing it up to j the hour of the present issue. THE CONSOLIDATION, | ; CHICAGO FRSSB ANI > TRIBUNE. At the date mentioned in the prececiog sentence, there were published in tnia .city lour dally papers, Which, although at the tixnoof starting, were controlled by Titled political sentiments, ' though the elliptic aid purifying Infiuetces of the times, had, in that respect, become almostcntirely iden tical. True, personal differences, engender ed by competition, In a business poiut N of view, had kept up on apparent antagonism, which frequently found expression In bitter words Uziough the columns of each jourcaL The financial and commercial disasters which opened their blighting influence upon the business world, In the autumn of 1337, was not without th-lr subduing Influences upon the proud-lipped and stiff necked Jour nalista,.wbo. In the more prosperous clija, each considered himself abundantly able to paddle his own canoe. Two of the nnre uppish and influential cnee, started original ly with little or no capU.il, hid Improved . their condition bnt slightly up to this hour, save in the fact of having accumulated ex tensive establishments, which bod been paid for in part, and in part not. These accumu lations at the time they were made seemed Accessory to keep pace with the great pro gress which had blessed Chicago, but now they Were a draw-back upon them, ag it rc quiied the best efforts of judicious cars, in the troublous times which-the a were upon us, fcio carry them [(through} to a success ful result. As we have before intimated, ap proaching the first of July, a. truce was sounded between the proprietors of the Car cago Tribune and the Democratic Press, which resulted In the consolidation on the day named. The parties to the conaolldi tlcn, and who became proprietors of the pßFfa and Tribune, were Charles ET. Rat, Joseph UEDiLLand Alfred Cowles, on the part cf the Tribune, and John L Scripps, William Beoss and Barton W. Spears on the part of the Press, and the combined firm took the style ot the Press and Tribune Company. The Tribune wos removed to 45 Clark street, tfce building occupied by the .Press. The reosocß, as set k forth in the •Tribune for the consolidation, were given at some length, from which we cal) a few extracts: “There are too many Republican papers in Chicago. Four lorgo dailies la the Eng lish language, and one in the German * * hare literally glutted the ne -vepapsr mar* ket. It ia cot unjust to oar city contempo raries to say that among these, the Tribune and the Press have held no second rank. la point of circulation they ore about equal To a certain extent they have been rivals and though both have liberally Sustained their respective proprietors, by three years trial, hive become convinced that neither can outdo the other; and tbat so long as they both liv<*, neither can take that rmk ia the world of jonixalism which the Import ance of onr city and the Northwest, and its own merits, will justify the new paper—the Press and Tribune— in esaamiag. To pat an end to tbe expensive rivalry which has heretofore been Kept up; to the founda tions defy and strong of a public JoumU, which will b-:come one of the established jDfctltut’OEE of Chicago; to enable us to com bat more powerfully, aul, we trust, more euccesf/nllr, public abases; to give us a wider iifluei.ee in public effiiirs, la behalf of seized morality and a Jest Government, we have become parties-to the arrangement an nounced above. We trust oar readers will he satisfied with the change.” And la the first consolidated Issue, on the day following, the editors say: “It is scarcely necessary to say anything to the former readers of tae Press or the Tribune, as to the political course of the consotidAlcdpaper. The steady, zeal ous and. consistent support whichthcac jour nals have given to the great cardinal doc trines of the Republican party, is a sufficient earnest for the future.” The Tress and Tribune was enlarged over the size of the previous issues by the addition of one column to each page, and by considerably lengthening the columns. The consolidation embraced the ides of a morning and evening edition, and both were for a time toned, bat the impossibility of ob taining telegraphic dispatches for our eve ning edition, owing to the monopoly which « rival establishment exercised over them, and which it refined to yield, The enterprise was finally relinquished, although It was a very declacd success from the start. AN ASSIGNMENT. An important era in the history of tbe Press and Tribune occurred ou the 13th day of November, 1553. We ucednot particular ize the cause* which led to the event which we me about to refer to briefly. We will ocly gay that they arc to he found ia the financial and commercial disasters, which, commcnclig ip the autumn of 1857, after the exhaustion of over a jmr, h*d experienced scarcely a perceptible abatement. At the. date mentioned (November 8,1853) the pro prietors found themselves oppressed by ma. tnred pecuniary obligations, which, although at \ the time the establishment had never been go prosperous before, they founi it im* possible to meet. They felt that if time was given them every dollar of their obligations would be paid. They therefore called a meeting of their creditors, exposed to them the exact condition .of fchefr liabilities and assetts, and proposed* to them tnat if an ex tension of three years was granted, they would pay dollar for dollar, with, ten per cent Interest. After consultation, thia prop-, osition was most generously acceded to by the creditors, although at that time there was Bn almost unparalleled scarcity of money, Influenced by the panic which then over- spread the land. Mr. Spears at this time disposed of his interest to the other partners and retired. The amonnt of Indebtedness of the establishment was found, to be a little upward of $65,000, while the firm possessed visible assets. In the shape of type, presses, accounts, &c., which would considerably overtop their indebtedness, hat which, if dis posed at public aale, would at that time have been literally sacrificed. Hon. Van H Hio gius was chosen assignee of the establish ment. Just twenty-one months from the date on which the assignment was made, every dollar owedhy the Press and Tribune Company, with ten per cent interest, bad been paid, and the billhooks—receivable and payable—kicked out of the office, never. It is to be hoped, again to have an abiding plac s in the establishment. Not only this, bat dnriLg the period named, every article pur chased lor the use of the establishment, every man*s salary, and every other item of run ning expenses, were promptly paid; and further, during the -same period, the office was removed from 45 Clark street to its present location, at an expense of nearly SB,OOO, and new type for the Press and Tribune, obtained at tfstill farther expense of $3,000. And thus when the Presidential campaign of 1860 had been fkirly inaugurated the Tribune Company found themselves freed from every pecuniary obligation, ready to labor in behalf of Honest Abraham Lla. coin, for the elevated position which he now holds. ** CHICAGO TRIBUBE.” On the 25th of October, 1860, the Press and Tribune, on the occasion of appearing In a new dress, dropped a portion of Its title, and thereafter took the name of Cnzaaoo Tribune. Ibis design had been entertained from the consolidation, and tbe double name was only maintained to this time, in order to get its patrons thoroughly to understand that Iho two names simply indicated one journal. In this connection we consider ourselves bound to vindicate the truth of history. The ’iaea Is very general—almost universal —that the first Journal ever Issued In the United States—or in the Old World either—under the name ot Tripunk, was our New York namesake—by Horace Greeley. This Is a mistake. The honor of oririnatlng that name belongs to Chicago. Hon. E. G. Byan, now. of Milwaukee, established a Journal under that name in this city about the year 1840 It was cot long-lived; but It was tbe first newspaper ever known under that title. The tfito York Tribune was not started until April 10, ISH* INCORPORATED. Dnriog the session of tbe Legislature, In the winter of IS6I, the Tribune Comeant was incorporated by that body, with a capi tal of $200,000. The then proprietors—John L.Bcripps, Wm.Bross, Charles H. Bay, Joseph Medill and Allred Cowles, to wh ch was ad ded William H. Band, became the stockhold ers. The company was organized by tbe election of John L. Sempra as President, and Alfred Cowles as secretory. With the exception of Dr. Bay, all bear the same rela tion now. "Within a-short period, several employees of the establishment have become small stockholders in the comp my, by pur chase. The officers of the company for 1804 are: president—John L. Scripts; Vice- President—William Bross; Secretary and Treasurer—Alfred Cowles; Editorial Sn peimtendent— Joseph Medill; Mecbaulcal Superintendent—William H. Rand. * A POUR CTT.INpga PRESS. During the early days of the year 1361,- from the rapidly increasing circulation of tbe Tribune, which had then reached over 30,000 daily—it became painfully apparent that the capacity ot the u double cylinder” press, which wa were then using, waa entirely in adequate to the taak Imposed upon it; and consequently an order was given to Hoe a Co. for one of their famous “four cylinder 1 * machines. It was completed and put in operation about the Ist of July, ISCI. Al though the new press was good for eight thousand an hour, we soon discovered that it was not np to the ncctsettles of our rapid ,ly incrcaalnz circulation. Bnt impressed with the conviction that this war would bo . o. short duration, and that its termination would greatly reduce the demand for the { Ve to impose our four I totiea beyond its capacity until May i ? eE lht orier sW'.u far Ite now j Eight Ctusiike Purs TrS E M.icama which i ® e h(!s forth this printed ahect this mornir*. But of it, more herealtcr. DR. RAT RETIRES, From the innangnratlon of out four cylin der press until to day, nothing ofmomcr.t bos occurred in the history of the Tribune save the retirement of Dr. Ray, which took place in November lost, to the extreme re gret of hfs associates, who not ouly parted with & noble hearted, generous friend, but an associate whose capacity is not pated oy comparison with the ablest of the laid. TO-DAY. VTc will now speak of the Tribune or t> day, «nd win begin with OCR NEW EIGHT CYLINDER PRINTING V CHINE. It was reserved for Richard M ll.*-. »r New York, an American mechanic, to nuke the first successful type revolving pros?, -jf ker many mostly and insuccTSsful experi ments, In 1847. Oar ucw press proper i* four feet five inches wide, twenty feet high, and the machine Itself, independent of/ u flies,” is thirty-one feet six Inches ini length. The large central type cylinder on which the forms arc placed is sixteen feet six inches in circumference. The eight cyl inders, or drums, on which the paper re volves to receive the u impression” from the types, are each one-third that sizf, this* smaller cylinders each making three revolu tions,to one of the central cylinder. Tru* forma or pages constitute segments of the central circle, and occupy about one-fourth of the circumference, the remaining three fourths being used as an ink-distnbmirg , surface. The estimated weight of the press proper !s at least twenty-three tons. There are in It over ten thousand regular pieces. Twenty cotupotlUcn rollers, for the aialri buticn of Ink, ore used upon It There are one thousand yards of web tape to pass the sheets in to and a>iay from the cylinders. Five hundred and forty two tape putties, one hundred and eight gear wheels, one hundred and twenty-two steel springs, together ••ith bolts, screws, nuts, rivets, pins and k.ys, are parts of this mammoth concern.' There are o hundred ond fifty u oil holes 11 in it. The machine end its balconies occupy a space ferky feet in length aud twenty leqfr.jp width, taking up in height two stori-. building In the rear. The floors the pn ss are laid ou a framework of iron, of which material, also, the stair-cases lead ing to the dilleicut parts of the machine are constructed. One may ascend and descend fifty-seven regular stops in cxamioinc tM press, without touching the same one twice or coming In contact with tho macui-jtrrj. Eight “feeders” are required, and twelve persons in all form a full complement lor xucnlng the moua’.er. Tic,, machine prints IGjSCO sheets per hour, which capaci ty could be increased to twenty thousand. It runs with on astonishingly small amount of noise, and the motion is a miracle ot i>e.tu tiful mechanism. It Is Incited In tin* iie-it cst and most convenient press room iu the United States. THE PROCESS OF PRINTING. After the type is set up fa the composing room, It Is made up into forms {or pages) upon a convex surface, constructed ot eted and brass, and called a “turtle.” The type, . being divided Into columns by rules rueuiti; lengthwise, Is held in place by beu?g‘-lo<:kei up” with screws acting upon th; k * s»id-.- stick” and “foot-stick.” The “:ur»l ** b then lowered to the press-room and upon the central cylinder. The forge c* fin der being set in revolution, the form, oi types successively to all the snail er or Itcprespiou cylinders; on eacn oi which a sheet of paper la introduced and r? ceives the Impression ot tho types as tv form passes. To each Impresaloo-cyliade: there Is a board on which the sheet-* arelaio and from which they are “led” to the n» chine, and also tapes to carry aw.,y*A' printed sheet and deposit It on the dell booid at the end of the press. Tnls ia process Is entirely performed by the m chine itself, without the aid of any attend ant. Ope person & required at each lrnpr« slon-cylinder to supply or “feed” the soccts which are taken at the proper moment b fingers cr grippers, ami, after being printer arc conveyed out. Tho Ink is coutalem i a fountain beneath the main cylinder, ana i conveyed by means of distributing roilei to that part of the surface of the mi'n c ; lii der not occupied by the forms. This su face being lower than the types, paa-es 5: the Impression-cylicders without touchii them. HOW OUR PRESS GOT HERS. ■When Col. Hob announced that our pre was finished anti zeudy for shipment, « knew jast the m:n whh whom we on entrust the responsible duties or brlramg to us—it was no other than J. W. Smjt agent of the-Merchants* Dispatch fusurolg lire. How well he c!d his work, may readily inferred from the fact tVit, noi.wil standing the press weighs about 65.0 pounds, and occupied five large freight ca it was delivered at odrdoor m the iuctcdit short space of jive days from New Yoi ' probably the best time ever made with * some class of freight. The route, was t Hudson River, New York Central, Gr« Westers, and Michigan Central Rail »va ■ a 'coarse, Smith, and every one ot the mer, h some ambition and pride in the matter, a j did their very best. On thorough exatcii tion, after its arrival, it n*as ascertain i d ti noth single box, bar or bolt was missing. 1 cost of the press. Including trausponath putting up, &c., is very nearly $52,000. T. new machine is placed in a building 2i) by feet, two stories, In the 'rear of oar pres* press room, and Is open to the Inspect" all who may desire to view the mocker is very faithfully reproduced on pip-'" cut which adorns the head of this ar FOLDING MACHINES. [JWchavein the press-room three oi D Bul&lby’s Folding Machines, munura^ta at Manchester, N. tC. The combined eao ty of the three folders Is about 8,000 f.hp per hour. It Is asuperlormachlue— the n« we think, eter invented It does it* w. with a speed, accuracy and neatness u r i preached by any other machine. OUR OFFICE. We annex a fpw details, in order U r the outside world an interior view of' Tbxbdbe establishment. AT THE LABORING OAR. Th« entire force required to p*odi*e Tribune daily, la enumerated in tut tabl; Thtlr name is Lesion Editors and Beportcr*, (o2lcp), Correspond. nls Vl»; .Army -Potomac 1 Washington .4 Vtck»hnr?.. Little Beck. Cairo Sr. Louis .. SpriDttiWd . Deg Moines. at.PHQi Madison.... MQwantoe.. Parle Philadelphia. New*Toric... Albany.. . Cincinnati.. Detroit ! ndiaaapoilr. Noah villa Sbennan’a Army,,,‘,,*4 Memphi5...............3 Total. Proof Readers Foreman, News Department Assistant Foreman. News Department. u Devils ” News Department Compositors, News Department Pressmen, News Department Foreman. Job Boom AsaisUntForemen. Job Boom Compositors and Proeatnon, Job Boom. Boja, Job Boom Coon ttng Boom Mallimr Department Circulators Carriers Total. WHITE PAPER. Tbe amount of news paper used dark 1 year, frem Joh 1,1863. to July 1, i*' w little over 23.CC0 reams, or say I sheets. These sheets if spread out taa wlsp, would reach 440,000.000 Inches, ( .37,000,000 feet, or over 7,000 mllea-di** one-third the circumference of thc?ar* This amount Is aimp y for the three eti<* ot the Tribune, and Includes no pip us in the job room. It baa been chief si*; plied to us by J. W. Butler & Co , t* citr, bat at times we have been obted resort to other manufacturers, th« c»ac of Messrs. Butler & Co.’s mill bi*jr ■ « equal to onr necessities. I n round mr a ”°“ nt »f Pamir named Has ot • . $160,000 for the year. In 1860, the -en ■ S : SUS" w “ 9K c f i INK. ► During tbe period named In tho peta para graph, »»c have consumed 23,97Rh* I ink. This ink has been supplied as b? I ScnrrxN, the popular advertising aceatz** / is by far the largest printers’ Ink dedr2 the Northwest. Three years ato we pirn I cents aponnd for news ink. To-day ifl I paying S3 cents, * : OUR JOB DEPARTMENT. • 1 We need hardly the frit [ which our Job Department offers to tlm.; lie. They are familiar to thepnhllc, w| r , i quentiy place them under contribution t j may say they embrace 13 first-class paf? over 400 different fonts of type and 50 ml! workmen. j | TELBanAPniNo. £1 In 1960, our ordinary 'expenses fot£' i rapbic dispatches were 135 per weak,r£' $1,200 per year. To-day they rang** I , S3OO to $350 per week, or about 113 ft / Sear. This Is not all. The uses to b / ie telegraph la now employed In the " • : special dispatches, necessitate tho eni meat of numerous telegraphic corre denU, numbering with us usually abo * teen, at an expense of IXO,OOO or |12,0( diUocal.