Illinois newspaper directory. History of the Illinois press association

Illinois Ni.wspaper Directory and Historythe Spectator, however, ended toward the close of the first year of publication. In 182 5Warren sold the paper but it tell again into his hands in 1827. He transferred his plantand paper to Springfield, the new capital, and brought out the Sangamo Spectator. Thusthe Edwardsville paper became the parent of the first paper published in Springfield. In1829 Warren gave up his connection with the Spectator and moved to Galena where heestablished the Galena Advertiser and Upper Mississippi Herald. The paper had the financialbacking of Ninian Edwards but dissension among its contributing editors led to itsdecline and it was abandoned after the first year. Warren next moved to Hennepin,Illinois, where he resided for five years and where he held the offices of Clerk of the CircuitCourt, clerk of the County Commissioners Court, Justice of the Peace, and Recorder ofDeeds. In 1836 he went to Chicago and started the Commercial Advertiser (October 11,1837). This was a strong liberty paper and was the third newspaper in Chicago. Warrenremoved his plant to Lowell, LaSalle county, after a brief experience with publicationproblems in Chicago and began a paper called the Genius of Universal Emancipation. Thispaper made way in 1840 for the Genius of Liberty, which W'arren published with the aidof Zebina Eastman and Benjamin Lundy. In 1842 this paper was moved to Chicago andbecame the Western Citizen. In 18 50 Warren moved to Princeton, Bureau county, andedited the Bureau Advocate and, in 1851, the Bureau Post. In 1856 he retired to his farmin Henry, Illinois, and he died eight years later at the age of seventy-four. Warren waswidely known and respected and was a great force in the battle to keep Illinois free fromslavery. More than forty years of his life were devoted to journalism. The leadingfigures of his day followed his advice or felt the necessity of replying to him through thecolumns of the newspapers. Warren was another of the easterners who sought to buildcareers in the new west. He was born in Walpole, New Hampshire, and passed theformative periods of his life in New England. He attended school in Vermont and servedan apprenticeship in the offices of the Rutland, Vermont, Herald. He then struck outfor himself and after working on a paper in Maryland, and on a paper in Frankfort,Kentucky, he made his way to St. Louis, and found a place on the old Missouri Gazette.I [e worked for several years at the case, contenting himself with writing anonymously onpublic and political questions at odd times. His writings attracted the attention ofleading statesmen in Missouri and called forth replies from men of reputation and ability.Encouraged by the success of his writings he left St. Louis to make liis way in the newState of Illinois.James Hai.lJames Hall, founder and first editor of the first magazine in Illinois, published thefirst issue of the celebrated Illinois Monthly Magazine in 1S30 at Yandalia. The magazineat once took rank with the best periodicals in the east and reflected credit on the Stateand on its founder. Hall was notable, also, as an early editor of the Illinois Gazette ofShawneetown, and of the Illinois Intelligencer, as the first Illinois newspaper was calledafter being moved to Vandalia. Under his editorship the Gazette from 1820-22 and theIntelligencer from 1829-32 were the "most perfectly edited" papers in the State. Healso published the Western Souvenir, .m elaborate volume of a type then in vogue, and wrotea number of articles for eastern publications that established a high standard for contributionsfrom the west. In 183 3 Hall left Illinois and located in Cincinnati where hecontinued his magazine work and writing for a number of years. He was the authorof several volumes including a Biography of the Indians of North America, Tales of theBorder, Sketches of the West and Statistic; of the West. His removal from the Statemade it necessary that he change the name of his magazine and he called it thereafter theWestern Monthly Magazine. While he was in Illinois, Hall served a term as State Treasurer.He established a connection with a bankin ; house in Cincinnati when he took up66 3