Top of page

Notice
Welcome to the upgraded Chronicling America site. Please visit the Guide for Researchers for information on using the site.
Chronicling America
National Endowment for the Humanities

Newspaper Southern Marksman (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839

View All Front Pages

About Southern Marksman (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839

Originally named Mount Salus and known as a health resort for its spring waters, Clinton, Mississippi, was established in 1823 and narrowly missed being selected as the seat of Hinds County and the state capitol in 1829. During the 1830s Clinton was more prosperous than Jackson, the seat of Mississippi state government 10 miles east.

An early, but short-lived, four-page, weekly in Clinton was the Southern Marksman (1838-39). The newspaper’s prospectus declared “. . . our principles are purely democratic . . .” and it firmly opposed a national bank and strong Federal government. Owned and published by G.D. Gere and edited by C. P. McDaniel, the first issue of the paper appeared November 1838. By February 1839, Gere had left the enterprise and McDaniel was editor and proprietor; about this time the day of issue changed from Tuesday to Wednesday. Evidently, McDaniel did not last long as the newspaper’s proprietor, for no known issues of the Marksman exist after February 27, 1839.

Content in the Southern Marksman was devoted to education, literature, science, agriculture, and other subjects. The paper carried news on current national events and gave insight into local concerns. Nearly every issue discussed some aspect of the late 1830s banking crisis. For example, a reprint in the December 11, 1838 issue carried the proceedings of a bank convention in Vicksburg discussing when state banks should resume specie payments; shortly thereafter, several banks published notices announcing resumption of payment in coin. Democratic President Martin Van Buren’s 1838 address, in the December 18 and 25 issues, elicited the following editorial comment: “We see nothing in the message that should be condemned by the Democrats or that should be rudely assailed by the Whigs.” Regional news included coverage of an 1838 duel in Vicksburg involving lawyer, editor, and poet, Alexander Keith McClung (1809-55) and John Menifee; reports on cotton and sugar crops; and announcements of Democratic meetings and conventions. General interest stories, poetry, prospectuses of other newspapers and local advertisements were also found in the Marksman.

Provided By: Mississippi Department of Archives and History

About this Newspaper

Title

  • Southern Marksman (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839

Dates of Publication

  • 1838-1839

Created / Published

  • Clinton, Miss. : G.D. Gere, -1839.

Headings

  • -  Clinton (Miss.)--Newspapers
  • -  Mississippi--Clinton
  • -  United States--Mississippi--Hinds--Clinton

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Began in 1838.
  • -  -v. 1, no. 14 (Feb. 27, 1839).
  • -  Also issued on microfilm from UMI.
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 3 (Dec. 4, 1838).

Medium

  • volumes ; 69 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn83016864

OCLC Number

  • 10192838

ISSN Number

  • 2470-0460

Additional Metadata Formats

Availability

Rights & Access

The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety. Any newspapers in Chronicling America that were published less than 95 years ago are also believed to be in the public domain, but may contain some copyrighted third party materials. Researchers using newspapers published less than 95 years ago should be alert for modern content (for example, registered and renewed for copyright and published with notice) that may be copyrighted. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.

The NEH awardee responsible for producing each digital object is presented in the Chronicling America page display, below the page image – e.g. Image produced by the Library of Congress. For more information on current NDNP awardees, see https://www.loc.gov/ndnp/listawardees.html.

For more information on Library of Congress policies and disclaimers regarding rights and reproductions, see https://www.loc.gov/homepage/legal.html

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Southern Marksman Clinton, Miss. -1839. (Clinton, MS), Jan. 1 1838. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83016864/.

APA citation style:

(1838, January 1) Southern Marksman Clinton, Miss. -1839. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83016864/.

MLA citation style:

Southern Marksman Clinton, Miss. -1839. (Clinton, MS) 1 Jan. 1838. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn83016864/.