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vanus Brown, who^Yas then in Salem Jail for disturbing a reli- 

 gious meeting, published at the Locomotive office, three numbers 

 of a small sheet "with the foregoing designation, begining May 

 7, 1843. 



35. Voice Around the Jail. In 1843, Henry Clapp jr. 

 issued a small transcient publication with the foregoing title, 

 from W. H. Perley's printing office. Mr. Clapp was editor of 

 the Lynn Pioneer, and was then an occupant of Salem Jail 

 under a sentence for libel. His "Voice" in this printed form 

 was in favor of radical reform. 



36. The Evangelist. For the second time the publica- 

 tion of a Universalist periodical was begun in Salem, Aug. 12, 

 1848. It Avas a small weekly, with the foregoing title, issued 

 on Saturday, from Samuel T. Damon's office, in Manning's 

 Building. The editors were L. S. Everett, J. M. Austin, and 

 S. C. Bulkeley, the first settled over the Universalist society in 

 Salem, and the others Pastors in Danvers. The Evangelist 

 was sustained only six months. 



37. Essex County Reformer. This was the third 

 temperance paper published here as an aid to the Washingtonian, 

 or moral suasion, movement. It was issued weekly, on Satur- 

 day, upon a small sheet, from the office of S. T. Damon. T. G. 

 Chipman was the editor. It lasted three months from Sept. 2, 

 1843. 



38. The Temperance Offering. The Rev. N. Hervey, 

 who preached to a Free Church in Washington Hall, commen- 

 ced, Feb. 1845, a monthly 12mo. periodical, with the title 

 named above. During that year it was printed at the Gazette 

 office. The second and last vol., for 1846, was printed in Bos- 

 ton, of octavo size, and with the additional title of " Youth's 

 Cascade." The volumes have since been issued in book form. 



39. Salem Oracle. In 1848, two numbers of a small 

 advertising sheet, called the " The Oracle," w^ere published for 

 the months of January and February, by Henry Blaney. Four 

 more numbers, enlarged, for the four months following, were 

 printed at the Gazette office, for Jos. L. Wallis, editor. 



40. Essex County Times. This paper was a demo- 

 cratic weekly, published in the fall of 1848, by E. K. Averill. 

 It began in Marblehead, where ten numbers were issued, and 

 ended its brief period here with three numbers more. It was 

 issued irregularly. The principal writer for its columns was 

 E. K. Averill, jr., who was better known as a writer of " yel- 

 low covered literature " for Gleason's Publishing House in 

 Boston. 



