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this juxtaposition of different races started a new 

 weekly called the Warder as their organ, and again 

 Mr. Jenks appeared in the editorial chair, having given 

 up his Federal office on the incoming of the Polk ad- 

 ministration. His caustic pen was not long in stirring 

 the ire of his political opponents, and again contro- 

 versial articles were the order of the day in two of our 

 journals, while the Weekly Mirror steadily pursued the 

 even tenor of its way. 



Thus when the great fire occurred in July, 1846, 

 there were three newspaper offices doing active busi- 

 ness. Two of these were laid in ruins; but the suspen- 

 sion of the papers was only temporary, and nothing 

 daunted they started out again. 



The progress of liberal ideas in due time settled the 

 question of equal right in the public schools, and the 

 Warder, which had been started for a purpose, died 

 within two years. 



From this time our town was for a series of years 

 steadily declining in wealth, population, and impor- 

 tance; but our people who went abroad found a news- 

 paper from their old home to be almost a necessity in 

 the new one, and the two that remained continued to 

 be well supported. 



The Inquirer during its long career had been, accord- 

 ing to the changes of the times, a weekly, a semi- 

 weekly, a tri-weekly, and even a daily; but the Mirror 

 went steadily on with its regular Saturday issues, and 

 as steadily though slowly and gradually gained in 

 strength and influence. 



In 1849, when Mr. Morrissey went to try his for- 

 tunes in California, it was purchased by two young 



