Cushing, Edward H. (1829-1879) The Houston daily telegraph.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.55 Author/Creator: Cushing, Edward H. (1829-1879) Place Written: Houston, Texas Type: Newspaper Date: 1863-1864 Pagination: 4 items. Order a Copy
Supplement (November 16, 1863) ; 2 p. : 30 x 19 cm. Letter from the Indian Territory. General orders from Texas District Headquarters. News from Shreveport. List of legislative committees.
Vol. 29, no. 154 (February 24, 1864) ; 2 p. : 46.1 x 31.5 cm. Rangers in east Tennessee. Planting cotton. Habeas corpus. Fugitive slave ads.
Supplement (April 8, 1864) ; 2 p. ; necessity paper : 22.2 x 16.3 cm. Telegraphy. List of deserters. Proclamation by Mayor for a fast day.
Vol. 30, no. 31 (April 29, 1864) ; 2 p. ; necessity paper : 36 x 22.5 cm. Trade in human life. News from the North. Proclamation to the people of Texas from Major General J. Bankhead Magruder. General orders.
The Telegraph and Texas Register, later variously known as the weekly, tri-weekly, or daily Telegraph, was the first newspaper in Texas to achieve a degree of permanence. The paper was begun on 10 October 1835 and it became the official organ of the Republic of Texas, organized a few months later. Edward H. Cushing took charge of the paper in 1856, restoring the Telegraph to preeminence among Texas papers. From 1861 to 1865 the Telegraph encountered the same difficulties as other Confederate papers, particularly shortage of newsprint, resorting to using wallpaper and wrapping paper. When federal forces closed the Mississippi River, Cushing organized a pony express to gather and forward the news. On 6 February 1864 the Daily Telegraph replaced the Tri-Weekly Telegraph.
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