92  HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY

favorably to the Patriot and its party, its publication was discontinued
October 11 of the same year.
    On the 8th of March, 1861, T. J. Gray sold to A. T. Lansing and
retired from the Democrat. Lansing became principal editor and T. M.
Robertson continued local. The Democrat was continued a seven-column
folio, but publication day was changed to Friday. On the 27th of Sep-
tember, 1861, Lansing sold to C. M. Thompson and enlisted in the
United - States service. Thompson continued the publication of the
Democrat until October 1, 1862, when the office was again transferred to
Lansing. The motto of the Democrat under Thompson’s management—
“Equal Rights to All; Exclusive Privileges to None"—was changed to
The Union, The Constitution, The Laws—Our National Triune. It can
he perpetuated only by the preservation and success of the National
Democratic Party.” The Democrat was continued by Lansing until
January 1, 1865. when it was changed to the Aurora Borealis, which was
the same size as its predecessor, issued Wednesday. On the 1st of October
following, the Aurora Borealis was temporarily suspended for the pur-
pose of enlarging the sheet to eight columns, and reappeared on the 25th
of the same month. The Aurora continued uninterruptedly in the enlarged
form until the 14th of July, 1869, when the office was sold to Samuel 13.
Riley.
    The Bowling Green Constitution, under the management and edi-
torial charge of Mr. Riley, appeared July 29. The Constitution was a
seven-column folio, published Thursdays; Motto—”The Constitution
makes the Union, and there is no Union outside of the Constitution.”
On the 1st of January, 1870, the Bowling Green Constitution was changed
to the Old Constitution. On the 1st of April, 1870, Riley sold the office
to William Travis, who continued the Constitution until July 28,
following.
    The Democratic Archives took the place of the Constitution July 28,
and was published until July, 1873, when it was changed to Weekly
Archives, and publication day changed from Thursday to Saturday;
Motto—”Better Newspapers without a Government than a Government
without Newspapers. At the expiration of four years, in April, 1874,
Mr. Travis sold the office to P. T. Luther and A. J. Montgomery, and
retired.
    The Clay County Weekly Herald, published by Luther & Montgom-
ery and edited by C. M. Leek, made its first appearance March 26, 1874.
The Herald was continued a seven-column folio, same size as Archives,
but publication day was changed from Saturday to Thursday. Under
the management of Luther & Montgomery, the circulation of the Herald
was increased from 400 to 1,000, which was publicly announced and
appropriately celebrated on the 4th day of July following, when the
national Nag was unfurled and floated all day long from the window of
the office in Mozart Hall.
    The Brazil Intelligencer was started at Brazil in 1858, edited and
published by William J. and Henry Hollingsworth. The Intelligencer
had only an editorial office at home, the composition and press work hav-
ing been executed at Terre Haute. It was a seven-column folio, inde-
pendent, issued weekly. The Intelligencer was short-lived, having had an
existence of a few months only, suspending publication January 1, 1859.
No copy of this paper is on file in the county archives.
    The Independent, by Thomas H. Serrin & Co., edited by Serrin &