to Clarksville. He was afterwards a colonel in the Confederate army. In 1875 he was a member of the convention which wrote the present Constitution of the State of Texas.

As an editor and speaker, Col. Charles DeMorse possessed attributes almost picturesque. His personality stood out boldly in the columns of his paper. He had great ideals and was eager for his readers to share them. In an editorial of the issue of March 4, 1843, he says, "The Northern Standard is a Democrat Republican journal which advocates, writes, and prints before man, and is opposed to all character of monopolies". He boasts that his paper gets news from all parts of the world and that very few newspapers keep up so regularly and completely with occurrences of the times as does the Standard. DeMorse then closes his editorial with the explanation that the little editorial matter for the week was due to the fact that the editor had been on the sick list, but he adds that the lack of editorial matter is sometimes agreeable when the public is filled with other matter of great interest.

In the issue of the Northern Standard of September 17, 1842, were some very interesting news items, among which was a detailed report of the Santa Fe Expedition which was published as a matter of information to Clarksville people who had friends in the party. In another column it is reported that mail was being received by a stagecoach en route from Fulton, Arkansas; Houston,