Charles G. Ramsey

The News is published at as low prices as have ever before been offered in the west, and the rates will not justify any indulgence in the credit system.He wrote that the paper would be "thoroughly and firmly Whig in its politics.

"[5] At one point, the Evening News ridiculed a North Missouri Railroad engineer named Morris, who challenged Ramsey to a duel.

Clemens didn't say anything to this for a long time, but one morning he turned to Ramsey and replied: "Take your dashed situation, and go to (a warm country)!"

Frémont ordered him arrested on a charge of "giving aid and comfort to the enemy", and he was placed in the Gratiot Street Prison.

"My name is Charles G. Ramsey," replied the prisoner, perfectly undisturbed by the military fierceness of the fully uniformed general.

"The stern features of the Military Court relaxed a little, and a few moments later he was seen to be about ready to burst out in laughter which he was suppressing.Ramsey left the News afterward.

[13] His name was presented as a candidate for inspector of weights and measures in March 1885, but he lost the bid at a Republican nominating convention.