No, it was an April, 1852 issue of "The Carpet-Bag," an eastern humor rag.
Kevin Mac Donnell has one of the few copies in existence.  It was reprinted
in the 1950s by Franklin Meine, and there's a good chance the type for the
original was set by Charles Farrar Browne, aka Artemus Ward.

On Mon, May 20, 2019, 5:29 AM John's Email <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Thanks Bob!
> What a treasure!
> But so was hoping to find the original source.
> Was it Orion’s newspaper??
>
> John Greenman
> 207-974-9911
> My Archive.org audio recordings
> My Audiobooks from Librivox
>
>
> > On May 19, 2019, at 10:34 PM, Robert H. HIRST <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > John, anything published in 1852 is now in the public domain. Even edited
> > texts thereof, such a the one found in our *Early Tales & Sketches,
> Volume
> > 1,* is not protected by copyright, and you should feel free to read from
> it.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >> On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 2:17 PM John Greenman <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I plan to record Sam’s first published work (apparently)…but need to put
> >> it into a compilation of his other early works.
> >>
> >> Does anyone know of a public domain compilation that includes “Dandy”???
> >>
> >> Thanks for any suggestions.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> +++++++++++++
> >> John Greenman
> >> [log in to unmask]
> >>
> >> <
> >>
> https://librivox.org/reader/107?primary_key=107&search_category=reader&search_page=1&search_form=get_results
> >>>
> >> +++++++++++++
> >> "Be good & you will be lonesome."
> >>                        -Mark Twain
> >>
> >> Mark Twain Audiobooks from Librivox <
> >>
> https://librivox.org/reader/107?primary_key=107&search_category=reader&search_page=1&search_form=get_results
> >>>
> >>
> >> <
> >>
> http://archive.org/search.php?query=(read%20by%20John%20Greenman)%20AND%20mediatype:(Audio)
> >My
> >> Mark Twain audio recordings at Archive.org <
> >>
> https://archive.org/search.php?query=Audio+%22John+Greenman%22&sort=-downloads
> >>>
> >>
>