Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-30
I" When the COPY, for So ali The >,

ton OF types SO set, is placed in long bn,.
lies, from which it is taken BY The prjns.
ties it up i" different columns, and d;,,tt 8
il gently upon large stone until Al, ~
lumns Of the paper are brought ,ogerh.,
a chase or form, which is an iron TN
Ted over them, and they are fas,enrS
wooden wedges. 1t IL then taken 10 H..
or rather machine, for few presses are N
ed, and the process of printing COMM
In obtaining intelligence by exp e., y.
the evening newspapers have within
TWO or three years shown almost in,rsd;n
ertion. The Courier and Sun have ,o".s
contained the speech Of The King of Fr.+
tn. opening Of the Chsmb /, ruen,y,.
twenty-srven hours after It had been ~ E
BY their agents in Paris. During The ,,,a Z
sion of Spain by tn French, thr Gob.
larly employed eorriers from Paris. N.Y. II
which arrived within the tween y.fou, :. E
and the same industry was manifested !,
ling up commune ions from Li,erDool
time when the affairs Of South Amer
sessed interest for the English public VA
rious circumstance, illustr alive OF the ,,,.
with which intelligence is cir. uia,ed ,b,.
the country by means Of the evening n,,,
pers, occurred about four wears ago. A.
arrived Of Liverpool, with papers eor,,,
the account Of decisive battle berv,,, 4
Royalists and the PATRIOTS in South ANA.
AS soon as this vessel was signalix.d, bo. III
sent off by the agent, and the papers usr, IA
ed and sent by express 10 London, vhe, ii
arrived 1t BALI past one O'Clock on the iol,,,
day. When The person 10 whom ,hey had II
forwarded in the city had made his own 10
the contents in the money marker, thcy Al
gwen, by way Of f'or, to III" CORES pont,yE
an ,"eniDg paper, he Globe We believe j
al half past three O'Clock the owner Of al
had copy of the paper in the civ cor,r +
a translation from the papers which he had
piled In less than d quarter o! an hos,
person who had brought them from Limr,
10 London, was sent back to Liverpool WI
copy of The London paper, and ON the fcai !
i"g day a. twelve o'clock. The agent in Lid
pool had received il. As the wind had u
meantime been unfa, orsbie for ,he vessel vi
had arrived with The news from South An
ca to enter the port, and no communicate
ledge which the inhabi, ants Of Liverpool
Of the battle, wa derived from The l.ondoa
per, which was laid upon the table Of the II.
ing room one hour b, fore the vessel rntend 4
port. But even this affords an irs.fi lem [.
cimen Of wha, has been effected IN the y.V
despatch. The proprie,ors Of more than
evening newspaper, have, from time 10 IL
with more en.erprixr than good TASTE, supp
10 the public, acc GUMS Of y, ize fights in d.
ept parts Of the country, with sill srsalu (
pidiy. The fight between Spring and Lamp
which took place three or four years ago 4
short distance from Chichester, wos brOy;
TO London at he rate Of more than tweHyE;
per hour. For this purpose, horses Of tht
description had been previously placed or I
road. at short distances from each otter
we understand that the feat was peIfsTi$
without injury TO the horse or ridert
"The penny line men are to the pr
what the Cossacks are to regular army
some cases of venaIi,y on their parts hsna
couragrd an opinion, that nothing is NOR
in the way ofreporrs,' han for The bride of!lr
or al The utmost 5L.to suppress or proourh.
se'tion ofany article. ItwouId be tificultuh
lieve for persons who profess TO entertain III /
liefto point out any ms an,e Of q r, eularrpr1
having so wronged The rrputatirn ofhs mp
err, or disgraeed his own chara, tie, btnn
impossible that some Of the needy oe,'Isi
do not sciuple TO representa- i
selves a. connected with some paper, seren
the most respectable, have brrn gull yl'
way alluded to. The peculiar mode IN VIZ
these persons, who are probably about 'S
in number, obtain the means Of subsi''em
worthy of notice The readers Of newsp'FI
have sometimes expressed much surprise 4
the same news should appear in he 81
words, in several papers, published a, he 81
hour 1t IS thus manaeed-when he fatHi
on which The article is 10 Dr. manuiieuF1
hare been collected or invented, the r'P0'FI
by means Of their paper, somstr!ng be''1I
silver and bank paper, called fin,sg, ami VI
pared sheets of silk covered over with prn q
ink and dried, make, seven or eight copies
the several morning or evening newspaper
This is attended with very little trouble. u
black and white sheets are placed alerr'hI
the reporter writes oil the upper paper VIZ
piece OF steel or glass, not too finely 'polnts1
that the paper may not be cut. and VII
moderate degree Of pressure the ink is H''1
ferrcd from the black to the white sher' v
he obtains seven or eigh, perfec, copies
each OF 'hese copies he affixes his nam =
then sends them round TO the newspaper 81. !
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