Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-04-06
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 coud annual meeting on the list ult. AThe meeting attended by most of the state oces and several members of the assembly. An appropriate address delivered by of the craft, from, which we make the following extracts:
 "To us it appears strange that event bst has re- nected brilliant light upon the worldJ should throw little upon it's own orgn-"that the only art which record all others, should almost brget it. self" Yet such IS the fact; and to this day le high honor of this invention is disputed between the cities of Mentz and Haerem-the champions of The lat ter city assigning the merit to Laurence Roster, who, they say, invented printing about the year 1430 and robbed of his materials, together with the credit of the invention, by his journeyman, named John Faust. Many learned men have debated this point, and the rational deduction to be drawn from the facts and arguments in our possession seems to be, that John Gutenberg first conceived the idea ofprlnting with separate types, and expended his tate in endeavoring to execute the design that John Fanst, wealthy citizen of Mentz, generously as- sisted him with money and advice and that by the ingenuity and perseverance of these two individuals, the art of typography was far perfected, in the year 1450, enable them to print, upon metal Dpes Latin edition of the Bible. misunder- standing arising between these partners, the cOnnex ion between them dissolved and the next print ing of which we have record.is an edition of the Psalms by John Faust and Peter Schoetfer, which | tive printing, excelng the efforts of the moderns, even in the present improved state of the art. The Psalter was printed from cast metal types in the year 1456, soon after the breach between Gutenberg and Faust so that we have no means of judging whether Gutenberg, Faust or Schoefter, nttoduced this final improvement, aeick perfected the art of Ty- pography. The most reasonable suppostion, and that most just to the memory of a is that 1t was te joint labor of this Typographical Triumvifate.
 The extension of the art was rapid beyond paral- le Before the close of ths 18th century it was practsed in all the principal cities and many of the in,- I,..sird ,h1. year 14T5, by William CaS ton, who togetherwlih an apprenticeor journeyman, named Wynkyn de Worde, printed numerous works, copies of some of which are extant.
 The city of Mexico is entitled to the honor ofhav- ing had the first printing press in America, though the character of the Spanish government, under whose auspices it was established, prevented it from exercising any very beneficial influence the peo- pie. The first press in the United States set up in Cambridge Massachusetts, by the Rev Jesse Glo- yer. Franklin informs that late 1920, there was only one newspaper printed in America. In TIT, he remarks with evident qualification, 'there are no less than s6renty.fre."
 striking contrast between the state of our art at that period and at the present, will appear when it is stated that in the year lS30 the state of NewYork alone numbered 231 newspapers and that the num- Der in the Union almost bafiles calculation. Book printing is also carried to great extent that, proverbialy sharp the intellectual appetites of the American people, there appears danger, at times, of their being gorged to repleon. Indeed. such has been the advancement of the art of printing that there is some ground to apprehend that it has ex- tended beyond the wants 1.-the community; and the complaint is often heard among ourselves, that prin ters do not hold the station in society which the inn portance of their services entities them o-tha their iabors are undervaued and their enoyments curail- ed by of the numbers that are engaged in the business. We may perhaps derive some consolation for these evils in the reflection that what is lost to is gained by the public; and when cannot hope for opulence, we must seek content. And though newspapers have become literally an every day af- fair and printers longer regardedas sorcerers, see no reason why this should diminish the useful ness of the one detract from the responsibility of the other"
 { From the regular and volunteer teasts, drunk on the occason. we have made few selections.
 The Union-A fair form of 24's, locked up in the chase of patriotism Infamy rest upon him who shall attempt to stdn qu0in
 The Foreman of the Union-May he look well to his compositors and guard yigilanty his Gcc against rats, that when the people are called upon to ex- anime bis rerise, they may return it to him with a cledn margin.
 Boliver-In the constellation of glory, star of the brightest magnitude Death has stereoiyped his fame, and his name will hereafter be read on the tHepage Of ffGed0m WltD tnOse or w Ididyete
 The King ofthe French-We confess we should like him better were he to sink his title VT It
 The Printers of France--May the distribution of their sentiments from the bousetops be but the pre- face to large editions of ,corks on Independence.
 Charles X.-The impressions which French can non was likely to make upon him, induced him to seek refuge within Sootch border.
 South America-Af form of squabJied matter with bad leaders and toul headlines
 The Far-A tount of exquisite workmanship.- Virtue their guide innocence theIr title; their RpTes- sions the conquerors of bachelors.
 VOLUNTEERS.
 By Gov. Throop. The Moral Power of the Press. Typifed by the labors of Hercules in destroying monsters, clearing the Augean stable, and relieving the oppressed.
 By Lieut. Gov Livingston. The Albany Typo graphical Society-May success attend their honor able and useful labors to disseminate knowledge, and promote the cause of virtue and freedom
 By A. c. Flagg, Secretary of State. The Prin- ters of Paris--Who used bayonet instead of bod kin to correct the errors which had been marked by the friends of liberty the decrees of Charles X.
 By J. s. Bogert, of the Assembly. The letter of the Constitution-May it never be squabbied nor thrown into pi by the advocates of consolidation notification.
 By James Hunter. Benjamin Franklin. If we take him for copy, and justy the lines of ,cork by hisrues, the proc will require but little correion the rsrisc wfpass the great Foreman as free from