Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1838-02-15
THE NEWSPAPER.


the subjoined account OF the establish
ment OF the NATIONAL ISTELLIcENcER,
and ats APPENDICES, which, being sub
stantially correct, and having been
thought sufficiently Interesting else
where, may crafty the curiosity also Of
some OF our readers. With regard 10
the subscription, u may be proper 20
add, that, such as Il Is, 1t is altogether
Of spontaneous growth. and generally
sound and stable. Iaf.
FSO~ hhs Releish ReS,sisr, Jan %
The Printing Office Of the National
Intelligencer" is, perhaps at ihis mo-
ment, the largest in the United States,
and so far exceeds any calculation
which even a practical Painter would.
without seeing n, be likely 20 make o.
ITS extent, that we shall perhaps crafty
our readers by publishing the following
particulars. from a memorandum fur
nished by friend Wbo has visited that
establishment within the last week:
The National Iatellixenecr," though
Il employs less than one. fourth OF the
whole manual and mechanical fo,cv Of
abe OhIccc IN which II Is printed /, the
soul Of the csta5itshmen,. and has never
been as prosperous a. " now IS. The
number printed of the DHiy pepper 81
quires oi paper j. 1872; aud the mum
Der printed Of the tbIice-a-wcck paper
300 quires) is 7.20O-uakiuG the
whole number of papers issued Oh the
alternate days ., lJ2-ihc whole mum
Der printed per week, 3.lS2 Some
deduction must be made from this nUni.
Der for wastage and for the ice eN-
change list. The aggregate number Of
subscribers 20 the daily and country
paper may, after al necessary. dcduc.
lions, be stated al this tine at - 1916
nearly double of What iiamouuicd t, AZ
any period prior To- the year l-.}J. IL
Is larger by few hundred. g. cJ0isc.
during the session of Congress. vhru
additional copies are taken by mcur-
bers Of the National and State .Lrs,sil
lures, than 1t Is 40 the summer season I
Around the National lutclhscuCer.
however, has grown up a wdra bop Ol
printing machinery ahi material, ca5
pable OF executIng.a greater amount ct
work IN that Office alone. than forty
fifty years ago could haze been exc
cuIed N all the printing oiice, 81 the
United States iogethet, and which -
now pretty buslly e!mPioA cal. inasmucA
as, besides several other works carving
on there. the printing oLtho House OF
I Representatives Is executed iu that Of
I fee for Mr.. Allen oil the Madisoniaa. &"
the Public Printer. The numb Of
persons whom our informant Jaw &C
tually employed there Gnrluding the
bIndeTy attached TO the Office Nas o.
bout two hundred, of HON about ff,
are iemaies-lolders, sewers, DC. -
! who thus earn a living by employment
comparatively easy aud grateful 20
them. The amount Of wages s,ole,
paid m tins establishment weei{y now
exceeds > 800! The presses, al Of
which are moved by steam power, & cx
cept two or three hand,pgesSes Seldom
called into use at all, consist oil onc
double-cylinder Napier Press, tWo san
/ gle-Cyllhder presses, two Adams Ptess-
es. and four TTeaiwell Presses, The
whole capable Of pun,ing per day. rat
ing ten hours To the Day 39l toxins,
each token containing 30 sheets, aud
are capable, when al 81 foil work, OF
using up paper TO the amount ct 500
realms per week. As, however, al bat
the TIeadwell Presses are adapted to
double royal sire. the consumption OF
paper Of the usual size. (single roy Al. !
Of which they are capable per week.
would be about 910 Teams. OF course,
we must be understood a. speaking Of
the quantity Of work which the presscs
can be made 60 turn out. aud no, OF
what they habi,ually execute sueh
masses OF printing being rarely Tequii-
cd 10 be executed within ~ limited a
time as TO call for their employ menl So
The foil extent Of their capacity.