Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-06
o. Henry Clay is now sixty years old.

ADIseovRY In THE ARTs.-The following para
graph from Paris paper gives more full descrip-
II n of discovery, or invention, Of which have
already had some imperfect accounts
One of the most important discoveries is the one
applicable to the reprntiHg of books, repreduc-
ton of engravings. nj. Dupont, very industrious
printer, was seeking the means of saving the ex-
pensc OF stereotyping lth the assistance OF
particular ink he already enabled to avoid the
preservation Of the ciiches, which requires many
materials, and much place and money, by the means
of the preservation ct a mere printed sheet, which
lthogra ply afterwards reproduced whenever it was
wanted but doubling whether the ink used upon
that sheet would retain in course of time the same
properties, he consulted his brother, very intelli-
gent photographer, and the latter found hat neither
vcnturcd To expect. This process is applicable
not only TO fresh printed sheets, but likewise TO the
oldest engravngs, to the Oldest books, and, what
of far interest, to Greek, Chinese, and Hebrew
books. Ii consists in two operations. Over the
page or engraving et which You want a copy, you
lay particular composition Ii is placed upon the
photographic stone ard pressed and the stone repro
duces with scrupulous precision the original en-
craving book. This impression could not, how
ever, serve such as II is. IL is itself covered with
the same preparation, and il may then print 'thos-
sands Of copies, by the ordinary process Of every
sort Of photography Five minutes suffice for both
operations. The original engrsv ng may be restored
the portfolio which has supplied it, for il has not
been injured; the book thus wholly reprinted, may
undergo another binding, and then honorably resume
its place in your library This new process admits
sf reduction Of 15 per cent. upon the expense Of
printing; and as for engraving that which on copper
would cost 100 francs, will ccst hut 20 francs!
What consequences will not this discovery yield!
IL threatens the graphic arts engraving and printing
with a coEpcte revelation. A man OF the greatest
talent in the arts lays claim to priority in this dis
eoyery, as is always the case-when success has
been obtained, claimants come IN. The wisdom Of
the central jury and pateat laws must decide the
question. In the meantime MN. Duponts msns-
featuring, which Is always IA great point On Men
day the King, Queen, Madame Adelaide, and Prin-
cess Cementne visited again the exposition, and
examined the lytho-typographic produce Of the bro
theirs. His Majesty observing an engraved head Of
Albert Durer, ot 1871. which was wanting in his col
lection Of the Palais Royae, ordered a copy Of il,
and congratulated NM. Duponts upon a discovery
whereby there would be No longer any en-
cravings or books Paris Periodical
Tar SULTAN or EoyrI--Le,tcrs from Constan-
tiRope Of the 10Th june represent the recsvery OF
the Sultan alasst hopeless In addition TO in
ternal complaint Of long standing, his Highness 10
supposed Ia have ruptured blood vessel while Inder
the influence Of choler, produced by nste froiA the
French Ambassador, dissuading him from attacking
Mehemet Ali Since that period he has expcctsrated
blood in quantities 80 great as frequently To alarm his
attendants. The heir To- the Ottoman throne Is .
young man about nineteen years Of age, brought up
in that secusion common 10 Princes OF the Osmanlis
dynasty, of whose notions oi government nothing
be known before his assumption III the Imperial
aud Pontihcal authority; hence the inGispesition Of
Mahmoud IL affair oi more than ordinary interest.
hut the Suans illness has not the least cooled his
ardor for On the contrary, he has expressed
himself Indinerent TOT prpfactou OIL MS lille alter
seeing Mehemct Ali and his IL chains before
him. The recovery OF Egypt ahd Syria would re-
concc him to the loss Of Greece and enable him TO
transmit an unbroken sceptre TO the future High
Priests Of Islamisn.
GIPsY CHILDRES.-Evcn the sun.burnt faces Of
gypsy children, half naked though they be, suggest .
drop of comfort. IL Is pleasant thing to that
the has been there 60 know that the air ard the
light arc on them every day: To feel that they are
children and lead ehilGrens lives; that IL their pill
lows be damp, IL is with the dews of Heaven, and
not with tears that the limbs Of their girls free,
and that they not crippled BY distortions impos-
ing an unnatural and horrible pcnance upon their
sex; that their lives are spent from day 10 day at
least among the waving trees, and not 10 the m DIST
Of dreadful engines which make young children old
before they know what childhood j., and give them
the exhaustion and iuhrniiy ~ age, withsnt, like
age, the privilege 10 die. Gsd scsd that old nursery
tales we're true, and that gpsies stole such children
by the score!-Nich0ias Nsctie6y.
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