Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-12-04

one, ut Ill times, aDo ackn Wedge o5cdi-
ence to O1e, whaa4 supremacy should ne.
YER BE called in us~les,ion. So mote it
b;l
I1con 3TIoN ANo PaIsrlNG The i'm.
| rTOgeni5ats II iiir Dirt oi printing may BIG
c'tad az Il other e>nmple Of the recent pro.
! gfaas Of the ply: cal ss.ieocG- and their ap-
| pI!cttlon TO the ARIA, hardly less remarka-
bic than the Improvements III The modes OF
communication, and, IN n political and no
raj frint of view even more important.
In the middle ages, the great dependence
! for the multiple iron of literary works was
upon the maneGl lab t Of Il few monks
tnmIy scattered oscf the face % Europe
Every monastery Of importance Ind its
sane 0r'am nr wr.ii0g room, and in each Of
these writ,ng roctns one or III re persons
w.,fe Constantly, Employed In copying
manuscripts. This task was often execu.
ted with OK raorusnary care ard elegance,
and produced results hardly inferior in
beauty 10 the li3est specimens modern
printing. | have seen myself at the cathe.
oral nj Rousn, in France, one or two co.
PIES Of the Paalser, which bad bten the la.
Dor Of the HE III IA scribe attached 10 TINT
church: Ii was oftolio size, sup rhiy writ.
Ten on VI Hum ~ large characters, aad
rac bly, Illuminated on aIlio.t every page.
Under such circumstances however, it is
cav TO conceive what must have been the
scarcity ii books. A single manuscript
tyr44r, r.rs,,va fIe.n rr I,tir n t I,Irn-f yarn
Il nlagnticentil library. CoInpar" this state
OF tnings with tha. which now exists IN
every part Of the Chr sian world. An
orlior IN the Brl.ts III Parliament. Tor exam.
pie, finishes his speech mt four O'Clock in
the mornlng, and at eight receives 1t IN
his ncwspa, or With bis erntng meat, re-
ported IN full, and ready to be hurried on
the wings Of steam-more swift ;lan those
of the wind--to the rGmotest corners of
the globe. Though his voice is heart BY
only Two or three hundred persons. he
speaks, IL fact, to all his coln,rymen far
and near--to foreign nniiom--:o the
world. By the joint result Of these two
pr odigions INVENTORS, Il stage IL erected in
Every printing office, around ". ich the
" ,olc contemporary race ~ assembled Il an
audience. IL this country alone, there
are already more than two thousand.
" hal a spectacle Of wonder! WHAT POI
TIT machinery for good and evil! knnw
the abuses that b-tog,g to this SYSTEM
IL At are, perhaps, il Il greater or .c.s dc.
g se inseparabIe from 1t. | al, aware Of
ia frivolous and even niscAie.uus char
ne er OF mach OF the popular Ii erattfe.--
81 the narrowness aud coarseness,-i may
say brutality --ofa portion Of the petiodl.
cal press, without distinction 6 party.
i,t. with all rs faults OF omissions AMI
commissions, how much rally valn. b e
nnas;er Is, after al, to b. found in tb.se
prcf chronicles Of the ,iInesi How much
nsciu! illumination and r~ationa, entertain
nent does not almost any 0 e of then-
even the asst co1sp,caoas-carry home to
the iireslIe OF the remote iuhabi,ant Of the
country! 1t costs him "a dollar 10 60 10
ole OF oGr city theatres and assist for three
or -four hours at Il pretty iad.f.f eut repre-
sentatioa of, in general, an ord nary pay.
For twice that amount. tfi. publisher f
his newspaper furnishes him for a who'll.
redr vita IL weekly al.Iilss,o , 10 the great
wor!d-apectacle, 10 winch ! have alluded
RE H., Gus 10 ia: d2bttes in Pdrliatients
and 70 ,gresses:-;ae palaces and c,uach.
rooms e.. Princes are iali o,en to hiI:-
tic witnesses the tauuit OF contested elac-
| .loa-, the shock Of couteading armies en-.
! gag.d upon the fali Of battle. The pro-
gross 81 arts, the stirring incidents OF prl-
yalc life come in as ~inter!udes. Conside-
red As a mere entertainment, how much
superior is this val aud sacred panor INA
to the empty pageantry Of the initiative
stage. il has souletlins peer said that
! the ~ctiztns CT the United States have a
relish for aiIasenents. This great world
spec acle. gentlemen, wiicI IS regularly
furnished by newspapers, !, tle principal
nsnuscm.nt Of the American people.
" maj mahes II far more Interesting Is, that
Inc spectator ii also, at tss sam: time, an
actor.-tae SAM convenient sieet, which
spreads Oh. weekly 40 ever. village Ia
biz, a III binary af the att iirs Of the whole
c~oteiDpoEar, wor,d, also informs the citi-
ztt wn.n TIE etsc ion Is coming on at his
wi door, and when h. may have u de-
iighifui excite.iaat of vnsIng II, III yo,lng
olt his ntighoH, or better still, Of bei9,g
voted IN or voted ont himself, as the eui 81
tna sovereign p2oi.e may t.c.Ie. iade-
pendent, however, OF this Consideration,
Inc value of the general d.tftsion of know
ledge, which is chiefly effected by the
't newspaper press can hardly BE- over rated.
I'neTc can b. little risk In saving, thai
without the facilities fr conveying i4for.
nation, which are atf,riHd BY in Joint ac-
ton oi the great moiera IMPROVEMENTS il
locomo;ien and PRINT: ., in. existence of
ii republican gov railenf among n popf'!a-
ton. SO lhla!v SCATTERED as ours over 81
vast 4 serritnr . woulI have been entirely
tnp-ssibie.-Aer ga. x. ErereH
VAcucM-AiHro,lgh this subject is rot
generally consslsred as belonging directly
10 the Mechanical. Science, vet, it 50 ffc-
qieaily occurs tina, the success Of IA prac-
teal mechanic depends much on a know
ledge Of this sab,21., that we shall explain
Solhs ot ITS ms; important pecni,arii:es
and effects. Vacuum Is understood TO be
a o'at essence Of ereryhing:-a space full
OF. or consisting Of nothing. The usual
noe Aod Of producing it, Is to extract the
atmospheric cir from an alright vessel,
by means Of an air pump. But the va
cuuura thus produced, rs at best bal ve:y
imperfect. A more certain and eff C. al
method is, to first fill the vessel, lass
! globe for ins;anct--wlih mercury, e With
boiled oil, which is not capable oil evtpcra.
ton; then pump oat the dti3. In a YES
sci thus vacated, the CIDER nf nature is ap-