Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-03-05
AMERICAN LITERARY AGENCY

AMERICAN LITERARY AGENCY.
6 Waterloo Place, London, Feb. |. lS45-
| hNAsTATIc PRINrISe.-Importaat In.
e"n''on.-Aboul FIVE weeks since had an
oppprlusity Of seeing a practical expert
msnt ~ this now and extraordinary pro.
csss but as the pstentsc's arrangements
were not then cpmpleted. he did not wish
to have the invention prem a,urely announ-
ced. The practical details-or az much
OF them as are explained -aro given in
the Art Union for February. The inven-
ton is even more wonderful and certainly
more important than that for reproducing
line engravings, as described 10 the Jan
uIry number OF the same journal. ltis
sufficient TO say here. that the writer hav>
ing desired q copy to be made OF The page
OF newspaper with three illustrations
on wood, the inventor engraved tie pape,
type, cuts and all. and gave him sir copie,
IN Tess han TEN minutes! the zinc plate
thus engraved being capable Of producing
$4,000 impressions, and then OF being re.
engraved, al i.fsiIs~. Thee an octave
volume, with wood or steel illustrations to
any extern, may be e-produced in two
or three. days or less and hundreds OF
ihousa nds struck Of, equal in all respects
to the original. The importance of this
great discovery can scarcely be over.ra-
ted; itis next to that OF printing itself.
S'ereotyPing will now be entirely suspen-
ded The new process is Infinitely cheap
or, more ample. and more permanently
| elective. III orig indl works, Of couI sc
the type must be first set up and the
plates first engraved: tho advantage would
be 10 the cheap md end ess multiplication
Of copies But for reprints OF foreign
works the facility afforded will be i'm.
msnse. We shall soon SEQ how those
improvements fulfil the promise ihoy hold
out.
The first volume Of the great work on
the " United States Exploring Expedition. -
has bad notice or two in the AiLenGum
and Spectator. Whom the other volume,
appear there will DO more elaborate re.
views in the quarierlies, &c. II is really
pleasant 10 have, jus. now, such a work
TO show In Ensland-especially as il
comes from PeDnsy lvania-the hnd OF
q" the drsb-colered men" There will be
a little carping here and there at little mas.
sages in the Narrstiye-- as those quoted
W wy DhCIuIy ShLcue -Dut tie most
preiud'ced and i'll disposed oil The London
srilIcs cannot &c, over the parts which
the volumes tell for ihemsel vey--nor the
ersditable style 10 whish they tell them
Some Of the engrayings ssIonish the god
people here. The vignelies on wood and
steel are especially tasteful, and very skill
fully introduced The work has already
had liberal sale here though many
have been deceived by the tile. Never
having head u foreign exploring e1-
PedIlion from the United States, the i'm
preston has been very general that tho
work advertised related to the United
Staios themselves: about which many
seem 10 think they have had books spoupb
ILLINOIS CANAL BILL Advices fro I'm
Springfield (lhe seat OF Government in
the 81. Louis Republican, indicate that
Revenue Bill OF some kind, increasing
the hxes, will pass. But it will DO
very different ono from what wa, origin.
ally proposed, and very Ineffective, az
TO the payment OF the inteSsst on the
public debt lf it shows a good inien
Ton bOwov@, IL may DO sufficient o.
secure the Loan rom The English Bon,
holders.
A letter from Washington says.