New-York daily tribune., 1845-02-26
AxAsrArtc PRIxrlNc This yerv ingenious me.

AyAsrArtc PRlSIINc This very ingenious me-
thod OF rcpIodscag printed copies OF le;ter-press
or lIne-eusrsylnss, wood cuts, Autographs, &c.
was obgInsly explained ssd exhibited 10 US al Nr
J. Woods, Barge Yard Chambers, Buckle-Sbury
The process Is remarkably simple, and the produce
perfect In an exceedingly short time fac-simile
OF sny printed page, portrait, picture, or drawing
can be procured and then Impressions taken al
the rate possIbly Of four or hve thousand all hour
and iwentv thousand o. more without dete5icra-
uon. The oPeratlop and singular one Il Is is to
transfer th, Impression ot type or any PRINT 10 the
surface OF a polished plate Of zInc; and then 10
bring II out IN slight relief TO receive the uk, and
- 70 work from Il as from the stone OF tie hlho-
graphic press. We saw an engraving with letter
treSs 80 transferred and reproduced. The original
was placed, face down, on oI5ulons paper. 10 ni-
bibe anv excess Of moisture, and the back oil IL
Sponged over with dilute nltrlc acid. In few
minutes the paper was saturated, and The engraving
aud printing looSened Il were from lis base, or
81 treshensd that possibly II might be Smuoged:
but az all events, II may be and was unccr consld
cradle mechanical pressure, transferred 10 Pos-
ished plate OF Zluc, every Inc and touch. Net Z;
firs, distinctly visible, bat spoDged with sun-waier
they g. e The engraving and printed matter al
the foot oE lD soon appeared, anu N reet sutfl-
cent 10 lake the Ink and 10 give cii fac-simile I'M
prrssions Such. then. Is the simple process of an
invention he effects Of which viii materially bear
on the arts and artists. AnaStatlc printing Will ob
vat the necesStv OF sereotypDg. .uneSS casting type
Is a cheaper method which we should mach ooub,.
OF producing successive editions than that OF the
new mode. 1t viii also enable printers 10 work
with smaller stock OF type. 10 distribute sooner!
krcr;ps prcofs only for sny further or extra de-
maud Wood-ergrayels perhaps, VIII be most
injured bv AnasaiIc printing tor by II the artist
original drawing may be al once, without any
carved block transferred 10 the pages OF q work.
The result however, IN all lis bearings, seems 10
tend 10 cheap production, ard 10 4 wider extension
/ NFl nd 1rt. old works be rpDuJ.
li,hed a, tle cost and nearly faded prints be re-
newed and perpeWateG. Fears are entertained
that torgeries and piracies will become more easy
aud therefore that they will increase: but new wa.
re,-marks in paper and copyright are the chet secu-
rites; and these the new and wonderful invention
termed Auastatc Printing will not affect.
London Literary Gazette.
VtKw OK The Airs: AVALANCHE. From the
natural platform on which YOU stand, The ground,
covered with coarse grass shelves rapidly 10 GaiR
scrubav wood, and directly beyond, rs II oBlya
narrow belt Of coppIc. were between, rises into
heaven the huge mass Of Snow-clad mountain, ds2-
zliuc in purcst white except where broken by
black storm.swept hollow. Il is in VAIN that you
are assured that your eye Is distant some MueS
from the nearest pont of Alpine snow en- winch It
rests and that between your teet and Inc roots oi
the opposite mass of Alps is huge det'c which
shepherd boy could not traverse IN a long summer
day Won cannot resist the CONVICTION mat you
are on the verge OF the eternal snow or the fancy
that il is all desuslon-a freak OF nature, VINO nss
antjcipa,ed the dorama, and cheats and delights
YOU with an artful picture Of her own. lou hear
the thunder OF. The unseen avaanches among Tie
recesses of the mountains, and the conviction That
Won are close to the unmelting miracle which dehes
| The scorchiug sun, becomes more intense ) but
! ssall BE- distuTbed-how
Bv the SIGHT OF that which. unseen, was so tern.
bic From some iutting knob, oi the size OF
! cricket ball. a handful of snow Is pniisd into The
air, and lower down, on the neighborlns slant you
| observe veins o white substance creampg down
the crevlces, like the nse streams IN The distance
of a pretty scene In all Eastern melo-droma quick
! cned by touch OF magic wand, and then little
cloud of snow, as from pelting tairlcs, rises from
the frostwork basin, and then sound rs OF thun'
! drrc!ap all Is stlll and silent, and this Is an ava
| anchc il YOU can believe this, can realize The
truths that snow and ice have been just dlslosed
! in power 10 crush human village, you may De-
| evc in the distance at which you stand from the
scene, and that your eye master OF icy preclpces
embracing ten miles perpendicular ascent; but 1t
is difficult lesson and the dlslroporilop between
| the awful sound and the pretty sight renders 1t
harder. We saw two avaanches during the hour
and half we spent IN front OF the cottage, and
learned two other illustrations OF tne Truth that
amidst the srandeurS OF the universe, seeing" IS
not always g believing
[Sergeant Tafourds Vacation Rambles.
ls3. Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs Madison dined re.
Gently with President Tyler Their united ages
are more than 10 years! They were formerly in.
innate. but have not met before tor lorty years -
Mrs Hamilton is IS, and yet she walked with case
one day from Capitol Hill to the Presidents Hoasx
| nearly two miles She has offered the papers 0i
her husband 10 Congress for publication, and We
hope theymay be accepted, Gen. Hamilton took
most prominent part in laying the foundation oi our
administrative government, and was wlthal man
o. most extraordinary genius.
PoIsoYED "A good opportunity for suicide may
now be obtained at those euting-houscs where they
servo uppartIidges, Mr.. Whitmore, Of Boston, hav-
ing unwittnsly made the experiment by eating one
Of the birds, which came very near being Success
full
- beautiful sight presented At the American Mu'
scum, on Saturday afternoon, when its new Saloon was
crowded with ladies' and resouudcd 10 the ecbos Of oey
little Another day performance off at ocloeS
this afternoon when advise lady readers snd all
TO aud see the Dionnl Of Bunker Hill and the Moving
Panorn,s which, with the Orng 0utsng, the gIsasS' li'
ms curiosity positively le4lc Monday The bill s an
uSully varied comprising Cole aud his dog the Westerns
La Petite Carline and NJ. Hamilton.
| P,LMo OrER,-There good attendance at this place
The Two last evenings witness the peTloIIn
ance Of the New Opera Of La Som Am De Beauties TAX