The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-08

Mr.. Calhoun said he was an old mamie was almost
was strange Or peculiar upon the Senate they must a.
tribute to the associations Of thirty i've years ago.
The dots and dashes represent the letters Of
the English words written below them, which
are read off by the operator, and taken down by
the reporter, to be handed by him to the printer,
and by him set up and printed, and circulated
in the columns of this journal every morning.
1t is difficult, however, to convey to the public
any idea of the wonderful combination by
which these miracles are performed. Steam,
electricity and machinery, operated upon by
Heaven-born intellect, produce the whole. The
result is, that space and time annihilated. BY
this wonderful process, the city of New York
becomes the central point of the nation, and all
the cities connected with it by telegraph, on the
Atlantic sea. board, become its faabourgs-its
wards-communicating with them as rapidly
and readily every hour, as Wall street does with
Chambers street, or Astor Place does with the
Park In fact, time is not only beaten, but it is
aunihilsted. We can send message from New
York to ST. Louis at twelve o'clock at noon, and
ii ,ciH reach its destinafion on the banks Of the
Nfissis.ippi at ten minutes before tscelve.
The city of Washington, and Congress, are
now part of the metropolis Of New York. by
means of the telegraph; aud by our system OF
reporting and our machinery, we have accom-
plshed the removal Of the Capitol northward,
even nearer than Hoboken is TO New York.
These wonders Of the week-these miracles of
seven days-in the beginning OF the year
lSlS, are only the first rude efforts of genius
and art, directed to elements that will revolu
tionise the whole world in less than fifty years
Morse, the inventor Of the telegraph; Hoe, the
inventor of the new printing press; and those
editors and conductors of public journals, who
understand and have enterprise TO use those in
ventions and discoveries, and 10 combiae them
with intellect all together, will henceforth Gre
ate change in the history of the human race
that will make them be remembered thousands
of years hence, as the Confuciuses, or the Maho.
NETS, or the Zoroasters, or the Moseses Of the
nineteenth century, in those matters which
change the destiny of races, Of nations, and OF
people.
The expense Of this is great but what of that
| The American people love, adore, idoize, anc
cheerfully patronise and pay for enterprise, skill
saqacity, talent, genius, In the greatest and sub
FINEST efforts. They are just gong to make &c.
neral Taylor the President of the United States
They already support the Herald SO literally
that its circulation is rapidly going to sirty thou
sand copies and our net receipts, each year, are
equal to nearly thirty thousand dollars, after pay
ing all expenses. We have no doubt of reaching
yet, in short time, a circulation of one hun
drsd thousand per day, and a net income, owe
all expenses, of one hundred thousand dollars
year. John Jacob Astor is but common man t.
what the world may yet see. Yet money il
nothing-reputation every thing. The dollar i,
but dirt-the glory of the reputation everything.