The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-07

news VIII be one week later.
Our Establishment and HIS improvements.
Since Monday of this week the Nep York Herald
has been printed on one Of our newly-invented
double cylinder presses, which is capable when all
the difficulties which first occur in every thing
new, removed, of printing ten thousand copies
per hour. This press is the only ofthe kind and
size in the world. Smaller presses on the same ge
neral principle have been used by of the cheap
penny papers, but the presses which Mr. Hoe has
manufactured and erected in our establishment, are
the only of the kind, eithein the United States
or Europe.
There is nothing at all to be compared with
Its magnitude, its simplicity and its complete
ness IN either London OF Paris; yetin consequence
Of the novelty of Its construction and its newness
we have not yet reached the point off rapdity
which we have no doubt of attaining in less than
two or three weeks or month. The first thing
which strikes the general observer in the appear
ance of the sheet is the evenness of the impress
sion, although, from certain causes, which will
soon be remedled, there has been some faitness in
the mixing. The linking apparatus Will, however,
work Better in a short time, and the impression
given the paper, and the appearance of the sheet
will be equal to those of any good book-work pub
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encountered, was the want of practice among the
boys who fill the sheets and take them away
With the old press the sheets were filled in with
the right hand, but with this new rotary four cy
hinder machine part of the sheets are filed In with
the left as well as the right hand. This sudden
change requires little practice before complete
werk can be done. A few weeks will remedy the
difficulty.
been undergoing revision and Encouragement,
that for week or two we may be under some diff
Guilty supplying our subscribers with the Herald
at as early hour we satisfied we can do 1t,
in few weeks Even with the difficulties which
are now to be encountered, we can do better than
we could under the old system; but when all of
those difficulties shall have been remeded, and
practice and knowledge of the working of the new
presses shall have been acquired by the men and
boys engaged in the establishment, We will be ena-
bled to serve the Herald from one to two hours
earlier every morning than it has been done
hitherto. Another advantage possessed by these
new presses, is the facility which they afford for
publishing double Sheets with the same rapldlty
as we can publish single ones On particular oc-
casions we shall do this-and wei shall astonish
the public one of these days
On the whole, we are satisfied with the success
which we have already attained under the clrcum
stances, and we only want our kind patrons to in
dulge as for short time, till practice shall have
made our men and boys little more perfect; and
our whole arrangements shall have been complet- !
ed. All the various improvements will soon be
finished For several weeks our establishment
has been IN state of confusion from top to BOTTOM
IN consequence of the various improvements
which we are making, and this confusion must
continue for few weeks longer, when all will be
over Even in the midst of all these difficulties,
our circulation Is rapidly advancing, and we do
not despair of having, in less than year, circu-
lation of over thirty thousand per day, and In five
years an issue of from eighty to hundred
thousand per day. We can print them, and supply
them to the community with perfect cllity, when
our arrangements shall have been completed.
DErALcAT1oNs UNDER THE Polk ADMINISTRATION.
We have received intimatons from Washington,
10 the effect that the administration of Mr.. Polk
will 90 out of power with full pockets and full
purses and some predict that defacations to the
amount of two, three and five millions of dollars
will be the upshot of the expenditures passing
through the hands of Its employees, to carry on the
war with Mexico We should not at all be sur
prlSe0 10 see VI ditci pCHeioi
Tavlor's Inauguration, and after time shall have
been gwen to examine the accounts OF disburse-
ments for the last two years. Who car forget the
terrible defalcations which took place during the
last Presidential term of General Jackson, and
portion of Mr.. Van Burens term The office
holders then luxuriated the spoils, up TO their
eyes; and the consequence was, that the public bu-
slness was neglected; accurate accounts did not
exist, and the defalcatIons OF a few years-and
which still remain on the books OF the treasury
amounted TO nearly three millions OF dollars. Now,
during the Mexican war, the expenditures have
been 70 ur tunes great they were in any SINH
lar PERIOD IN the administration of General Jack
son or Mr.. Van Buren,. OF course defalcatIon vii
increase In the same ratio; and, consequently, If
some Of the Office holders, under the present pous
and puritanical administration, should abstract
four or five millions of dollars and above what
is their DUE we ought TO be thankful that the peo-
pie of the United States will have get rid of them
with no greater loss. In fact, if the amount of
defalcaiions and cheatings be not over five mil
hons of dollars, we ought to render Tt Dewn for
fhe mercy, 10 the Giver of all Good.
DEBATES IN CoNeREss.-Thc debates IN Congress
are every day getting more rich and racy, as the
Iretiutnuhl inoNcs dlOne. iHe NdiiouH
leaders in both houses, talk about nothing but
Gen. Cass, Gen. Taylor Mr.. Van Buren, and every
thing connected with them The whole business
ofthe nariou is now mixed UP with personal poll
fics, and the speeches in Congress more resemble
newspaper articles than anything else. Reports oil
these speeches and debates given IN the columns
of thlsJournal daily with every degree of accuracy
and fullness.
KAvAL-TheU. S. sloop-ofwar Plymouth, Capt.
Ccdney, sailed from Rio de Janeiro on the 2sth
of May, for China. The steam frigate Allegheny,
CAPT Hunter, was al RIO Janelro on the 10Th OF