The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-01
Stride OF the worid-Ths New Year--The
Electric Age.

The commencement Of a new year once more
presents an opportunity Of supplying the readers Of
this journal with our customary annual chronicle
Of eyents-with a brd's.eye view Of the vareeatsd
field Of fnsnce-an insigh, into the vast system Of
enterprise, embraced IN railroad proects-a re-
gister Of our rapidly aUgmenting commercial ma
rine-a painful, vet necessary and important pic
ture Of the condition of CRIMINALS shut from soci-
ely, and several other brief, yet interesting repre-
sensations Of facts. They have been colaborated
by the regular assistants 70 this journal whose daily
labors have given 10 the Herald no small share
Of that character for industry aud Intelligence, now
known, epprt ciated, and acknowledged in almost
every part Of the globe.
The desire u the Secretary Of State of
New YORK, that two copies Of this days
paper may be furnished hlm-one for the
department itself and one for exhibition at
the Worlds Fair ia London, has simulated our
energies 70 add 70 the usual annual collection
Of facts and statituct and the intelligent reader,
Ia comparing the results Of the aoors OF Journalism
70. day, with What they were when the first news
paper in this country-ihe Boston Nelcs Later
was published in 1870, will not only be aRreeably
surprised al the contrast, bu,--renembering the
fact that, efter Prob .;on u fourteen years three
hundred copies only were circulated at that early
p,nod, once a week-will b. astouished al the
eDounoss circulation q our Journal, which DE-.
maEds printing machines capable u supplying Ten
thousand copies hour, aad runaiag, 4 thai rate
for many hours every day % The year. Compar-
sons, il other respects, are equally curious, the
editor, one hundred years ago, congratulated his
readers, that, after a years struggle. by means
q publishing an extra once fortnight, b.
IL hen all tD.s A. y,isf
q the thirteen Of which he Wa behind hsni
with he European news, and that those VITO
would not cetert him, woula receive, ia I've
monihs. the remainder Now. Europeaa new :
Z, oalerly publis5ed % 90 hour after IL arH.
sJl, snd ne substance ~ X. two days before
tie mails ~ iLc United states have reached
their dtshrGtion, vh,ie in .eligencs-cpa4ryed
scncjints ID thousands u war1s IL dashed every
day, en- every hour, alaiost. through the ms4ilm
II UPWARDS Il thirteen thonsant miles Of electric
v'es, s,rt chct over THE continent from every
important city md district 1nus, eytnts, trans
IIiinR thousands n miles distant, ere recorded IN
ev.ty 4 j viii r7,rc.i prom9ttu6@, aud win 4
precision s- lsf.l' a- Il sttonfhae u tsil
fts hf, .elsrra,h.c aae, .iI,.y Tx miles long.
tween Watfirgon ard Baltimore, introduced
JstYcals u.,a lr.si Htf'c,a of comm 8hicltI0I, hy
vfvh c1ur sfttal tFar--c.lans sRd social 0-u.h.s
have been fastened. sad which seems destined t.
EHNeH fsry IN lCrfsli inil.nee rU1a lie ns 70.
wbi., Ii gf.mi-t- 10 increase vastly The hspp,L s.
" ilr.y Most Fl the domestic even's n0rcel
n 0ur chr, biological history II thr year have thus
bs = received through III medium II he fur
MOD Is of tsltgraphing now adopted, and. il Is
gure .r0bab,e, another year wili EXHIBIT improved
modrss felectuc communication over still wider