Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-11-06

!, N !-lIl,,l5., n 7pIJi Fslt i5,t tisfi Ai&i
ltion Of that office to conduce to the
Ifree play Of the lungs. The building
lin which the Chronicle was worked
upon, that isito say; set typeaup in,ii
now aoccupiedaas q wineistorc, The
publisher Of the Chronicle has relin;
| quishsd the printing business, and now
holds an Office in tic Custom House:
The editorof that paperis iatpresent
professor in ahighlyfrespectable col
lege up in Pennsylvania. He has
been succeeded by Mr.. Jacobs, as ed;
itor Of the Chronicle. Before these
changes took place / became connect.
ed with aliterary Seminary, in which
connection! Ishaye remained stot,he
present timesgS 81 S6a.; iloil.lfl7s,ss
During,he first year Of my'connnsec-
ton with the Seminary, | spent The he
Summer months in rambling over the
hills and mountains Of pennsylvania,
| / halted al Doylestown. a aloyelyilittle
town situated on the summit Of apic-
turcsque Hill land j yeptured into the
sanctum Of the "Oliye Branch" a
Temperance sheet. The Office was
bniltof stone, and had more the ap-
pearancesofi a store than anything
else 4 visited theiotIiee ofthet Berks
4 County Intellipencer. brick built,
commodious edifice; as, also that of
the ; Doylestown Watclitower, known
qdondam as Mr.. Bryou's Independent
Democrat.itiThe b buildings of3tbe
Express, and tho t,Morping Star
both Germanpapers,printedat al Doyles:
town, are more handsome, / should
think, than those Of tho : IHatchtoscp
andithe Iatclligenccr. The editor of
the Express is a gentlemaniof excel
lent talents, lively in conversation, aud
engaging in his manners. z,y /
Ileft Doylestown for Allentown, a
aoarishing town, inhabited chiefly sby
Germans Ispopped my head .tlro'
the window.ofithe seAllentown Dom.
ocrato Office, and 1accos,ed theiedilor
with g Good afternoon, Mr. Mapgum.%
k. Good afternoons sir, come in, was
the reply AndslI walked in and
shook the, editor heartily blythe hand.
ITgazcd about. the den, anjSwa pleas
edwilhlits aspect. abltiwas a snugholei
for the editor aud three devils toiliyei
ihifiaiaoo tlJiigS II 4 fs1iss 80
s1returned stothe Seminary son'the
first Wednesday of September, the
termination Of Tie usual vacation
The Saturday ymorning following my
return, i went over 10 Camden, Nh.
toihunt up the Printing Offices iheres.
1never shall forgetthe iliospitable re-
ception Ilmet with in a dirty little
shop known asthe office of the Cam.
den Democrat. 4 Il was struck with
astonishment at the smallhess IF The
house which sent forth. TO the world
Esohrge apapcr. However, tho office.
was removed to@a handsome brick
house, and finally to a more commo!
dious one. / The editorof tie Demo.
cyat lis now Mayor of Camden, and
has once been a member of the N. Y.
Legislature. Hei a man ofpleasing
address, and very popular with the
Camdenians. hIyhad some difficulty
in finding out the place in which the
/" Camden Phenix', was issued. 1t
was dark affair, uninyiting and very
small. The PAGaig manIisia Justice
of the Peace. st,,,,s ~. b
visited tho establishment of tho
Philadelphia I" Public Ledger" The
composing rooms there are airy, and
admirably arranged; and the steam
press, which throws off three thousand
copies siof that paper IN an hour, is a
wonderful invention. The Ledger es-
tablishment is isthelargest edifice oflhe
kind in the city 1t was destroyedbyl
ireiinlthe winter Of 1850, but IL has
been rebuilt, with many improvements.
One ofthe men employed onthe Led
ger, is said to bc thu fastest compost
torlin the United States. The other
Printing Offices in Philadelphia are
not worthy ofa passing notice, with
the iexceplion,of that ofithe "Daily
Sum- which is fine specimen ofthe
Gothic style Of architecture Col.
Wallace, the accomplished editor Of
tho San, is tall aud well favored by
nature. ~ sgh 50 4Ve4 hfFsa
The Sum office at Baltimore, ,lis a
splendid piece of1buildiug, its front
being of iron, and it attracts much at.
tention. Thepublishers of that pen.
ny paper are partproprie,ors Of the
Philadelphia Ledger I'm y,i1 ,us9
arI wasin' the sanctuml of tho MARY.
land Republicali,'att tAnnapolis,las Ju-
lly. Ut is an. ancient house, 6verrun
with waste paper. aMr. Riley, editor
Of the Republican, lis an amiable gen.
tleman, full ,iof generous andtwarm
impulses From Annapolis, lopro-
cceded to G Cambridge, to see my friend
Of tho .Democrat.' Hekccps book
store, adjoining his printing Office
Both these establishments are hand
some. The editor Of the Democrats
esteemed singularly happy in posses