The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-26

CIRCULATION OF JoUnSALs.-A Abroad in England
in l7Ol, when the stamp duty was levied upon eve
ny number Of n periodical paper consisting OF u
sheet, the whole quantity OF printed paper wss es-
timatei at twenty Thousand reams annually
Nearly OF ilis period, C7Oi) when the Boston
Nens L'ue, made its appearance IN the American
colonies, some two or three hundred copies weekly
may have been its circulation. What now is the
quantity Of paper demanded by the present British
periodical prsss am unable to determine. la This
prescnt January, 1852. il ID calculated there
about three thousand different newspapers and
other periodicals printed in this country, the entire
amount of which approaches the yearly aggregate
Of four hundred and twenty three millions OF mum
bers.
When Franklin was a printer it was a hard task
to work of over thousand sheets on both sides in
the day by the hand press Since his time we have
had the Clymer, the Napier, the Ramage, the Adj
ans, and now Hoes lightning press. By this last
| na med achievement in the arts, 80 honorable to a
son Of New York, and stupendous in lis results
to the world at large, twenty thousand papers may
be printed in one hour.
II we advert to the instructive fact of the onor-
mous circulation OF many of the journals of New
York--as the Herald the Sun, the Tribune. the
Times, the Express the Mirror, and others of daily
issue; if calculate the copies OF the Observer,
the Home Journal, the Aduocate, and others of the
weekly press; the circulation of the monthly and
other periodicals; if We look at the Methodist Book
Concern the Tract Society, the American Bible
Society, the publications Of the Appleons, OF Put
nam. and the enterprsing booksellers generally OF
this place, what bounds set to the offspring
OF the topographic art The Herald and the Iri
bune in their distinct circulation, consume an az
gregate of fifty thousand realms per year. The
Harpers, who have thrown John Baskerville, and
other eminent typograp pliers OF Europe, the shade,
by the magnitude OF their operations, hun
dred realms daily Of paper, at six dollars per ream;
| make about ten volumes minute, or ak thousand
| a day.-Dr. Francis's ADDRESS
A CL.RIcAL JoKE.-At the Corporation dinner
in this city the Fourth Of July last, there were
present among the guests two clergymen viz:
Rev. DIR. r. II. Noale, Baptist, and Rev. J. b. Nc
Mahan, Catholic. They were seated at the same
table, and, having been introduced to each other,
they entered into conversation. DR.. Neale, with
that native desire which Yankee has 10 know all
things, asked his new acquaintance whether he was
a doctor of Medicine Doctor Of Divinity"
"Both," was the reply. After brief pause, the
double doctor turned to his neighbor, "And, sir,
may be 30 bould as 10 ask which you area Doctor
Of Divinity or Doctor of Physic!" "a Doctor of
Divinity, sir" said DR.. Neale. "Ah, them" said
the little priest, fthe difference between you and
me is this-you preach but don't practice. Now,
do both" sDr. Nsals laughed merriy at the joke,
as did also many others who had overheard the
witty repartee-Bo'ton Courier.
REsusCIrArIoN OF FRozEN FIsH.-Professor S. ID.
Lathrop, in a letter to of the editors of the
| American Journal Of Science, states fact well
known to those who accustomed to take hsh-
| such as the common perch and the lake mullet-
from Lake Champlain in the winter, that these fish
may be frozen perfectly solid, and be transported
| many miles and kept several days, when, upon
thawing them out In tub of cold water, they will
be found to be alive and active He has taken some
pains to corroborate this fact by inquiry and has
| found il to be well sustained by evidence, though
he has never seen it. lie has found the same fact
sustained in the Of the buffalo fish taken from
| the Rock river.-Prouidence Journal.
| SUDDEN DEATH or AN EpIToR. John Adams,
| ESQ.,. the assistant editor of the Harrisburg Ieie
| gr0ph, was found dead in bed, beside his wife, on
Tuesday morning last. He had been slightly in
disposed for several days previous. Mr. Adams was
a native of Somerset county, Md, but a few years
ago resided in this city where he for short time
published q paper, and subsequently studied law.
| baltimore Sun.