Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-04-21
PRINTING IN Bosro. SEVERITY YrAHs


AGO. A letter written by DR.. Chnuncy,
the " liberal and learned" pastor Of the
First Church in Boston in 1852, has
recently been published, in which he
states, that al that Periec there were
no, type and capital enough among The
printers in Boston to publish an edition
OF the Bible. His opinion was asked,
respecting The exrcdience oi seeking
aid from the Legislature to help the
work He replied that the General
Couit was embarrassed Tor funds, and
the T, quest had better bs Withheld. lie
spoke, encouragingly however, Of the
prospect OF soon Obtaining a supply Of
Bibles from Holland ........ ....
The snme year that DR.. Chauncy
wrote the above, in answer to a question
respecting the expediency oi applying
to tile State Legislature for aid to PRINT
All edition of The Bible, Robert Aiken,
published the Bible III the city
Philadelphia, and The work was regard
ed with such interest, that ConsIe ess
passed a resolution, recommending the
work to the American people, :" as i
pious and laudable undertaking in the
existing s,n.e OF the country" Tins was
the first edition Of the sacred scriptures
openly published in the English language
in America.
We have said the Philadelphia edition
Of the Bible was the first which was
openly published In Il 9 English tongue
in this country. In Colony times, the
British law prevented any infringement
upon the Paten, granted by the Crown
Tor the Bib'e printing monopoly. Blu,
in this, as in many other matters, the
people of Boston had not much respect
Tor the special privileges claimed by
the officers oi the Crown. About 1855
Messrs. Kneeland & Green, oil Boston,
printed for Daniel Henchman ali edition
of The Bible in small quarto. Isaiah
Thomas, in his History OF Printing,
says: :" II was carried through the
press as privately as possible, and had
the London imprint Of the copy from
which it was reprinted, viz. :" London:
Printed by Mark Basset, Printer TO the
Kings most excellen, Majesty" Mr..
Thomas adds: When I was an
apprentice, often heard those who had
assisted at The case and press, in print
ing this Bible, made mention of the
fact"
lkWhat would now be thought Of
applying to the General Court for and
in the publication Of an edition Of the
Bible2 How odd It would seem to
have Congress pass resolutions on
account ofthe publication of an Ameri-
can edition Of the sacred scriptures 2
And in what light should we regard
a law which prohibited the free and
unrestricted publication OF the sacred
volume in Boston Yet many persons
are now living in this vicinity whose
memories extend to a period more re-
mote than l782.-Boston Transcript.
ScALATiNA.-Dr. Thomas p. Here
lord, of Washington, thinks too much
physic has been an error in the m annge-
ment Of scar!atina, or scarle, fever. His
mode Of treatment, during a long prac-
ticc, is this " O,cn the bowels regu-
larly every day with some mild apcrient
medicine, such as castor oil, SIENNA,
&C., and keep the patient at res, and
comfortably warm sponge the surface
with iepid water, two or three times
day while it is hotter than natural
admi, fresh air. live on bland diet,
such as cupiul Of arrow.root, several
times day toest water for common
drink. Gargles made Of strong sage
tea honey and alum, or boraa may be
used from the commencement II the
throat is affected.