The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18

Father nl lies. Faust became alarm
cd, on account Of the violence If their
persecution, and fled from Paris, hence
arose tho tradition that Satan mystc.
riou>ly conducted the printer to his
invisible kingdom.
From Germcny, printing was first
carried Into Italy it was ncxt.practiccd
in France. 1t Was introduced in En-
| gland by William CaXtun, about the
year l7ll.
Gul,cmhury, AT first took impress.
ions rom his types by fastening them
upon Il table-c"Ioring them with
writing nk~-sprrading the piper over
them and pressing it with Il rubber
of horn.
Faust invented printing ink, and
Guttcmburg cnnstructc! Il ride print
in- press. Iron presses were earliest
employed by Lord Stanhopc Of En-
gland.
|, was not until l.4G that the titles
Of books were printed on Il scpcra,c
pagn-tit!rS to chapters had hcon used
rs early as l7I0, but then there were
n" capital letters, nor any marks of
punctuation.
Printing WAS regarded with marked
suSpicoi' by the powers of ever cult
waited England. For a long series Of
years printer were obliged to take out
license. As j.. was the Toe OF selfish
monks, who prosecuted poor Faust, SO
il has every where been. and must
ever be tnc direct foe of tyrany and
hiSotry--ofillihcraIiiy and pred djudicc;
therefore, it is true that in every coun-
try If tho world but America, it has
been, and is now, subject to more or
less embarrassing restriction.
The men who came to the shores Of
New England had more enlarged ideas
of the power and uSc!ill,.cSs OF printing,
than the mass Of their fellow English
mcn among whom they towcrctl like
church s,ecl'ies among business cdiiiccs
on our city stree, S.~-:.nd yet after many
wears their descendants nf those who
! Joined them in the New World, were
extremely cautious how they cncour-
cd printing. 1t WAS watched and
guarded as :. medium of great good or
urrnl harm, oc,.urI;rr tu ih, librrlv ,r
! ;,.usc ,r:,,,,,.L !,
1'b,. NJ prmtnr Press set nm IN
An.ri,a was :.workcdn IT Cam
,ril"r, Mass in lGAu
I;.y Jesse Glove, urnrur,d ,hi,
press 10y contributions OF friends ni
!rarnin. and religion; in An>tcrIaI II
AMI ~ E,,,uy,,;j I'm, u;,I en- his u,ss,,
70 III, N.v W,,1J
S,rn,rn u,v vas ,n,. Gr., ,r;,,or
In honor ., nix n,i,.rr rn.;,;,, l;ny.
rrun,rnt u,vc linn - ,',,,, 80, ,hr,,
huuIrnJ s,r.s - tl',I
The third book ,ubl;sb.J nv h;,
was. ;hc ps,lms i, N,.,r,.o T., 1r,;I
the New T,.,,a,n,,,, and r,x,rr,s r,,ll
translated into The lu,I,,, Ianu,,,ar hy
t.lli,t ,bn rr,,t N;s.;,n,rr w,.:,
printed ~ :, cn + ,f r., 300 Th. III,
miuh, h. rrcoum.n4rl n,, orc,,n, 81
lis ol,scur;ty and moh snunL;nr rh,
rac,cr /, SON, of ,h,. wri,.rs ,t h,,,,
nova DAYS |, w,. : ll-v<Iu lIy,,,.,.
Memcuiuu }-ui L,,,lyu,uu .LyvxlLy;;x
,Vu,0ogh u;,uocu1unvu
ihe whole ,ibI. was printed in mi,
language in 1868 Tn, Naiou su.,L
8. iur it IS now extinct
PENNSYLVANIA was the second Stat
to cpcourauc prir1;un William Rad
5 ford came 10 PENNSYLVANIA Win WI
. liam Penn. in 1856 established
e printing press in phiIad,lnhia. i,s frs
It is,ur was an ,lman,. E,r lGS7. !, w,
but a sheet The first book py;u,c,
il Nv Mr. Hr,It,rL wos .,Jl.d,;,,
ESSAYS by Francis Bacon. |. unncarc,
d in lGsS and was called :. The T,mrl
n Of Wisdom"
t. In 1872, Mr.. Bra,lf,rl was ;n1,c.
is to establish a PRINTING press in Nc,
e Sn,l, H., rono;,, t.,n