The Nevada journal., 1855-10-26

" Nh ANOoSutu, duu oiiuii DcCOIIlc
acknowledged as the true exponents of the pol
icy of Western Europe, and the scales of mon
archical superstition fallen from the eyes of the
peoples, and when the rapacous eagle Of Russia
shall meet the banner of the West emblazoned
with the sun of Democracy, then will the great
American heart beat full and strong in unison
with its trans. Atlantic kindred, and the preda-
tory onslaughts of fllibusters be forgotten in
the grand arena for the display of chivalry at
the Waterloo of national fre edom
SCARCITY OF PAPER Never since the
invention of the art of paper making has
the literary world bee so sensitively alive
to the necessity of discovering some new
available article from which paper of
good quality can be manufactured. Pa
per has been made by way of experiment
| from almost every fbrous substance. Not
long since the Albany Erening Journal
made its appearance, printed on paper
made from bass wood shavings. This cir
cumstance created mach comment in the
journals of the country Yet this liscov
cry that paper can be made from wood
shavings is not new. Eighty years ago an
ingenious German made paper from more
than fifty different substances, among
which were, shsvings, saw dust, moss, po-
tatocs, cabbage stalks, and the bark Of
more tnan twenty kinds of trees. But
IN all experiments hitherto, nothing has
been discovered which equals linen rags
for the manufacture of the finest kind of
paper. The supply of materials for the
best article Of paper is therefore limited
and the EXTREMIST effort of the chifon,er,
who may be said to live by rigid economy,
cannot supply the demand, for the mate
rial is wanting. The scarcity of paper
and its consequent high price, is owing
perhaps somewhat to the wasteful expen-
diture of the material in California. For
six years all the refuse clothing of vegeta-
BILE origin worn by at least 10000 per-
sons, has been thrown away. But large
supply which our merchants formerly had
access to, has been cut off by the closing
of many of the ports of Western Europe
against its expectation. Russia too that
formerly furnished vast amount of raw
material in the shape of hemp, for the
manufacture ofpaper of the lesser grades
of quality, is thrown out of market by the
war which is now raging between her and
some ofthe great paper consumers of the
world.
Of all the countries where intelligence
is most diffused, England suffers most from
the scarcity of paper. The cause of this
is the competition of American merchants
in the cities of London and Liverpool, as
we'll as in the ports of Germany and the
Mediterranean, with the English in the
purchase ofrags.
No stamp or paper duty being known
in the United States, the American mer-
chants can more than compete with the
English who suffer both these grievous re-
strictions Such has been the scarcity of
paper in England that no little alarm has
been felt lest famine should be created
by the scarcity of intellectual food The
Board of Trade considering the exigen-
cies of the times, last year sent circular
letters to all British consuls abroad, enjoin-
ing upon them to be dilligent in the dis
covery of some available substance to sup
ply the deficiency in paper material. The
London Times offers reward of one thou
sand pounds to any one who will make
the discovery.
The enormous demand for literature in
the United States in connection with the
other circumstances we have mentioned,
is destined to work revolution in the art
of paper making. By a computation made
from the most reliable data it is found that
the Americans consume three times as
much paper per head as the people of
France and Eng land, without taking into
consideration three millions of African
slaves who cannot read or write. This
speaks well for the diffusion of intelligence
among US, yet the supply ofpaper is grow
ing more and more inadequate to the de-
mand as our literature increases, and the
ingenuity of artizans is to be called in
requisition to meet the deficiency.
! Many suggestions have been made
through the public press on the probable
value of various substances for the man.
ufacture of paper. A plant indigenous to
the climate of South Carolina and Florida.
the botanical name of which we do not
, now recall, has attracted considerable at