The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-05-13

atei al this anstare he saved BY other shaenep
coming to the rescue who drove the Arabs of and carried
the wounded 70 his vessel Captain Ryder recovered
from bis wounds and came home in command Of bis YES
sell There were about dozen whaling vessels on the
coast and the had carried on considerable adias
with the natives who represented being
treaeherous The men while on shore always went N
company, and were well armed
MEETING on New York SEwsPAPKR PuBLIsHERs.--A meet
ing Of the newspaper publishers between Albany and Buff
alo was held at Utica Monday Delegates were pres
ent from Albany, Canandagua, Rome Syracuse Roches
ter ana Buffalo An association formed to be called
tue Associated Press OF the State of New York and thu
following persons elected officers for the ensuing year
Fresident-Geo Dawson Of the Albany Evening Journal
seeretary-A NJ Shuman of the Syracuse Evening Jour
nall treasurer NJ Lyon OF the Utica Gazette; execu
1--WE committee Butts, of the Rochester Union Eli II
ooers OF the Utica Herald, and Rufus Wheeler Of tht
Buffalo Express.
THIS movement caused by the recent refusal of thu
company owning the ielegraphic line between Buffalo and
Albany to forward dispatches along their route at less than
pryate-despaeh rates The nely fored association in
tend 10 take measures to render themselves perfectly indie
pendent Of the corporation attempting such extoron
MANUFACTURE or LETTER EsyELopEs--It Is estimated
that the number Of envelopes made in the city of New
York alone In one week Is at least 100000
The process Of manufacture may be briefly described
" oUu placed under KNIFE
OF shape corresponding with envelope when entirely
opened which is forced down by powerful screw-press
worked bya handeyer The pieces ont slightly adher-
Ing at the edges from the action Of the knife resemble solid
block of wood until broken up The flap is afterwards
stamped by similar process boy being able to prepare
$4,000 per day in this manner taking one two or three
envelopes at each movement of the hand They are
then taken by 100 girls seated at long tables by whom
they are folded and gummed single girl win apply the
gum to 10000 10000 in day, and from 5000 to
1000 may be folded in the same time In these pro-
oesses, the girls acquire great celebrity and skill being
stimulated by the wages offered which vary from IL to
80 cents for each 1000 The envelopes next
banded, and packed. Some varieties are embossed or
otherwise decorated requiring additional labor The es
adjustment OF which speaking consumes not
far from IL tons of paper per month in the single article
envelopes This quantity of paper at 10 per pound
would cost 50 800 The machines employ ed make en-
veopes curiousy constructed Each piece of pa
per- upon being cut into the proper shape placed on
kind Of artificial hand which conveys il an aperture
Of the size of ordinary letter. when punger drives il
through cumming and folding it in the process 1t then
falls into box which, by revolving intervals gradu-
ally filled up with packages of twenty-five ready for
These machines average 10000 envelopes per day.
| capable of turning out eighteen per minute.
The business is in danger of being overdonc For
time past it has doubled almost every twelve months
until very large capital is embarked in it, and COMPETE
ton has reduced the profits to a very low figure