Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-11-26

continue from our extract Of yesterday, DIR.
Mackenzie's account of the plan of the Associ-
ated Press in the United States.
A change was coming on, destined to throw
new spirit into American journalism. By thel
arrival of the Sirius and Great Western, from
Liverpool, in 1888, change was rendered
necessary in the mode of acquiring news
Moses Y. Beach, of the N. SSY. Sun. would fire.
quently charter steamboat and intercept the
expected steamship, for the purpose of obtain
ing the latest intelligence for his journal. This
was, however, so often unsuccessful, and FREE
quently anticipated by the prior arrival of the
steamship itself, that 1T was finally abandoned
In 1S4T the Journal Of Commerce, Courier and
Enquirer, Express, Sun and Herald formed AM
Association, and purchased Steamboat for
100000; but after trial of six months, the
scheme was abandoned. The Association was,
however, continued, and the establishment Of
telegraph lines, now extending toiall sections of
the country, has gradually led to the present
system. The line to Sandy Hook led to the per-
lection of plan for obtaining news from steam
ers impossible under the use of the semaphore,
telegraph previously used.
The Associated Press has an agent(at Liver
pool, who, upon the departure Of each steamer,
whether for New York, Halifax, St Johns,
Quebec, or Portland, places in the hands of the
purser tin cylindrical can, containing the la
test news, prepared for transmission by tele.
Slupus 4uSSS CuIlS are thrown OVGrOOaru
the appearance of the news boats stationed off
those ports, and the whole country is generally
supplied with the news some days before the
steamers reach their destination At Sandy
Hook much time has been saved by the employ
ment of carrier pigeons. When a steamer is
expected the news boat is sent, off, frequently
towing pilot boat. This boat contains n bas-i
ket in which are four or five pidgeons. The
moment the steamer approaches, the boat runs.
alongside, the tin can being thrown overheard
is obtained, and the slips of paper therein are
fastened to the pigeons, and they Immediately.
make for Sandy Hook. Thence the news is
transmitted to New York, and instances fire.
quently occur OF the news being published in
the papers of the Associated Press at New
Orleans before the steamer reaches her berth in
New York. The old telegraph line to Sandy.
Hook has, however been suffered TO 90 into
decay, and but for the establishment of new
line by the American Telegraph Company this
system would have had to be abandoned.
The steamers bound to Quebec throw over
their tin cans at a point near the River du Loupc
where there IS a telegraph station, and as
much as six or eight hours is frequently gained
III this way. In addition to these methods
steamers are frequently overhauled off Cape
Race by the steamer Victoria, employed by the
Associated Press. The system is rather differ
ent here. If at night, rockets are fred by the
steamers, and the news dispatches, enclosed in
kcg, are thrown over, Sothatthe V1ctoriu can
pick them up; or, if she happens not to be near,
they are frequently picked up by the fishing
vessels and carried into st. Johns, Newfound-
land, the finders being literally rewarded for
their services. In this way, news two or three
days in advance of the steamers arrival at their
destination has been obtained. During the
brief period that the steamships of the Liver
pnol line ran to the port of Philadelphia, the
Liverpool agent adopted the same plan for sup
plying the press with the latest news; but, be-
forethe system was fully inaugurated, the steam
ers were transferred to New York. Il -
Prior to the building of telegraph lines, there
was considerable enterprise manifested by a
portion of the papers Of this city, particularly
in obtaining news from the South. During the
Mexican war, one of the Philadelphia papers, in
association with a journal in Baltimore and an
other in New Orleans, established a pony-ex-
press between Montgomery and Mobile, Ala
bama, by which twenty-four, and at times forty
eighthours, were gainedon the mail. Accounts
of nearly all the great battles in Mexico were
publishedsby this means Arriving here blythe
boats of the Baltimore line, which landed at
Dock street wharf about 8 o'clock A. NJ, the
news was hastily inserted in a portion Of the
edition of the paper alluded to, and this exclu-
sive news earned for it a good reputation for
enterprise. Those were the balcyon days for
the newsboys of this city, but they entailed
enormous expenses, from which journalism of
the present day is happily exempt. Locomotive
| expresses, between Baltimore and this city,
were then common occurrences, and hundreds
OF dollars would be expended in the effort to an
ticipate the arrival of the mail.
PRosPEcrs OF UPsEF-P rSpom N WAsn1sorou
Cry THIS W1STER.-We take the following
from the N. Y. Herald, of Tuesday.
From all accounts it appears that the APP
preaching Washington season will not be SO
gay as the votaries of fashion have Anticipated.
Several members of the diplomatic corps will
notkeep up their establishments, and the wives
of some of the Senators do not intend to come
to the capital ut all. The prospects for the