The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-21


.xosD DispaTcu appears this morn !
$ new dress, and this new dress is q |
.yp' of the advancement, Of Richmond in man
scturing enterprise and independence. The !
suit of types in which it is now equipped was |
manufactured in this city, at the foundry OF
Messrs. WALxER X PstorzR. IT Is the iirst |
ever manufactured south of Baltimore. Ibis |
fac, adds no little to the pride aud piehs"fc |
that we ALWAYS feel In presenting the ms
PATCH 10 It's readers in a spick ana span NC"
suit, We are sure our friends sympathiAe III
this sentiment.
The introduction of new types INTO 'he COL
umps of The DisPArcK, Is anevent OF iaf 700 ire-
80, occurrence TO bc as profitable agreea
ela The large amount of its circulation sub
,,.,s ,he tvpes on which il is printed 10 such
h.rsh and severe usage that they are soon
battered aud worn so as 20 impair their good
appearance Every experiment has been made
10 harden The type metal, in order to make II
more durable and though great improve
rnent has been made in If, stu, in circula;ionS
.uch as ours, ii is found that nothing can make
II proof against the wear and tear OF the pow
erful machinery ii has TO pass through AT
lightning speed. Ii is, nevertheless, a great
satisfaction TO us to renew our types and I'M
prove the DIspATcH as often az that Is heees-
sary and as much H. IL costs.
Time was when daily lists in this city Were
numbered by hundreds, and then "a font OF
.v,es lasted somew where about n decade. The
intervals of renewal We're long, and the event,
,yh.n il did come was quite an excitement
A famous veteran OF the types IN those days
indulred himself upon such occasions in pro-
,o,yad and devoted sprees Taking care to
hiring the paper out first in the new dress, he
,,acea the earliest copies in his hat, and hur-
ried off 10 the restaurants TO exhibit II TO
,dmtrinr crowds Toasting the types, the
naper the editors, the printers and The devil,
no soon got n brick in his hat instead OF the
pa,,ers and commenced n cruise (as he called
=, ! of n week OF two which wound up with
his being picked mp fonndered at sea, ana
lowed home for oyerhauling and reiitting-
ITpon his temperance, he was himself type
of the battered font which had given place &c
the new But times have changed, ana ths
renewal of the dress of the DISPATCH e1clie'
not half the notice such an event III othe>
days oceasioned.
Tho DISPATCH has now, we suppose, II
newspaper life, reached the period OF adoies
ceuce II is i'll its eleventh year. We used Il
speak ofits youth and the smart appearance o
the boy in his new suit. That time, so inter
esting TO parents, has passed, and we look Il
him now his maturity anu thoooh VIZ
tender solicitude inspired by his carrier strus
giles is relieved By the matured life ana soh'
position he has attained, we sun regard mn
with proper pride and delight in every III
proyement he displays. The reader VIII par
don, we are sure, thus much OF egotlsm.
We take the occasion as fitting 10 thank on
friends and the public in general for the laFo
so widely and literally shown the DIsPArcH'-
It's success has been steady as the gro" II
of thriving commercial communities, ana nov
il exhibits condition OF prosperity uheAaii'
pied BY the southern press. TO the puoii'
and TO whatever of tact and industry we ma
possess we are indebted for this we ca
only promise 10 continue our eXertlohs 10 i"i
nish the people with 4 really vaiuaoie new
paper and n fair and just journal, Devoted
The prosperity and welfare OF our Owl GU
and State. and true to the rights and hohor
the South With these great causes we uesh
10 prosper. and when they fail ana iah'
NAV We,