The New York Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1854, Page 2

wo ums wus we cissemmmation-Of Obristianity | with more imness thas the politician, whe ls Ae" over the earth, the Hxnacp devotes a large portion of ite space to reports of their In one week we have pnblished over fifty o: of reliv gious intelligence, af alld conteinilig a com- plete summary of tne d of a . ot the churches in the United States, independent of the large number of eermons reported throughoat the year. In this respect we have made no distinctions —the Catholic and the Protestant have been treated with equal cons’ gerstion, and each here read in the Hamatp the sermons of their most eminent di- vines. ‘There is one other department of news which waa established first in oar paper, and the importance of which bas been freynently acknowledged by tho ‘business community. We allude to the publication of @nancial and commercial intelligence, embracing all the transactions that take place in the money market. Through our columns the public were iret introduced to the bulls and bears, and informed of the manner in which they condacted their business, The condition of the bsnks, the rise and fall in stocks, the operations of speculators, were all daly pabMshod, and every attompt oa the part of presi doats and directors of corporations to impose upon amd cheat stockholders, exposed and denounced. In the year of the great financial revalslon, the Heniip was among te most prominent opponents of. the system which led to the dissters that marked that period in the commercial history of | ‘ais country. We have never swerved from the gourse which we adopted thon, but have continued to oxolaim against that + xtravagance and speculation which at present threatens to overwhelm the me:- cantile community in ye. cral bankruptcy. Let us look now, for 4 moment, at the present con- dition and fatare pr sects of the Haratp. Nine- eon years ago we O»wmrnced its pablication on a single sheet, for one cent, which was in a few weeks raised to two centa. To-dyit contains eight pages, tnd is about three times larger than when it was [iret published, while uo increase has been made in the price. Then it hud e circulatiou of seven thou- eand ; now its ciroulstiv. is nearly aixty thousand, and it hag readers in every part of the world. It haa correspondents ia every country, and its facili- ties for obtaining ivf: rmution from all quarters are pot equalled even by the London Times. Where one small press sutisiod the demands of our patrons, we find it impossible to meet it now with the aid of thee mammoth machines, which are capable of throwing off fifty thousand papers in three boure. If we covl: print one hundred thou- sand in the same time, we believe we would atill be anable to supply the » emand, so that oar circulation ie only Umited by the utter impossibility of obtain- ing euicient mecbanical power for the parpose, ‘We have spoken of the enterprise which has been exhibited by the Hgxaup in obtaining the earliest news, but it would be utterly impoasible, even in this extended sketch, to give an adequate descrip- tion of the various ways in which it is collected. We bave sent repoiters to a distance of fifteen dundred miles to procare inteiligence and give ac- @ounts of the proceedings of meetings which we deemed of importance to the country at large, and during the war with Mexico no expense was epared to present the earliest intelligence from the soeme of hostilities to our readers. This enterprise aroused the emulation of the other daily papers, and although the press of this city atili remains far bebiad the Heraxp, it fs a great way abead of every other city inthe Union. At one time Boston and Philadelphia took the lead, but New York bas reached @ point which baffles all attempts at competition on their part. Through ber preas the Bapire State possesses a vast and controlling in- fiuence on the policy of the country, and the power Of the Hamaxp has been exhibited on many occa- sions. But it is unnecessary further to allude to this subject, as its present position and circulation are the beat proofs that can be presented of its influ- ence. Thoreis one more department to which we shall Teter. While speakig of the Jarge circulation of tho HeRAp, wo are reminded of the great advan- tages it posscases as an advertising medium, and of ‘the extensive patronage it enjoys from the businees community. The princely merchant who desires a purchasor for his goods, and the humble servant girl in want of @ place, advertise in our columns, If the housekeeper is looking for e house, or the arti- | cles with which to furnish it; if a person is in search of a lost friend; if a man in business desires a loan of some thouaands om secarity, or if another wants to loan it, they all express their va- rious waats through eur advertising columns. As this ig one of the most important departments on the paper, we treat of it under a reparate head. In our establishment the work fe classified as mach as possible, to facilitate the transaction of the business of each department, The mechanical de- partment, which includes tho press and composing reems, is under the general supervision of one per- son, and so with the financial and editorial depart- | menta, while a foreman and a aumber of assistants attend to the detaila, Tbe following table gives the number of persons employed in the publication and sale of the Hsnatp:>— Number of editors and reporters..... corer | Correspondents .... eee veee 100 Res > compositors. 43 | 8... 30 | Proof readers. 4 Reriver 1 Foremaa of composing department 1 Aasistent foremen 4 Printers’ devils. 2 Clerks in the mail 6 Clerks in the publication offic: 6 Hands in press room. . 20 Newsboys in this city. . es « . 200 Agents thronghont the Union... sreee 150 Cacriers in New York and vicinity............ 50 TOM. cere ener eeeees Pr600 Ae see veeetece OOF RNwonld be impossible to estimate the number who @re indirectly dependant upon the Herat for support, for in the above Jist we have included those aviy who are employed immediately in and about the establishment, If we were to give those cn- aged in the manvfacture of the paper on which the finan is printed, and to supply which one mill is theesand. We will now proceed to give a descrip- Hon of cach department, commencing with the editorial: — * THE EDITORS AND REPORTERS, ‘The two most important departments on a daily | ve vepaper arc the edito: ial and reportorial, and the @uties of both aze of a most responsible nature. | There is nothing, perhaps, which will so powerfully test tho obaracter or the ability of a man as the mavagement of & daily journal This is especially the cease in @ free country, where the poople sre educated, and where talent and moral worth are the two greatest recommendations which can be presented for their esteem, Here tho majority rule, and here we generally judgo a principle ora policy by the favor with which it is received by the pteat maas of the people. The best evidence of the ctaracter of a paper, the:efore, is the support which it obtains from the public. There is no profession which requires 80 moch jadgment, and at the same time euch diversity of talent, practical experi- ence of the world, aa intimate knowledge of men and things, and keon political perception, as that of the editer. With unswerving integrity of purpose, be muet combine genius of the highest order, oud @ perseverance that overcomes every dif feuity. It is peculiarly his duty to encourago every- yg that tends to promote the welfare and inter. of the country, to attack corruption in the ndminietration of the affairs of the nation as well a9 in thors of the to farther the ends of jnstice, to inaintain the im ty of the country and protect jops aga‘ust the assaults of tzeacheroas foor"from within, aud of enemies from without, to a ee el attotapts to interfere with the excen- «ne ‘aws, and to oppore everything and any- siieh has fur ite object the destraction of the +! apetem and the demorelization of so : the many peste to which he is gu, y employed, the number would exceed a | | Personification of everything that is mean or com coe fh we <2 Sees — ‘business, who, ly look. eon ‘ spoils of office, and who is willing to the elections, am ciple and every manly to it “constantly occupied. | own selfish enda. The edito- who possesses all | these requirements, and performs all these. obliga. } tlons, is certain o° obtaining that success which he deserve’. It ia true that he will not cecape the slan, ders of his enemies, but experience has proved that Perhaps the best exemplification of this is to be found in the virulent abuse that hasbeen poured forth from time to time upon the proprietor of the Hanan, and the deadly hostility which was exhibit. ed towards him throughout his editorial career by rival papers or political antagonists. Those who have no practical knowledge of the duties of an oditor, can form but a poor conception condition of affairs in Europe, on anothor he has to give his attention to American politics, while he is expected to express his opinion on all important local matters besides, and to give his views on vari ous questions that may ariso in the financial, com. mercial and social world. The itfe of an editor would present some of the strangest develo pements that have ever been made, and give an insight into the s6.ret history of politics and politicians that would astonish the community. We could giro many eatounding facta, but one will suffice as a eample. A gentleman one day called into our office and expressed a desire to see Mr. Bennett on im business. His request was complied with, and he immediately proceeded to explain the pur on foot, from which, if successfal, a mine of wealth might be realized. He proposed to construct a rail- road, with the assistance of Mr. Bennett, who should use his influence for a consideration of ten thousand doUars, in inducing men of capital to subscribe for stock. In reply, he was told if it could bo satisfac- torily proved that the construction of the road would be a benefit to the public, it would receive his support independent of every consideration, and that for such serviee he would not consent to accept | any reward, the Harap has ever pursued most independent course in regard to our governments, both State and ational, and that when the spirit of discord threat- ened the dissolution of the Union, it was to be found on theside of law and authority. ‘Tho labors of the editorial department arc divided under distinct heads—the foreign and domestic news, the financial and commercial, the marine or | shipping intelligence, political and miscellaneous, { literature, music and the fine arts. The rooms ap- { propriated to the ase of both editors and roporters are in the second story, and consist of six apart- ments, which are furnished with a library of refer ence and provided with every facility required. ‘The reportorial cepartment extends over s larger | fleld of operations than any other on the paper, with the exception of the oditorial. The police courts, and the courts of law, city intelligence, meetings of al! kinds, religious, political, litorary, scientific, &c., and the collection of local news of a miscellancous character, come within the sphere of hie duties, All these, however, aro performed by different persons, who have each their own partica- lar kind of work marked out, The short-hand writer, however, must not be con- fonnded with the reporter of news, although both @re not unfrequently combined in the one person. ‘We know of no profession in fact which is more di- versified, or go fall of strange contrasts as that of reporting. In the pursuit of his business the report- er is brought into contact with almost every class in the community. The legislator, the lawyer, the | ministerand the Politician are all, to a great, cxtent | dependent upon him for publicity; he is to be found | the rich and the poor, at the meetings ofthe humble | mechanic and the Congress of States. By the magic | of his wonderful art the orator is given the world | for his audience, and not only the principles he pro- { mulgates are preserved for {ature ages, but the lan guage in which they are clothed is reported with a | fidelity and accuracy that is unsurpassed even by j the art of daguerreotyping. How many speak- | ere are indebted to him for a large share of their popularity and distinction? How many {have been surprised to see thelr unconnected | remarks, full of grammatical errors and blun- ders, transformed into excellent speeches? But for his charity, as a Jadge :of this city was once told by a member of the profession, many a | Speaker would appear in a more conspicuous than | dignified position before the public. No man is more thoronghly conversant with the character of at the primary meetings, at the polls and in the con- | opements could we not make had we the time and | were this the proper place for them. As we have eaid, his basiness brings him into con- | tact with nearly all classes of the community. If the corner stone of a church {is to be laid he mast | bepresent during the ceremony, for it is only through him that the members of the denomination to which that church belongs can be made acquainted with the | particulars. If some great wrong is attempted to bo | perpetrated on the people, and the people assemble | in mass meeting to denounce it, the prosence of the reporter is indisponsible. If a mocting is to be held for some charitable purpose, the constraction of a , hospital, a house of industry or some other beuevo. ' lent institution, his services aro solicited in aid of | theundertaking. Ifa terrible accident occurs on a | | xailvoad, by which thirty or forty lives are lost, the public depends upon him for reliable information; aud if it is certain that the terrible sacrifice has been caused by neglect or Indiffereuce, Le it is who must fearlesely expose it. Inthe Legislatures of the State est oficial there, for without his presence what ublic know of the actions of their repre Lot an act be passed in any one of our ye assemblies, cither State or national, ox the reporters, and the people would rise its, He is a repress ve of the liberty of the , and where an unjust interference with the xercises of hfa duties is attempted popalar freedom is assailed. It is for this reason that in everything in which the people are con- cerned, and their rights or interests are in- volved, he is entitled to certain privileges, with out which it is impossilie for him to perform his important and onerous duties. One incident will , Serve to illustrate what we have said in regard to the importance which is attached to his services, O'Connell, the great Irish leader, had a dificulty | with the reporters of the Dablin press, in conse- quence of sore remarks which he made at a public mecting reflecting upon their profession, when all who were prosent at the time rose from their seats, left the mecting, and refesed to retarn until he had made a eatisfactory apology. Occasionally they have to submit to sgme abuse and annoyance from persons who, through churlishness or ignorance, re- fare them the facilities and coaveniences to which they are justly entitled It sometimes happens, too, when they tell anwholesome truths, that they are assailed im tho most virnlent manner. At a meeting of strong minded women held fa this city , in September, 1453, the notoriona infidel and aboil- tiovist, Lloyd Garzison, spoke of them in the most abusive language, the reporters at the time being present. They paid no attention to him, however, euch attacks only inflict an injury on the elanderer, | of the amount of work which he performs daily. | | One day he is required to write an article on the | pose of his visit. He said that ho had an entergrice | The public will agree with us when we say that | in the Senate, the church, the courts of law, among | the politician, or can better appreciate the displays | of patriotism in which he indulges. He mects him | | ventions, and has opportunities which few possess of | j secing him in his true colors. What curious devel- | ation he must have a place as well as the hich | in to protest against ihe outrage on their { Although there ie a greet dial ta the life of a re- porter that may at tals labore or P ing } the che ‘The scene presented in the | editorial rooms, whe the reporters are all engaged in writing out the reports of different meetings, would present a fine opportunity for the speculs: tons:of the philosopher. Here he will find one 0o- | capled in writing out an account of an infidel con- veation, and hese again is another preparing @ re- port of a missionary meeting, while the rest are, | perhaps, employed in gtving s description of some | terrible calamity. Just at that time when others } are retiring to their night's rest, he is often begin: | ning the labors of the day, and preparing the ac- counts which meet their eyes in the morning. ‘THE COMPOSITORS AND PROOF READERS. Printing has been justly called ‘the art presor- vative of all arta,” and at one time “the printer,” | or, as he fs now called, “the compositor,” was en- | titled to certain privileges which were only con- | ferred on the most favored citizens, Some of the | most eminent men in ourown country, and in the | Old World, have worked at the case; but time, aud | the great increase’that has taken place in the number | of printers, have placed them on a love! with other | trades, at least so far as the exclusive privileges with which they were invested is regarded. In our | composing room there are about seventy employéa, besides the foremen and proof-readers. To those who have never been inside of a newspaper eatab- lishment, and who are unacquainted with the man- ner in which the process of setting type aad print- ing is carried on, a brief description may not prove uniateresting. The composition room of the Hr- | RaLD has an extentof one hundred fect by seventy- five, and is in every respect superior to any other nthe country. It is lighted by windows on every side and an extensive skylight, while the most per fect ventilation purifies the atmosphere from the unhealshy effluvis which arises continually from the type. Communication is kept up with the editorial rooms by meaps of a dumb waiter and sjcaking tubes, The copy is sentup by the waiter and dis- tribnted among the printers by the foremaw, with directions as to the deacription of type in which it is to be “set up.” If it is editorial it is | usally set up in brevior; but if general news, | the type used is mignion, nonpareil, or agate, the | latter of which, however, fs seldom employed, in consequence of its small size. Placing this copy on the case before him, the printer commences the process of setting up, which is per- formed by means of a “ stick,” as the instrument is termed. Instead of being constructed of wood, as the name would seem to imply, it 1s made of iron, The printer holds it in his left hand, and picking ap the type with his right, places it in, letter by letter, until the stick is filled, when he empties the con- tents on a galley. This is dono with every stick full of type until the galley is closed when a proof is taken, on which the typographical and other errors are coirected by the proofreader, and afterwards revised by the reviser, After its correction, it is placed in the form, which is then sent te the press room—ita final destination. There it is fastened on the press, and the paper is printed on it. A printer must necessarily be @ well informed man, as it is occasionally required to make correc: tions in the manuscript furnished to him. The typographical appearance of the paper depends to a great extent upon the taste and jadgment of | the foreman, who has a,most responsible position to fill. In the Heap the news and advertisements are arranged under separate heads, ao as to assist the reader in its perusal, and to prevent confusion. | nosmall importance, and the greatest attention is therefore paid to it. ; THE PRESS ROOM. The presa room is situated under the building, | and extends one hundred feet-on Falton street and seventy-five on Nassau. It is built under the street and is lighted by patent illaminators, which compose a large part of the pathway imme- | diately over the room. The ceiling is constructed | of immense iron arches, sufficiently strong to suppert the mass of earth and granite that orm the street above it. Threc of Hoe’s largest presses occupy one eide of it, cach of which is capable of priating over ten thousand copies of the Hgernanp por hour,. On the side ex- tending ander Nassau strect the boiler and engine are placed, the lattor being twenty-five horse power. Under the building, and adjoining the press rooms, paper is always kept on hand ready for printing. There are twenty men employed in this depart- selves into a military company, ander the title of the “Herald Guard.” A separate room is used by the caniiers to fold their papers in, while the newaboys are supplied in another department. | THE PUBLICATION OFFIOB AND ADVERTISING DK PARTMENT, The principal business transacted in the publica- | tion office is the recoipt of subscriptions for the | paper and of money for advertizementa, besides | | the general financial arrangements of the establish- | ment. There are five clerks whose duty it is to attend especially to the receipt of advertisements of _ all kinds, while six clerks are constantly employed in the mail department, attending to the transmis- | sion of the Hrraxp to its subscribers in all parta of | the world. The publication office is kept open day and night all the year round, with the exception of } the Fourth of July and New Year's day, when work is suapended in all the departments of the paper. TRE NEWSROYS. Who, that has ever seen a newsboy, or been soli- cited by him to buy a copy of the Hrrap, can | ever forget the blended expression of shrewdnees, independence, and reckless disregard for everything, | that scemed to mark him asa different being from | those of his own age? Among those we have ob- | | served about our office we have not seen one who did not bear the evidences of his occupation as | plainly marked on his face, and exhibited in his manner, as ifhe bore a label on his front. Some of them are not more than nine years of age, and they | rarge from that up to twenty. Their-exposure to all kinds of weather renders (hem very hardy, and capable of more physical endurance than we coald credit in boys of their age. The greatest heat of | summer, and the most intonse cold of winter, do not deter them from the pursnit of their peculiar | occupation; and they evince a Spartan fortitude un- | der fatigue, that would destroy a constitation of iron. Some of them seem to have an utter con- , tempt for the luxury of a bed, and aftera sleep of | | the former in manner that would astonish our | In the printing of a daily paper this isa matter of | Cake Dick,” and here, for the reasonable charge of are the store rooms, in whicha large supply of | ment, the majority of whom have formed them- | ; oA be of life !' the whieh lor is only Of erlling the price for it that bé not ; of feeling't' at sctuates bim; it he pursued it aa the uniertaker does his, withoat indulging in any useless exhibition of sorrow. We are sorry to be compelled to say thatthe newsboy is somewhat dissipated in his habits, and It is true they have not thelr clubs, like their fellow delz ga of the fa:hionable world who frequent Sara- toga, and the o'ber popular summer retreats of the beau monde. Many of them, too, we are also a>rry to sey, devotees of the jolly god, and decided pace lt. 4 of the Maine Liquor law. For the manly art of self-defence they have the highest reverence, and to obtain the enviable repu- tation among them of being @ shonulder- hitter is to have obtained all that is worth living for. When a prize fight is announced, the greatest ex- citement prevails among them, and discussions that often end in blows take place botween the of the rival pugilists, Sometimes this belligerent spirit is carried to an excem, asin the case of two boys that we once heard of, neither of whom was over twelve years of age. A dispute, it appears, had oc- curred between them as to which was “the bettor man,” and to decide the controversy they agreed to settle their differences by a trial of their physical strength. Forthis purpose they looked themsolves up ina room, but were fortunately discovered be. fore thoy had succeeded in doing mack harm. Upon being asked what was the cause of the difficulty be- tween them, they replied that “they only wanted to see which was the beat man.” They are certainly not destitute of physical courage, whatever may be their claims to moral excellence. During Mexican war, a large number of them enlisted, and, it is said, cut the most extraordinary flourishes among the hidalgoes and senoritas. A fow years ago a tremendous oxcitement took place among the newaboys, in consequence of an at- tempt cr the part of some pious charoh members to have an ordinance passed prohibiting the éale of pa- person Sanday. Their indignation was immediately aroused at what they rightly considered a most unjas- tifiable assault upon their rights; they called a mass meeting in the Park, and from a temporary platform erected in front of the City Hall,apeeches were made in their defence, and in denunciation of the attempt that had been made to deprive them of the priacipal means of earning.a subsistence. They succeeded in defeating their religious opponents, for we believe no efforts were ever made after that moeting to put | astop to the sale of Sunday papers in the public streets. ‘The newsboy is occasionally somewhat extrava- gant in his style of living, and often neglects the outer man for the sake of the inner. He makes, during a good week of extras, geven or eight, and sometimes as much as twelve dollars, bat, instead of saving up for @ day of scarcity, he indulges in “the delicacies of the season,” and spends his money at the theatres with the most la- vish prodigality. It is in the theatre that he is in his glory, and nothing pleases him more than those performances which are fall of desperate emcoun- ters, tragio scenes, and striking tableaux. They will learn off dislogues in which “the agony is piled on good and strong,” although they are not gene- rally very correct in their recitation. We have seen them imitate the fight between Macbeth and Macduff, and go through all the dying agonies of theatrical critics. Ono of their favorite resorts is a coffe saloon. ‘The proprietor is known by the name of “Butter tix conta, they can procure # cup of coffee and three cakes of rather diminutive size. They occupied a basement in Ann street as a sleoping apartment, for the privilege of oscupying a fair share on the floor of which, each boy had to pay @ fixed eum, which, we belicve, did not exceed six cents. This place was called the Little Astor House, to distinguish it from the greater, a very necessary precaution certainly, when we consider how many mistakes might occur if some sach dis- tinction had not been made. Some of the newsboya purchase papers on their | own ccconnt, but a large number are employed by others, who allow them a per centage on the num- | ber sold. One of these, named Mark Maguire, is | known among them as “the King of the News- | boys,” om account of bis extensive business in the | newspaper line. | From some things we have said it might be | | supposed that the newsboy was “a bard customer,” | but there are many good pointsfin his character, and | that would be doing him an injustice. We have beard of many who have been the chief support of | their families, and who have attained for themselves | positions of the highest respectability. This is a sufficient proof of the falsity of the charge that has ; | been made against them as being all bad, and that | | their occupation is demoralizing. ' THE PRINTERS’ DEVIL. In 8 complete description of a newspaper estab- | lishment there is one very important personage who | | should not be forgotten. This is the Printers’ Devil, | | 8 sort of attendant spirit on the compositors, to | whom he is of great service in various ways. The | | name is supposed to have originated from the popu- | | lar snperstiton in regard to Faust, to whom is | ascribed the invention of the art of printing, and | who was believed by the people to have been in leagne with the Devil. However this may be, we | will not now attempt to determine, preferring to leave the decision of such an important historical fact to thoee who are more interested in the subject, There are two other opinions iv regard tothe deriva- tion of the name, which havo the merit of plausibility toreeommena them, if they have even no historical foundation to rest upon. Some suppose the name | to have originated from his dirty appearanco—his | face and clothes being generally blackened with ink—while others are of the opinion that it was given to him on account of his mischievous propen- s.tice. Nol, without any desire to provoke discus- sion in a matter of such consequence, we willsimply say that, to our mind, all of these opinions are de- serving of credit, and, for the sake of harmony, we are willing to admit that any one of the reasons given is sufficient, { duties that are performed by the devil, for their nam may be troly said to be legion. He is geme- } rally the first inthe composing room, and com | of those conversant with the subject that there was | est | menees his day’s work by sweeping it out and pre- | paring it for the printers. Before he applies the , brush, however, he makes a detour of the cases, for five or six hours on a bard, stone stoop, | fallenon the floor during the preceding day and | will rise more refreshed to the labors of the | day than those who have roposed on a bed of down. Ti is true that some of the poor little fellows sink under it, and we never look upon one who has jut commenced bis carcer withoat a feeling of pity , When wo think of the hardships which he las be. | fore lim. But we never Know or heard of one who indulged in regrets, and if we might judge by their usnally cheerful appearance, we should consider , them a most contended clase, The majority of the newsboys areta be found in | Nasean street and its vicinity; bat they freqnent | railroad depots, stcamboat stations, the doors of | hotels, and every placo whero they are cortain of finding customers. They always make it s point, | even if they are unable to read, to find out the | most important news in the paper aud-inform the | public of it, in tones whioh, if notso sweet ag those | of Jenny Ling, are certainly not mach behind her's | in power, “It ia an ill wind,” they say, “which | occupled mainly by the “devil” in running of mes- | crop baa ever been made hows nobody good,” and this “is pecaliarly appli- | night. When he has coilected these, he throws the | } distrfbuting among the goodtype, A person, on | visiting a composing room for the first time, would | no doubt be somewhat astonished at hearing its oc- ' on an errand to the infernal regions with “pi;” , but we might eay to him, as Hamlet said to Horatio, | “There are more things in heaven and carth than aro dreamt of in your philosophy.’ Tho word “pi,” | too, which is generally suggestive of something good | toeat, means simply any quantity of type thrown to | gether in an indiscriminate Lut reported everything he said, and published his | cable to the nowebeys, for @ great calamity is a | genctallya good deal of spare time, he hay an ex- assault upon thcm in the papers of the following perfect harvest to them. How often have we printer's lexicon, the words “ “hell,” and | 872?—From all quarters we learn that seating. | “pi,” have entirely different those | Fegintys pandant com crop ise py! | which are commoply given to them. aioe t t this bright my be Weutermon wept detent” | Ue ten one tas | disposed of aa we have stated, the rest of the day is | Jus heen yathered, ant ‘whether larger sages. Ho is never worked very hard, and, as he has GEORGIA. he fh The corn in this section: a Soa ee. \ cellent opportunity of qualifying himectt—it he have | Cotton is apidly, oma begine tc ir morning. It is very seldom that they are assailed | heard thom yelling at the top of their | the ambitionend talents—for the highcet position i in tals manner, bat when they are they generally | voice, with what some might comsidera dendish de- in the ¢ateblishmpt. We could cive several in | of aa average crop. This & ee “be Pe ¥ ry Bu: while he -tartd ¢ ths public ear with | sufficient to mention VIRGINIA, It would be a difficult task to enumerate all the ; _ The webatcrop in this section of the State is now the purpose of picking up any type that may have | Amberst, . counties » wortiJeas portion of them into a receptacle called | and Giles, which become this year exporters oi “hell,” while the rest are placed upon the case for beleser cog pe po cupants calling for the devil, and sending him | ry county last week, and was delighted with that, in the. The Anderson (8.C.) Gazette, of the 19th ft ad beau ideal of i for it, and mae have reed bis:life ager how | have (eid ay bo mach bear when serving bis man can be. ; bat he 7 far wo ee Se, were ani ‘Hike him among the fraternity. “W6' have had's But we that it bas beon very geecral Pret cxesie einen, wih em Now| pond fo dl table eel hae at and can to the Re bave to withstand the eas and which they have earned for themselves, generally, as fast young men. In this respect they are not a whit behind their compeors of the Fifth avenue, al- thongh tl cir operations are confined to more limited ephere,by the wast of the necessary material aid. They obliged, therefore, to devote their attention to the i ill BE te i Bi 43 ae 8 i : ii 5 t HH ture, Of the Jack and Claude Duval stamp, | a dey afl ass cieninincet escapes agesterte ard weil fratted. thiaway of amasing ove’s self; andif all gentiemen of leioure would do nothing worse, the commanity would be inclined to look upon them with a more indalgent eye. The devil is a critic, too, of no mean stamp, and will descant by the hour on the manner in which S certain actor died, with feelings of the most enthu- sisatic admiration. Kirby, by one happy hit in a death The Bi acene, has gained for himself imperishable renown G 1 Fuk f ; i tet i sere i : H : g oe HW i A ft ceased; of afte among both thenewsboys and the devil How often | SDvmtns Coane, Soon re “estan to fa have we heard them express their high approbation Mery "api on te ate Cy fy of the patriotic way in which he wrapped himself panded yg —— eeu up in the starsend stripes !—and though the compari- on Baas 2 tow more woul gon they made might be called odious by a hyper- | ingure a fair, Dot full, Oa of reading, as we have intimated, is confinedtolight | CTY. Oo Praretis ae ee Na nm iterature, and the favorite works ee perce haps, ip the world coatexeel North bron pba roted for their high sounding titles, Opposition | production , beauty ital erator re a ree @ name, and devour with as . ste Wado Caan ertanHoengs Lore” | Otek it tan, ae wel “The Female Pirate, or tho Fate of the Avenger,” Seyeenlis Sor eae anaes | ‘The Blood Red Flag, or the Baccaneer of the Gulf, geen a prowpect if fee, cappe, ja Nieeits P| ‘Rinaldo Rinaldini,” &e., &c. Biographies of high- waymen, burglers, pirates, and all such estimsble ‘obo mol promisng-tey could mt be characters, are extensively read by them, and they when # i H ull ‘that d never known such dwell upon the daring adventures of Sixteen String crap, thet be bed ners tours we hay Jack, Jack Sheppard, and others of that atripe, with | the of riding Ore ie ree ‘hospital the most intense admiration. ‘ier, whore plantation ie situated im th Before the application of steam to printing the apprentice had always to perform the work of the devil; bat since then, the functions of the latter have generally been performed by a boy engaged es- pecially for the purpose. This boy seldom serves in that capacity after his eighteenth year, when he goes tosome trade. We know members of Con. gress, Clitors, reporters, printers, actors and judges who commenced life as printera’ devils, and all of whom are self-taught, self-made men. Take him altogether, we think more can be said for than against him, although he maybe addicted to a few of the fashionable follies and vices of life. @he Crops. VERMONT, The North Star of the 22d inst., says:—Our farm: . For the past few weather for it. ersare inthe midst of days, they have had most ex In this section, (et Pll peeeaetiat uel a eee i. 2389 Hu Hi i ie ec, deepal al at i . 3 é 4 3 i : [ F i : i half of an average crop in the county.—Orleans American, July 20. : PENNSYLVANTA. ‘We were shown last week, by our cate, Mia John Kilheffer, of Manor towns! two samples of byte he ae year. ¢ one is from seed obtained the re of this State; jerr's wheat, who about ten years ‘one or two in his field which, some pe culiarity about therh, attracted his attention. From small beginning the whole yep is now malic aad more of this kind of wheat fe A any other—Lancasier Intelligencer, uly 35. The wits is fully developed and corn us and ra- pialy advanced; bat the excessively bot eun wo | ‘Mqpe"s,0f fall average crop. , in that vietal! ines te renner nen eo wheat is poor from winter besides, ti left. without rain, will pareh and dry it so as weevil is destre: ye, the harvest ‘23 scant a an wheat. |The oat The Deets agers an tak tht tofeemd oP et abe ae laware State Reporter, that whesé crops in many places are as good as ev MARYLAND. The Tele that the whe The crops of corn on West River, we are inform- | crop in Fa: county turns out much better th ed, are very fine, paid preeiee large yield. To- | was a few weeks ago, and the Vai. pave is.also good. wheat crop is small, de- | Times says it will be a full average, if not mo: ee gan Ble fa by rast. In regard to the | taking the county through. wheat, we believe is generally the case - HIG. out the State, From our exchanges we plate + The crop acon ml ecarecly half the crop of wheat will be made this indgo by information from 2 idu that was last year.—Annapolie Gazette, July 29. in different parts of the coun’ ia much better The Planters’ Advocate ia informed that the | was Ter. "One ied to ua that a lan wheat crop in Calvert has been injared to | field which he had of ploughing under, wou uch an extent as not to exceed an ai althcngh it was the largest ever sown; the corn now yield bim fifteen bushels of od wheat to ti ae Ads the tobacco crop will be one-third ecre. There is probably but little if any lees tn: an average crop "throughout the State Patriot. WIScoNaTN. The Grant county Herald says of the wheat : Up to about the Sent St dane Ge westher hi We harvested and housed. We have no data whereby Tbetver for . o form a correct estimate of the breadth of sown and the yicld. It is, however. the impression E in this and the eouthwestern ecction of the State fully one-third more land sown in wheat this year, | ¢ertainl; than in 1850, and that the is_ more than an average one in uallty and The counties of 5 ford, Franklin, Roanoke, and Appomattox, produced in'1850, 657,967 bushels : of wheat; this te ‘ in 1850, 134,584 bushels. production cannot be less than 300,- The editor of the Christiansburg Herald took 9 short excursion into the southern part of Mont ? ap. peartnce of the crops. The wheat fields scemed al- Most endless in number, all harvested, while the farmers were busily engaged crop. The oat barvest has commenced, appears abundant. The farmer's toil far well rewarded, and for the fatare ¢! dant promise. sour 5 F B Ee. 5 3 5 i CAROLINA. i Spee : meny that *