Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-08-23

Thy footsteps may be in slippery places. The cur
rency OF that country is filthy rags The inhabitants
OF thy beautiful cities wandering into the wilderness
IN search OF bread and in addition all these caam
tles IN less than four years thou wilt be weighed IN the
balance, and found wanting.
Accept the homage of my high consideration.
Signed for the Youthful Queen GRANVILLE
Thus has failed this most important negeciation-
Whether any att empt will be made 10 renew il or not
whether Martin the First will endeavor show
why Prince, whose hairs white, and whose head
is bald may be entitled 10 claim the hand of youthful
queen, say, but have spies the Of
Martin, at Washington, and at the Of Victoria
st James, and we shall fail in giving the public
any further movement that may he made in this affair
NEW AND rEAUTIFUL INvENTIoN.-When In London
few days ago. learned that eminent scientific
gentleman is at present engaged in maturing an in
ventlon which promises 10 lead to the most asonlsh
ing results, and to exert vast Influence on the future
progress OF society. 1t Is an electro telegraph, the
powers OF which much surpass those OF the COM
mon instrument bearing that name the art of print
ing surpasses the picture writing Of the Mexcans.-
The telegraph consists Of five wires nclosed in
sheath OF India rubber which lsolates them from each
other, and protects them from the external air. A
galvanc trough or pile placed the ore end Of the
wires, which act upon needles at the Other; and when
any OF the wires IS put IN communication with the
trough, motion is Instantly produced IN the needle
at the other extremity, which motion ceases the mo-
ment the connexon between the wire and the trough
is susp ended. The five wires may thus denote as
many letters; and, by binary orernary combinations,
the SIX andtwenty letters of the alphabet may easily
be represented
By simple mechanical contrivance, the commu-
ncation between the wires and the trough ma be es-
abllshed and stopped the keys OF pianoforte are
touched by the hands of practiced musician, and
the indication will be exhibited the other end of The
chain of wires as quickly they can be read Off In
the experiments already made the chain Of wires has
been extended to length of five miles (by forming
numerous coils within limited surace,) and the two
ends beng placed near each Other II Is found that the
ransmIssiOn of the electric action far the hui
man senses can discern, perfectly instantaneous
Little doubt is entertained that il may be conveyed
over a hundred or thousand miles with the same
velocity and the powers of the instrument promise TO
be great as its acton is rapid. 1t will not he
fined, like the common I legraph, to the transmission
of few sentences or short message and this Is
only in the day time in clear weather and by repeat
cd operations, each consuming portion of time; for
while il works by night or by day, it will convey in
telligence with the speed of thought and with such
coplousness and ease, that speech slowly spoken IN
London might be written down in Ednburgs, each
sentence appearing on poper within few minutes
after il was uttered 400 miles off,
There may be practical difficulties attendlngts ope-
ration as yet unknown; bur we speak here Of what
intelligent men, acquainted with the eXper ments no W
in progress look forward 10 their probable result
Ii the promise these experiments hold out be realized
the discovery will perhaps be the grandest in the an
mails of the world; and its effects will be such no
efforts oflmagnatlon sbly anticipate. A capital
like London with these electric nerves ramfyng from
itover the whole country would be truly hesensorium
of the empire Men thousand miles from each other
would be enabled to confer, il they were in the
same apartment, to read each others thoughts as
If they were in the sky 1t would supersede the post,
though carried with rail road speed. Compared
with il, the winged winds that wait a sigh from
Indus to the Pole" would be lazy messengers. In a
despoc country. il would invest the price with some
thing like omnscence and in free state, spread
thought impulse from extremity TO the other
in instant, and give the people the power of smul
taneous action, which would be irresistible ii is
proper TO adj that the author must not be held an
swerabe for account of his invention, as had
communication either with himself, or any of his
friends. Our informant however, was man Of
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