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 my beautiful cities are wandering into the wilderness
IN search OF bread and iii addition TO all these caam
ties 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 negeciaton.-
Whether any attempt will be made il or not,
whether Martin the First will endeavor to show
why Prince whose hairs white, and whose head
is bald may be entitled claim the hand of youthful
queen, say but have spies the of
Martin Washington, and the of Victoria at
st. James, and shall fail in giving the public
any further that may he made in this affair
New AND BEAUTIFUL INV ENTIoN. When in London
q few days ago, we learned that eminent scientific
gentleman is at present engaged In maturing an IN
venton which promises 10 lead to the most astonsh-
ing results, and TO exert vast influence on the future
progress OF society. Ii Is electro telegraph, the
powers OF which much surpass those OF the com
mon instrument bearing that the art Of print
ing srrpasses the picture writing fthc Mexicans.-
The telegraph consists of five wires, lnclosed IN a
sheath oilnda rubber which isolates them from each
other, and protects them from the external air A
galvanc trough pile is placed at the end Of the
wires which act apon 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-
is susp ended. The FIVE wires may thus denote as
many letters; and by binary orternary combinations,
the and twenty letters of the alphabet may easily
be represented.
Bya simple mechanical contrivance the commu-
ncation between the wires and the trough may be es-
tabshed and stopped as the keys OF pianoorte are
touched by the hands of practlced musician, and
the indication will be exhibited at the other end of the
chain of wires quickly as they can be read Oft. In
the experiments already made the chain of wires has
been extended to a length of five miles (by forming
numerous coils within limited srface,) and the two
ends beng placed each other II is found that the
transmssion of the electric action is, so far the hu
man senses can discern, perfectly instantaneous.
Little doubt is entertained that IL may be conveyed
over hundred or a thousand miles with the same
velocity and the powers OF the instrument promise 10
be great its action is rapid 1t will not he
fined like the common { legraph, to the transmission
of a few sentences or short message, and this IS
only in the day time in clear weather and by repeat
sd operations, each consuming portion of time; for
while it works by night or by day, il will convey in
teigence with the speed of thought, and with such
copousness and ease, that speech slowly spoken in
London might be written down in Ednburgs, each
sentence appearing on paper within few minutes
after il was uttered 400 miles of.
There may be practical difficulties attendingits epe-
ration as yet unknown but 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 grandesi III the an
nails OF the world; and its effects will be such as no
efforts ofmagnatlon pos sbly anticipate. capital
like London, with these electric ramfyng from
iover the whole country, would be truly thesensorium
Of the empire. Men thousand miles from each other
would be enabled to confer, il they were in the
same apartment, Or to read each others thoughts as
If they were in the sky 1t would supersede the posi-
even though carried with rail road speed Compared
with it, the winged winds that waf sigh from
Indus to the Pole" would be lazy messengers. In a
despotlc country. il would invest the price with
thing like omnisclence; md in free state spread
thought impulse from one extremity 10 the other
in instant, and give the people the power OF simp
taneous action which would be irresistible. II is
proper TO adj that the author must not be held an
swerable for oar account of his invention, as we had
no communication either with himself or any Of his
friends. Our informant, however was man of
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