Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-04-19
Newly INVENTED TELEeRAPH.-We


veil have afer many years application 10
the subject, invented an important system
OF Telegraphs. which casts into the shade
every thing of the same kind that has yet
been attempted. BY their admirable plan,
they can communicate every kind of in.
formation, word by word. aud punc,uate
the same, without using more signals than
words, and with as much raridity as
person can write, or even speak They
have received the most faaering cncour-
agemenl from those literary and scientific
gentlemen to whom they have explained
the system; ard not doubt is entertain
ed that it will accomplish the purposes Of
the inventors, and realize all that has been
anticipated from it. Mr.. Gonon assures
me that he will be able to comm unicate a
despatch of one hundred words, from New
York to Orleans, in half an hour!
and those who are thoroughly acquaint-
ed with the system confirm his promises
How elementary does every o1her system
appear in comparison Of that which can
accomplish such an object. The ina
gination is overpowered in contempla ting
the consequences of such an achievement
Of human ingenuity. Distance is annihi-
lated Thousands of miles no longer d.
vide US. We know en- the instant, as i,
were, the actions, the wishes, the deter
limitations of our fellow beings Of other
States. Fortunate it is that we live in an
age for whose intellectual progress no.
thing is 100 ripe"
We know nothing Of the Telegraph Of
Messrs. Gonon & ServeI except what is
related in the above paragraph but we
do know that gentleman of our &C
qualntance, several years since, sugges-
ted that intelligence might be communi
Gated almost inslantoneous!y, hundreds, if
not thousands Of miles, BY means of very
| fine wires, properly coated to project them
from moisture, and extending between
places thus widely separated 1t is well
known that electric fluid occupies no per-
ceptibIe time in passing many miles on
a wire; and if it is possible, by connect
ing one end of the wire with an electrical
or galvanic battery 10 produce any sensi-
lie effect qchaterer at the other, it is obvi-
Gus that if there are t1centy-f four wires,
each representing letter oflhe Al phabet
they may be connected with the battery
successfully in any order; and if so con-
nected in The order Of the letters Of any
word or sentence, that word or Sentence
could be read or written by person stand
ing at the other end of the wires. All the
letters Of paragraph in newspaper
could thus be touched successfully by a
man in Philadelphia and the contents,
verbatim ct literatim, be conveyed 10 New
York as fast as composItor could set up
the type! 1t is not impossible that the
time may be near when speeches in Con-
gresS taken down by reporters, and con-
veyed by these "eIectric telegraphs" to
Newly York or New-OrIeans, may be in
type, printed, circulated, and read, wi:hin
a few houls after the voice of fhe speaker
has ceased at Washington The wires
necessary for distance Of a hundred
miles need not weigh many pounds, and
if enclosed in an india rubber tube, and
supported on high poles erected along the
route at intervals Of or 500 feet, could
be extended through an immense distance
at trifing expense The feasibility OIL
the project depends entirely upon the
practicabiIlty of producing any sensible
effect at one end of long wire by con.
Meeting the other end with an electrical
or galyanic battery.-,N Y Obs
BLIGHT IN PAIR TREEs.-Thc Penn
sylvania Horticultural Society, anxious tc
promote the discovery Of a preventive fol
the disease usually termed bightin pear
trees, offers premium OF fire hundred dol
lars, to be paid The person who shall dis.
cover and make public an efectual means
ofpreventng lis attack; the rremium net
to be award ed until after the expiration O.
three years from the publication of The
preventive, nor until the Society shall be
fully satisfied of its efficacy. Commune
cations on the subject may be addressed
per mail to David Landreth, Cor. Sec.
Philadelphia
THE OvERsLAUGH-We learn, says
the Troy Wing, shat on Thursday, the
E captain of a vessel from Boston to Albany
sounded the Overslaugh all along the
formerly shallow spots, and did not touch
the bottom with fourteen foot pole.-N
Y Spec.
CONNECTICUT ELEcTloN.-TheH Hart
): ford Times gives the returns from all the
towns in the State except FIVE. The re.
suit is as follows:
Edwards, V. B., for Gov, $4,000 votes
Ellsworth, Wing, for do. 2O,Ol7
2OO3
All The members Of the last Congress
are reelected, viz: Messrs. Toucey, Ing
ham, Haley, Whiulesey, Phelps and Holt
They are all Van Buren, men. VI II
state Senators, the Times claims IA fol
Van Buren,. OF 2O6 members of the
House, about s. are Wings.