Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-11-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
To The Edi,ors Of The N. Lntettigsncer.
SILK AND SUGAR,

Grx7IrrEy:-i have had The liberty to make the en-.
closed copy Of letter from gentleman now in Paris
l., the Hon |. Ellsworth, OF this city, which SUD
mn 10 ,oa fo public sicn II is gratifying TO find The
Inventive Of Professor Morse sgnaiy ackno"-
lodged in Frsnce end the suggestions oil Tue writer IL
III. close al the letter, an relation 10 the PF'0"enn y
Slk emd SrgGr. of such vast Importance as Will
hn m By those who possess the power % di'ect 'e
attention aud rgics of the ngrcuurss OF our coun
try TO these new sources Of national wealth
With great respect, &c.
"PARIs, Sept. ~, 1888.
"A,y DEAR SIR: | am you will be glad 10 learn,
that American friend Professor Morse, oil Tue We"
York Civ University, is producing very great sensa-
,on among the ned Of this Kingdom, by his
eenious and wonderful Magnetic Telegraph tie sub
united the examination OF the Academy Of Sciences
of the ROYAL Institute OF Ftance at their sitting on
Monday last and The deepest interest excited among
the ME u5ers Of that learned body on tile subject It's
novelty beauty simplicity and power, were highy COM
Eiended
"sI ara-n, the learned and eminent Principal in the
A,,ronoucni Observatory Of the French Government,
has manifested lively gT1ttcaon IN regard 10 ~
lie sdd1essc The Academy in regard to our connlrymans
invention terms that could not but have been most
prasipe they certainly most cTediable 10 Mr..
nI,:se II j. understood, tina! port Of the exhibition
will be submitted By NJ Arago in Tie forthcoming
Der Of tie published proceedings oil the Institute The
favorable consider alton and opinion OF and pho
so.Ier so em"ent in The scientific world as NJ Arago,
aud 50 intimately associated with the learned nsal;ous
81 the French Government will be IN itself rich re.
ward Tor American ingenuity 10 attain in the he!d OF
science Oer projects 70. the establishment OF mag
n. lie telegraph have been preached here especially from
Professor Hhrasione o: London, and Professor Stein
he'll Of Muuch II is said, however TO be very mani
tes; thIt our Yankee Professor is head OF them oil in
all the essential requisites OF such invenon, and that
he is in the way TO bear of the palm. In simplicity Of
design ces OF construction and efficiency, Pro-
lessor Morscs Telegraph uanscends all yet made known
In each OF these Gualitlcs II IS admitted By those who
inspected /. closely there 10 be lille else TO
10
cUyesy he aniedateS al! others.
.In being abroad, among strangers and foreigners,
ones nationality OF feeling may be somewhat more ex.
citabie than al home BE this il may, canno! but
feel cr ,,,i-d as an American that counryman like
Fulton tie practical science OF steam, IS thus n ad
vance Of the learned of the old world in Tin, hi
umpan adaptation to every day uses OF the eide! sister
of steam power electricity The result o; his ingenuity
will in few years lmpart 10 the intercourse OF
points dl-:,l from each other arrct less wonder
fu and nnocn,is! .hca that which the Of steam
power has already impaired 10 1t In this respect.
Their revelation is al hsnd wonderful than its
Predecessor do moi douhi tho, within the mex, ten
sou will this electric power adopted between
uli commercial points OF asnilude both sides Of
tue Atlantic for purposes o! correspondence snd
cGsbed to send Their orders or OF eTrHts from one
point Ea0;tes with the speed OF lightning Itself,
persed.ng !ceGy all The oil! modes Of express mails aEd
port boy correspondence IN all matters OF moGient
10 Governments and trade Tho extreGes Of
tons will Re iiiersl!y Ir:r,d together, snd brought for
ali purposes ot written SrundrmGs. within the
paclnccs OF centre Ia Tie g. S for instance,
YOU may rect To find. al very distant ia tie Exc
cu,ive messages and the daily Of each House Of
Congress. In,de known Philadelphia New York. Boz
ton, and pvrsnd-al New Orleans Cincinnati, &c as
lhcy can he known at baltimore, a the
opposite extremity Of Pennsylvania avenue The nsr
chan, al Boston New York will yet te xNle cores
pond with his ship master e. New Orleans Tie sub
ect or tieiEhts, prices Of coll"r sugar, Sc
Of Tie Gay, and give orders and return
sHers between the safre distant points ~ and the
TO-,
readily amid sunsh e. To predict this much
Like GARY tale; and II s, indeed, nea'n. to
contemplate Tie realities which science ard pr,cc'l
sk arc pouring IN upon our age II Is no hanger p'o-
verb, but the ssyIn. has the so!ean,y of
,hematcal truth, that 'truth IS sr"ng,r THAI fiction
Aoslract ' g!aat"u is no Ion match Tor reality in
the ;si science has instlutcd both sides o The
Atlantic
Il have Lrsn highly graliird find that the French
Gorernr,c", is pushing with sli lis might every species
Of resenrci and experiment uHon the two subjects
which ~snei 10 be of laa!,ng Interest and absorb
ing Importance 10 cur counryi tncan the growth ard
nuacuIc % the sugar bret and the trealen Of the
silk worm II is 10 be hoped tina, the American Co
vrinmeni will no lcager slnbcr for slumhcng i; still
reference 10 these interests bat iha without
stnted calculations of the cost IT will forthwith adopt
all necessary measures for developing within lis
limits, and making known 10 our own citizens the in
calculsb'y extended resources which are within the
reach OF Americans in reference 10 the growth and
manufacture OF the beet and the rearing OF silk
worms. ] have taken all pains To supply myself with
every treatise q! value yet published here upon these
subjects. with view Of converting them 10 such USE
N the diffusion among my friends Of the details they
furnish, a. my h"aited leisure aud opportunities will
permit EGt the spirit a"d rnl;cy OF LIE French Go
venmeDl these and like matters of national interest
are worthy OF I'll c"gicnIalon il is in this spirit ard
this poscy would Ike 10 the Federal Government
Of the hfnctican States initiate the French and ether
European Governments. Expenditures thus incUtred,
Will, like the bread OF charity upon the waters
rslurn IL due season with manifold blessings To the
donor.