Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-02-11

AHSSe BySI s-" IHTgflHft
makes but slow progress in iis " march, rom.
pared with the snwnrd movement of ~eIeetti-
city, We speak not Of it, ehysiral movement.
Tor time out Of mind q f,sh Of lightning has run
second only 10 thought ; but OF liz sdysncss
into the sorial system. and its increasing usa-
tuIness in the arts of life. The daily multi.
plying appliances of The subtle mysterious
principle forbid us to question ito power to ac.
compltsh all things. Electric influence il ex.
tending It's dominion In regions where, ssms
years since, the most entstretehed imsvina.
Don would not have conceived the posaibigii,
Of iis entering. The eDgravsf finds the nj.
most Ingenuity Of his art surpassed : tho pls.
ter haholds the solvent gold and silver re- m.
pear, and at the tonrh 81 this invisible agent,
Themselves over 81 the in,ricacies Of the s5read
cbirefled metal with mafchlsss uniformity
and precision saucspans and kattIos ac,uajl,
grow IN The blue copper solution. to ret Mt
naught HE b%razier's art the fabric printer
throws down his wooden blocks in dasnsir al,
seeing the most involved patterns, tfsced IL.
varieties 81 coIors, improved ut once and il,
The twinkitng Of an eye. by the touch Of wire.
the abtIquarv starts on discerning his rafest
relics reproduced so exactly that no skill esp
distinguish the original; even The giant steam.
with his Lightning speed, is lef, far behind by
the Egnuning itself and groans The annoanes4
ment that steam has had ito day.
70 those who have Witnessed the lproads
nf the electric fluid into all the affairs of life.
it come within the fanas Of imagination To-
cenreive that even The functions Of govern.
roent may be, at no distatt DAY. performed
d" with pnnc'nality and despatch' BY its all.
pervadIng influences. The lightning TELEGRAPH,
already threatens 10 destroy at one fell ssaop
the whole corps M representative sovereign.
and deputy governors. What need Of ambas.
stdors at foreign courts, when communications
can be made directly and ustaniansously be-.
tween the sovereigns or ministers Of distant
nationsI OF what use will be colonial 60
vernors. where intelligence Of passing sgef,s
Is communicated, ard all b5csasaty ~instrae~
ton transmitted across The Atlantic ere an
ordinary courier Can ride from Whitehall 10
Windsor ! Great advances hag e been made
IN The psrfecting on this important govern
mental apparatus siHcs we last noticed In
progress ; and II il but proceed on the road
OF Improvement during the next Twelve months
at as rapid a pace as during The past rear. the
picture how aketched by imagination will be
painted 10 sidid colors on the canvass Of ac1
compIlsHsd facts.
In tile course Of experiments instituted BIZ
Messrs. Wright aud Bane for the improve.
ment Of their electrical telegraph, they dig.
covered that the electric ci.cEif Of a calyanio
battery - az effectually com 6lsted throuch a
tage body ct water as Though an insulated
wire. They have APPLIED this curious dis.
eoSery 80 e1ectua),y as to bs nov abls 10
dispense with tvo Of tho wires harctafoye
thought neeess'.r y for the action oil their priut,
ing telegraph /; and they are thus enabled "
PrIntaI ~ cor ,m1nications, either verbal or syn,.
bo''cal' a. any distance. by the uas 1T a ain.
gle Wns We understand they are nov in
treaty With the Government 10 consfruc, a
teie' @p1 on this principle between the Ad.
M "a .fy and Portsmouth,. Une insulated wire
wohld be laid down bstveeu tho two popf.
to connect the gslvanie battery Of the cur.
port with the printing Apparatus Of The Adm.
raIty, and TIE retain caffsTt aonii be sent
through the earth in lieu Of Using a wire 10
complete the circuit.
shonld the moisture in he ground no; oyova
sufficient to- cohGact the electricity, he IN
ventors propose to transmit the return eur.
rent by water ; making il pass down the
Thames TO the German Ocean, and thence
along the Channel to Portsmouth, tbis round
about vosags To- be performed hstsntaneous.
". by thus simplifying aud eonseguenty,
greatly reducing the cost Of The electrical
printing telegraph, tho inventors have zone
far towards rendering 1t generally avaiIahls
another siep in advances VIII dispense with ali
metallic connection whatever. The s,mos.
phere and The ocean may then be a~li-safi.
Gent media for the COMMUNICATION Of thsupff:
literally 10 realise the poets vision.
And wat a sigh from Indus 10 the rols''
London Spectator.