The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-08-28

sue. we have X IN our power 10 mention improve
ments which he has made, all resulting in economy Mr.
Morse had originally calculated that it might require
battery OF at least 100 cups to operate each circuit for
10 miles and he actually used 80 cups in the trials before
Congress last Msy But he has reduced the battery
to ten cups, and by an ingenious arrangement of Mi.
vail his Assistant superintendent, the two independent
operated by this battery OF but
and at the same time too without any Interference
only two cups from Baltimore to washington, forty
miles Thus Is the expense OF large battery with its
dirt and care dispensed with, and the advantage of the
Telegraph brought within the Of neighborhoods
of families and even Of individuals Another improve
ment in the number Of characters which may be writ
ten In gwen time person in Philadelphia advertised
some little time ago. as Improvement that by emr
ing five wires instead Of but Professor Morse does
he could write ten letters TO Professor Morses one We
told by who has examined that Plan that this is
great mistake, for il Professor Morse should choose
to increase iourod the expense Of his conductors by
adding four wires he could write double the guam
ment therefore reminds one Of the irh serjeants com
mand to his men to advance five steps backwards -
with the Telegraphic wires The difficulties 10 be OBJ
waited the danger OF having the conductors disturbed
or pars are erec,ed AZ the nron.r sssmcos
apart TO carry the conductors above the tops q vessels
masts these distractions not very serious i is rue2 ara
made 10 the navigation Prof Morse has obvaed all these
inconveniences by an arrangement which, strange as
may seem requires nowires above or beneath the
ment the canal at Washington to ascertain If
electricity would cross the water by this arrsgement,
and the result satisfactory that he determined
pursue his experiments at more fitting Of the
year A few weeks ago his assistants, Mr. Vail and Mr.
Rogers, proceeded to the 5usquehanna river at Havie
de Grace repeated the experiment that r,er
mile wide and with success; and within few days
method Of sending electricity water which
presume he will give in detail in scientific journal
wires need pass through above beneath The in
crossing the rivers with the Telegraph The water itself
is made BY Professor Morse arrangement the efficient
Professors is not merely Of scientific but also OF practical
Importance, and leads to new speculations the avail
1artv vsSttt tharfn
thought to be shut out from its advantages We do
at present than to give suggestion which we
there be constructed line Of Teegraphc conductors
along the Connecticut shore of the Long Island Sound
the Long Island Shore and also the Connecticut Shore
would be in certain and constant communication with
each other without the necessity OF any other connection
but the water Of the Sound.-Bal american aug. 80
EXECUTION OF MCDANIEL AND BRowN.-Between
three and four, yesterday afternoon, these unhap-
by LAUGHED into eternity. The concourse
bracng fellow creatures of all ages and Of each SEX
repfieye was INDUCED in by Tie condemned and even 10
the last the idea was reluctantly abandoned by them
me- anS ME- n0 a ny Se
former Immediately preceding the execution, was fer
vent and impressive Mcdaniel, whose drmness, fpos-
sibe increased with the approach OF the awful moment,
addressed the crowd invoking his God TO witness, that
of the crime OF murder he as innocent any Of the
killing perpetrated by Mason" the wretch who
swore their lives away while he lMcDanieD was
followed in an address somewhat longer than that
OF Mcdaniel He said. that for his own part he had al
ways considered the fatal act in the light OF dcc
dent than any thing else at any rate neither he nor his
fellow sufferer were guilty Of it, had been committed
VI Was overtsken by McDaniei Brown evineed much
frmness, but was evidently composed Of dferen; stuff
FROM that Of his companion They were both much ema-
cated in Appearance The bore it fate which he
had scarcely thought Of struggling against the other
" Se S Tor was me- o
fearful energy and darngone whose unchastened spirit
yielded not up the halisatisiying thought, that the
truth he did founded the rock erect innocence
The Christian might have wished that he had evnced
greater mingng Of humility but, alas, for human PRIDE
Brown joined in prayer with gr at apparent esrnesines
Nc Daniel closed his eyes respectfully. but without as Il
seemed, much abstraction Of spirit When the cap was
drawn over his eyes, he cried in very audible voice,
Farewell. world go to better hope"-emphasi-
ses mot heard Clearly The crowd
with much propriety than is usual upon such occa
.On the part +. the
for them at the foot OF the scaod We may not question
the justice Of the laws demand but may hope,
effect and that the Lord win have mercy upon their souls
st. Louis RereiHs, .apg II.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT The fol-
lowing is the order Of exercises tor commencement
tomor The performances are all by candidates Tor
parts 10 candidates for the second degree having been
discontinued.
l. a salutatory Grafton in Latin, by Charles Adams
!. Disanisition "The present Estimation Of our
Puritan Fathers" Edmund Quincy sewsll, W aertown.
g. A Disquisition. Homer a Painter of Manners
Amos Henry Farnsworth, Groton.
a. Dsquisition The influence Of the Legal Pro.
fesson in the United States" Thomas s. Blair, Pitts.
burgh, Penn'a
Social Changes Horato Jusus Perry, keene, n. II
g. An English Grafton. "Lcavipg College" George
7. Disuuisition The influence OF Political Econo.
my upon Modern Legislation" George Faulkner Bill.
erica
g. A Disquisition. Clarendon, as a statesman."
Leverett Saltonstall, Salem.
o. A Dissertation. 1.-THE Dependence Of Science
the Mechanical Arts Ebenczer Pierce Hinds, Pitts.
10. A Disquision. "Alderi~' william Gardiner
Prescott, Boston.
IL. An English Grafton. 1.-THE Queen and the Phios
opher." George s,lsbee Hale keene, M, -.
is A Greek Grafton. "Herodotus. i,he Historian"
Henry Charles Chauncey, Mddletown, c.
IA. A Disposition. Romance in America" Francis
Parkmen Boston
Of the Mountainous Districts OF Europe" Charles Will
liam Dabney Fayai, Azores.
l6. An English Grafton. "The true Man OF Action
Edward Augustus w lid, Drookline
IL A Disposition millions Areopagitica.' Edward
Is a Poem Little Nell--Her last Night in London
Her Flight-Her Death . Warren Til,on, Boston.
49, A Latin Grafton DE Utilitate ct Preto Lferarum
Antiouarum studii, Robert Goldman, Dorchester.
10 A Djsauistion ''vathek and Its Author George
Blankern Cary, Boston
Music
II. An English Grafton The Destiny oil Literature
Joseph Peabody, Salem.
~ A Disquisition. #" The Infinite IN Mathematce'-
BENJAMIN Apthorp Gould Boston.
81 A Dissertation. "An Ancient and Modern Batlcl
feld.r Frederick Adolphus Sawyer, Bolton
"a Dsquisition. Harvest Celebrations in different
Countriesn Edmund Dwight Boston.
49, A Dissection "The Agamemnon OF Eschylus'
Horstio Nelson Iiildreth, Bolton.
Music.
49, An English Grafton The MissionIof America"
Philip fiowes Sears, East Dennis
a. A Dissertation. "Quinctians Views Of Educa-
ton" John Call Dalton Lowell.
% An English Grafton. The Physical Sciences"
Richard Frederick Fuller, Cambridge.
10. A Dissertation. The Moors In spain Henry
Augustinus Johnson, New Bedford.