Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-06-27
From The Baltimore American.


MORSE'S MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH
The perfect success of Professor MoRs Els
Electro. Magnetic Telegraph has excited
the establishment and admiration of the
community. The most increduious have
been convinced, and occurring at the time
they have done, the experiments have sat.
isfied the public that the Magnetic Tele-
graph is not merely beautiful iilusira.
ton of a philosophical principle, but an
agen, that may be made of practical and
every day utility in the business transac-
tons of the country. The long list of Of
ficers ofthe Democratic Convention was
publshedin the Capitol a, Washington as
soon as it was announced in Baltimore,
the only time lost being that occapied in
the passage oil the messenger from the
room of the Convention to the Office Of
the Telegraph in the Pratt street Depot.
The ballotings we're communicated with
The same rapidly; and tho expectant
throng OF politicians, who surrounded the
Professors room in the Capitol, were
made aware of the result OF each, as
soon as it was known at the door of the
Odd Fellows Hall in Gay street in this
city. Then again the nomination Of
Mr.. WRIGHT was declined by him within
fifteen minutes after it was made, and the
reiterated solicitation made known, and
again declined; and had Mr.. WRIGHT
been in New Orleans, instead of Wash.
ington, the intervals of intercourse be-
tween him and the Convention would have
been quite as brief
All this is calculated to put us upon the
enquiry into the future agency of the
wonderful contrivsnce which thus, with.
out metaphor, annihiares both time and
space. thas been said that the rail road
system has gwen a perpetuty to our
Union, which it would not otherwise pos.
sess,---and that with iron bonds is our
country bound together. But the day of
iron bars must now Yield to that OF cop
per wires. What difficulty does extent
of territory preseH: to permancy of gov.
eminent, but the delay and Inconvenience
of transmitting intelligence from one por-
ton Of it 10 observation-disclosures be-
tween men in business, and between the
Executive and its offieersi Suppose the
line OF wires to extend TO Oregon, and
that Squadron lay off the mouth of the
Columbia, which it was desired to order
home, or to send TO Honolulu. The Sec.
cretary ofthe Navy could receive the an
swer that all hands were piped to weigh
anchor before the ink with which he
signed mis- name to the order, If he wrote
a heavy hand, had dried upon the paper.
If vessel bound for an Atlantic port
had backed her topsal 10 the midst OF
the Squadron, the Commodore might ask
from the Department, and receive, per-
mission for an officer to return 10 her
before her Yards could be braced round,
and her sails sheeted home for the rate
ofelectriclty is $50, 900 miles in second,
and at this speed would the correspon-
dence between Washington AID Oregon
be carried on. Starting as such state.
ments may appear, no one can galnsay
them who will see what has been dong
daily for week past at the Pratt street
Depot. Instances might be multiplied
without end of the availability Of the
Magnetic Telegraph Of Professor MORSE
OF such an invention as that in question
our readers must Of course desire to
know something, and we believe that the
following account of It's origin and mode
of action will De found correct:
There are few persons who have not
seen en- Electrical machine, and witness
ed the spark which passes from it, when
in action, to any blunt object which is
presented to it. The accumulation Of
electricity in the machine, caused by
turning the cy Under or plate has The
same tendency to pass TO an object winch
has less electricity, that air has to rush
into q vacuum, or water TO sesk level -