The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-06-17
" uMERALs.

We have now the battery and key at Washington
The wires from Washington TO Baltimore and the
magnet and writing apparatus at Baltimore. At ey-
cry touch Of the key at Washington upon the plate
Oelow' however rapid, the fluid passes and ceases TO
pass 10 Baltimore and back. At every passage of the
ud the pen, 10y the attraction Of the iron bar to the
ends oil the magnet, IS brought up against the Taper
with such force as 10 ndent it, and instantly recedes
SO that The paper moving over the pen receives a
Nuccession OF dots, and an intermediate space. BY
holding the key down little longer, line ID marked
upon the paper. BY this means, the option Of the
operator at Washington, dots, spaces and lines of
any combination are made upon the paper in Balti-
more with perfect ease At Washington the opera
Tor desires to INFORM his correspondent at Baltimore
that The Senate is in Executive session. Ex-
press thus Sen. Ex. Sess. With The KEY he makes
hrst rapid touches upon the brass plate, which at
Baltimore notifies the attendant that a message is
about to be sent, by the ringing Of bell which mo-
Ton is produced IN the same way as that for moving
the pen lie then goes on to make dots in "a
pid succession, with spaces between them a longer,
space, dot longer space, line, space and dot
thus IS written Sen then follows by
the same mode the dots, spaces, longer spaces and
lines to finish lihe sentence, . -. tx. ...
49,. &C.. sess. After the sentence is completed,
the same rapid succession Of dots are made TO sig
Nifty that II Is finished.
The clock work which moves the paper is started
by the writer at Washington, by his removing,
through the agency Of lever moved by the magnet,
"''ah iahhb upon tUoOln fOlltf on inc lltllc ny
Of the clock train--and is stopped after the end Of
The message has run out three inches from the pen,
by the breaks falling upon the roller through the
ton Of the clock itself
We have now described how me sages may be
sent from Washington 10 Baltimore and il may be
asked, how is this answer returnedi Imagine the
same machinery, as has now been described re-
ersed, with the exception that there is no battery in
Baltimore, and the whole is complete for sending and
receiving communications either way
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battery IN Washington wire extends 10 Bslti-
more, and there encrcling the iron bar returns 10
Washington. The return wire Is not absolutely ne
cessary
prom the FIRST commencement Of the working of
the Telegraph at Baltimore but one of the wires m
on the poles has been used The wire. instead of
going back to Washington after e lves the COLI, de-
scerds TO the ground and is sodered to copper plate
bu led IN the earth in Baltimore AT Washington.
copper plate Of The same dimensions is buried 10 the
cellar OF The Capitol, from which a wire is taken
and soldered TO the key. SO that the fluid travels
upon one wire from Washington TO Baltimore, and
returns TO Washington through the earth as its con-
enotor.
Prof Morse has his alphabet 80 arranged upon a
square board, That by drawing slide, one letter is
substituted for another thus changing throughout the
common alphabet BY this means q merchant in New
York may write to his correspondent in Philadelphia
without the possibility OF its being ineligible to any
we except the individual TO whom IL is addressed
Not even the writer upon the instrument In New
York. or the attendant in Philadelphia can deciphsr
IT,
With perfect ease the key can be changed every
day or at every ten words Of the correspondence.
This mode OF secret correspondence is more sure
and safe than that Of ordinary ciphers used for that
purpose. Our limits will not permit US to go into a
urther desc iptlon Of other plans which Prof NJ has
lor condensing much in a little, when long commun.
cations are sent
This beautiful and wonderful invention was made
oy Prof Morse in 1892 five years before any thing
OF The kind was known in Europe The Electric Tei,.
sraph now used in England, and invented by Prof
Nheatstooe, does not record its commune atoms -
The attendant Is obliged to watch the movement Of
several magnetic needles, upon which are the letters
o. The alphabet, and as they appear in sight to note