Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-06-11
MORSE'S TELEGRAPH.

| by all odds the most surprising result O
,ue ingenuity Of the nineteenth century, is
Professor Moses electric telegraph, now in
operation between Blltimore and Washing
ton. BY 1t, news from Washington is obtai
ned at Baltimore, in an instant of time, and
the same in the opposite direction. During
the late Democratic convention, gentlemen
at Washington thronged the telegraph to get
the balloting al Baltimore, and as fast as the
ballo:s were had, the telegraph at Wasting
ton correctly indicated horcsult Our Wa
shington dates of the 2s,h, give us the pro-
ceedngs at Baltimore, up to the time of 60
ing TO press.
There is no doubt but these Tclegraphs
VIII be extended to Boston, Philadelphia,
and New York; from New York to Rllfllo
from BuifAo TO Detroit, and from thence to
Chicago; and we are confident the time will
arrive, when even at this place, news from
Washington, occupying more than fifteen mi
nutes in the transit, Will be considered old.
Tbs is no rash conjecture, but one which
existing facts clearly shadow.
A brief description Of this machine may
not be here out of place; we gatser it from
a report made by the commissioner of patents
A wire completely insulated by being wound
with a tarrcd cord, is stretched above the
earth's surface, between the points intended
to be connected: this wire operates as Il con-
ductor of electricity. precisely on the prInc-
pie of the common lightning rod, AT either
end of the wire is a gaIvanic battery and a
machine for recording dispatches. BY APP
plying the battery at one end of the wire, a
current of electricity passes instantancously
along ii TO the other end, The manner in
WHICH the electricityis m1dc an agent in re-
cording pews, is as follows; a piece of soft
iron with the shape of the common magnet
is wound with wire s;m,larto the conducting
wire, and is connected with the conducting
wire. Ia the ordinary state this iron has
none of the properties of the magnet; when
howoTc. the battery is applied and the cleo
trlcity is infused into the wire it becomes
strong magnet. Immediately under this iron
and d sconnected, is a magnetic bar, fasen-
ei on rod, one end of which rod works on
pivot, and the other has hard point pro-
jecting from it at right angle. When then
the electricity is infused into this iron bv
the battery, it becomes magnet and attracts
to it the magnet fixed under it and attached
to the bar having the projecting point BY
bringing up this magnet the point is brought
in contact with a revolving cylinder around
which is wrapped sheet ofpapor, Thus, an
individual at Baltimore, by applying the Bate
ny to the wire, will cause the projecting point
at Washington TO come in contact with the
paper. BY a succession of disconnected
electrical discharges, a succession of dots,
thus -. will be made and by continuing the
battery a little time ia connection with the
wire, dash thus is made. BY the com
binaton of these signs, an alphabet is arran-
gcd, by which the individual understanding
it, can communicate intelligence as fast as
received, Some extracts will be found in
our paper OF to-day showing It's workings.