Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-01

Officers are removed without a moment s
warning, and il it b. possible TO avoid the
responsibility of an absolute removal, this
noble, courageous Hickory president OF
ours, will wait month for the expiration OF
a commission. The Union is regularly gar
nishcd with bricfnotices of these transactions.
II II he any consolation or encouragement 10
our Wing friends, the manner of doing these
things indicates, that the administration is as
feeble and timid as ii is pronigate.
The Railroad Company in their memorial
to the Legislature, praying for the right of
way-mcmorials from large conventions of
The most intelligent and patriotic citizens of
Western Virginia, enforcing the claims and
explaining the history of their negotiations
have been published in most of the Virginia
papers, from time to time within the last
eighteen months. If the editor of the Times
did not read these, we will refer him to the
proceedings of another convention of his own
citizens, held at Clarksburgh, on tho 18th and
Both of May last.
This was a convention from Harrison.
Wood, Taylor, Lewis, Randolph, Gilmcr.
BraXton, Barbour, Hardy, Richie, Doddridge,
and Tyler Countics-was well attended and
composed of the leading men of those coun-
! ties. Did they understand what they were
talking about! or the history of what the Lee
gislaturc had done? The proceedings of the
Convention are able and spirited, but too
voluminous To be quoted in full filling nearly
seven columns OF the Parkcrsburgh Gazette
They charge upon the Legislature OF Virginia
all, and much more, than ever we did.
Cincinnati Atlas.
What Conventions have been held i'm North
Western Virginia, except that at Clarksburg?
None. No paper has ever dwclt upon the
history OF that company, except the Times for
none OF the friends of the right of way below,
have dared to do it. The Clarksburg Con
veniion had but one delegate from Tyler, and
one from Doddridgc, neither of which were
sent by the people; but went on their own
hook. The other counties except Wood
harrison and one other had but an average of
three delegates. If those comprise the lead.
ing men oil Western Virginia, Lord help us
ELECTRIC TEL EGRAPHS AND CLOCKS.
1t has been long time since the minds of
scientific men conceived the idea of construc-
ting tclcgraphs i'll which the electric fluid
should b. used TO communicate information
The lighming-like rapidity with which this
iluid Is conducted by metallic substances to
the greatest distances, suggested this applica-
ton oil ITS properties soon. after they became
known. Various models of such telcgrapbs
have been made and used for communications
at very short distanccs-as from one room IA
another OF the same house. But no one. until
the invention Of Professor Morse, could over
come The difficulty of extending the use OF
electric tclegraphs to distant places There is
now telegraph in operation in England be-
tween two of the cities, but il is slow i'm one
ration and every way inferior to that of Mr..
Morse. Lattcrly, however, since the success
OF our countryman, Europeans have turned
their attention to the same subject and have
made some very ingenious contrivances. A
late foreign paper gives the following account
OF a singing telegraph, and follows il with am
account of an electric clock.
After allowing the Germans the Americans
anu the English To invent and work electric
tclcgrapls Tor years before any thing was tall
of in France. the French are now tuning tb,;r
attention To them with zeal which OCCASION
ally degcncratcs into ianciful illustrations. A
physician named Saintard, and mcchanician
named dlllet, have communicated to the A.
cademy plan Tor singing tcICgrGphi They
propose To place at each extremity of the wire
machine for the repetition of sound. with
an index OF notes like printed music. Thi.
may be perfectly practicable. but it would re-
quirc That the persons who have TO write on
the despatch should b. good musicians There
would b. terrible confusion i'm a mistake Of
the sound. and the writing down of one notq
ior the other. TO correspond with the words nm
an index Whilst Oh the subject of electrical
tclegaplls. we may b, permitted To- exprcs.
our surprise that no notice has vet been taken
IN the Academy of Mr. Balm and for which
h" has patent in France for electrical clocks
THIS o. tlic ~ rc TO b. gretted a. Mr. Rain
who lus invented y Telegraph with single
wire. three tim'S ~ economical i'm the install
+ latlon a. that adopted by the French Govern.
> mont, has probably experienced some disgust
a' the silence OF TO" report of the Acadc.
my as to Boz, invention, when that bod,
was called upon by the Government to pro.
n"nre au opinion generally ON thc system mi
electrical tci'gmphs. and may therefore mot
chon~" tn work hi, clock patent i'm France al
though b is manufacturing his electrical
/, clocks with great success iu 'Enpl1nJ m,
invention is at equal ,impl,ity and iro,,or
lance. and prnbihly q word nf two of an,n,,r
llgrmnnt from thn Acalcmy Vonld lead :, -,
baiuL brought into u.s.. The electrical loci
q cost ouly one tlnri We believe. of a., ch,r,,,
for thc clocks now in pr iinar, as, The u,,g
m"nt communicated = the pendulum oC ,u
l,lUct bv tha III .tfriC current oiftits.t r,., a.