New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-19
"PhrouOgraphy"... No. VII.

/ To the Editor Of The Tribune;
DEAN SIR: The next remark Of our Friend in the
paragraph where left him yesterday, is the following
explanatory query: us it not remarkable, here that
H. w should have criticised blunders precisely those
intentions Of Mr.. Pitman Il. which consists the ncom-
parable superiority of his system over all other methods
of writing and should have proposed remedy for sup
possd defects re,urn 10 old rr0rs which have hitherto
prevented and always prevent, If admitted Short
hand writing from becoming generalf' Now, | cannot
ina zine where Friend SEEM in my letters that
have ever proposed such thing Ny letters especial
y Nov must have been very hastily perused by him for
in the later propositions Numerically opposed to these
are most inegiby forth namely the substitution OF
the true principles pure Photography fit can be prov
ed that such are actually in exisence-to the old neh
Gent and clumsy methods of Shelton Ramsay and Couon
Thevenot rcsuscita,cd from their tombs by Mr. siinan
or if you like igreEted by him, our friend will have
H. 1t is the diffusion Of such a system this which
will prevent precisely shorthand" as our Friend
apprehends and about which care but very little but
PkonOQrdpky from becoming general
"To Mr. Pitman CONTINUES our Friend belongs tho
disfiaQnished horor-an honor which all future genera
tions will confer upon him-of Discerning the natural
method of applying the ugh and HAIRY lines for the rep
resentaticn of sounds our Friend articuldOns
so nearly identical (meaang the c0vela,ire that even
mistake in writing the lines heavy light scarcely he
reader viii how very scarcelyO impars the
leeibty of the writing in the siighea degree. Here
again our friend shows either that he has scarcely pc
rused my former letters, or that his memory is very
short thought that had proved not by mere asser-
tons but by actual reference the corrsboratye source
in my letter No H. that Mr.. Constant Provost many
years prsrious to Mr.. Pmsn had used this very same
principle applying IT, with more dscernment Gor the
reasons which have already given to the representa-
ton of the nasal sounds while 10 represent the corea'
tive If his primitive srticulaons he uses again with
more discernment and greater disncness and simpi-
city. the very primitive sign modified by dimin
utive loop And therefore il 1.-THE principle upon which
this invaluable discovery rests is one of o) great beau
w. and which (musu command the admiration Of every
one to whom il explained" snd if it be true all fl
ure generations will confer dmperishable) honor
upon the oruna,e discoverer this honor unqueston-
ably belongs to Mr. Constant Provost if not to Ber'
tin whom have already quoted and 10 whose sugges-
lions he was indebted for the beautiful" application OF
this Invaluable principle"
To prove the beauty" OF the unlucky change made
in the application Of this principle by Mr. Ptman, our
Friend" says that "lf you stake allowing, as is the
case, in fact with the Pmanisn system that such snor
nous mistakes can be perpe,rs,ed and happen to write
o,-ajn,d for Massachusetts, the former word be
easiv understood as the latter The reader has doubt
less read this other specimen Of sbiiy of the system
with that same smile" upon the face But suppose that
this identical word accompanied by scores of 9th
ers possessing the same degrees Of legibty, should
have been found by the reader in the reply OF our
Friend wi,hou, being escorted by translation how many
would have guessed at first sight that Ma:.au;sdt was
the same word rs MassohHssi This is what our friend
calls in all seriousness without shade OF ihas same
smile" upon the face, "Legibiiy OF the writing scarce
IA impaired in the ssh,es degree" Now the only diff
ference between hs and fhs system mentioned inmy let
ter No v is that not single word in the whole range oil
MI known languages be written, even approxma'
lively through mistake with such cscoPAoHdie Dis
multitude from the original word In any instance
Massachusetts, could not be written any otherwise but
Massa chu sets with the distinct sound Of each conso
and vowel and without single lateral parasite sig
requiring the raising Of the pen II this Is the case
(Which our Friend cannot Conscientious. deny, until
he has accepted the public trial in contemplation and
practically prerea that my assertions are not what al
arm them bef this be tbs case. say NAIeA Is ihe
system that can sngy claim 10 be pErsly Photographic
an is snely deserving OF universal adoption Our
Friend may answer this question as he can; though
spprehend that the reader has already answered II 10Y
him.
The same principle of pronunciation" continues our
Friend" is observable in the PraHy OF children IAN
undeniebe assertion) and the pronunciation OF ioI
chsn geabe for each other siho desresFS
he sense" THU. for example 10 Illustrate this propo-
stion of our Friend" IL is exactly the same ior seh
era purposes and ineligible 10 write, with MI fii
mans system Of Photography" My tear srient
poughd rs ,sy, sccornc do yer orier, vine AMI warm
oicr gosd yer Vinder dour irough de vreesnc re
shionx of Dber Ganats," for My dear friend. bought
this day according your order me and warm over
coat for your Winter tour through the freezing regions
OF Upper Canada The reader will that these words
are in fact written in strict accordance with both the
fi.,3 bx in
iion and his phonetic" photography in the word
xAju yedz' However, this is what Friend" cslis
sgain in all seriousness words actually painted the
eve Cd In manner truly delightful DO the scenpfc
student OF languages And yet in his closing remark
he rsvey saws that have tried 10 csrcsrure Mr. PIT
mans system by mis'0kinS the application of a vaua-
be principle for bisnde-i" Verify think that
Friend" not always very hsppy in HE defence and
assertions.
Indeed he says little farther that reprobate to
seher with the above principle the representation OF the
vowes by separate signs Improperly called 2arasuo In
the first instance wish 1t TO be plainly understood that
what have reprobsfed" 10 mol the representation OF
yoves by signs but the fyinS parasite micro