The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-30
New YoRK, Oct. 9Th M,
To The Editor ofthe Union: W.

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To the Editor efhs Union: '@
DEAR SIR; observe what your Ns.,v
respondent says about the abuses wh;.t VIZ o.
practised through the magnetic telegr..l. may h
seems TO me, he has not SURVEYED The s,h ap"' eu
He presents one side Of the picture-~e, s'oss
the other. w ioOt d
Admit all he says about the adyon,..
gained IN the markets by obtaining the pro, l. y
the telegraph, and It is not susceptible Of !.
i've an abuse as the mails. The mails pa,. h., us
day, the telegraph works all day. One !. ~ ~ =
mail, the other an aii-day mail. The specuIs,a1 ny
is fortunate enough TO be the only man who h. -
news when the mail goes out, gains the Ina nas
Of whole day, as no other mail yoss s' su'anaE
four hours, by which his operations can /. wsa
though his news may become public in g.. saecad
after it has started. But as the teleeranh maus
day, his exclusive news will scarcely he II " v
session Of his operators half an hour befor. VIC
lightning messenger comes along and ~ 0'As|
known TO others, and in few hours 20 ,ba 'Aa
public. us vAs|
have heard of mail-carriers being h;,.s.
with the mail, that spectators might take ADJ.
Of the market; and il may happen that sos~.
managers of the telegraph will be corrun,sd. !.
produce the same results, the mal-carrier h.. ws
corruptly but once day, while the teles,.ns w
ger must act corrupdy all day. ~
We have, during the last spring and a..
heard Of visual telegraphs and five signal, u.a,s
spectators between New York, Phisdelos;.
Baltimore; and though it is not generally taar.
is nevertheless a fact, that carrier pigeons h. ~
trained and employed for such purpo.es /. n
country for the last five or six years. 'The,. ny.
Of speculation will be annihilated by the ,eI,s.s
They are a standing abuse, not mtgaled y q
commencing use which honest men can MT \
them.
If the telegraph had been in operation x,,..
Great Britain recently reached our shores ~ Nh,
avail would have been the operations Of N, 49,
tors who left her among the breakers althougS NJ
might have started twelve hours before the No.
came public, it would have darted by them :. 4
magic wires to the principal grain markets and 4
them far behind.
have heard Mr.. Kendall say, that bis ad,,. |.
all the telegraph companies will be, that on II. !"
val of every steamer, they shall Instantly s..i u
foreign prices of cotton, -four, and other sanl. \,
cles, without charge, to every station in the I'M.
where the people have any interest in The sob.s
and there be stuck up on bulletin for the iolo,.
ton of those concerned. do not think the f,rr..
in Ohio or New York would be inclined 10 IN,
wires which would thus guard them against N
wiles ofspeculators.
The real enemies Of these wires will be. ma, 4.
farmers or honest men of any class, but ~.
lators, thieves, murderers, and rogues Of al ~
What chance will there be for fugitive 10 ~.
when description Of him can be sent over "
whole Union il, half an houri Who will dm
offer forged draft, when the drawer thous,
thousand miles off, may be INQUIRED Of !, n
minutes whether it be genuine,
Though the telegraph may sometimes b ,h.a
its general tendency, have no doubt win i. \
prevent abuse and check crime. Il can and win !.
pair injuries done through its instrumental
quicker than any other agent of society And ~
facilities and comforts it is capable ofiumishns
ask my correspondent in New Orleans whit
the state Of the cotton market this morning. n
replies. direct him to purchase. He doesso, q
informs me; and all this in single day. The IN
eler speaks to his family every day, though q
tant hundred or thousand miles Are they nj
He is told to hasten home. Is he taken sick anon
strangers His wife is told to hasten to HE MI
Though living in New York, and being in Me-
Orleans, he may procure a prescription from u
family physician. To merchants, il will save u
the time now lost in procuring articles from u
tant market. 1t will enable dealers with small u
ital to turn it over more rapidly. A booksels
New York is applied to in the morning for lodi
which can only be had in Philadelphia. He III
his Philadelphia correspondent, through the VI
graph, to send it by the next train of railroad al
and has it for delivery before night. The coulr
merchant wants supply Of some particular ud4
He orders it by telegraph, and gets it by expra
half the time now occupied. Bankers and broh
a thousand miles apart may adjust their balaad
every evening. No doubtful draft or check ~
ever be cashed, without nquiring through the Y
graph whether Il be good or not. A man with
money and in strange place. may obtain uyd
and money by references, to be instantly appliAs
through the telegraph
To government il will be an invaluable aurihT
in giving promptitude and efficiency to The aml
and navy. But have no time for detail On
gress may hare It If they will; if they will ml Y
States, by penal legislation, must guard sgnt
abuses, though have no doubt the chief dnsa
apprehended are imaginary. This country and
world sciH hare this great auxiliary; and al thns
should be given to make it most useful and aa
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