The New York herald., 1845-11-14


ing manner:-
Baltimore and Washington ;. /. !. 40 miles long
New York and Philadelphia =. 80 .
New York and Boston. ....2?0 :
New York Marine Line.. .... IA -
boston ....... -
Boston and Lowell. ......... IS
LockPort ana bunaio
Other lines are in process of construction, and
will shortly be in operation.
The communication between the above points will
be instantaneous. Moments, instead of hours, will
intervene between the occurrence OF an event in
place. and the knowledge of it being made known
in another city Spectators thieves, ,hewsmongers,
murderers, &c, &c., will be kept constantly on the
gu vive but the effect that all this lightning mode
of the conveyance of intelligence on the newspaper
press is yet to be seen.
It is estimated in the Journal Of Commerce that at
the tariff of prices arranged by the Post Master Ge-
neral, the cost Of transmitting column of ntelli-
gence from Washington to New York will be near
ly one hundred dollars All important debates in
Congress make from one to ten columns. We have
often published five and six columns of solid matter
All this, if continued daily, would cost US the round
sum, in postage alone, of five hundred dollars! Such
rates will of course exclude all details from passing
over the lightning lines It is fair to suppose there
fore, that the Magnetic Telegraph will be the means
of transmitting facts only-a sort of "prices cur
rent" Of the mind and the markets Opinions of able
editors and public will still be sought for by the
reading community, and il we tgreatlymstaken
the announcement Of an event. in few words, by the
lightning line, will tend to increase the avidity Of the
public 10 ascertain effect the mind of the pub
lie writers and speakers. All newspapers, there
fore, that than the mere utterers of the
currences of the day will not be lnjuriousy affected
by this great discovery OF the age. II il has any ef
feet, it will probably be to increase therpower and
influence. 1t is supposed that all other papers,
prices Currents" especially, the mere chronclers
of facts and figures, will be driven out of existence.
Slips issued from the Telegraph stations, will take
their place. Mind, as exhibited in the newspaper
press in all parts Of the world, will become improv
ed and elevated. All twaddlers in the business will
then find their level
These are few Of the probabilities suggested by
the operation, thus far, of the telegraph. To make
it useful, in every point Of view, to the merchant,
farmer, editor, politician, and police officer it must
be conducted with the strictest integrity Other
wise conducted, and spectators only will reap the
advantage that ought to be extended to the whole
community. But we will not anticipate too much.
RELIGIOUS INToLERANcE-The organization of
the Colporteur Association was completed few
evenings since, by the adoption of constitution,
and the appointment. of officers.
Judging from what fell from the Rev. DR.. Tying,
and the Rev. Dr. Kirk, on the occasion, and the
sentiments expressed by those gentlemen towards
their Roman Catholic brethren, we are afraid that
bigotry and intolerance, Of the worst desc ription,
will animate the course of the association.
Ia II of risfan in th.,ca mon who ora ,ro
fessedy followers Ct the meek and lowly Jesus,
who, while on earth preached charity towards all
men, entertain such violent and intolerant views
towards portion ottheir brethren, from whom they
happen to differ on some doctrina points Can they
hope to succeed in bringing them to their way of
thinking, by calling the Romish church the harlot Of
the Seven Hills, and its cardinals and priests vii
lains of the darkest hue
The fact is, the time has gone by when such ia
naticsm would be tolerated and it is futile for Drs
Tying and Kirk, in the 10Th century, to attempt to
revive it, and with it the scenes of carnage which
accompanied it.
Christianity and morality are on the increase
The human family is proceeding at an unprecedent-
y rapid rate, towards its destined goal Of perfec-
ton, and there is independence Of thought, in
both Catholics and Protestaats, than ever before
We have seen the unfortunate results Of this sys-
tenn of bigotry and persecution of the Catholics in
Philadelphia and New York ; and it surely cannot
be the desire Of those gentlemen, who are both hu-
name and intelligent, to seek to bring about repe-
titlon OF them.
We would be sorry to entertain such an opinion
but as sure as effect follows cause, SO sure will the
scenes Of confagration and boodshed, which oc-
curred few years since in our country, be re-en-
acted, if the views expressed by those gentlemen
are to actuate the C9lporteurs
The Posi- OFFICE DEpARTMENT.-The postage
question will be one Of the topics of the Message,
and will engage the attention Of Congress, we hope
probably to the amount of onethird, will be exhi-
bited by the returns for the last two quarters and
the Postmaster General will doubtless endeavor on
that ground to produce repeal Of the law, and a
return to the old system an increase Of the rates.
We need not expose the absurdity Of any reasoning
which would attempt to excite prejudice against the
present system, from the fact Of a deficiency in the
reveHne for the first year Of its operation. This
was expected. No one pretended that at first the
revenue wouldRe increased. But in the course Of.
another year, vast increase will take place. In
deed, already has the increase begun. The returns
of the last month will show this. In England there
was at first diminuhof IN the revenue but now
the system has trumphanty vindicated itself So
it will be here, and instead oaugmenting the rates,
further reduction ought to be made.
However, from the present head of the Post Of.
flee Department. we cannot expect much reason or
liberallty. He has given us some prev.
ious indie atlons of his calibre. The man
who could allegc as a reason for not civ
ing the post-ofIce advertising to journal of
large circulation in the SOUTH because it was an abo
tion paper, and yet gave the patronage Of the de-
partment to the leading abolition organ in the north,
ls not exactly the parsonage from whom we are us-
tilted in expecting anything like candor and Justice
in the administration Of post-oifice affairs But the
people will never permit any retrenchment of the
privileges conferred by the new post-ofice law on
the contrary, they will seek their extension. 1t will
be well, however, to watch the movements of the
feparfm