New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-28
Phonography-Thc Proposed Trial.

BosToN, Oct. -ih, lel'.
To te aplor Of ae last let Phonosraphy IN ice No''
York TribmG signtdJ b. F.
srR-You and your agents have within few weeks
expressed yourselves and endeavored to make the pub
lie dissatisfied with Photography as taught by MI Pit
man and his school, and have proposed to compare il
with system invented by you. You have appointed
agents. who wish both systems yours and Mr. Pimans)
70 be laid before and explained to Committee OF scicn-
tdc men, in the Tabernacle, if it can be obtained.
lchecrfuly accepted your challenge through the col
umns of The Tribune and have since addressed two
private letters 10 you and your agents expressing my
willingness to commence arrangements for the iral
oie yoa shall think proper 10 6>ae from behind yorr
initials
Bushdghtne has not up to this period been used by
the friends of Mr.. Pfmags Photography as means Of
bringing it into notice but every effort that has been
made to gain for it that position which it now occupies
has been characterized by that geuemany fTankness
and aressncss which every trHs rcf0rmT admires in
others and cultivates in himself.
give you, sir and the world ray name. and that Of
Mr. Andrews you hare REUSED me yours not only in your
Tribune letter but in answer 10 private requests You
say that having consulted with Mr. Gouraud "a French
gentleman and lecturer the art Of Memory snd an
other gentleman connected with the New-York press.
YOU have concluded that It unnecessary give your
name.
BY the advice of the Executive Council Of the Am
Phon. Society Idgdia request y0E 70 gre nc your name
and leave the reasonableness unressonableness Of
such demand to be judged Of by discerning and i'm
partial public
positively reuse 10 enter into any arrangement with
you your agents until all this hocuspocus be sidade,
and am confident that Mr. Andrews upon his return
from the West will approve oimy resolution.
In the last letter received. told that e Andrews
and Boyle persist in their determination not meet Mr.
Gouraud until you give your name, any of the students
of Mr.. Pitman's System will answer the purpose. l
doub, much whether any ofthe students OF M Pmans
System will be thought by the public answer the pur
pose when they know that Andrews and Boyle the
only recognized Agents Of Mr. Ptmau in America. and
the only representatives appointed conduct the trial by
the Executive Council of large and respectable Society
whose only object Is 10 foster and propagate truth.
speedy answer Is requested. Respectfully,
AUGUSTUS F. BOYLE.
P SIT is though, by many persons that M Goursud
and til suihor Of the New System and the same
same individual
~ The above letter should have appeared in our
columns some weeks since, as its date viii show
We iaac psr Of the responsibility Of its delay, hav
ing hoped and srivcn TO bring abou, state Of things
which should secure the trial Of Photographic Sys
tens which We greatly desire TO see take place
We care nothing. and the public doubtless care
N'ue about the names Of the authors Of rival systems
" Is Their comparative erceHcnce that Is alone OF
general interest and each should be left 10 stand
F a. possible on rs merits regardless of eXiraneous
considerations. Ii Monroe Edwards or any ilHterstc
negro should invent a better system than either of
those IL question we should wish 10 see +, adopted
and 10 thai end might prefer that the name Of
the auibor withheld until MS systens had had
fair iria 81; since no such impeachment exists in
the present ila.ance. we really hope the pro
posed cdmf nison may yet come Of. In order to
ensure perfect fitness in the scrutiny aud award,
We should aeier that Judges be selected who know
nothing OF either system before hand and that they
be Dot informed which 10 Pitmans System and
which The other until they shall have made their
decision. Ed. Tri5.
" Thirty Vermont girls passed through this
pace one day last week for the Cabotville factories