New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-08

canvass for Congress in the With District OF Indiana
and JANIS p. FOLEY is now the only Wing Candl'
late. The Wing Congressional nominations for the
whole State are thus completed Election hrs'
Monday in August
The Magnetic TeIegraph-some OF its Results.
Ii SNOW almost certain that within few months
the Magnetic Telegraph. which is literally material
Thought and flies swift absolutely annlhiiauns
space and running in advance OF time, Will be ex
ended to all the great Cities IN the Unlon-so 'hat
ne, work of nerves of iron wire str1ng win hsh'
ming will ramify from the brain, New ork' to the
distant limbs and members,-to the Atlantic sea
board towns to Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville
Nashville, ST. Louis and New Queensland that
every commercial, political or social event trans
orinr a, either 81 these points will be known at the
very instant j, happens in all When the Message
f the President is read 10 Congress at Washington
he citizens of Cincinnati New-Orlcans and ST
Louis will follow il, word by word and line by line
md the editors there will have the Message, togeih
er with their own leaders and commentaries, spread
before their readers thousands Of miles from the
Capitol while the Speaker is taking chew oil to
bacco and turning up his wristbands, previous TO
putting the question of adjournment. The sales OF
stocks in w all street will be regularly reported as
they transpire in all these cities, and the capitalist
on the banks of the Mississippi may stop as he goes
to dinner to see how his fancies have fuctusted
since Yesterdays Second Board On the arrival of
foreign advices at Newly ork Boston the Cotton
broker at Charleston Mobile and New Orleans Will
be informed Of the state of the market in Liver
L.. Ill %,
N extra Tribune into their fingers. II a man Is run
over bv an omnibus in Broadway and dangerously
wounded his wife in Louisville can be informed OF
the accident before he has recovered his senses and
may continue her solcious inquiries every hive min
u,es until he is fairly taken to the Hospital and pro
nounced out of danger. II treacherous villain
seduces his friends wife and escapes with as much
of her husbands property they can easily carry
or il bank is robbed or forgery committed-the
fact is instanianeously communicated to every part
| Of the Union and the culprts may hope in vain TO
escape recognition and detection In short all the
ordinary services in conveying intelligence at pre-
-en, performed by the newspapers in regular course
| Of mail,-or perhaps on extraordinary occasions
| pushed through few hours in advance by expeE
| ,ive and uncertain private expresses-wi be com
| pe,ely usurped by the Telegraph which will do
| he business in perfect ease and quiet-no putting
| no blowing no laundering OF express horses. no
exploding Of locomo,ives-no breaking of necks nor
running of Railroad tracks-and not a single second
Of time Intervening between the event and the uni
vcrsal diffusion of the intelligence
| Here Is certainly a mos, important and extensive
| revolution northumberland the shadow fall,
clearly from one simple and palpable fact. What
| viii be some of the consequences of these changes
in the method and time of transmitting Intelligence
| First, The Post. Office Department will be de--
poed of al least one half its letter carrying business
as full that number ofe,crs are written BY business
men and others for the purpose of conveying nielli-
sence 10 dis,an, points in the shortest possible space
| Of time Wcl-if by the use of a simple cypher
this intelligence can be sent at once by Telegraph
three. FIVE, ten and twelve DAYS in advance Of the
mail what need will there be for sending i, through
| The post In fact, the whole body of our CONNER
| cial correspondence which forms 30 important an
TEN in the Post flee Department business will be
transferred at and completely TO the Telegraph
| Otice and the Mail will become still toersbly
convenient but aniquaied and dyspep,ic institution
invaded in the public service and therefore m lain
tanned by charity at the public pense-employed
by signing swans and sentimental misses TO effect
exchanges of porcelain vows and doggre verses
vvhich-,he ones broken and the others lame-will
20 jogging and jinsling along on rckety railroads
and dilapida,ed steamboats,
The next thing to be affected BY the Telegraph
will be the Railroad and Sieamboa, Companies
| Probably thirds and think three quarters or
seven-eghhs OF the travel in frstclass Cars or in
the cabins OF Steamboats, is strictly on business IN
iertaken because there Is necessity for IT, and al
,nexpense whch,he travellers would gladly avoid
| Now ,hen-how much Of this business can be
transacted by means OF the Telegraph through which
agents and principals planters and consignee- pro
ulcers and manufacturers capitalists and lawyers
can converse with As much case ard secrecy a. il,
hey were face TO face Why. Of course, nearly the
whole OF ii and thus will melt away large portion
OF the receipts of our Railroad and Steamboat
aopolies But they will still be wanted for the con
reyance of emigrsn;s and the transportation OF
freight. and may make shift TO live By moderate
charges and faithful performance of services.
But the mos, important and thoroughly rcvolu-
.ionary resul, of the Telegraph viii be upon the
Daily Press This will inevitably lose its character
as the rapid and indispensable Garner Of CONNER
cial. political and other intelligence For this pur
pose the Newspapers will become empha'ically
useless. Anticipated at every point BY the light.
ains wings Of the Telegraph. they can only deal IN
local items or abs,rac, speculations Their power
to create sensations even in election campaigns,
VIII be greatly lessened-as the intalble Telegraph