New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-10-26


PeaIl-Street House, CiNclsSAIi, sept ~, isi5.
Sr We have received your letter Of the sih instant,
which you inform that the aih day u April. 3
yoa obtained patent from The United states for fee
uaph which yOu have named " The ItghfHing Lefi,r-
Prnfr that YOU are now using m.ehines i1r whch you
obtained such patent, line from tins city 10 Louis
vile. and view Of alleged declarations tat you had
no night 70 use such machines for telegraphe pgrposes
without consent and that 50 10 use them would be an
Infringement MOrses patent and OF the injury such
declarations have produced and producing TO in
teresis you request u IS thing due 10 the public 70
ourselves and you institute the proper
TO test the accuracy OF our assertions
We have before us an Official copy 90 patent Hanted
you the 18th day Of April 1895. for what, ia your
specification, you call the Ia Magnne LATER Prmii"g
Telegraph
FROM the correspondence Of dates presume this
the invention YOU call TIE LgifnHF ieficr
Prnisr.T and the same which in England assumed the
" Brst:s SHbiraasaH and oceanc Esciric Print
We are not aware Of having done you any ons by our
publication, whatever may have been the HJary. Your
agent partner England claimed al the performances
Of Morse 'Ioesaph 10 is country A. Tie Toik Of yours
have done YOU Your friends IN this country
have made publications equally uuounded specimen OF
which has just itself IN article from the Penn
sylvania Enquirer which states that your machine j.
IN full operation from Phadep hia 10 Cincinnati BY
which received and forwarded with perfec
ease The results are truly wonderful" &c No wrong
done 10 you hy correcting issehoods 80 nynsrcus sud
retaining for Professor Morse the merit Of hese wonder
II you suppose that We deny your exclusive night 20
machine paeHid You are IN error IL only the
Of that which 4 not patented TO you AID paiened 10
Prot Morse 10 which object In saying that yol can
not work your instrument without using power and
combination already patented 20 frui Mos- We put stae
fact which j. undensble That the Electro Magnet j.
used put your machine IN moiioni thst you claimed
patent for if that connection; aud that tue claim
rejected the Patent Once, expressly the ground thar
conaieed with Morses patent - shown BY doeumen's
from the Patent Ofce, before rs In stating tLis
fast 10 the public Do yOu wrong
We cannot bit think that your request thar we VIII me
proceedings % test y0ar ghi % use y0ar machines
on the fine from Cincinnati O. Louisville i made without
The right o. those who NAV have previously acquired
fNa as ~
not be contested You are aware that Nj ORey claims
night 20 add u actually using Morse Inv -ntious on
the sustal night ~ use yours II your
quest had come accompanied by NJ Okeilys disc iamef
the same time he hsd ceased them, n would have
presented itself IN more serious aspect
We have farther say that Il you use uothiEz which
conflict. VI ID Morse patents, decided b. the Patent
Ofl- YOU are danger " interruptions from Is As
81 present advised We d. not appIesena taJ DIZZY oot
interest from yuuf machines ~tn OF Nllnolt nc PARTS
conflicting ~Ith Morse patents other tnal the
uent they produce IN The Puble nind aud should you al
tempt their on lines where NJ nsnt 70 use Sorse =
claimed, mast be judges IS u the time and
manner OF vinsieatlng our violated rgais
selves would also IN the spirit suggest .. an act
due to the psbAe % Prof morse and especially to your
self pat ar end both in EaroPe and America % The
bare.ced appropriations q the performances b. Aorse
Telegraph 70 the credit Of yonr inventions
Very resg ectfully, your 0ot serv n
A kENDALL. y. J. SMITH.
NJ. r. =. Houss CiHcHHafl
Mr.. Ke4dqlrs Correspondence ruth CommissioAsS
of PateHfs.
WASHINGTON, sept n, 1871
sur Assertions Of the foowins tenor have been made
In v.rou. pa. Of the Un-i States for The purpose II
raising money under preteuce Of blildins lines Of Tee
rsph. VIZ
Thar Charles Moss has obtained patent for sys-
TEN Of slegrAfhirk different from tAi OF Samuel D
morse, and not .neompanble there 81, - - a.,
That Mr. Pe.se has patent Tor tn0ther system df-
fer-nf from Morse and cot incomPa pc therr~ifh
That Mr.. K y. House Of SeE-lork- has patent f1r
system Of teegrsphag not Inconsistent WITH thA pat
enfed 10 samuel y B. horse.
As well % pat q stop impos tons a. " protect ne
property OF samuel More and hs .sk Of
the favor answer the following slestions va
Has Charles B. Moss patent ior any system Of tss
gIzphing or has b. applied for one
= Has Nr. Pezs- patent for any system OF telegraph
ins. has he applied for one
5. DID not NJ. r z. House claims which
decided both by The examining CLERK arc yourse 10 BE
incompatible with claims already patented oy samuel T.
Morse, What the claims % rejected IL there
rot AZ appea from youT DECISION % The Crczt Court
Did Mr. Hous- taks an appeal did he aequescs your
decision What len Of M ho1ses system alter TIE
rejection Of these eonticrns CLAIMS
Dsnsans year reply for tss Information Of The Pasle,