New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-13


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The EIectrO-Telegrarh.
To ne Editor # The Tribune
su-Tbe importance 70 the country Of Telesraphic
network extending over the United States cannot well
be ated II would enable our Government 10 Obtain
intelligence from end dispatch % the most remote from
tier with the speed Of lightning It would warn Us Of dan.
ger while yet of. give time 10 prepare for and
avert It, Aided BY the Telegraph our public sai1orte,
curiy and efficiency, and business transactions OF agni-
tude, which require weeks Tor Their accomplishment,
might be concluded IN lew minutes heretofore, we
District Representative has voted and acted concusvey
many important measures without the ADVICE Of trust
ing conttuencies whom he would have sadiy eonsulea
Henceorth ell important legislative measures viii al once
be placed before the people by seepless press
letter Mr.. Ferns, years since, Prof. Morse
remarked that Whatever facilitates intercourse between
the different portions Of the human family wall have the
effect, under the guidance o. sound moral PFncPti TO
promote The best interests Of man" think that light
ming teeTaphs will do this bot IL consistent would
ask with sound moral pnncIp IN Mr. Morses asso-
cstes acting In his aud under his patent o. use Tie
pecunary they derive from the Telegraph system
sully and defame through the press the reputation OF
the man to whom more than all others. the public in
debted for the early establishment Of telegraph Is
there any why class Of persons line Of
Does The leaned Professors moral coz like his practice
authorize this, Is there even shadow Of ground for
affirming the patenees have repeatedly done IN most
offensive language through the columns oi The Tribune
that the great Western contract made by them with Mr.
ORey. has not been honestly, punctualy and most ad-
yantageously fulfilled Are not OReIy's aud
promptude in its accomplishment the latent causes Of
discussions by which the public suffer-
You, Sir have gwen wide circulation TO statements
nv The ne,enfee. asserting that the 500 miles OF tele-
graph lines established by OReilly and his associates
west Of Philadelphia, are p~iom ana iiaaaaisnt
tl.tf fIa Gard will hen
suicidal in the extreme that they are managed OF con
Quoted in reckless defiance Of Prof Morse and tnai
OReiy or his OF the rights 70 use the Morse
Patent mch Of me e'rss pat up Hef 81 Fh''adf'
Paia" -,
head loaded and ia the most conspicuous manner many
ter OF oReilly and his highly respectable assoei,tes
Is IT, them too much to ask your permission 10 place oe
correct Of the facts both sides so that they
may be enabled 10 judge understandinsyf ne law
have fully sustained the contract aud feel assured
that the people will do all parties AnPLr JusTick wheney
or they are permitted to the evidence 10 the case
Nslo- York, Nov. IS, l641. mEhCAIOh
p :. Mr. T. 5. faXton, President OF the New orS ana
Buffalo Telegraph contradcts Messrs Smith and Kenda
thar that line had resolved not to connect Win
the Western or any other line, in the following card
As the press in Rochester and other places have been
liberal and IN their remarks about nonnterconse
resolution having been passed by this Company respecting
the lines working under other than Moses Patent ask
them have the goodness 10 say that no fch 0de mas
bsen eiren 10 the NewYoIk and Buffalo Telegraph Com
pany and that any oomniUnicGf from other ines are
sent ortT this line as usual 1. . rAAAO'N
WESTERN TELEGRAPH LINE-THE oREILLY
CONTRACT.
Some years since Professor Morse patented Ger
tain machinery for making dots by electricity and
thus conveying intelligence with extraordinary
swiitness to distant places The principle on which
his machinery was applied Of course he could not
patent. Oersted in 1920, discovered the action OF
MAJ l.
pere. a few months thereafter, suggested plan OF
lightning teegraphs, and, with Arago, discovered
the electro magnet-Sching, Wheatstone, Gauss
and w cher and Steinhul, have made improvements
in Europe as has Morse on this continent Like
Watt and Fulton's inventions, Morses patent has
already given rise to litigation. The public may
Judge from the following facts whether an ex'
ceedng eagerness for gain, on the part OF Mr. Fran
els O. j. Smith one of Morse's assignees, is not
almost tie only cause why the era of electric tee-
graphs in America has been sullied by dissension
aud strife.
In June, lsi5, Mr.. Henry ORelly, of Albany
entered into contract at w ashington with Messrs
/ Morse, +. 0. j. Smith and Gale, owners OF Morse
/ Patent. by which he became bound, at his own ex'
pepss. % endeavor to raise capital and Herewith
construct line of Morse Telegraph, to connect the
great sesboard line at Philadelphia any part OF II
nearer 10 Harrisburg with Pittsburgh, and to connect
pit,,burah with ST Louis In Missouri By line inrousa
vbeslng Cincinnati and such other towns aud eitie'
a. he and bis associates might select He was ierihei
empowered 10 connect Pittsburgh 81. Louis &c direct
" with Cleveland Detroit and other towns on the axes
and might also construct lice between Buffalo snt
Chicago or connect with lake towns east OF Ere suef
] a, Buffalo Rochester, Oswego, &c.
Tn, agreement was 10 be void In case the line to HAr
i.burs from the point of connexon With the sesoosr'
lima was lot ni.hed within six months, and capital pro
vaed for It's farther extension TO Psbursh-but snoul-
,nfors,een difficulties as 10 right OF wsy arise ih'
x months were to date from the tins OF their removal
Rvond the st section be was TO have other ak month
.n.ed and also ak months notice 10 the extension o
80, ,...s.iva section of at least $50 miles Under III
n,rsc, II v.s expected that he would be able 70 com
plete $50 miles by This evening wnich "ouo DC ~ o
each ak months he nss sHosuJ III
| lion nearer 10 twice I1O -.
/ Morse 4 co bound themselves 10 convey the psten
right OF Morses invention 10 Reilly ana the associate
thew hsd thus invited 10 unite with him. lney were
reserve Ons quarter say p per cent on tns Nnoe cap
al mat misn, be required 70 construct line OF w
wires as recompsnce tor the Of the patent hi
OR and hls associates TO furnish all The capita
,d Ia r.tsn three quarters OF the stock and prohts
Hne of 4oO miles costs $4,000, norse pstsntee va
~ o., SO 600 Of the stock and profits for permiitin
49, comosny who had buit that line 10 use bis invention
,ign, have been supposed that ayarce itself wOul
-. hsen satisfied with such an arrangement, but MI
S;,h ; !. hsrrassed the West, nhed the Courts Wit
. DELAYED useful Improvements. and vetoed III
sa,or.es inat had been made by his own agents
Yin hops Of being able to change every SO oOo .har
:Ss 3, ; :sss on he @ or as8s
nall os'ol DIS, the contracts had been forfeited
the a o P5s's and a Ii. fulfilled Their eSa'.'
from Pbisdephis P,isOarsh in 5000 i1 I0es
vsnced their mOney-for,y or n,'y ,se Ds,en,e
contrue'e1 ,saS .,ock and q voice 10 the men
IN tbs, proportion which We. .Sed ns R,sS o i
DO mol even P, EN-, Why then do they try 70 vre
'h. ia ooo out OF the hands of the contractor
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