Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-01-26

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sage, or intelligence transmitted thereby and
they shall have the rights pnwers and privileges
Of other corporate bodies, under The name and
style Of The "W ashingIon and New Orleans Tele-
| graph Company" Tor the purpose OF building and
managing said line Of Telegraph.
Be il further enacted, That the inventors oil
any system OF Telegraph whatsoever, or those
who may have acquired legal conveyance
thereof shall have a right 10 construct The same,
Tor the accommodation oil the people OF This Com,
monwealth along the common roads, streets and
public works, and over the waters thereof Pro.
yided they shall not obslruct the ordinary use OF
such roads, streets, public works and waters: Pro-
yided also, that inventors who claim this prvI-
lege, and their assisnees, shall first produce the
proof Of their inventions, or The legal conyeyances
under which they claim, 10 The Board Of Public
Works.
Be il further enacted, THAT any agent or agents
employed in working any Line OF Telegraph con-
slructed under the authority OF this act, and any
other person or persons who may be instrumental
in conveying false intelligence thereby, with In
tent 10 defraud or injure any one, knowing the
same to be false, or who may, from corrupt or
improper motives, withhold or delay the trans
mission of messages OF intelligence for which
the customary charges have been paid or rendered;
and any persons who shall wilfully injure, break
or destroy any ofthe posts or wires Of such Lines
Of Telegraph, shall be deemed guilty OF INSIDE
meanor al common law and shall be punished as
for misdemeanor.
The following bill has been reported to the
House from the Committee on Roads. To en-
able our readers TO contrast its principles with
those OF the bill quoted above we pubishit entire;
A BILL
To facilitate tie c0nstrucii1m of an Electric TEE
r ~ ami CD,,JLerO
Ifa,t Route.
l. Be II enacted By HE General Assembly, That
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail-
road Company, or The said Company and any
parties whom they may associate with them. be
and they are hereby authorized 10 construct and
maintain an Electric Telegraph Line between
Richmond and Washington or Tor such proper
lion oil The distance AS they may deem exPedient
using their line OF Railroad, 50 far as the same
may be available, and afterwards passing along
the public roads or over The lands Of individuals
with whom they may be able 10 agree Tor the pri-
vilese, and 10 make such charges for the use Of
said Telegraph Line, or Tor the transmission Of
| intelligence or messages of any description by
| the same, as may seem 10 them most advisable.
q Be il further enacted, That The Richmond
and Petersburg, and Petersburg and Roanoke
Railroad Companies be, and they are hereby, au-
thorized TO construct similar lines OF Telegraph
along their respective railroads, and in like man.
ner 10 make such charges TOR The use OF the same,
or for the transmission OF intelligence or MESA
ges OF any description by The same, as they may
deem expedient.
| 3. Be IL further enacted, That if Samuel F. B.
Morse and his associates shall desire TO connect
any line of Telegraph which they may construct
between Weldon or CASTOR, in North Carolina,
and New Orleans with the Telegraph Line hereby
authorized al its Southern terminus, il shall be
the duly OF the above-named Companies 10 put up,
and maintain on their respective routes, indie
pendent wires exclusively Tor the use oil the said
5. F. B. Morse and his associates Tor the convey
ance of through intelligence, on an agreement or
agreements in binding form being entered into BY
the said S. F. B. Morse and his associates TO pay
quarterly to the said companies respectively, the
income in proportion TO distance, fairly ascriba-
BILE TO their respective routes, from the convey
ance of through intelligence, or intelligence be-
tween point. South OF Weldon or Castor in North
Carolina, and the city of Washington and points
North Of il: Provided, That The said Railroad
Companies shall be bound to pay for the use OF
Morse's Patent such sum as may be, in The opn
ion OF the Board of Public Works, fair and
reasonable compensation Tor The use OIL saiu patent
on their respective roads.
4 Bel further enacied That If all or any OF The
alorenamed Companies shall fail, refuse or neg
lect TO construct and maintain an Electric Ieie-
graph, as provided for in The first and second
sections of this act within six months from The
passage Of this act then, in that event, II shall
be lawful for S. F. B. Morse and his associates
10 put up and maintain an Electric Telegraph
along such railroad line or lines through ms
Commonwealth; and they shall have the rights
powers and privileges Of other corporate o'oies
under the name and style OF The Washington
and New Orleans Telegraph Company, Tor The
purposes herein directed; and if the Railroad
Companies and the said 5. F. r. Morse and his
associates shall not be able 10 agree upon the
sum to he paid for The Right OF Way, then,
and in that event, il shall be The duty OF The
Board OF Public Works 10 Tx upon the com,
pensalion 10 be paid by S. f. b. Morse ana
his associates TO the several railroad companies
for The right Of way along The SAID rallroau lines.
5. Be ii hl.fier onacicd, That any agent or
agents EMPLOYED in working The SAID Telegraph
line herein authorized, or that may lie authorized
nv The laws OF This Commonwealth, whether owned
in whole or IN part by The railroad companies, or
any other person or persons VINO may ne Suiiy
Of wluIly conveying false intelligence by the
same, or who may, from corrupt or improper mo
lives, Withhold or delay The TRANSMISSION OF MEL
lisence Tor which the customary charges nave
been paid and any person or persons VINO may De
guilty OF wiliully disturbing or inlerrupiing 'ne
hosts or wires OF any line oil Telegraph, shall be
deemed guilty. OF msde meanUr al common law.
G Be II further enacted, Thai any other person
or persons than the said companies, or those VINO
NAV act by their authority, who may construct,
ar attempt To construct and mainialn, nhe o'
Teegra oh in this State east Of The Blue Ridge,
similar 10 those herein authorized, without 'he
authority of The General Assembly, along any
Of The pubc roads al this State, shall be deemed
gully Of a misdemeanor ann lie Puhis'eu "s 'o'
a mistemeanor al common law.
~, .,E fave MASSAGE.
We shall hereafter dwell more at length upon
the important Suggestions found below. In the
mean time we invite The deliberate and earnest
attention Of the Republicans of the Legislature TO
what we regard as measure Of vial moment 10
our triumph in The Spring
For the Enquirer.
Republicans of The Legislature, Alloy!
The sprine campaign is about to be opened,
and upon il depends, in great measure. Inc III
umph or defeat OF The principles 10 which you are
devoted Arrangements are necessary 70 arouse
the State 10 sense Of The importance OF heI Posi-
lion. and 10 preserve her just position IN The con-
frderacy. Heart burnines have been created
which will soon extend Throughout! The Common
wealth. and unless soolhed, as with wise men, they
will be. must be the forerunncr OF di>cord, lad
ing inevitably 10 their defeat and The conse-
ouent triumph of Federalism. Friends, Repuo-
licans and Patriots, lei US then meet together, as
our usage has been, appoint our county COMMIT
tees and do other things TO preserve our union
and harmony, that our principles may YET be 10
The ascendant. These are The words OF sim
cere hEfooLlohN'
The Wings may talk Of the blessings oil the
"home maIkel"-but we ask attention TO the enor-
nous export OF brcadstufs the last year. haa
we been confined to the "home market" glu'ted
4, i, would have been, how seriously would no. the
prices of breadslufs been reduced
"More than 100000 bushels Of grain were
e.pored from New York city last year 10 foreign
coanir,e,, besides I,ls3,42s bbls. -four, equal 10
5000 600 bushels more, making total OF ntns
million bushels, or its equivalent. from single
port II is al the rate Of $4,000 bushels in Gay,
the year round, Sundays and all. II is more tnan
half bushel 10 every white man, woman and
child in tho nation