New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-17


aud biz partners immense revenue a. toe pubic ex
pense bg injustice done ~ the Patent O-<ce q the
claims II others far more ski1l-snd these are ques
tons before the COurts Of Law and the Executive
Departments and faI relates % the Patent Oce
Wi soon be before C0ngrefs-thcn matters VII end
~ ! always believed they would Morse smith & Co.
-. have acquired vest fortunes through the careless
ness OF the public sutaCrltes. ana Morse himself ~
shown % nave discovered nothing more than the PHI
and potion vendors BY patent Who seize hold of good
dca recipe call 4 theirs and thus acquire wealth
without labor That Morse believes he has invented
something no doubt Even Dr. Jackson nas
yielded 70 the force Of reiterated assertion bu, Com
ssioner Burke s forced % admit n AZ MOrse claim
may be TOO general 70 stand the test Of Court Of
Law
We think 3 .s The Federal judiciary receive
$4,000 year out u the public revenues and sl00O
20 N other forms. and such salaries and fees
ought 20 secure both talent and honesty
Mr henda. swears that smith, the eZ.COngressmzn
for Maine owns one fourth Of tns sOcsled patent 10
the spring Of - smith was Chairman Of the Com
mitee u Commerce IN Congress. and such reported
Ja on tie 9Th Of April that letters patent hsd been
secured under the authority Of the United states FOR
the invention although no regular application had
been either made dated decided upon respecting
patent nor was the application for patent complete
within the next TWO years
The Statute Of y makes IL highly penal stamp the
word patent falsely Oh property yet mere % the
Chairman n The Committee OF Commerce deliberately
emDOdyng that fraud ia public report
Wnsf could be- more improper than Tor smith %
bargain 10 March 80 vita Morse for the night o one.
fourth o. his prOirssed invention keep that bargain
secret allow Morse 10 play the poor moHey!ess pen
toner FOR HLP such prayer being really addressed %
bis 5lsiness partner whom hc numby ntrests q TANK
oi hs DeuiiOu Was right in Smith thus . pretend
D. preside ~ the Committee Of Commerce a. ~ inde-
pendent representative Of the people and 10 that char.
scer % Draft reports and introduce bills recommending
aud urging upon Government expend $4,000 % test
the value Oi Bis and AoTses Joint private JOB " specu
lati0u o. their gain % succeedrdt0 the public O-s
ID o ialedt l cannot be- TOO widely known that smith
mo- IN .y o.. lea
ward IS contractor 20 axpend money - Lad thus
urged C0Dgrcss tO grant Morse foe0rs that hna.y
Smith abandoned BE sest n Congress and went 20 Eng
and with him In May -3- and that the reason fas ne
5eieFc-J WY he was refused patent there Vas pUD
D. alton Of bic pan copied from -i.iinan Last tof1
airy he was 10 give ne iact- bat iney are ho ye' io
coming
IN Norses first affidavit made before justice be
swesrs 10 his invention ltis dated. Ihis -- day
Of -- i-3- and the drawings ot 20 have since
vanished from the secret archives Morse ana
smith sysear Boo the nied states Court Ks that the
former sod fourth % the latter for valuable consid
GRAFTON by an Instrument dated " the day Of
March lss and also 5ltths In oil other parts OF cres
ton except Texas.
TO Morse belongs the credit said the Be,ald
lew days since. ~ bringing electricity INTO practice
u.en The $4,000 voted by Congress Old mat, and
when even with that AID. Morse Kendall & smith
could not raise dollar 10 comp etc the New ork and
Washington line. any other they called 10 o Rel
lys energy tact and perseverance 10 the rescue were
again ct sos by him value given 10 the patent and
Z
1eneiactor With base ingrstitude
Judge seden of the supreme Court Of this state
who was induced by OKelly 10 take stock. says
lie 'O'Re 81 ned abandoned al other business and
engage, with al his energy talent ard unnnl- sssduy
effort 20 give value 10 Morses Telegraph which Up
% that lime had remained cOmpsrsiFeiy Dormant The
utmost eAeuOus Of Mr. Morse tie repued suthOr and Mr
Kendall the woud-be Grand sschem Of the system, had
IA 90 10 ufse vitality into o. Thet could not raise
All the f1nds 20 build line between the great CONNER
ca ces Of the UnO1 NEWTON and Phiade phia, with
oui he AID of Mr. OReiiy. who actually procured for
fhefu Id
in The enf, }uads 10 build the line from Phisde phis TO
~, co.reef he Political with Tho nrfnrns
mercisl Capitals Of The nation
Ia bis affidavit in equity, Morse says
Ig,0 much d,ffepiy company wss organized IN May
fB35 10 build line from New York Washington. with
subscription Of sl5Ot0 which applied 10 the cOnstruc
Ton Of 70 thereof lies between New-fors and
ct the telegraph increased as 10 progre.sed'
Mr. Kendall wrote D. Burbank
Mr. smith and Prof Morse both expressed desire thai
you should be employed IN bulldog the line Of Telegraph
10 Bsno ana wac my purpose TO employ you buili
uuder nv superinendence Bur ne company has not
fund, n build liG and Henry OReily E.q offered to
build raising the funds himself and take payment 10 sOcs
not under my control nor can IN any way interfere
On the 10Th of Dec lsi5, Kendall wrote OReilly
IL expected TO get our arrsng for funds New
YORK to-day, but have not been able TO see Mr
who represents The parties They show 50 nile concern
about il. that cuh zoe had other resoDyces'
When O'Rely had completed line by which Morse
Cos are they swear clearing TO per cent ON c-Oulu
or - 600 year by the sharpest biting practice yet die
covered and without the outlay Of dollar ne received
a note. " Prof Morse cOaRratsl0f,Hg M Reilly on
the Success Of His ahors In thus complaining he con
afcli0n bU links Of lightning bcUefn NE HUDSON and P0
foaqao" The $4,000 from the National Treasury. and
o RelIys standing and energy, got 1.-The high credit
in lsi5 OF bringing electricity into practice" Why
should the HerGid assert the contrary in lcfs
OReily when no one else would embark in the con
Germ assuming that Morse was the dscoyerer as he
protested be- contracted with him build several
housand miles of Telegraph ind al the means and
pay the pa.euee % per cent for the OF his nven
don or saw S2j1O0O ia the stock Of the companies 10
be formed II their whole stock amounted % million,
which Il already exceeds
He performed ais c1ntract did it well offered Morse
4 CO. their - per cent They tried 10 md naw IN
his conduct demanded 80 per cent took him before
Judge Kane, 10 the u : Court At Philadelphia sought
an Injunction got hoorcd 10 the infinite satisfaction
of everybody sought erbitrston--he al once &C
ceded--some OF the most honorable men IA the West
were the referees-they were uusnimous-O Reilly &C
quiesced their award, but Morse s Co snly quib
BLEED OF H. Again they asked an arbitration again
ORtly agreed 20 itsgain its decision was unanimous
and again did Morse & Co. refuse TO abide by the de-
cson OF their trustees II Is useless to dwell
upon such conduct IL met As II deserved the indigns
ton and the contempt Of the whole country and
smith, whose keen, sharp practice was one cause OF All
the diifculty-Sm.th. who as his spologsl IN The Tb
aad SAYS controls the Boston Line because he bought
the stock when others would net touch H. has bed
the press and the business men of NcwNork and Bos
ton freely that Old Connecticut ouuawed his Line.
and repealed the protecting his posts and wires IN
that state though Morse is New Haven msn and the
press of New York have asked OR,ly 20 start rival
Line which he now afford to do at less than one.
fourth the eNoroitant charged heretofore made upon
the Press hy smith
smith b5EsN the lines did he Was il when he had
acquired one fourth OF be patent What did in
vest. o. vent VA this old aud ardilabls gsInef
Charges against public men should not be- wsntonly
narardcd should pstcut right. bee loosely stacked
but collision fraud hypocrisy And false claims de
serve no mercy
We have seen IL asserted somewhere that Reilly
wanted % avoid his great contract with Mors,, sad
that be- had gone Do law iof that purpose. Here Is
Nlrses statement 10 his sihdsyi, 81 Aug ~ Isl.
before Judge Monroe
And the sald Reilly has ceased occasionally de-
maud te execution % thai contract lowa the present
day."
Ry the statute of March 5, l-}9. e. al patents
tsAan out n the United States Tor Inventions a. for
which they (ihe patenteos) have previously secured
foreign patent are " Ia al cases ordered u pee
limited 10 the term OF "a years from the date publ
cation OF such iogeign letters patent There IS no
discretion len
Morse took outs patent Ia Frsncc nrst IN Aug ISIS
and vet Knowing th-i fact sad a. the teeth OF the
tate hrs patent Is dated the 2o;h day OF Jane.
l~4N-his reissue has the same false date sni tor
"A veArs-and ca surTcnderins that his 81 amended
once more. continues The wrong Even vAlt. which
4 think ii i NOT Morst's monopoly would expire in
Aus ls52 nor could it be- extended by a board under