The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-12

MEssRs. EpIroRs.- The letter of Mr. Balm, in your
Journal Of the ID ins has just my eye at this place
lie makes misatement in regard to me- and a refec-
ZION upon my Telegraphic system which, notwiths nd
ing us having temporarily left the country must not
pass without correction.
On January 27th 1877 filed n cayeat at the Patent
once Tor mode OF marking my conventional charac-
tors Tor the Telegraphc Mphebet and numerals, cha
racters already secured to by patent Now there
are quite enough false issues already before the public
In the various attacks made upon my invention there
Is necessity for introducing more have asked for
no exclusive privilege for anything "Sir Humphrey
Davy has done, nor for anything MIR, Davy of Fleet
street, has done for what any body else has done
before mo but have asked for patent for mode
OF applying substantial invention of my own already
patented to me Mr. Balm has recently applied for the
same thing to wit the same mode of applying this my
patented invention Therefore. if he should sue
coed in obtaining his patent, which not propable if
the usages of the patent Office in the construction of
the law are sustained by the Attorney General he but
shuts me out from using his mode ofappying patented
portion Of my own invention, without my permission
and without this permission his mode is comparatively
If not entirely useless Your legal readers will under
stand this point. Notice of interfering claims has been
gwen to Mr. Balm and to me, and hearing is to be had
in July next.
Mr.. Balm says, Mr. Morse told 'me himself that he
had only tried his mode within few MONTHS This
is mistake | could scarcely have told him palpa-
BILE an untruth against myself, for had of course
tried my mode before filing my caveat and this
more than fifteen months ago Mr. b. says that his in
venton was patented in London in December, ls46
and known in New York within the first half of the
year lS47.n> What then! 1t not known here in
January of that year. and unless he prove that he
does not antedac my caveat. But did tell Mr.. Balm
distinctly that could antedate his English patent,
and at the proper time am prepared to prove it. As
to Mr. Bans boast that he imprint the characters
full fifteen times rapidly than Prof Morse any
one beside myself do,' have only to say that
while fully appreciate Mr. Bain's ingenious mocha
nlsm he must allow with the frankness with
which he makes his boast, to dispute that point.
think can use means already secured to me In my
tents and beat him, however rapidly he may manpu-
late with his present instruments.
In regard to the rapdy of transmission Tor rather
quantity of matter in given timeD there may be
where is desirable to send thus rapidly and
have for had the in my patents to produce
the result Experience alone will show whether it is
all things considered Of advantage; whether the num-
Der of hands to be employed to this mode
TO advantage will warrant the expense &C. For ordi-
nary correspondence cannot ut all compete with my
plan now in 1t should be borne in mind, that
previous to the transmission of message by Mr. Bain's
Instruments the preparation Of the made at
the rate of but IS characters per minute and 1t not
till after this preparation that the rapid transmission
of 1000 characters, more less, is accomplished To
understand this point let message of 1000 letters be
given at the moment to operator of Mr. Bain's
system and to of NINE while b. prepares his at the
rate of As per minute for sending, M has transmitted
the at the rate Of 80 per minute In other words
in the time after first seeing the message could
send it twice while Mr. Balm preparing to send 1t
once.
omit for the present, any auson to several impor-
tant advantages in present system entirely lost in
the proposed new method
Very respectfully. your OBJ servant
SAML. f. B. MORSE.
Utica, May 4th, 1S4S