Washington telegraph., 1851-08-06

PAOSS'S
at has been lately stated by Mr. Allix,
on the authority of Mr.. Benolt, in Paris,
and of another discoverer (also, bileve,
both of whom during the last ten years,
have been employed in working out the
discovery. which they had severaly and
independently made, although they are
now associated to work it out-that mag
netic sympathy is remarkably developed
in snails; that these animals, after having
once been In communication or in coptact,
CONTINUE ever after to. sym pathize, no mat
ter a; what distance they may be. Aud
it has been proposed to found Oh this fact
mode of communication between the
most distan: places. M. Alhx describes
with care and judgment experiments
made in his presence, in which, the time
having of course been fixed before hand,
words spelled in Paris by NJ. Benoit, and
also by NJ Allx himself, were instantly
read in America, and as instantly replied
TO, by words spelled there, and read in
Paris. All this was done by means of
snails; and. although the full details Of the
apparatus employed, and OF all the pro-
cesses necessary to insure success, have
not yet been published, yet the account
| given goes SO far as TO. enable, Us to con.
ceive the principle made use OF. 1t would
appear that every letter has snail be-
longing to it at Paris, while in America,
each letter has also snail, sympathetic
with the same letter in Paris; the two
snails of each letter having been at some
period, and by some process, brought into
full sympathy, and then separated and
marked There is OF course stock of
spare, snails for each letter, in case of
accident; hut it is found thas these animals
will live for year without food, should
that be necessary. When word is to
be spelled in Paris, the snail belonging
to the first letter is brought by some gal
vanic apparatus, not yet fully described,
into a state of disturbance, with which
his fellow in America sympathizes But
this requires to be ascertained which is
done by approaching, in America, to all
the .snals successveIy. a testing appasa-
tus, not described, which, however in
cludes a snail. Op the approach of this.
the shall, whose fellow in Paris has been
acted on, exhibits some SYMPHONIC which
are not exhibited By any other, and the
corresponding letter is noted down. This
is done with each letter, and the word
is finally spelled. 1t will certainly be
very remarkable if snail telegraph should
come into action, which, in spite of the
proverbial slowness of the animal con-
cerned. should rival in rapidity the elec-
tric telegraph, and surpass it in security,
inasmuch as there are no wires to be cut
| l., ho; E,; to1x lass
costly, since no solid, tangible means of
communication are required. and all that
is needed is the apparatus at either end Of
the line, and the properly prepared snals." "
A Plot FORA RoMANCE-We find
the following hints. to the dashing theat-
rical and romance writers of the present
day, in one of our exchange papers aud
without any credit. Whether it is hit
at the plot of Bulwer's new play recently
published. or whether it has any parlicu-
lar aim, is more than we can say; we
only know that its perusal will cause a
laugh, if it effects the reader the same
way it did US: q
Don Sebastian, retired nobleman,
falls in love with Donna JuIia-father of
Donna Julia becomes enraged, and threat
ems "the catiff" with the inluisition.-
The lovers alarmed, appeal to heaven,
and seek safety in schooner bound to
Barbadoes Third day out, the schooner is
wrecked-the lovers commit themselves
to, the deep on dining table. Destitu-
ton sets in, followed by remorse and an
oyster boat. Oyster boat carries them to
India-Dpu Sebastian fights four lions at
once-Donna Julia, overcome by the
dangers, throws herself into lotus and
floats down the Ganges. Don Merander
Gather of Julia) charters ferry boat and
goes in pursuit. The lovers, alarmed by
the intelligence, quit India in paiaquin
and ty to, EgyptLWhere Don Sebastian
hires one of the steps Of the pyramids
and opens mummy stall. Father-in-l law
still pursues-appeals to the Pasha-
Pasha breaks up the stall. Don Sebas-
tian and Donna Julia once more commit
themselves to the keeping of Providence
shortly after which they fnd them
selves in the Mammoth Cave. Father
in-law relents-visits kentucky-pardon
the abduction of his daughter" makes
will giving Don Sebastian the castle of
Salamanca, and stabs himself in the hat.
Last chapter-Supernatural lightning
up of the cave, voices in the distance ex-
claiming. "Beware" Mysterious ap-
pearaiice of the American flag. A thun-
derbolt falls at Donna. Julia's feet, and
runs itself into the grodna. Blue fire
seen in the distance, from the centre of
which the spirit of Donna Julia's father
arises and goes to heaven on ph0nix.
Grand Tableaux-Julia. and her lover
tied, III hard knot. -
QUICK TRAvELLING.-Th PHILADELPHIA