The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-16

the mulutudo porteAded ruin. where was tuo
assep blsge, and there held il brea .hless? On an
emipence near Alexandria, ten miles of, be stood,
solitary being, with telescope in hand watching the
his power, he calmly waited the signal gun At last
the word given. The flash, quicker than the
report, told the magician that the time was come,
and ere the booming sound had fallen on his ear,
the work was done. One moment, and nothing
was heard out the suppressed breathing Of the vast
multitude the next,
And the sky seemed couvulsvely stirred,
As ii by lightning ryen.
All eyes we're fixed on the beautiful ship which
20 silently gded past; but at the fe arfuI explosion
she disappeared. When the column of water had
subsidized. ard the wind had swept off the smoke, one
exclamation arose from an hundred thousand human
ben rs, ''Wbere is sheV'
Go ask Of the winds that far around
With fragments strewed the sea-
She had gone where art could ever reach her
scattered fragments mould again her symmetri-
cal form This man, welding power, whose might
Who Knows but he whose hand the lightning forms,
Who heayes old ocean, and who wings the storms,
had reashed her, though far away, with those mys-
FERROUS messengers Of destruction, which,
Fast the clear and living rays streaming from the
obey the commands of genius, and yield themselves
docle ministers to the mastery of the mind. But
counsel asks, with sheer, Who is Colonel Colt!'
But shall not pause here. The world is indebted
to Col Colt for another improvement, which, with
in the last two three years, has been claimed
az great invention abroad He was the first man
who ever carried telegraph under the sea. Con-
trary to the advice OF those who were at that TINS
engaged in the telegraph, he undertook to carry
wire through He'll Gate to Fire Island; and, con-
trary to their representation, 1t succeeded Colo
mel Colt Mt that time urged those interested, to
solicit this government to invite tho British 60
yerpment to join in the construction OF telegraph
uniting the two continents and that project, see
by the last steamer, is now mooted. From Dovcrto
Calais, the same thing has been done more recent
IL here If il we'll kn who first Succeeded
that idea But counsel asks, with snoer, VINO Co
lionel Colt is.
In 1876, the Mexican war broke out. The Texan
rangers. who had achieved the independence of the
Lone Star State by the of Colts arms, now de-
maIded an equipment Of them from tho govern
ment Captain Walker, the dreaded chefof that
arms: and this city searched in vain for a single
pistol of the sort. Out Of the 10000, or more,
which the Arms Company had manufactured, not
one was lett, on sale. They had al gone 70 the
and valued beyond price by the brave men who
had relied on them in troubled times for safety and
for life, and had found them ever true The govern
ment did not then proceed to construct them "a
their own armories, but invited Col Colt TO 10
it for them. lie WAS unable to supply the demand;
but, by the aid of friends, he undertook the con-
struction of LOCO pistols for $2i coo, and he deli
vered them, but they cost him $4,000 These
arms went to Mexico, and the returns from the
bloody battle fields of that answer the 9uss
ton who Colonel Colt s. Orders now came 10
public demanded supply. Nov prosperity became
oppressive. Now the harvest was ripe, but he had
no sickle to reap it, Capital, as usual, exorbitsnt
and slow. would not touch it unless the patent were
extended. Ii would not pay to lay out immense
sums for machinery for the little time the patent
had still to run, and ne could not go on The over
flowing cup OF prosperity was at his hpss, ana
it recede as he approached it, and he felt how hope
deferred makcth the heart sick" A. last the pa
tent was extended, and he commanded the means Of
success By 1850 he had fairly launched his bust
ness, and was daily improving his manufacture,
and beginning to receive his reward, when these
harpes who ever hover over the rich repast which
genius spreads. both to devogr and defle it, began
to poise themselves for swoop-
At subtle, horridce lapsu, de montibus adsunt
Ha,pio co nagnis quatiunt clangoribus alas
DiTipiuntque dapes, contactulue omnia fedant
ImmuDdo.
Now came on new troubles; suits were to be pro-
secuted, and the money and time which he had
hoped to have devoted to the advancement of
hi, manufacture, he must appropriate to defend
his rights against irresponsible robbers. The great
trial came last year at Boston, and, as usual. he
triunpheG-glorously tiunpaei Not o fact, nor
point Of law carried by the defendant; and al
though their cause was defended by Mr. Choate, the
ablcst 1riitS lawyer in New Eng and-perhapr Ia
the country(my brother Staples, who holds his abb
ltes in such contempt, OF course always excepted)-
there was nothing Of it left when the trial over,
but o miserable bill OF exceptions, containing only
one point, and that mathematical pOint--hayipg
position, but not magnitude But my brother Sta
pies asks, 8 W no is Col Colt!'
Here he thought had been an end of al his trou-
bies; but not SO the result Although he had de-
mons,rated the fact that his invention was before
all other attempts at the same thing-the French
gun excepted although he had shown, that even il
hisinvention were posterior all the guns produced
against it, either then or now, yet that none of
them, all Of them together, contained the whole
of his invention, and that they had oil been aban-
doned; although he had thus established his case,
both in fact aud law, these defendants, combining
with the defeated company, and other pirates still
persisted in their wrong and still threaten to crush
his plans, and defeat his hopes.
After the Boston trial, Col Colt visited Europe
to exhibit his arms to the assembled world, at the
Worlds Fair We have all read aud heard Of his
reception there. His chambers thronscd with
the great and influential men of the land, anxious
to form the acquaintance OF one whose reputation IS
worldwide. Princes and governments layished on
him their faver, and showered presents his head
Scientific societies extended to him the honors OF
membership, and the Institution Of Civil Engineers
Of London awarded to him the Napier me lal--its
highest prizc-fsr that very lecture on which Mr..
Staples has founded his calumny. The British
A'my Register. the organ Of the army, TINS
speaks Of his invention-s' As Engshmen, we
frankly and fairly admit it. Col Colt has the
claim Of precedence, and the patent Of superiority
snd we scosn to deny either the other Aai
to crown all, the British government ITSELF for the
first time in its history has taken off the prohibition
On the importation of arms, and admitted as many
Of Col Cots as he could supply, iroc Of duty Aud
now, while ] speak, the American steamer Pachs,
urlYen undcr inc HeTy spurs IS Carrying III Htr no.a
American machinery, and transporting on her decks
American mechanics to England to manufacture
Colts arms, in British armory at London. for the
British government, under the direction of Col. Colt,
who accompanies them himself. Doe, not every
American feel proud Of these things! The wanton
assault which has been made on Col. Colt by the
senior counsel in the Defence answers that question
in the negative, far he is concerned at least
Returning home loaded with honors, and wearing
with modcsty the laurcls Of triumph Col. Colt IS
met here in this court by tho distinguished counsel
on tho other side, with accusation Of petit larce
ny--of stealing gun from the Tower OF London,
aud bringing it away for the purpose Of suppressng
il rs evidence against him; ard the insult has been
carried 80 fer that have been notified here at bar
to produce that gun before this court. it is evident
from this charge. that Mr. Staples has not yet heard
Of the statute OF 1856, under which it would mako
difference to the rights Of the inventor here, if