Daily American telegraph., 1852-03-06
Editors correspondence.
From our Baltimore Corr
From Baltimore Correspondent
Tricks ON and OF the "Lightning Line
Leahsy-Now Move OF the Firemen-
Business-The Markets.
BALTIMORE, March 5--l0

sort of spirit which stabs in the dark has been
guilty of practising silly hoax over the tele-
graph, forwarding pretended foreign news. He got
up stupid story about the assassination of Louis
Napoleon, great excitement in France, &c. and
also promulgated false market quotations. This
hoax found its way into some of the Northern pa
pers and thus misled the mercantile community.
The person who would intentionally perpetrate
such an outrage is dishonest to the hearts core,
and fit only to be placed on parallel with the
midnight incendary. The cause of this evil can be
the deleterious consequences have been exempli-
fed it were well for the public press to raise its
voice against the further existence Of that cause.
1t may not be generally known, nevertheless it
is fact susceptible of positive proof, that a
certain portion of the telegraph wires, extending
from the boundary of the State Of Maine to Hal
flax, has been for some time chartered to GER
tain parties in New York; or rather an exclusive
contract has been made by the company owning
said telegraph line to send the foreign news by
the arrival Of each steamer at Halifax first and
exclusively to the party in New York with whom
this contract exists. No matter what other party
may place despatch of foreign news first in the
telegraph Office in Halifax, it is thrown aside and
detained until the monopolists are supplied
Thus this news goes into the hands Of the New
York monopoly, who, through themselves and
their agents in various parts of the country, use
it to speculate. A few merchants are singled out,
and these are posted with the news, in order that
they may impose upon and take advantage of
others
TO these monopolists is to be traced the recent
pitiable and contemptuous hoax. They pretend
also to supplya portion of the newspaper press in
advance others, with the latest European advces
when steamer puts into Halifax but they take
good care that the public press, whose duty it
should be to issue the first intelligence, does not
get hold of the news until it has been secretly
used by some few favored merchants for specu-
lative purposes-or perhaps q more suitable
term would be s,omdling operations. Here then
is the fountain-head of the evil. Other parties
are DESTROYS of obtaining, independently, their
own despatch from Halifax. They have their
private and reliable correspondents, from whom
they would prefer getting their information; but
they are debarred this privilege by the odious
monopoly of the New York party, and the still
more reprehensible system of exclusveness sane
toned by the particular telegraph company and
owners thereof.
The telegraph should be common public
carrier. Its legitimate functions are, to serve
all alike-to show no favors First come, first
served" is the golden rule. The adoption of
any other system by 80 powerful an agent is not
only wrong, but absolutely dangerous, and sub
versiye Of every just principle. AS well might the
public mail grant certain favors to few over the
many, as for the telegraph to designate who
shall and who shall not be allowed to participate
in its benefits. feel confident that if Professor
Morse, the distinguished inventor Of this mighty
machine, had supposed its legitimate purposes
would have been SO monstrously subverted, he
would never have given permission for his patent
to be used. Better that no telegraph had ever
throughout the length and breadth of this Union
were l0velled with the earth, than they should be
used to MD in carrying out so stupendous sys-
tenn of fraud and monopoly.
1t is to be hoped that the time is not distant
when those who control the telegraph wires be-
tween Boston and Halifax will see the error of
their ways, and allow the great public, without
preferment or respect of persons, to participate
alike in the advantage of (what should Beg their
common carrier. This done, nm end will be put
to these stupid and wicked hoaxings
The Rev. Leahey is still lecturing in our city
against Roman Catholicism. He remains unmo-
Tested, and people are beginning to lose interest
in him.
The Monumental Fire Company of our city have
rented the Holiday street Theatre for next Mon
day night, employed actors and purpose giving
q grand, thrilling entertainment This is some
tAing novel.
Business is becoming quite active
The -four market is steady. Sales to-day Of
! 900 barrels of Howard-street brands at 81 l21
City Mills will not bring more. The receipts
of -four during the week have been over $4,000
barrels
Grain is dull. Sales Of red wheat at S2687
cents white do, 93@l02 cents White corn,
81 cents; yellow do, 54@55 cents. Oats, 92@36
cents.
Provisions in good request whiskey, 23@24
cents.
Stocks steady; money easy.
CHESAPEAKE.
Communicated
eman,s ViOfIsnt Total Abstinence