The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-20

il nothing else used BY him, that WA not proven on
the tina, 70 have been discovered And used ey ether
10 BY the excessive and untenable extent OF his
claims, that his cause has been 90 much weakened
There 10 no living man OF an unprejudiced mind,
who will take the labor Of wading through the
rive at the conclusion that the decision OF Judge
is one Of the most extraordinary ever delivered
IN court Of justice. II was given in direct opPo-
sition to the direct testimony Of more than half
dozen highly respectable scientific witnesses, boar
ing upon the direct points at issue. His decision
proves either one Of two things, that his mind was
probably made up without careful examination
OF the testimony or that he grossly erred in inter
preting tiff man is honest, it is his duty in
writing history of the telegraph and TO tell the
truth, and to speak from facts adduced under
We arc personally friendly to Professor Morse,
esteem him as an aimiabe man, deserving of credit
and OF foitune Tor his application and persever-
ance in the introduction Of the telegraph. But
were he eur brother, in writing history We should
still feel bound to tell tho honest convictions at
which we have arrived, to utter the whole truth
and nothing but the truth. We have no private
ends to subserve. We own no interest in any tele-
stock in any telegraph line. We have not writ
ten nytbipg at the suggestion of any patentee or
telegraph company, nor received one cent OF remu-
neration, or the promise CT dino, from any tele-
graph company or patertee whatever. Those for
whose interest We write arc the people-thoy have
a vast deal at stake; and one of the people, we
have right TO examine the subject, and to urge
our rights in the premises
When steamb boat company, by legislative
act, claimed q monopoly of exclusively navigating
all the rivers in the United States it was thought
to be oppressive Professor Morse and his friends
claim exclusive right to navigate the air by cleo
tricity, ever the whole continent. AS broad as the
claim 49, We should be perfectly willing to accord it
10 them, did we not know, from nconessible owl
dence, thatthey are net entitled toit.
II may be stated, ar can be indispatably proven,
that, had neither Jackson. Morse. Heuse.
Bans existed, should still have had, at this
time, electric teegraphs in operation. The dis
coveries of Oersted and cf Ampese, in 1920, Of
Henry, in 1877 and 1881, with the erection Of
working recording telegraph, by Steinhei in 1887,
AID Of magnetic telegraph patent, by Wheat
stone & Cook, in 1857, (all in advance Of Morses
patent placed the permanent introduction Of cleo
irical telesraphs beyond All doubt dispute Morse
and others who have followed them, have only
added mechanical, coDtrivances to what had already
been invented or discovered, and for which alone
they are entitled TO exclusive patents
We shall proceed, in our next, to show frjm the
evidence given in the trial of French Rogers, all
that had been known about electric te!egraphs
before Morscs time, in addition to what we have
already adduced, and also show that there is no 10
reference or infringement on Morso's patent by that
OF Bain's; and to prove what Morse 10 really ent-
tied to, and what no has no claims to-with svnop-
sis Of the evidence set aside overlooked by Judge
Kane in making his decsion-conciudng with an
historical and chronological table of oil the discoye-
Iies made, and attempts growing out Of them to
establish electric teegraphs, for mere than CEN
tuIy past.
ERRATA.-ln our previous sketch Of the tele-
graphs, tic estimates ma lie up for the quantity OF
zinc consumed by all the telegraph lines in the
United States, was handed to US Dy a young man
connected with one Of the offices. 1t was based on
the of 30 cups for every mie instead of the
number for every 100 miles. We inserted it with
out going the figures, suppospg it to be correct
by conforming the estimate to 30 cups for each 100
miles the error will stand corrected and the guam
less II ia also stated that DR.. Gale, Of the Patent
Office, is not now part owner Of Morse's patent.