Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-11-27
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DAILY ylRGlNIAN. ..g.. a.
From the New York Herald.
improvements In TelegTaphs.

improvements IN xele&1apns f.s
Several weeks ego in mn article relative 70 the
hiah rates Of toll charged BY two Of the southern
telegraphic conpanies casually va hinted at the
probability Of new telcgraphic inventions aud
ihe formation Of new tslegrnphic companier which
would grow out Of the increased profits of tele.
graphic lines. Although At that tins NO lYd
some slight foundation for the remark, yet v"
had no, the most distant idee 'nas me prJ}sc.sr
which we're then but just begun 10 be thought Of
would so soon be brought TO nsturity. we
now learn, however, that since that article was
written there has been formed in this city new
trlegrapaic company, composed ot the sssencn
cst business men Of the country. who pro-
pose to themselves the task ef entirely ~.
volu,ionizing the whole telegraphc business OF
this continent. To perform this Herculcan feat.
|. hos several advantages which many of the
existing companies have not, namely ample cash
means large enterprise, an eppreetstion Of the
wants of tho public,and the sole ownershiP Of the
patent for this country Of the most wonderful IN
strument for telegraphic purposes ever invented.
We allude to the Electro Magnetic fr'nung Iei-
cgreph, invented by David +. Hughes, Of Ken
lucky. .....s.t. E.ss=sas..io..,i
Most Of our readers will, perhaps, recollect the
description given in tho Herald, few months
ngo of tho Hughes instrument. Since that a.
.oription was published one OF these Instruments
has been in New York, where its capabilities were
fully tested, in presence Of numerous competent
iudgcs. We should hardly dare to give publicity
10 the statements Of the wonderful powers Of this
machine, ns manifested in their presence, did wo
no, know that the persons making them nre enti-
tied to the fullest credence. Its most prominent
points Of excellence lity.economy,speed
and accuracy In these respects 1t Is 80 far ahead
.f any machine now in use, that comparison
with them il out of the question 1t will printas
we are told from three 10 five hundred letters. or
from Gfty To one hundred words in minute,
without the possibiity of error. II will send two
messages simultaneously, in opposite directions
over the same wire. II works with the most peir
feet sccresy-- that is.it will send communication
from the ppin, Of departure direct to it's destina
,ion, without the possibility Of any way office on
the route receiving II .exceptng ut the will Of
tho sender. This il fent which no other instrp.
ment now In use can perform aud one,the advSf1-
tnges Of which must be apparent 10 every individs
tal who IL at all convorsant with teegraphic mat
ters IL l. very simple im its operation. ANY per-
son who knows letter vt the alphabet wheu No
sees /, can write correctly with this instruments
ns tho most experienced operators altthat IL requi1
site to insure absolute correctness being that tho
oopy shall in the first instance he written paiuy
and CORRECTLY. The machine vsrsters itself
il, ut each revolution the operator can tell by
means If an unerring test In bis instru'nenty
whether IL Ia in unison not with the instrumeut
with which II Is communicating in distant city.
But it's most wonderful feat. and that which viii
test the readers eredulty the seversstis its paw
or to start into operation n similar machine In o
distant office without the help even preseno" ofI
mn operator. and compel IL to write ont whafevsre
mo ssages u chooses to send in the same perfect
manner IN which they first started on their trsnsit'
Thus. for instance. nm opevator at Washington
msy at any time. lock up bis ofkce snd 60 to lstas
meals, or his bed II he chooseS and on his retuts
he NAV find Oh his desk msssafes perh8psnfrtHns
New York or New Orleans. all fairly printed lcuts
and ready "a be envoloped and sent 10 its adrAssl
These ars some of the most prominent ch1S Sacter--
istics ot Mr.. Hughes instramrnt. 1herr are oth- J
ers. such as its economy in the use Of iovkingi
materal.its capablity OF operating in all possible
states of the almost phere aud its admirable cuthi
pactness and simplicity Of construction, to which
we have only space to allude. Q MI is., ,3'qxe
The new company TO which we have called at l
tenton AZ the first stepin their operations hnve
secured the absolute patent OF the Hughes ma
chine for the whole United States at q cost OF
between one and two hundred thousand dollars.
A number Of these machines are now being mar Z
ufactured by an ingenious mechanic, and some ut
them, we understand, will soon be ready tn be I
put in operation. Their next step, We are told,
will he the leasing Of all the direct lines between
New York and Nova Scotia. Negotiations in
this direction are, we are assured, aready near
" completed, and the new company will Prooa- p
bly assume the management OF those lines n
bout the first of January ensuing When the
spripp opens new lines Of the most substantial 3
and perfect construction WI II, we have reason to
believe. be built to the South and West. SO that
eventually the owners OF the Hughes patent will
have network of wires radiating in all directions
from Now York to every prominent business
place in the Union. ah3 = .affo@ .
When oil the plans Of the company are fully
perfected, the public will witness revolution in
the telegraphic business. Celebrity reliability,
ohcapness, will We hope, be the motto under the
new dspensation. With these there will.of course,
be very rapid increase in the amount of tele-
erappicbusness; and, il the reduction in tolls ever
reaches the point now in contemplation by the new
company, Uncle Sans mail bags will eventually
be left entirely to the newspapers, and to such
tender or confidential correspondence as will not
admit of the supervision Of third person. Then
the correspondents Of the New York Herald,
scattered over the Union will receive instructions
to drop their letters into the telegraph office for
transui ssion instead Of the Post Office. Then
we shall expect to have the whole Of our paper,
excepting, Of course the city news, editorials and
advertisements. made up with telegraphic des.
matches from all parts Of this continent-indeed
from all parts of the world. Morse, House. and
Hnphes what a wonderful revolution you have
produced in a generation! sf & 3...It .s8fl
... A Melancholy Story. A- ~
Among the twelve who were punished on Mon.
day for drunkenness was one-a female whose
history is truly melancholy, though by no means
unusual. She is not yet old, and was once pref
ty, courted aud admired by all. She was born
in the South of wealthy parents, and her earlier
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