Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-11-24
THE PRINTING TELEGRAPH.-We mentioned &

The PRINTING TELEGRAPH-W mentioned q
short time since that Mr.. David E. Hughes, Of
Centucky, had invented what purportee' to be
printing telegraph The National Intc,ligencer
spoke of it as most important invention-one
calculated to create quite revolution in Geographic
operations The Louisville Journal furnishes some
additional information in regard to it, which we
subjoin
1t is simple i'll its construction, durable, cheap,
and IN size so very small that one is astonished at
its immense capabilities, of which we will now
speak.
1t will print in distinct Roman characters $50
letters in minute-more than any mind can ar
range into words in that time.
Two offices can communicate with each other
Simultaneously on single wire.
Any operator at one office can send secret dis
patch to another Office without the possibility Of
any intermediate office finding out what is passing,
or, at pleasure, all offices on the line can receive
the dispatch at the same time
The operator need not be present at the re-
ceylng office, for his instrument can be started at
the will OF any office wishing to communicate, and
when it has received the communication it will stop
OF itself. Any one who can spell can receive or
send communication, thus enabling business men
to attain absolute secrecy in their communications.
hlectro-magnetlsm is made to act By its holding,
instead OF its attractive powers, thus requiring
much smaller battery than anv other instrument
1t adjusts itself at every revolution Of the type
wheel, and the communicating office can tell with
certainty whether or not the correct word has been
sent, tor, unless the instruments are in unison, no
letter can be sent at all. If not in unison, they
can be made so in a few seconds Atmosphere
electricity will only throw in word too much, and
will not effect the remainder of the dispatch, pro-
ducng only a typographical error Of a letter.
The greatly reduced expense of working this in
strument will enable companies using it to charge
less than existing rates. and the absolute certainty
of accuracy will enable them to insure correct
transmission, without additional charge. There is
need Of trained operators, for when once set up
by an experienced hand any one who can read can
operate.
We understand that this instrument has been
thoroughly tested by the inventor for months, and
that it has actually done all that is claimed for it;
indeed no one who will witness its operations can
fail to be convinced of this fact. Letters patent
have been secured in the United States but cannot
be published or used till they shall have been Sc
cured in Europe, whittier we understand an agent
has already been sent for the purpose The fact
that such man as Joseph G. G. Kennedy, late
Superintendent of the Census, should consent to
undertake the mission, is itself guarantee that it
is no humbug.
THE THUNDER AND BLuNDER OF THE LONDON
T1MEs-7he Monroe Doctrine. From the WASH
ington correspondence of the Baltimore Sun, We
extract the following:
The present Executive Government put down
filibuster expedition against Venezuela; they
put down the expedition against Cuba; they put
down Walkers expedition to Mexico they at
tempted, in good faith, to arrest Walkers expe
dition to Nicaragua, and were defeated in the
effort through the refusal of the French Consul,
Dillon, to appear as witness; and they broke
up Col. kinney's expedition, to San Juan Del
Norte, as far as it was of q military charac-
ter
But, in addition to this, may now say that
our government has taken steps to stop the re-
Inducements which General Walker expects from
California; and that they have instructed Gen.
Persifer Smith to exert his whole force for the
restraint of the Texan invasion of Mexican ter
itory! This statement will be denied by
none.
The thunder and blunder of the London
Times was based npon certain information from
this colntry-perhaps clique in New York,
and probably from q higher authority. That
four masted ship, about which there was so
much excitement some weeks ago, which was to
go out armed for the capture of the Cunarders,
was no doubt the cause of Misrepresentation,
and some sensation abroad. The ship after full
investigation, was adjudged to be innocent of
the intentions imputed to her; and further it
was proposed to the British agents, if they were
not satisfied with the result of ADMINISTRATION,
that regular prosecution against her would be
commenced. That incident is the only ground
afforded to the British press or the British Gov
eminent for the suspicion in which both seem
to indulge, of the organization here of priva-
teering system against the commerce of the AL
lied powers under the Russian flag.
The expected and practical assault upon our
Monroe doctrine by British expeditionary
force is no joke. 1t will he a serious affair.
They cannot repudiate their acknowledged obi
cations under the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, upon
the pretence that we have violated it throuh
Walkers expedition, or by placing upon it an in
depreciation which they reject.
The Monroe doctrine, as the matter now
stands, has practical British Interpretation to
this extent-that they have assumed possession
or authority over at least one-third of the whole
territory of the Central American States.
LOOK OUT EoR GAMMoNs."-At the late
election in Baltimore, two men voted on one set
Of naturalization naDars The LEGAL owner Of