Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-05-19
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
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| NKw YoaK, May 1--we are grathed to learn
that this wonderful invention has at last received
It's finishing touch, and win be immediately placed
upon the new line between this city and PhilAdel-
phia- We are assured upon undoubted authority,
that the machine so far as Ii has been possible TO
test them througha coil Of wire one hundred miles
| in length, have realized the most sangune sxpec-
tation of Mr.. Hughes and his friends and there
appears TO be no reason TO doubt that the inven-
ton win speedily work entire revolution In tss-
graphing throughout the world. This invention
may be called printing press and telegraph In
strument combined, for IL prints all messages In
plain Roman capitals with unerring correctness,
and at an almost Incredible rate of speed, sverag-
Ing, in the ordinary despatch Of business, from
10000 to $4,000 letters per hour.
The Hughes instrument clearly demonstrates tho
practicabiity Of sending and receiving messages In
opposite directions over the same wire and At the
same instant of time, and with the utmost casa,
regularity and certainty. II will consequently re-
quire but one wire and one operator at any given
point to send and receive as much business az can
be transmitted by the aid Of four or Ave operators
| and an equal number of wires, under the Morse
| system.
Another equally important peculiarly connected
with the Hughes invention is, the undoubted fact
that it will work perfectly in all states Of the at
mospherc, neither mist, rain, nor snow having any
perceptble effect upon it. Therefore, at seasons
when the Morse and House instruments are utterly
poweress, even In circuits Of fifty miles, there Is
| every reason to believe that the Hughes instru-
ments will work reliably In circuits In one or two
thousand miles.
The simplicity and durability of the new ma
chine will compare favorably with the Morse, and
is vastly superior in these respects to the House
invention. The governing principle Of this inven-
| ton Is wholly dissimilar to that of the Morse,
House, and all other telegraph instruments, and
consequently there can be no difficulty on the score
of the patent, which, we understand, has been sold
to the American Telegraph Company-(a new as
sociation, having It's headquarters in this city but
composed Of gentlemen Of the highest respectable
ity In different sections of the United States and
tho British North American provinces, and Of
which II Is sufficient to say that Peter Cooper esq.,
Is the President and Wilson G. Hunt, esq, Trea-
surer,) for about $l25,OOO or $4,000.
Baltimore Mdrkets
BALTIMORE, May l9.--Flour is firm. Sales OF
600 bbls. Ohio and Howard Street at IS. The
latter is generally held at IS IL IL.
Wheat is firm. Good TO prime reds, 81 40 a 81
| As; fair to choice whites, 81 IS q 81 so.
| Corn is dull White, A 80 cents yellow, 40
So cents.
Provisions are considerably active
Bacon-shoulders, IA; sides, 1-2; hams
| 10 1912.
Mess Pork, $40.
Barrelled Lard, 10 Ia cents keg lard, III Q.
Whiskey is quiet City Whiskey, 26 IL ~
cents.
NeU York AaYksts.
New YoRK, May l9.--Flour II steady. Sales of
| $500 bbls. Common to good State, Is 50 q Sc;
common to low grades extra Ohio, 46 a Is 81 !;
good to standard Southern, So IS g.; fancy to
extra do, ~ a 50 rs.
Wheat is firm. Sales Of IA, 900 bushels. South
ern red, 81 80 Southern white, 81 so.
Corn Is unchanged. Sales Of II 900 bushels.
Mixed, 81 cents.
Pork is unsettled. Sales of 400 bbls Chica-
go repacked, 9l275.
Beef is steady. Sales Of 100 bbls.
Lard is easier. Sales of $50 bbls. at 10 IA cts.
Whiskey Is unsettled. Sales Of 100 bbls.