The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-08

RECEPTION OF PROFESSOR MORSE IN EUROPE.
The reception Of the inventor Of the electric tee
graph in Europe has been one highly gratifying 10
his countrymen, who stli secoIlect that his last
visit to that part Of the world was an unsuccessful
attempt to convince the Europeans of . great
seiensifc discovery, which the whole world has
now acknowledged
Among.the 6rst to call on Prof Morse was II.
Faraday, the most celebrated Electrician In Eng
land. who congratulated the Professor the rapid
adoption OF his system throughout the world.
Every Kindness was shown him by the most scien-
tifc men Of England, particularly those connected
with the telegraph. They assured him that his
claims, both to priority and superiority. are now
generally admitted: that bis Is the only system
now In use on the continent Of Europe; and that
Mr. Cook, the inventor of Cook and Wheatstone's
Needle Telegraph, had just recommended the
adoption of his stem throughout Great Britain
| . statement afterwards confirmed by Mr. Cook
himself
At a dinner given by Mr. Brett to the gentlemen
conn ected wi,k the Telegraph, and attended by
Dr. OShaughnessy. of India, Mr.. Bright, one OF
the chief men of the English Telegraphs, and DR.
Whiteho use one Of the most skilfui experiment
ers In electricity, Mr. Brett toasted Mr. Morse, and
In speech bes,ow ed upon him the highest enco-
miums declaring that his system of telegraphing
| was now the universal system. DR. OShaughnes
sy who is Superintendent of all the East India
Telegraphs seconded Mr.. Brett's remarks, and sta
ted that he had just made report to the East In
dia Company, recommending the substitution Of
Morses instruments all the lines for the Needle
Telegraph they have hitherto used. He pronounc
ed Morss's system not only the simplest, but the
| best ever invented, and the only one worthy of
universal ad % on.
On visiting the Telegraph Offices in Cornhi
the Professor found himself in the midst of dozen
OF his instruments, in full action, communicating
with Paris ST. Petersburg, Vienna, Berlin &c. &c
| on the Continent of Europe
In Paris, also, Professor Morse was received by
| Count de Nourhy, the Director General of Tele-
graphs with the utmost courtesy and being ush.
cred into the telegraph rooms of the central sta.
tion about thirty instruments of his invention well
coined him with the music of their fial voices.
| A "reminiscences made this scene peculiarly in.
1 teresting to Prof Morse These instruments were
In the building which formed the central station of
| the French Semaphore Telegraph, by whose cut
stretched but now unmeaning arms, it is still sur
| mounted In that same building, eighteen years
ago, Prof Morse exhibited his instrument and en-
deavored in vain, to satisfy the managers of the
! Semaphore that he had brought them q superior
| system. What he could not do for his instrument
| il has done for itself, and it constitutes the
| only telegraph in the French empire.
| A DUEL-We hear this morning that Messrs.
| Pryor Of the Richmond Enquirer, and Ridgewsy,
of the Wing. of the same city, whose absence from
| their respective tripods for some days past has
been attributed to the purpose of settling their cur
| rent Misunderstanding by an exchange of shots,
| have been in this city some three days past-in
| cog, OF course; and further, that meeting, to
come off about to-day in thi. vicinity, had
! been arranged, and that the parties had escaped
beyond the reach of our local police, to keep the
| engagement. We believe that Charles Irving,
| Esq of the Lynchburg Nirginan, acts as the Sc
cond of Mr. Pryor, and James NJ. Goggin, Esq +,
brother of the Hon. VIM L. Gosgin, of Va, IS that
| of Mr.. Ridgewsy -Hashington Star of Wednesday.
A correspondent of the Petersburg Express
| says:
The weapons used were ordinary duelling pts.
tols and the distance ten PAGES twenty seven feet
| and half
All the preminaries being arranged, the word
was given, and the pistols fired but neither shot
| took effect.
| Mr. Ridgeway Immediately demanded another
| shot, which was promptly granted by Mr. Pryor.
During the reloading of the pistols, Hon. Preston
| S. Brooke, of South Carolina, accompanied by the
| Hons John s. Caskie and Henry A. Edmu ndson,
of Virginia, arrived on the ground These gentle
men interceded, and an amicabie adjustment of the
difficulty effee ted Here the affair terminated,
and the parties with their friends left tho ground.
Both gentlemen behaved, gallantly on the trying
| occasion. .. 80