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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21
THE MORSE SYSTEM.

THE FIRST ELBcrRo MAGNETIC RECORDING NsrRU-
MINT.
The Morse system 10 based upon the important
discovery made by Professor oersed, OF Coponha-
gen, the winter Of 1872 which laid the foundation OF
the science of electro magnetism He scertained that
when wire conducting electricity is placed parallel To
magnetic needle properly suspended, the needle will
deviaie from It's natural position and place itself 70 right
angles Of The conducting wre Other new and important
facts were loon After dscov cred.
The following illustration and description Of the model
of the Brst electro magnetic recording machine, invented
by Professor Morse much Interest In this oonneo
ton
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21
THE TELEGRAPH In THE UNITED STATES.

STATISTICS OF TIE VARIOUS LINES THROUGHOUT THR
COUNTRY CONNECTING WITH TIE ATLANTIC WIRE
DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS
NOW IN USE, With EXPLANATORY ILLUSTRATIONS,
ETC., ErC.
We present below resame OF the Geographic business
or the Unltod States and the British Provinces In North
erica as 1t stands 70 day, with satscs Of the number
OF messages the Anes the number OF miles Of
wire the principal connected other interesting
matter collected from the reliable The
and progress Of Geographic busess In this country
Of the most wonderful evidences Of iA growth Hardly
eleven years rince the hrst line om Baaraore Wash
ingtoD) erected have twenty five thou
sand miles Of telegraph connecting every asmet In the
Unon and 10 be united by Of tbs submarine
telegraph with every important point upon the continent
of Europe
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21

A few weeks s1er the slled army entered the Crimes
spglc wire cable was laid across the Black Sea- dis
OF three hundred and seventy four miles, between
varns and Baakava and through this that the Eng
h and FREQ oh governments appsed every day OF
the movements OF the yerent forces either side
This IN the longest submarine cable which has yet boon
laid and The operation OF submcrgiug would have been
regarded ten twelve years ago utter imposs billy.
Surprising however this and all the other enter
which have noticed may appear, they dwiDde into In
seufcsnoe with that In which the New York, Hewfound
land and London Telegraph Company are now engaged
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21

ABcD1s IRE banks Of the river; P N the battery;
r ne electro magnet 70 70 the wr,s along the banks
ecnnecnr with me copper plates which are placed
An The wafer when this arrangement Ia complete the
sasoaricly generated by the ssery psses through the
pu~itiyc role 70 the plae the river through the
water 10 plate and thence woand the coll OF the agne.
70 piafe( and AGREES the river again 70 plate o. and
shcpce 70 the other pole Of the battery NJ The numbers
e. ind c,te distances slorg the b.hk measured bf
the number OF e. he distance across the river The
distance The canal IA eighty feet.
On August 81 Me following were the results d. me expo
rfmcnt--
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21

To,si sng,h Of submarines cables. 10. ESQ miles.
The total length CT suhmarlns csbos laid down IA osn
miles ami tine length Of the conducting wros In AL 600
TICS should Ire shsmp, - lay the great Atlantic sub
yin be Increased to 2tes and NE length Of copductr
wires 10 a,0Tb miles.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21


When the cable from the Island Of Sardinia 10 Alger
shall havo been successfully laid, land line will be run to
the Ishmus OF suez, from which point will be extended
in a direct course possible the Intervening por
ton Of Asia 70 the most southern extremity OF the Britain
Fact India possessions From this point will be carried
the sands Of the Eastern Archipelago 70 Australia
bringing thi-one OF the disiant British oolonies-
into aEncs' Immediate communication with the scat o
government at London. The greatest extent Of water
which will have to be crossed beween the islands In this
ocean will not exceed four hun ired miles II may be
twenty, perhaps fifty yesrs, before this be
plished but Who ocAng back the great progress which
has been made science during the last bait century, will
say that the protest visionary one, that the great
globe may not eventually be grdled by electric BELT
slcrg which thought will ny with the speed OF Lightning,
or, indeed, with the rap,disy Of thought itselff
The Spanish 70 veynmept have chartered company 70
Law asubmarne cable between Cuba and Florida, which
will probably be accomplished In year or 30.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21

The engraving No shows the manner by which Tho
vibrating spring checks by s vibrations tho escspeeut
wheel ID the vibrating spring, fastened BY . connect
Ing rod TO the sncho g. this checks the
exactly in the same manner . common clock esospe-
mep with the exception Of its being very rapid. me
dotted lines represent the spring whilst In icon which
action kept up by impulse given through the escape
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21

snorine ns electricity the river and IN quaint
~ IN proportion 10 the rze oS the mates m Sa waer
ci Toe piesss on The side Of the river
nnm tecn o,ter aso Affects the result Haviug aser,aned
tnc gsnSrr thect was DESTROYS Of isc verug INC boz
Pfsou - e " which 20 place my COP or plates and
ths ici IRE my seB requested ry friend no
fes1cr os'e 10 rsle tte extJerlrests
NEE expsTim.nS we've rsae, and with ire most salts
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21

The engraving No represents . view Of the whole cf
tue Hughes instrument. incl diog train Of clock wheels,
eecto magnet vibrating sprug, type wheel press, cir
cult breaker &c 10 Ia the eisoro mag, et posarized
BY .teel natural magnet ist,e vb' ssng spring, By
means 81 which all the Instruments kep4 running ..
uniform speed This spring In s vibrations moves Q do
tent ov escapement 9, which deteuls the type Wheel
on the same shaft d II the type wheel turned BY the
train Of clock wheels G, which also turns the axsu,t
breaker sinking one OF the pins the oSs
ponding 70 the key, when the letter on ne typo
wheel opposite The press
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21

SUMMARY OF SUBMARINE CABLES.
The following Ia correct table Of The number and
kngh OF the submarine cables laid down The different
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21

These ergavngs represent the ipfasoria magniaed
three hundred times their natural are 10 inntes
snAl 10 be the merest mites the surface OF mIore
sooptc glas Notwithstanding heJ perfect in form
- delicate In construction, and mir size the bed
Of the ocean that scarcely any OF them, comparatively
Ipeahg are injured or broken by abrasion or attrtion
fney WILL pdeed form sort Of bed Of down for the ca
bbe 70 rest upon Incredible this may appear 1t is No
verthtess true In every particular.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21
MORE SUBMARINE CABLES PROPOSED.

MORE SUBMARINE CABLES PROPOSED.
An sssocassa quits recently orsanzod In England
under tho title of the European and ueroan Telegraph
Company which proposes 70 establish deo, independent
Ina Of telegraph between Europe and America their
Intention. practicable, 70 lay down Q cable IRON the
south Of EnslAsd aad another nom near the port Of
Bordeaux In the south Of France u Cape ruistsrre
the coast Of Spain Thence the cable will exend 70 ,or
TO- some moro convenient spot the Portuguese coast
whence will be Laid 70 Flores, Of the Azores and from
that point will proceed direct 10 Cape Ood or possible
M nearer 10 Boston. We have not heard anyhipg how.
evsr Of the discovery Of plateau along this rouss but
the bed Of the the Azores u known 10 be Of
volcanic nature, and has, believe great and sud
den declvies which nigh, materially interfere with TIE
laying OF . cable.
The following arc the approximate distances b<twcea
The several points proposed 70 BIO Connected
Nau.ical miIes,
l-LzArd 10 Cape FnAterre. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $50
2-Bol deaux 10 Cape Firsterre 500
Cape Finsterre to Cape Rocca. 21o
4-Cape Rocca to San Miguel. Observation-Disclosures. $50
oriores to Cape OOd united States. 800
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21

In the following engraving will be observed that the
inner core, or conductor with the gua perchA psulaor
preserved from the action of the by ksden tube
In which II Was encased in the following manner
WITH TIE PRoTEJToR.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17

bind themselves, in case Nicaragua or Costa
RIGA, or either Of them, should refuse to accept
these arrangements, not to propose or consent
to any other more favorable to the refusing
party or parties. &
Any delay in excutiong the treaty, caused
by the present circumstances Of the country,
shall in no respect impair its validity as be-
tween the contracting parties, but the arrange
ments shall be carried out as soon ms prac-
ticable. !. aHfs;4 8tuxsfFs 4aa
I'll mutually agreed and understood that
British Honduras was not Included in the
treaty Of 1850, and that le limits Of that
territory on the west as they existed then,
shall, il possible, be fixed by treaty between
Engiandssand Guatemala withinriwe-syears
from the date Of this treaty and that the
boundaries Of said territory shall not OF any
tiInc hereafter be extended.
The Bay Islands having been, by treaty
between England and Honduras, constituted d
free territory under the sovereignty Of the
latter the two contracting parties mutually
engage to recognize and respect, in all future
time, the Independence and rights Of said free
territory as o part Of the Republic of Hon
Eduras. Z IrtG III 5t4gls ~ Z
The treaty, ofwhich the above is a synopsis,
has yet TO be ratified by the Senate to be o.
any effect. Several Of our Northern cotem-
poraFies consider its rejection as almost inevi-
table. At all events, it is not likely it will
be acted ON finally this session and, in all
human probability, Circumstances will render
its ratification unnecessary when Congress mex,
assemblies. New Orleans Crescent.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17

OSE OF THE DANCES -Bayard Taylor, wri-
ting from q village in Germany, thus speaks
of zone of the dances i,
"One of the dances was called 3 Po'onaisc,
and consisted in the whole company following
the leader, who was Schmidt's son. He danced
us down stairs into the street. across the brook,
and up again, winding up with a rapid gallop.
After a while the leader came up with a glass
of some eark beverage which he insisted on
our drinking. l tasted it; it was schnapps,
tho most villainous kind of brandy, and as
strong as it was bad. One taste was sufficient,
but it was no sooner offered to the strong
Elizabetha than she emptied the glass without
changing d muscle of countenance. The guam
tity Of this drink consumed by the peasant
girls, without any apparent effect, surprised
me. 1t was stronger proof than l had yet had
Of the vigor Of their constitution.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17
A tabular statement Of thn ,rr;ro,. oe :,

A tabular statement of the arrivals of YES
sells at New York, last year, from foreign ports,
compiled from the books of the Omitted States
revenue Office, gives q total of three thousand
eight hundred and nine vessels, of which two
thousands even hundred and two were Ameri-
can, seven hundred and nineteen British, and
the remainder spread amongst all sorts of M
tiona'ities' The number of passengers brought
by these vessels was l5o,2s4, including about
$4,000 immigrants,
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17

Secretary Guthrie has replied to the inquiry
of the House, asking to be informed of the
reason for not paying certain clerks of that
body the extra compensation heretofore voted.
He agrees with Mr.. Whitt!eaey that neither
House of Congrc s could lawfully increase tic
compensation Of officers whose salaries are
fixed by law, without the concurrence Of the
other House and the President, which he says
is not the fact in this case.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17
ANDRY REGIMENT, o Mm
~ MISUNDERSTANDING Tonn "a GsssNSssesNSA

ACIIJlQMLNI nryer "
~ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Town Id flssfsSssMs
January 5, ls57.-.-ordcEs No.
!. Tue undersigned having been d1I~7ssSssS
and commissioned Colonel Of the: Isl. ~
ment, lat Brigade, 4th Division Of the M;;3ss.S n
State Of Loltlsiana, assn1pesf the comnnanlss 49,
9. The boui,eurfes Of Battslions, and mi aiRaIaS3
riei of the different companies, as eretoxs;SsS
,aaii.ad in the Parish Of st. Landry, are retainsysss ~,
lu1 Ter orders. rs b@Ni
3. Ali arms and accoatrements now II II ixssss
of individuals, belonging to the State. III r sa.S;GS3
10 be forthwith iesrlrnGd in good order IA HssJsnsssu
tiers, under the penalty imposed by law. -Nsaas-
4. 1t is deemed highly important that ii Nsnals z
company si.opld be Organized in eycfy MINING Az
us volunteers, for which purpose lists must NJ .s u
having tie number required by law ,for IN -
services they intepd to belong, TO wit: at least
Artillery aud Infantry, and ut least 35 for Ca,s,s.
est OF Musicians. When sufficient sSS,ssxyy,,
have !, they viii fairly write out tLe Roles - l
intend To 1. apt ~(witaout %signipgl, and sulrnn ~
same, with NJ aforesaid lists, to the. inspcctiosn !. X
the co,nmandt1 II the regiment, who Viii tsEs AK .,h
a~lterior meaJSes Us the law directs to carry XXI Il.
views into effect. 1t is suggested that. in ajnnt;ra
q Uniform, regard should he had to the means X assss 4
dividlals. GUY H.. BELL, fd1nrs
y. e. For the information of all -concerhed ".
following extract is given from aAn AT n NS9syyIo
Ter thc organization Of the Militia of tfX SfsssiSs
~ i-iaaa," approved April 30, 1863: 6EgaFS J"
Section l. Tliait.e Militia Of The STATE III ~,
siana shall he com fN5ad OF all free white males =;
siding in The State and who have resided there Ill,
days, and eighteen years Of age and not vet so,ty.
five. and who are not exempt under the laws n VI.
United States or 4 this State"
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17


The Washington Union publishes the FOL-
lowing regulations, which the POSTMASTER
General has made to carry ont the provisions
OF the act just passed requiring prepayment Of
postage on all transient printed matter:
l. Books, not weighing over four pounds,
may be sent in The mail, prepaid BY lloslaga
stamps at one cent an ounce, any distance in
the United States under 1000 mics, and at
two cents an ounce over 5000 miles, provided
they are put up without Il cover or wrapper, or
III a cover or wrapper open AT The ends or sides,
so that their character may be determined
without removing the wrapper.
>. Unsea ed circulars advertisements. busi-
ness cards, transient newspapers, and every
other article of TRANSIENT printed matter except
books, not weighing over three ounces, sent in
Tie mail TO any part Of the United States, are
chargcAbic with one cent postage each, to be
prepaid by postage stamps. Where more than
one circular is printed on a sheet, or g circular
and letter, each must be charged with Il single
rate. This applies to lottery and other kin
dIed sheets assuming the form and name OF
newspapers; and the miscellaneous matter in
such sheets must also be charged with one rate.
A business card on all unsea!ed envelope Of a
circular subjects the entire packet to letter
postage. Any transient matter. like q circular
or handbill, enclosed in or with a periodical or,
newspaper sent to a subscriber. or 10 any other
person, subjects the whole package 10 letter
postage; and whenever subject to letter post
age, from being sealed, Or from any cause what
ever, all printed matter, without exception,
must be prepaid or excluded from the mail.
1t is the duty of the Postmaster at the mailing
Office, as well as at the office of delivery, care
fully to examine all printed matter, in order to
see that it is charged with the proper rate of
postage, and to detect fraud. At Offices where
postage stamps can not be procured, Post-mas-
tors are authorized to receive money in prepay
ment Of postage on transient matter; but they
should he careful to keep q supply Of stamps
on hand.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17
Flnn.-oa Saturday night last, The gin

FlRn.-Gh Saturday night last, the gin
house of MIR. Louis Prud'homme, situated a
little North Of this town, caught fire and was
tptire!y consumed, together with all the planta.
ton implements and lfty-iye. bales of cotton.
9 ned as follows DR.. j. A. Taylor, SO; J.J.
1 ,%uaillier, 9; Mr.. Prud' homme, Ii. Loss sup
,,osed about four or five thousand dollars-no
insurance. There can be no doubt that this
was the work of all incendiary.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17

Mr.. John Doyen, q man of incorporate
habits, but of more than ordinary natural
abilities, was lately frozen to death at Philips,
Maine. During the W~ashingtoniau reform he
was an active and conspicuous laborer in the
cause Of temperance, and was chosen President
Of the Franklin County Washingtonian So
sciety but he afterwards rclapsed. He was the
father of the noted " Helen Jewett," who was
murdered in New York, many years ago.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17

An lrishman, newly imported, male appIi-
cation for work: On being asked if he could
hold the ploW, Paddy said he could do that or
anything else. lie was accordingly employed,
and his master went with him to the field ia
sec ann commence operations. 1t was soon
found that the Hibcrnian was new to the trade.
Did you not tell me, sir, that you could hold
the plow?
"Arrah, be aisy, now" said Pat, " how the
dlyll can l. hold the plow, and thin two spal-
Peenns OF horses dragging it away from me I?
Bnt give it to me in the barn, and be iabers
l II how'd it with any body"
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17

1t is reported from Washington that the
House Committee on postoffices are preparing
a bill appropriating seven millions of dollars
for ocean mail and other service, and which
provides that each route shall be advertised
and finally given to the lowest responsible bid
der, throwing the whole thing open to.compe-
tition
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17

A HERo.-On Friday Afternoon as q little
girl, daughter of Mr.. George Stone, of Hart
ford, was riding upon a sled down the hill on
Mill street near Little river, she slipped into
the river. No one else being present to lend
assistance, her brother, a little fellow about ten
years old, walked out into the river until the
water reached his neck, and at the imminent
danger Of his life, caught his sisters clothes
and brought her safely to the land.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17

A FoRMEpBhE BUGBEAR.-Thc Northern
papers arc gravely circulating the following
paragraph, which evidently emauated from the
New York Picayune:
Gen. Walker, it is stated, has been supplied
wilh D new war engine, Of such efficiency and
deadly iistrumentality as to meet the tile Of
an internal machine" In form it resemble.
d small grita-stone, turned by q crank, and
will discharge three hundred one ounrej IS
every minute, attended by only two men.
Every machine is calculated to destroy three
regiments OF soldiers in the same space Of
time. 1t can be handed with tic same ease
az a comiao rife is handled. The invents
a Yankee. is now in England cyperimcuti&zs
before the Admiralty. The gun. or machine,
discharges without report. md setds y ball
three times the distance 4 10 ordinary rifle or
cannon, as the case may be. This is the story
told BY the New York papers. ~-
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17

We learn from the Columbus (Ga.) Enqui-
rer, that aid to Gen. Walker has gone from
that State. Six thousand mnskets were lately
manufactured by Messrs. Drake & Co., which
have been sent past Apalachicola somewhere. in
a steamer fitted for the occasion, and the sug-
gcstion is that they have gone to Walker.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17

The committee appointed by the Mayor and
County Judge of Nashville, Tenn, to inquire
into the grounds of the reported Instruction
airy Rumors, reported there were no grounds
for them, and they recommended that the slaves
who were arrested should be discharged, which
was Of course done.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17

A CHILD SAVED TT noa.-Oh Welncs-
day last a remarkable instans I, The s~agaciiy
Of "A deg took plnce in this town. A little -irl
about I years old, the daughter Of Mr.. james
Gay, was standing. in the middle of the road.
opposite his residence, when a person came lriv-
ing a'ong ct q rapid rate in q sleigh. 4 dog
belonging 10 the person in the sleigh was run
ming beside it, When the sagaci3us animal sec
iilg the child just in The track, jumped forward
and in all instant dragged the Child out Of the
way, allowing TIE team to pass it without in
jury. The act was witnessed by a number If
persons in the ~neigborhood bnt the Nv of
the sleigh drove on, and il Snot known who he
is. There is net the slightest doubt the dog
saved the life Of the child. [Guelph Gan
ada Mercury.