Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-09-01
The Telegraph too sIou

In the regular Thursday sf,eruo,..
Of the Tribune, we prlDted Dew. conf;
the London papers Of "Wednesday =.
With China, ard also reports Of n. "a"
Of steamers. Very importan, and
interesting &c 6s, which was soucb, a.
read with much earuestness, and u,t
raj satisfaction. There was ole ey
An excitabie Individual. hearin, n,
crying, "News by the ocean telegram n.
from London" stepped into the I rIou,..:
and snatched up a paper ln gres, hast
ing to see whether 1t Is worth bis VIII,
invest two cents 10 the purchase If , =.
Of course It did not take him Loo, ,,'
the despstcn ocean kilograms are, ,t3 ;
hope ever will be, more brief than ,on.,.
20 over tue land lines, al 4 then he 49,
down the paper wish al air Of iis,u., :,
claiming, as he turned away is.su.s.
Thunder, what cheat. The boy. s.,
was right from Loudon. Il is a diy an
thought il came from there to.t.y. r.
psbsw!"
This reminds US Of aneci1t e an Oh
Of ours used to tell Of the first line pf ma,
telegraph every operated, that rom H.,
ington to Baltimore, and that onIy L va,
ago. When it Wat first established. ~,
wal of course q great deal Of talk at3ut
Simultaneous communication between III, /,
vlsces." A Yankee, who had some n,..
before Congress, upon which the fsIa q =
tons, in bis opinion, s,ooG treH0iIu, n
Washington o afternoon IN c0Dpsay q,
our friend, bound Eastward BY tue s,,na
train. % the way to Baltimore be re. ~
ed that lie bad forgot " tell bis lobgv ,,g
TO be sure to say tweedIedee or tTeeI.c!...
we forget which. to the member iIa 4.
district" and he was 10 a peek Of ,rcuy..
the important omission. lie could OF /.
back. for there was some other equal, 2
portant matter to attend to somewhere q: q
Boston. Our friend suggested ~ hlu The G.
of the telegraph at Baltimore. "l:uog: 2
possible for him to run into the c4.s, r;.
init his message, and get to the Pniisisg4
boat in time"
"Ill do it can get an answer back 81;
pose!"
well, yes; if your friend is not tN IL
off,"
"Ill do it. Just the thing. Tbslsy ~
Thank you, for tee suggestion J'a Il
thing"
Aud at work be went with bis pencil T.
ting ever about a page OF letter PaFg
transmit "instantaneJusly." lie VASE
cited that he wanted to leap from the "
and outrun them when they camei0 t.'.;
speed Of horse power traction, aoi sE
have done so probably. it he had inl': ?
xay to the telegraph ofice-s Way Cst
we'll known 10 those days as nv Il
friend agreed to pilot hiG, and SO be '.s
- wait with what patience be cc:-
Of course be entered the ohee 10 a tag
and thrusting bis usnuscrirt 10 the i,a
the operator, said: There, waatt.i% !
to Washington, and an answer, tlsti II
How long will it take!
Half on hour, perhaps was tue quar-
You would have had a study Of the t.r
face under o feeling OF dIsappJ!niue;
YOU could have seen bis al hat ngcs
while he jerked out the words: "iialis-I
Why, / thought it wouldn't take baI! a.
ute"
1t was the theme Of hat mans corNS
ton all the evening, tina; 1.-THE telegraf.H
a humbus. Half an hour to be sure, "
a man is in a bury. If they cant mpa
work quicker than that, whats the u,
Sure, enough, what is the Use. n
printed in London on Wedncrday, 50!
New York on Thursday, is already iog,i
Can't We have il a little quicker h'1
hour. Can't we have it in halt a DH.t
Who will totally aunihilate space I"A