Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-06-27

RAscALLY ATrENPT OF THE sPEcULAToRs TO GET
HOLD OF THE NEWSPAPER DISPATCHES IN AD-
LANCE OF PUBLICATION.
[By Telegraph to the Daily 1nterlgeneerl
New York, June 26.-0n Saturday afternoon
of last week, the highly important news fur
nishcd by the steamer Anglo Saxon, was pub
Iished throughout the country by the members
of the Associated Press, many hours before the
steamer which brought it, had reached Quebec,
it having been tcegraphed to the Agent OF the
Associated Press. exclusively, from Farther
Point, which is one hundred and fifty miles OF
more below that city; to and from that point
the Associated Press have exclusive arrange
ments for Transmission of news by telegraph,
and one would suppose that news thus trans
United ought to be exclusive, but on the occa'
sion referred to this was not the case, there be-
ing good reason for saying that certain otner
parties, who have no right to it, got hold oil the
Anglo Saxon's dispatches. This fact, OF course
created some surprise among the parties most IN
terested in the matter, and lead to searching
enquiry into the mystery on the part OF their
agent. The result of this enquiry is, that por'
ton of the news despatch referred to, was sto-
len off the the telegraph wires at point cast
of Boston, feat which can be easily accom-
plished by the Morse wires il desired. ANY e&-
pert generator on the magnetic instrument being
able to read by the click Of that machine as
easily as person can tell by the car what tune
an organ is playing and in order to hear TINS
click, the operator has only to ensconce himself
snugiy in some room or hall adjacent to the one
in which one of these Morse instruments is IN
operation and the thing is done.
Now, among certain clique of news monSeTs
who have recently undertaken TO supply the
newspapers with the latest news, there happens
to be one of these expert operators who can
thus read the Morse instrument by car, and as
these news mongcrs happen to be the very par
ties who had portion Of tho Anglo-Sa%on,s
news dispatched in advance Of those to whom it
legitimately belonged, it would not be a very
difficult matter to guess how they came by this
news In order to guard against any similar
trick of this kind the Agent of the Associated
Press has initiated new measures, which, when
consummated, will put an ctectual stop to this
mode Of thievng Other lodges, however, will
undoubtedly be resortcd to by the culprits for
the purpose of getting hold of the Associated
Press, but they will be promptly c!rcumventcd
at every point wherever their mo1us operGndi
can be detected. In the mean time, while there
are two lines-onc between New York and Bos-
ton, and one in Nova Scotia, actively co-opcra-
ting with the news mongers in questi0n-the
commercial public cannot be too guarded. Tho
arrangements of the Associated Press are such
that Spectators and news mOngcrs will find it
difficult to obtain any important European news
in advance of our usual bulletin reports, and
after steamer is known to be in, and her news
on the wires, the public should discredit all re-
ports until the details are made public through
the regular channel.