, 1861-07-04

dcred 1t easily visible from the opposite ex-
treme Of the route. The signals were made
b. very simple process, ,sthe 1nterposi:ion Of =
thin piece Of metal In front Of tie lens, the
tor At the other Light, convey to him messages
a iutelligible a8 those sent over the electric
wire. The experiments were made under tho
direction Of Mr. Palmer, the Superintendent
of the New England division Of tho American
Telegraph Company liuoa, and their SUCCESS
Mr. Palmer intends to submit to the Federal
Government considerations :upon the luper.
Ance Of this te1egIaphic system a. a means Of
communication between different bodies Of
Federal forces upon hostile territory. ~
Judge sprsgue has charged the Grand Jury
munications held by citizens Of the United
States with foreigners, with tho intent to infIu-
ence the measures or conduct Of any foreisn
GnFetnmEnt towards cur own Government 4Is
such a maDner III .tp lrfeat or embaz1as5 its
designs, Such correspondence i punishable,
BY kia Charge. Witha fine not exceeding S. ,0W
:and imprisonment -
a mGEriug Of citizens his been held, without
distiEctIon Of party, to deyise means for tho,
rai6iDgof funds to assist the family Of the tate
}amented Senator DougIas.. RESOLUTIONS were
passed, in which q hearty response was accord.
I'd 10 the Address to tho People Of the United
states, signed by Mr.. Casey and other citizens
energetic and honorable citizens, representing
la.gc business interests Of our. city, was desis-
nelsd to solicit subscriptions in The city aud
receive amounts for transmission to Illinois.
. 4 larger committee Tas also appointed to col.
lect subscriptions throughout Tie State. There
pie will respond nberally 70 such q call Mr..
Doug1ts has many warm ad6e1ents and follow
ers in this State, and his late noble, patriotic
course secured him the admiration aad sym
path5 of men Of all shades Of political opin-
The order Of proceedings for the celebration
Of the Foutth Of July haa just been promul,
gated. 1t docs not differ greatly from the
ueual, except that the City Government din
ner has been wisely omitted, aud the military
element is more predominant than ordinarily.
Ringing OF bells, salutcs1 a monster Uuioa
combined, military review, q regatta, an i'm
mense civic procession E;th military escort,
an oraion, balloon ascenasons, and IRE works
constitute the programme, The Grafton will
be pronounced By the Hon. Fheophilns Par
so9s, Professor il TIE 3e Haryasd School
Ing manufacturing companies and railway cor
.porations show 8 healthy state Of business,
They a1e~fa the main little below tile usunl
dividend mark, many Of them declaring per
more satisfactory condition Of business than
has been commonly anticipated.
/: All lovers of cheap literature will be glad to
hear Of the probable success Of scheme des-
tined to nuke literature cheaper For ten
years paat, i young Massachusetts mechaaie
has been studiouslya yat work perfecting the mod
el Of machine for type-setting. lie has perse-
vered in the face Of every possible discourage
ment from practical printers, who assured him
that his designs were impraeticable. He has
completed bis model, even to the machinery
for the spacing Of the type and the "justnJ-
ing" Of the lines, and so satisfactory is its
working that he has succeeded in inducing
certain capitalists to take hold Of It, and has
ceded to them all the patent rights which he
has acquired or may acquire in It, for the pros.
pective SUM Of $4,000. 1t is much to be
hoped that the good promises of the model
may be fulfilled in tho working Of the ma
chine when it shall be constructed. The rev
olutfon wrought BY an Efficient machine Of this
description, would be enc of the greatest steps
Of p1cgrsss made since the discovery Of print
ing. The inventor is Mr: Charles ". Felt, Of
Salem, and he claims for his machine fifteen
man power, at an expense Of operating scarce
u exceeding the cost Of two mems services.