Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-14
THEMoRsR sEATuErAkpbE EIsGRAPHYu

There are not many inventors who live
to seetheresglts of their labors ,-such uni |
versal and 1undisputedf blessings as is the |
case with Prof. Morse wis. ipyerted the
telegraph niacl1ihery. now, with few inn |
prepenreissin general uss and to whose
getfftrs vas dedfeated orASatdfday a statue
in New York city, 1T is but httlehover |
quarter Of q century since he began the
construction Of the first telegraph line on
the continent, between Washington and
Baltimore. Looking back now to his trials !
and disappoi ntments we'caa sctFeeiy real
ize the great work since accomplished.
From the few mites OF wire first butt there
now stretch countless thousands. The
continents are spanned; aye, even the
depthslof Old ocean are made patti over
Which the electric current speeds its
lightning flight from shore to shore. Who
can measure the value of this invention 2
What mind can ieehprehehdi its great
work. the aid it has given to science and
the practical pursuits Humankind And
yetSwe live to hear the inventor himself,
at their ripe pldage, of fouE score Years, tell
of Ris Invention ;1of bis trials, of his pro-
gress, and finally of the results, he has
given to the world. The first message ev-
er sent over wire iwassas :: Father Morse"
says, "What hath God wrought?"
After rscitihg the building of. the short
line referred to, Father Morse tells of his
submarine experiments:
In October. B42, the first submarine tel
egraph cable was laid by me one moon
light night, in hezharbora of this city,
which proved experimentally the practi
cability of submarine telegraphy, and from
the result of this success / yentured, the
year after, in a letter to the Secretary of
the Treasury, to predict the certainty of an
Atlantic telegraph. Z 1t WAS then believed
to be visionary dream, and had the indi-
yidual carrying out of so bold an enterprise
depended Upon HE alone it might still have
been dream.
The gretGesuits'aehteyestfle elequently
gives in these few words
Tonight You have before you a sublime
proof Of the great progress of the telegraph
in its march reHnd ItheEg globe! = dtisbut a
few days since that our, veritable antipodes
became Geographically united to us. We
can spesE TO ana gEeceive an answer in a
few seconds of time from, Hong Kong, in
Chinay- Waere ten eieleeh- te-night here is
oOh Nsess41 Ht4SfNsG thNASs @-AsAs4btAo9 Pei
haps q debatable question whether their
ten o'clock is ten to-day or ten tomorrow.
ChinaaRd New Y orlx are inainterlocutory
communication. We know the fact, but
can Imagination realize the fact? anal ,s,s
sTFraf IL 4 fg9alf
4 correspondent, whose communication
is finavoidaply crowded out this morning
doubtsthe correctness of theinterview with
General Toombs, by the Tribune reporter
which weplbiished esterday.ar 'tH He think hi
Teonabs would hardly be so plain spoken
ifin his senses; but if he is fairly reported
then bur. eofresfp dent, wants him re
bukesI pvt III saiTaa auiia1s'te lsgi1s ~ i.ste ~
/. -gg0anEiisa1 Nns IlIsi.p IL,
Weseannot,o Of course, say ssiItei tn
authenticity of the bg5te report, heagi
aside froffithe high character of that pape
fori tfathfulnessf iand forothe ability, aals
general fairness of its correspondents tn
interview, bears on, It's faeeaevidences q
trlthfulness and fairness The correspond
ent, for example, says after the interview
at Toombs' office he was unexpectedly in