The New York herald., 1872-02-05

mp In the Gallo tongue while but few OF them are
well acquainted with English 1t could not be ex-
pectcd that Mr.. Field should make his appearance
before Congress IN the caDacity OF polyRlot How
ever that may be. ne has been emnently successful
Mr.. Field has been eloquent in one tongue only
4 e., In Anglo saxon-and was enabled 20 leave
Rome with the drm conviction that not single
member or the Convention was opposed TO the
views expOunded by the United states, althongh
several Of the delegates abstained from recording
their votes 10 this erect
LETTER FROM PROFESSOR MORSE.
MT. Curchod, after reading the speech Of Mr.
In Englisnl which enclose herewith, communi.
Gated the contents OF letter received by Mr. Field
from Professor Samuel f. B. Morse, dated New
YORK, December 4 1871, warmly supporting the IDEA
that the Teegraphic Congress should express, 0y o
distinct vote, the desire tnat in war, as IN peace
considered sacred" and that it should be pro.
tected 'by unanimous consent as invi0late ana
secure against damage"
M MalvanO, a gentleman attached TO the Italian
Ministry OF Foreign Affairs thanked Mr. Field Tor
Italy. He expresses regret that the present Con.
gress cannot be considered as competent
%scds e s cssss nor
right OF granting concessions. but having consulted
s 'nS gSs @ %
King OF Italy was willing 70 meet the desire OF Mr.
Cyrus ". Field and make , known to all other other
the Congress entertained upon the subject
Mr. Nielsen Norway expressed himself warmly
the wishes OF the people OF the New World, and no
were ali agreed ON the question. Since Mr.. Field
merely asked an expression OF sentiment, he pro-
In case majority Of members renamed unwilling
to. to support his propSsIoa' ne suggested suggested
Ali the members took part In discussing the mo-
ton OF Mr.. Nielsen. The delegate OF the German
should not be discussed In their regular meetings,
but should be referred TO special session. Mr..
vmSnens Belgium considers tnas n IL might not @ pc
government at washington needed the sup.
port Of the Delegates here assembled to pro.
government II they, the delegates, expressed an
opinion, their opinion might be directly opposed to
He preferred, therefore, that tine SUBJECT matter
before them should not be discussed or form
sentins the % BRITISH Post Once, Mr.. A. Cnampre %
good good deal T q opposition Mr. N1sissn's A motion
cusslon so far as taken place, should pe recorded
Upwards OF forty speeches were made on the sub
Of 1 Soa Of
tiOn, while the following members oI the delegation
aDssaned from partc,pa.lng IN .ne yote-yz, Ger
RUSSIA Serva, Switzerland, Turkey.
POSITION OF THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT.
But, stated above. there Is every reason to be-
lieve that even those who were unwilling to record
their iavoraby disposed towards tho project.
M Vlsc0nti venosta the Italian Minister of Foreign
Affairs, was present yesterday at the Capitol
when the treaty was signed. Taking leave from
the Delegation, IN short speech. he mentioned,
among other matters, that the question respecting
the protection OF submarine telegraph lines
would receive his warmest support The Minister
made the announcement that circular note would
be presented Dy the Italian government to the
European Powers inviting their cooperation. The
International Congress, called for the purpose of
discussing the measure initiated more than two
years ago By the Department Of state at Washing
tory treaty Will shortly be arranged.
THE INTEREST or THE UNITED STATES IN THE CON-,
vENTION.
SO far then, the United states had an important
interest IN the proceedings which have Just come
to close. The labors Of the Congress have been
would occur TO the uhlnltiated that little or no
work was accomplished during the six weeks the
members were In session. In fact no radical
changes were made except those in favor OF cipher
messages
stricted, while many countries-notably Prussia
were exceedingly illlbera IN regard to their trans
mission. The following paragraph has been ad-
mitted IN the new treaty.
REGARDING PARTICULAR MESSAGES.
Private messages may Dc IN secret be-
either arrival departure, bound permit
mission in oi excepting provided against
semaphorc message. may be composed in ordinary lam
late. they may IN ssns: adop.sd under ,
the rules OF the Universal Comm Commsrcsl Code
posed in easily understood in either Of
Powers or In Latin Zach country has q right designate
which Of the languages used In It's territory proper
graphic correspondence.
The following descriptions considered messages
written In secret language:-
Those where the entire text IA composed Of cyper
secret letters
containing only series groups OF cypher or OF
words, the significance Of which Is unknown the officers
OF the sending station.
g. Messages containing passage. written in language
med ncomprehensibe to the officers
correspondence If composed of words comprised IN
any OF the living languages aforementioned.
THE ONLY CHANGES.
Except the foregoing stipuations as already men,
Toned no material changes have been made In the
rules and regulations adopted by the treaty OF
lS65-69 As regards inland and International tariffs
the changes are manifold but, as may be assumed,
they are all IN favor OF the public as Will be seen
by reference TO the statement hereunto ap-
pended
THE NEW TARIFF
has not yet been printed. The treaty itself being in
writing cannot be got az. They have allowed me
to read IT, but no more. The printed minutes leave
matters so doubtful That ] cannot finish my letter
till the Information Ii complete Hope to get 1t TO.
morrow.