Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-02-02

WAsHINcroN, u. e. February I, 49,.
To fAe Eoiic- II ~ Ereafac Ndr.
ON resong the letter OF Mr.. Asa Whitney
ar frat Observation-Disclosures in your paper ~
yesterday, Immediately took up volume living
before me, "a which had resd an account q
MI DyAfs telegraph. and I now trsnscribe 70
and send u "a Yea. The entire statement tn re
card 90 u u taken from thu decision Of Hon
lew Woodbury., Justice OF the L. :. supreme
Soart. upon the PRAYER Tor an Injunction hN the
MeTso Iatc ntccs agaiHs, lle House Telegraph
Con p2ny. IN $50.
Hon. Justioe woodhurv-after PAVING = de-
s,rNed conf limvht 10 PToIcs,oT Henry, thas
But tie most surprising discover, ON ,his
Suclect about thiS period Nss hN Harrison GRAY
l,ySf. snothcr cntcrTr'sing American. In ~.
or rs, lie - proved Nv sornwell % have con
ruCitd tclesfa0h NJ Long lrlsnA a. the race
course, by wines On poles, uslng x A. Iusula'nrs
ioctor Bel torfitts tbs -tstcmrHf, having seen
som, az his wires, and understood IT, oprfia alton
"a be by spark sent from one end q the 9th r
which made = marx On paper, prepared hy some
chemical salts.
"Dya's own deposition. taken s.u~e tl.s
cause v a. argued aud - he suhstif vted FOR a
letter from him o. Dr. Bell vertneS tie truth OF
the ietter, aud go into ~ raj details a. to
Tie condition 81 he Invention. when ahau. l0u.l
N iSSo nom fesrs 81 prosecution by SON, OF Lis
agents.
" lie used common electricity. aud nor electra-
magnetism. ami bat one wire, wh.ck operated
by spark, which, after going tAfoh-h the
PAPER chemically prepared, ~ y ~ irsse a red
mark en- ~. passed into the ground a. .hsuf =
return circuit. The difference At time between
The sparks, ssrvCd by means 81 an asaltragg
alIhabet. To signify different letters. and the
iaICr Was 10 be moved by the hand while the
telegraph operated. fhough m ach N "a NaS CON
ttnTleted 60 be introduced Tor that ptfl pos
lh's device OF az alphabet by spaces OF tine
htfwcen sparks eNsncci remark ablc ing-nuit,
and diitTs In some dcRrse tTOm Morse =, though
Yrrv near IN Principle"
The following testim NV waS given by nr.
Ben pa the wit for injunction before Mr. jus
ice woodbury. - Nas very Intimately &c
guaintcd with Harrison GRAY Dsar from about
ls.s iiil the period Of his lcaY ng The couutry iu
y e Springof 1891. a. near a. 4 can remember. "a
resided I'm the city OF New lork. his age waS =
little more than NV own. In nv iad-m mt n
var man Of the highest inventive s,tll aui
scientific attachments; he was engaged in va
rious mechanical inventions. I was engage
with Harrison GRAY Dyar for many m lnths IA
le4s ami often couvCrsed upon the sahiect o.
his having invented an electric telegraf,h, aud I
reccllect his speaking OF having placed a lin
ot wire AZ an elevation around the race course
~ Long Island TO a length witch salts fed n m
That there Was no practical difficulties in car
rring II from New York 60 Phlaaelphia which
he stated 10 me had been his intention. Nv m
cersianding. derived from his conversation Va
hat the electric spark vas "a be sent from one
end OF this wire 70 'hc other. and that the spark
pared paper"
have before me the letter OF Mr. Dvar 70 D.
Bel, ln which he describes fully his plan Tor Do
electric telegraph; sthis paper u loug enouu.
and The facts which establish Mr. nNar a. the
hfst 10 invent and pnt into practical use the
electric telegraph are sufficiently well es.sb-
lislisd by the decision at Justice Woodbury..
IN my studies on electricity a. applicable 20
telegTaphs, have found among the French.
herman. and Italian writers on this sulti.,g
many fact in regard to the first attempts TO ne
electricity ~ medium OF conveying iutelli-
cence which I may ~ some future dsv collate
and send TO you. WILLIAM &. BARNEY.