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Magnetic Telegraph

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
June
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
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Tho follewing extraordinary dramatic ecene, ,vo will venture to say, has never had its parnllol h iliis cnrih, nnd is tlie legitimnto offspring of hut strange invention the niagnetic telegraph, in inveiuion to which iho publiu attention ui ihis moment is so much and bo universnlly at.rncled. On Saturday ovening.June 6, Professor Morao. ihc inventor and superintendent of the mcgiieiic telegraph, and his aesistant, Mr. Vail, in their oflice al Washington, wiahed to test the intogrity oí tho telegraphic line the whole disttnee thro' frorn Washington to New York, a dÍBtance of no lesithan2C0 miles. Tbc better to underBtand the aingulanty of the acene, we oro aUoul to the record, the reader must imagine fou' individuaU, one at the office in Washington, onc at Baltiinorc, 40 miles dietant, one tt Philndelphia, 108 miles farther, and ono nt New Vork, (or rather Jersey City, opposite New York) ! 12 milfs farther. The telegraphic line passes thro' the instruments at the offices at each of these places, and a cominiinicution despatchcd from any one of these places is writtcn mul undorstood instantly at all the othvrs. We símil desígnate the operators by the names of the places at which thcy are etationed: Washington. - Bahimore, are you in conncxion witi Philadflphia?Baltimore. - Yes. ■ Wush. - Put me n connexion with ' )hia. Balt. - Ay, ay, sir; wait a minute. (Afier u ' inuso. ) Go anead. You can now talk witli ' Philadelphia. Wash. - How do you do, Philadelpbin? Phila. - Prctiy woll. Is ihat you, on? ' Wosh. - Aye. aye; are you connected with N. I 5fork7 Phila.- Yes. Wash. - Put me in conrusxion with New Vork. Phila. - Ayo. ny; wnit n niinuic. (Altera pause.) Go ahead. Now for it. Waah. - New York, how aro you ? (New York does uot nmwer.) Phila. - Hallo, New York, Washington is t.ilking to you. Don'i you hear himï Wuy dou't you uiiswer? N. York. - I don't get anytliing from him. Wash. - I get thatfrom New York. Phila. - New York, Washington suys he gels tliat from you. Balt. - How is that Washington hcars from New York, and New York does not hear trom Washington? Phila. - Thera's where i nm floored. Bnlt. - What is the reason, Wttbhington? Wash. - Because New York has not properly adjusted liis magnet, Phila. - I have been hard at work all dny. I teel like bricks. Had no supper, I have had u aiilï evening'o work; there have been eo many rnessages to-uight - one alone that gave us scv. enteu dollare. Í wart to go. Wash. - Waitalittlo. Balt. - Go it ye cripples. Phila. - Who ia writing? Wnsh. - Don't talk all at once.Balt. - Mary Rogers ure a case, so are Sally Thompson; General Jaekson aie a iious, so are Colonel Johnson. Fhilu. - Who is ihat ? 1 will di8cuss tliat pint. ; Wah. - Baliin ore. keep quiet. Philadelphia. leil New York to nek ino to wtite üoit, {tíiat U adjusl Lis magntt.) Pbila. - Aye, ayo, sir, waita iitile. N. York, ] ask Washington to writc dots. N. York. - Aye. aye. Washington, wriie dots. (Washington begins to write dols.) Thoi's it: O. K, Nüw Í have gotyou; co ahead. Wosh. - Do you now gei what I send youï N. Y. - Aye, ayo. Wa&h. - Did you gel Prof. Morse's message tbr h. & daugiiter? N. Y.- Yea, from Philadelphin, but its too laie to eend it over tho river io-uiglit. I am al! alone: the iwo boys are gone. Wash. - Very well, no matter Balt. - Good niglit; l'm going. Wasb. - Good niglit ai!. Phila. - Good night. N. Y. - Good night. And so enüs this curious scène; not nn imngïnary one; but one of octuul occurrenco. Let any one reflect upon the lact, that all those queslions and answerg occurred in a spece of limo bul very little longer than that in which thia unique drama has beon related. - Union. A Yankee on the British Throne. The Editor of the Philadelphia Spirit ofthe Times, writing from London, givca ihe following incident in his account of a visit to the throne room in Windsor Castle : - "The St. Georgo's, or Grand Banqöeting Hall, is 200 feet long, and about 34 in heightand breadth. It is anolher magnificent room. At either end is a tiusíc nallery, and at the extreme east end is the Sovereign's throne, reached by oaken steps, the carved Chair of State occupying its centre, with 24 shields behind t aml the armorial bearings of each monarch from the 3d Edward to Wilüam IV. inclusive. - VVo could not resist the temptation. So seizing our opporlunity, we ascended the throne, and seated ourself in ihe great Chair of Her Mnjesty ! The officer happened to turn and beho!d us at the same in stant ! Horror spread a deadly pnleness over his countenance ! We ahould not liko to repeat all the frightful things that were said to await us for our unparulleled presumption. The Cnors. - The crops in New Jersey generally are highly promising, - The season ihus far has been favorable I and there is now a prospect út nbundant harvests. Tlie Somerville Whig thus , refers to the growing grain and grass in that country : From present indications, there will r be a most abundant yiold of hay, and i most ofthe gtain looks highly promising. . There raay be some drawbacks, as there j ahvays wiïl be, but there is no substan tial reason to doubt that the farmer will 1 reap at least an erop of most of his producto and an unusual abundance 5 of the otbers. The want of high prices will probably be the greaiest causo of complaint, e ' CCA violent storm passed over Roy chester, N. Y. on the 19tb inst. The t public school house was unroofed, and Á bricks andtimberthrown among the puit pils. Thirty-four of them were hurt, ;- some threo or four of them are not expectcd lo recover.Forcigo pockages are ihiis acdressed lo Bishop Doane, of New Jersey: "T-ó the Righi Reverend ford Bishop of New Jersey." The Journol of Commerce say 4iit is singular thnt the Bishop of New Jersey phould be live only prelato in tho United States whorn the pcopie ol F.uropc suppocs tu be a lord," nd aJds, "we do not remomber iha' nny such mistnke was made in the addreis of any oue of tbc original twlVe apoitle." When Cromwell made his public entry into London, bis coinpanion remaiked to hun itie concourse oí people who carne froni all part to see him. HTliete would be just ns many;" wid ho, #iif I was going to the scaflold." Bvttek.- Dr. Franktin very justlv ot-served. "tnke care of tho pence, the pomida will tnko care of themselvrs," a savíng whieh was reccntly cxemplified by the foct of o farmer in Northampton, who eupplied a family wnh eight pounds ol bullera week for thiny year, at 17 ets. por pound, wliich he laid by at compound ii.tercst, having now 3000 on bond and mortage arising Irotn the proceedsof liis buttcr. 'S01.D to tuf Dkvil.'- Under this Btarling caption. friénd Buneigh of the Charter Onk inform8 U8 that Mr. C. A. Doyle has staned n paper in Carlisle, Pa., for the purpose of aiding southern and northern kiduappers in hunting fugitive tlaves. He promisea that hin sheet shall be 'deroted to ihe intereals of the poople in Maryland and Virginia, to exposo thoao who secrete (ugitive negroes who escape from the South.'- He ulso proposca 'to engiigo men in all the towns along the Pennsylvania line lo give us (him) the larüest nforniation regnrding nny runnway ne;ioes who moy nttempt to pass through Pennsyl'ania.' Ho will udvcrtise for the man-hunicrs, ;iving descriptions of thcir 'escapod chattda,' ind send carly copies of his paper to hi ngenis, hat ihe fugitivo mny bc lieaded off m bUaUftñjH o obtain h'e liberty. IJow despicable mual such a man nppear in he eyes of all mankind. Tlie vory men whom he proi'csses to ncrve wonld not truet hun wiili ilicir doga. They will dcsuioo hitn, li)Qthe him, nnd suspect hun of being whuthc rcally ïnuatbe, the 'meanest of inonkind." The picture of iliis Mr. Doyle ought to bc ta keu, in order to furnish phrcnologiats with u specimen. Thiuk ot tho man whoso only business is, writing advertisenicnts, nttnding t" catclung men. feeding blood-hounda, Sic. Tliink of a man loüiiig nighta dny to vent n plecn agüinat hi fellovv-men. Sntan is engnged in nu dirtier work tfion ibis sell eaino Doylo. - Cin einnati Hcrald. In the list of thiity-five officera appoinled b the President of the United Sintes, in the ue regiment of mounted iiflemen, not one inamcd as belonging to any of the New EngianJ tutes! ! - livstun Mad. Digrkks of Drunkfnm;5s is Londo?.- Ii Prince Albert were dronk b would bc callcd elated: if Lord Tritnm were diunk he would be callad oluvau-d: ifMr. Plurn, ;ho rich merchant was drunk he would be called inebriaied; if a icapectable tradesuien woro drunk, he would be calledintoxicaied; bui if a workman bfc in hquor. it would bo satd that the nusty beast was drunk as a pig. - Londou paptr.Coat of Ahm3.- A gentleman emoloying a jorter, named Kusseil, asked liim jocularly- ';Pray. is your coat of armu ihe me with the Duke of the Bedford'ai" (Lord John RütMÜL) 'Our nrnis." answered the folio, "are, 1 suppoa-, pretty n.ueh olike: but there is a confounded ditleronce bel ween our coats." Theke is ko s'jtu man.- A recent lady writer admits ihat she luis seen, now and then, mn possessing some courage, but ussjris ilial slie has Btill to look unon the individual wh'o would deiiberatoiy nllow n woman to catch hini "fnaking mmihs al her buly. " ■ üurinj; the Voynge of ihe sbip Rainbowfroni New York to China, two young lady passengere e iilida icrckly "pir, which was prinled in the forecafatle, and dismbuied through the ihip. Matamoras.- The following is irom the N. York Tribune. Matamoros contnins perhups 6.000 inhabitants. Threefourths oí the houses are made of reeds plustered with mud, and of adobes, (unburned brick;) ihe remaming fourih of soft brick. 1 do not behevo there is a house in the town capuble of reiisting a four poundoi. There ia not u siono in the town, nor can one be found wiünn fifty ruiles of it. PuklicLa.nds. - h nppears by n recent repon transmitted to Congrees, thst the average annual ule of public lands, from 17á7 to the end of the last fiscal )ear, was less than two millions of ncre9 - tie nett procced from that time have been 3113,007.335. The amouni for the lost year was $2,0t)7,022. "What a great matter a linie spark kindleih." os the dwarf said to the old man whose dander ho had raised by courting his daughter. The wu of thal dwarf was quite sparli hng. An Excellent Inr.A.- A Western editor advertises for 100'J new subscribere who will pay in advnnce. This is truly an excellent plan for procuring Bubscribcrs, but we only wonder ho did not advertise Jor200J whüo he waaabout il; it would have cost him nothing more for ihe advertisement. Do.n't oo art Higher - Tle lato. Judge Peise of the Supremo Court of Ohio, was a noted wag. A young lawyer wai making hie firet effiirt befoje him, oud had thrown himscif on the wings oi his imnyinalion into ihj evcntli heaven, and wa9 preparing for n hiher nsceni, when the Judgè struek hisruleron the desk, two or threo timi.3, and exclaimed to tlie admonishcd orator.' 'Huldon, holdon.my dear sir! Don't go anv highei, for yon are Iready out of the jurisdiction oí ihe Court.' The New Orlerns Drlta mnkes a supepstion. It nants to knovv where the Mc?, me rizo rs are in hese times. Where are tho clairvoyants? Why do ihey not teH us nbout the evmits at the "seat of war?" - Come, come, gontlemnn and lady mesmerizers, no keeping back- let thero bu no secret exhibitions for speculative purposes. THI us all nbout the nr. - Wh.erO is Oen. Taylor? What induccd Lietit. Deas to cross the Rio Grande ? Is Matamoras iti ashes? Ha va twelve hundred Mexicans been killed? If the Mesmerizers do nol "speak out" now, they will be fiiithless to their duty totheir country - or it may be that the war n.xcitement so ayitates the "fluid" ihat il will not work. Something, however, should be heard from them, or ihey may be suspccled oC "col eaguing with tho enemy."Matrimonial Facls and Figures. - ín the year 1812 thc number ofmarrioges registered n England and Wales was 110,825 - 110,047 according to the rites of the Kstublished Chureh, and 8,778 otherwiao. 5,387 of the brideg rooms, and 1G,OO3 of the brides were under age; 15,1G9 of bridegrooms were vidowers,and 10,579 of the biides were widows; and 38,031 of the bridegrooms, nnd 5G,9üó oí the brides, or nearly half thcir total number, were urmble o write their ñames.