If we may believe the New York Evening Post, a magnetic telegraph is now in actual operation in that city, which actually does its own printing with the letters of our English alphabet, and in a clear, legible manner. It is executed at one end of a magnetic wire, through a direction given at the other. It is true, as incredible as the statement may seem to be, that a man might, if the wires were laid, now sit at New York, and with more rapidity than our best compositor can set type, print at New Orleans a letter or despatch in the ordinary letter of our language. In a few days this invention will be made more generally known. At present, arrangements are making for the perfection of the patents here and in Europe.
Richmond Enquirer, Richmond, VA, July 1, 1845