The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-19


or New York, from its extremities to its centre,
and again, from its centre to the extremities; so
that man who wished TO write 10 New Or
leans, light transmit to his agent there what lie
wanted to say, and receive reply in half an
hour Look at the results which have already
been attained by telegraphic communication.
Look at the astonishing result in the express
from Lexington, with Henry Clay's speech
This whole republic, in all directions, would be
united together by the electric telegraph, under
the regulation of government; there would be a
new system, a different kind of Post Office De-
partment, throwing out OF use atog ether the
usual mode of friends, or men of business, COM
municating with each other. At the same time,
the present Post Office Department itself could
be changed into sort of parcels delivery COM
pany, or department, for the purpose of sending
by railway or steamboats, all parcels Of GER
tain magnitude, as well as newspapers, Pc
riodicals, magazines, sc. But the whole letter
mail should be thrown into the shape OF
teegraphic communications throughout the
country. The results of such system upon
social life, upon mind, upon parties, upon
the whole Union, upon the durability of the
government, would be more important than any
one can form a conception of at this moment.
When Fulton invented the steam engine, every
body said that steam, applied as means of COM
municaticn, would unite the whole country to-
gether in one compact whole. When steam
gave way to railroads, the same remark was
made, and similar effects were looked for from
them. But how much slower they are, as in
struments of communication, than the electric
telegraph BY means photographic connections,
the whole country, in all its parts and all it's
different capitals-every city, every town. at
every extremity-is thinking the same thoughts,
receiving the same ideas, throbbing with the
same perceptions, and feeling the same senti-
ments, at one and the same moment.
This is the prospect held out by the adoption
ofsuch system by the coming Congress; and
we believe the country is indebted to the folly
and laundering conduct of the postmaster-gene-
raj, by way of his furthering and proving the ne
cessity for the creation of such system. There
fore, Cave Johnson ought to receive the utmost
praise for his meanness, his folly, his bunder.
ing, his invariable obstinacy, and constant at
tempts to squeeze few dollars out of those who
carry his mails. We hope Congress will not
omit this subject in its investigations, and if
Cave Johnson should want a pension, let him
have it, and send him back to Tennessee. We
shall certainly getsfrom the immortal Knox, hat
ter, 12S Fulton street, one ofhs best beaver hats,
and send it to Cave, enclosed in a band box, as
present and proof of the value we attach to
his public conduct in proving the necessity of a
change. Don't forget, boy; Knox, 1913 Fulton st.
LATER FROM New GRENApA.-By the schooner
General Marion, from Santa Martha, we are in
receipt of accounts from this republic, up to
the 10th .October.M
The steamer Magdalena, which, it will be re-
membered, was built in this city last summer,
and sent out from hence for company in New
Grenada, had more than fulfilled the anticlpa-
tons of those who are concerned in her. The
purpose for which the Magdalena was intended
was the navigation of the River Magdalena; and
she performed her first trip in very good time,
viz between Santa Martha and Mare, in 1873
hours and 81 minutes of running time. We re-
greet that the papers we have received do not
give the distance between these two points but
from the encomiums they pass on the trip, we
presume it was made ia shorter time than it had
ever been performed before. This enterprise OF
navigating the Magdalena by steam, has opened
a market for very large and rich ccultry in
the interior, which has hitherto been shut of
almost completely from any commercial inter-
course with the coast.
We perceive among the various improvements
going on in New Grenada, that newspaper has
been established in Santa Martha its name is
La Gaceta Mercantil and it is quite neat affair,
and contains some interesting articles on the
affairs of New Grenada, which we may translate
hereafter.
FREMoNT's TRIAL This affair is getting tire
some; it seems like "much ado about nothing. -
Thus far the impression left upon every upreju-