Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-01-31

We have passed through oil lie metallic
,grs, from the ige Of gold DOWN up-.0
hat 81 we metal, Whith seems iu Us tuu
10 have slipped away. in spite % ils r>lrfts
'f boasts of The press, which i-irly r..-l the
world. New eas bagn. OF Character iol
ethereal 90 BE- designated ia the oil ssaiousl
wat oi or ancestors. Time AMI currency
both fhtceten 90 des-u The metsEli. h,,i-.-
Steam ., LETT putting y5iuIy behind Weup,v
1--we ln the age OF .hghtniug--ss any b,ly will
confess who iakes up 'h- 81 LOUIS papers,
ani urns 90 ihe ubiquitous movements aud
spa = nnnihJll'iug designs Of henrv O'R-itiy,
Esl, that Jupiter Tonsus OF the Magnetic
Telegraph world. Hear how this liviag-slatue
representation Of the svn OF Saturn. who
g5asps wigrs IN stead OF leyiu-bpIts end lets
! ose volulc batteries instead OF eagles. thun.
dcrs cut bis eiicl>, bis manies,os 0l acts aud
Iujcut, 10 on admirinE world
Where's, ]. Henry O'E-illv. avn engaged in
arrangements Tor establishing Lines o.. Elec.
trc icl"gauh though various sectjlus Of
The United S;sies-in the LAKE cOuHiru. be-
tween Buffalo, Eua. Cle,esni. Sandu.ky.
Toledo. D-trnit. Michigan oits. Cmcago and
Nil"auN~-d"d on n, Nao O,iSdns route
va N9SluHc-as we'll as On the GREAT Gen
t"6i HdHGe between the S.abnari Line at
Ph'ajel ph.a. pnd Pittsburgh. " hteiing CO.
lumbIs, Cincinnati, indianapolis, Alton. Lou
isviile. Nncennes and 81. Louis. Including
ihe puncip.l. intermediate towns 81 the
Oaio AMI Mississippi Eaiiey
And where's, in the extension Of the
Telegraph system through the United States
aud their territories II is desirs bic TO furnish
relegraphic lacliiirs with all practicable de
spatch 10 the extensive and popuious aud
~ tapas,t 81.
s0iTi r5rsr Ia the irc.terH boundary NJ Or
ga"istf aorerHmeni. at independence, Yves.
tn. OF f"ft Lesvenworth--to be continued
westward 10 the PHclfc Ocsaa. whenever
Congress. provides for their eXtension through
ihr public domain. To connect Orreon and
California by lightning intercourse with the
Ausntr. Lake aud Mississippi regins-ihe
subscriber bring read, IL complete the whole
l'ne TO the Pacific ocean within twelve months
| after The pass e OF Congressional bill Tor
| The purpose, &c. Sc
Il IS clear that Mr.. 0'Reillv is making
middle OF the Wcst,-he is weaving i, over
with WIS like basket. Nor can tie West
Itself hold him. The extracts, above, form
The rr"amoies {" proposition which he has
issued, 10 construct a telegraph from ST. Louis
to Fort L'aveuWotih, which he engages to
put up within ninety days ei,er the sum of
$40 UJ0 shall he subscribed and secured along
4 The proposed line aud the extracts conitin
NE additional otler 10 extend his wires Ia the
I FaciiIc. within twelve moths alter Congress
shall have authorized him TO do il.
! he iine Is coming when poor Puck is 10
| be beaten IN the ruce OF putting "a girdlr
round about the earth" which, according TO
| his own estimate. would take Linn ..ior;y
minutes" Mr.. O'Reilly means 70 have it
done IN forty seconds; and the ST. Louis New
Ira tells US exactly how ii viii h. done bv
means i the liverpool and Neu York Tel.
graph" which it plans ana projects as loi-
lows:
liverpool aud Nep York 7elfgruph
/ This Telegraph will begin at Liverponl and
and extend TO Manchester; thence to Dover.
whence messages i'll be Transmitted bv last
steamers 10 Calais; thence to Paris: thence to
Pdrs, thence through large intermediate pla-
ces TO Bremen, Hamburgh, D4ntzie. Riga and
81. Petersburgh thence TOUCHING at Arehangel
across Siberia TO the Asiatic sh Jfd Of Behfipg 5
Stats; Silence messages viii be- conveyed
across tins strait (as across the Strait of DO
ver) 10 the American shore; thence down The
northwest coast 10 Oregon: thence to Santa
Re; thence across the plains to Indie prudence,
wher" twill connect with HE line from Pail
adelPhia OF some two THOUSAND five hundred
miles. which MIR. O'Reilly will have consiruc-
ted within eighteen months.
lhis line VIII of cours", be improved BY
lines. as 10 Canton, Pckin, Calcutta. aud per
haps Botany Bay Dumping from Island To Is.
aud Jas well when ii reaches our own hem
l,phere, as some other lines That would be
, useful, as to the north West Passage and the
} Halls OF the Montszumas. There Is nothing
: like going ahead The most difficult portions
OF Siberia AMI The Nort6 W.st coast of a
} infricd but thes" the New Era, tells ms
7 will be taken band br I'll. En,,er,r nj pox.ia
anil the huds'n's Bay Com pony, ..,I ,tls
: emperor we know hos much moneys and
= uovernorSir George Simpson will soon dis.
covrr sonei"ay OF rendering the Telesra pit
= Bile IN catching iurs The wires. i,
- England as in this country, are death TO smal
I birds ; aud 60 puacher would learn how
to employ them IN catching sea -olters.
Seriously, however it cannot b.. denied tia
; The progress America is making ia the con-
sirucIion OF Telegraph lines is wonderful
leaving the ingenuity and enterprise OF Eu
I rope III tie back Iround entirel, in the bach
ground. Nor can ii be denied, tina, murh il
not all, the ACTIVITY displayed BY The Grea,
+ IVES; IN supplying herself with these thou
sand-lrsgue boots OF modern intelligence. i.
due to tie vigorous spin, sAd irfealsi able en-,
eig> OF the ubiquitous" Henry O'Reiii,
North Americuu.