The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-16
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,

How mysterious arc thy wanderingsl What places
hast thou not penetrated and explored 10 the dep'n
Of tho sea unknown to youi NOS there you go
hourly and her deepest pits aud cnverns are familiar
spots Over floating argosies and the wealth OF man
. thousand falhoms deeper than his contrivnnces
Can reach, you wander often. The great Atlantic
ocean of explored, and with curious rapidity visit
the sunken island OF Atlantis, with all it's cities,
towns, and hamlets, now gracing the bottom Of that
| sea- Man has persisted with Its wreck millions
| sunk to rise no more; It's highest mountains yet
form islands above the wave: The Western Islands,
Madeirn, Tenerffs or Canary Cape do Verbs, and
the continuous chain Of islands extending along The
shores OF Africa are supposed 10 be but the noun
tain tops Of the once populous Atlanta How Gu
ious arc thy researches, Electricity! What would
not the present nge be benefited could they but see
| the wonders you examine Into the deep craters
| Of tho highest volcano you plunge, and, match in
hand, explode upon . ,errifc world the accumulated
deposites OF their coinbusubles. Vesuvius you have
often fired, and under The burning torrents OF It's
ava-bured towns, or with mass Of cinders covered
them up forever
| The vagaries and wanderlngs Of Electricity wonld
oil countless tomes 10 describe; but II poor man Is
lost contemplating alone liz visits TO nature. what
will he no. be, when regarding the swiftness with
which u perambulates tho unlversef The ray Of
light 10 not more instantaneous than the electric
rush; II enters one pole OF the EARTH and In thoughts
| space II issnes at the opposite pole; II measures
space In the iwinkling OF an eye; lie sound-iof
Electricity has voice--constitutes, and firmly
believe Is, the music Of the spheres for In The 35th
chapter Of JOB We hnd God asking Of the. patient
man, "When Inc morning stars sang together, and
all the sons Of God shouted for JOY" Electricity
murmurs throughout nature It's monotonons sound
the thrilling ntterancs We hear on The stiy night
1 or quiet noontide hour.
How much man has done 10 correct ito kindly
offices 10 shown BY the fact that the Almighty asked
OF Job "Canst tnou send ightnings, that they may
70 and say unto thee, Here we are T. This last
grand effort 10 realized IN Inc Magnetic Telegraph
for not only are the lghtnngs sent, but with mes
sages which they faithfully deliver and return an
obedent response Mans WISDOM through the aid
o. ms Maker achieves hour'y greater aud greater
wonders. Assisted by Electricity, soon will our
lenrned countryTan, Dr. Page, harness, as It We're,
the lightning az me- steed' and with velocity I'M
equaed ny Ger earths SURFACED Steam VIII lose Its
greatness and Yield the race TO EectIicity Science
viii light up its pages with its briiancy, md the
whole earth rejoice under the influences Il VIII I'M
part TO man. VIII drive pain from mis- body-it
will enhance and quicken thousand means Of use
full matters around his dwellinR-it will bring the
ends of the earth together as Il were and cheer d.
vided love and affection. Through Its aid commerce
viii receive support and protection against fraud
and the laws of every land BIO upheld BY the swift.
ness with which crime viii be pursued md over.
taken. The evils which have resulted from oni
neglect of s usefulness be turned into blessings BY
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