American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-09-19

TnO L9te MoWe 1TOm NOx0R0s
The news by the Pacific is to the Sd instant,
from Liverpool; by the Europa to the 9Th VI
that by the Pacific, the principal features are
the triumphs Of American mechanical invention
and ingenuity Of the Great Fair, and the good
feeling which enlightened Englishmen evince at
the intellectual achievements of their trans
atlantic cousins" as the Times calls them. II
is very pleasant to observe the good grace with
which many, even of the higher ranks Of Eng
land, receive these evidences of the mental
power and great mechanical resources Of the
United States. Every true philanthropist and
patriot will rejoice to witness acts and deport-
ment calculated to produce enduring peace be-
tween these two countries. Let the public
opinion of Great Britain frown down the mission
Of those agitators who come from her shores,
or assemble within her borders, to NEEDLE with
a subject with which they have no special con-
Germ, and which they may safely leave to our
Town management. Should course so judicious
be pursued, entire confidence may be established
between the two nations, to the unspeakable
advantage Of each; without this, such conf
dence on our part is impossible.
The London Times notices in the following
very agreeable manner our progress from q
nearly minimum position Of respect, at the COM
mencement of the Exhibition, to one which, six
weeks before the finale, takes rank with the
foremost of the nations whose skill, works, and
mental faculties generally have been tested in
the magnificent exhibition of the Crystal Pal
ace:
from the London Times of Sept. 81
Taking all things together, British and Amer
leans have run pretty fair tie through the
trials of this wonderful season. The spring, it
must be confessed, opened i'll for Brother jon
athan, and for a good while in the race we kept
well ahead. We had our great Exhibition
real new smart" speculation, which did not
turn out failure, which exceeded everybody's
hopes, and which brought about no revolutions
at all. 1t was calculated that we should realize
So, 600, 900, whereas we have got over So, l00,-
600 at this very moment, with six good weeks
before us.
On the other hand, it is beyond oil denial
| that every practical success of the season be-
| longs to the Americans. Their consgnments
showed poorly at first, but came out well upon
| trial. Their reaping machine has carried con-
viction to the heart of the British agriculturist
Their revolvers threaten to reyolutionize mill
tary tactics as completely as the original dis
covery of gunpowder. Their yacht takes a
class to itself. Of all the victories ever won,
none has been so transcendent as that of the
New York schooner The accounts given of
her performances suggest the inapproachable
| excellence attributed to Jupiter by the ancient
poets, who describe the king Of the gods as be-
ing not only supreme, but having none other
next to him. What's first ?" "The America"
whats second?" "Nothing" Besides this,
| the Baltic, one of Collins line Of steamers, has
"made the fastest passage yet known across
the Atlantic" and, according to the American
journals, has been purchased by British agents
g for the purpose of touring the Cunard vessels
from one shore of the ocean to the other"
[Of course this, if really said by any American
journal, was uttered as joke.
Finally, as if to crown the triumphs of the
year, Americans have actually sailed through
the isthmus, connecting the two continents of
the New World: and while Englisbmen have
been doubling and grudging, Yankees have
| stepped in and won the day.
SO we think, on the whole, that we may afford
to shake hands and exchange congratulations,
after which we must learn as much from each
other as we can. As for yachts, we have no
doubt that by next August every vessel of the
Cowes squadron will be trimmed to the very
image of the america !" there is no doubt
that our farmers will reap by machinery; and
the revolver, we fear, is too attractive an en-
bodiment of personal power to be overlooked
by European mischief makers.