The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-10

convey this food Of information 10 The people Adver
tisemenis will crowd in upon columns from lpdii
and The GuadaiQuiyer.
Bs what will Mr. Neptune say to this invasion OF bi'
domain He rebels, sometimes, most suIdily against the
burdens which men impose on him He LITE, IN his Ieai'
Gus rage, like old Samson al the PILLARS losses me a
against The heavens and bures he richest eighiage ~
bis unfathomabe But here comes new iofih OF
invasion and annoyance He at first undertakes 70 cias'
silly II under OF The ioms OF lille "hch m
habit his realms He nds bis pilot sh to ascertain The
nature and dimensions OF The new conner; Inc nessen
ger Tor days and days along ne endless we-hhus
il im me asuTaby The length oil any cdufus-can
find neither head ail, 6n-at when hight dawns on
the angry god be suspects 10 ne anoher invention oil
man 10 haiass and him. and, after the first electric
But will The whales and sharks, sea-serpens and sea-
lions permit this barrier 10 their couse Or will sink
below the region they are accustomed 10 nhabiti 1t is
certain they cannot swim around IL. unless they have a
fsh-canal at each terminus II whale in full
should strike plumpy the strain might prove too much
for its cohesion. w. know that British vessel easily
snapped the huge links by which it was sought TO inter-
dict all passage up the Hudson. break would be a
very difcu thing 10 find mend But perhaps il would
Jay quietly on the floor Of The sea- Tar beneath the gam
bols OF the huge monsters OF the deep.
The line from Galway to Halifax (he probable ter
mini would 10 stretch directly the banks of
Newfoundland. This pavement OF Goldfish will be an
uneasy bed for the epose OF the wire. What will be the
eject OF all this on the intelligence transmitted! The
telegraph is not always reliable but il it comes 10
telling real fish stories. will not it's usefulness be dimin
Mhed or destroyed Besides some hsh-lIke eels, Tor
instanceare said 10 be charged with electricity Who
knows but they will monopOze the use of the wire Z
Perhaps OF our go caed scientific journals, which
claim possess all the knowledge every sub
ject, will inform us AT all events. they can tell us
whether the teegraphic will be fresh after having
passed through so much salt Water.
The profits OF the enterprise, It's working success
full cannot permit ourselves to doubt Ii is supposed
that three millions will the expense Of
struction. The company would have very clear
nopoly. Nothing could compete with them. All sews
Of importance would fash through the How would
this metallic post be laden with the proclamalons of Mes
firm denias of the Porte. with the waveIing equivo
cation and backing out Of England and France, with
every detail touching great national questions, with
the heroism of lngraham and the genius oil Kossuth
with the minu2 OF commerce, and with messages
OF friendship. business, and love. The absence of
all possibility OF competition would enable the COM
pany 10 charge Iemuneraiing prices; and il is not
likely that, while the wire remained intact, there would
be any interruption 10 the stream OF electric letters The
slender nerve through which the news of the world
would pass could not fail, Think TO give TO its pos
SCISSORS well.earned and lavish compensation
The importance OF obtaining the earliest intelligence,
drives the rival steamships into somewhat dangerous
the Collins steamers there is no doubt that the compei
ton compels them and the Cunafders into trial OF their
full strength and speed across the
the full width OF The Atlantic cannot but be accompanied
with some circumstances of danger The necessity for
racing will be 10 some extent obvlaed by the TACT that
while the steamer is lifting her anchor, the whole
with which she is reghed has already comprised the
distance and composors three thousand miles away
putting il into type.
When science in her ardor shall have threaded the
depths of the mysterious seas and Joined the continents
they part, she will have accomplished one of the most
magnificent and useful results which have rewarded
the genius of man.