Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-25
from the London Times, Oct. 18th
The VI zaeiic Electric pated
Inion O MI Nnlions.

From the London Times, Oct. 18Th
The Va gazette Electric ted
Ioion of NIL Nations.
There is an old Arabian tale in which three
young prince. are represented : having obtain
ed posst..iou Of three implements. the works of
the GENT which were esteemed the most wonder
fu Of which man had yet heard. There wa, II
small telescope which could assist the sight of
the observer t. penetrate thousands of miles
from the spot on which he stood. There
CARPET which tran ported any one who took his
station upon it swift as wish 10 any place Ia
which he desired to go There was an apple
which healed all diseases if the patient bat inhal
ed the fragrance Of it, sunny mind. Such were
the subjects OF the fhlrs with which thr Arabs
sooihed the monotouy IF their midnight encamp.
meni- and which the Indian storytrer related
Ia his swnrthy audience under the arch OF the
city gatr IN the short twlights If he East, The
| iinaginntion- Of the most Imaginative races bad
been tax ea to their utmost stretch Ia conceive
what miracles could b. performed if the superna
ural powers might be made favorable 10 man, aud
sueb were the results Science in these modern
,mer and human reason, acting. rs we believe
under the mtne dae guidance OF Providence. hayr
out,tripped these fauciful legends Of the Eastern
World There is no Oriental poet who veuiured
to Imagine that II dwellrr IN Damascus or Bag
dad could communicate his thoughts 10 the ut
most limits of the habitable world insiantaneously
na they were conceived in hi, own brain. Their
notions of physical geography were 80 limited
that the Eastcrns had no conception OF the true
form of the planet which ~ inhhbt. Had they,
however. been told that the world sphere,
and that the thought of nun could he made Ia
encompass it like gifdle, rapidly As the Hash
that rent the clouds a-under and passed awaY
ere one could say thai it had lightened. how poor
in comparison with such result would nll the
wonders hive appeared, whichas they supposed.
lay hidden from human eye and seaIed Tor ages to
come under the sacred -ignrt Of Solomon
The electric telegraph Is the miracle of mod
crn times Asyct this invention is but in its IN
fancy; but already all Europe is traversod by It's
wires aud the continent too, Of North America,
In the course of the next two or three years, we
trust to see results far more extensive. The wire
i already coiled up which Is TO be cast into the
depths OF the Atlantic. The mountains and val
lrys Of that great sea have been iathomed to as
certain the most convenient course for its drpps
il. In brief space, the electric spark which Is
generated in London will pass swiftly the
cxigencics Of IL own nature require 10 the great
cotton cIty ON the delta Of the Mississippi and to
thai rude town, whichever 1t may be, which may
then lie iurihest westward in the domains of the
buffalo and the red man. Coniemporaneousy
with this gigantic result. we have other laborer~
in the same field at work. who are husily engaged
in fixing the tranroad for the electric spark he
tween the European continent and the northern
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tightening thought can fash freely on It's course
ncross the old land Of the Egyptian, whether by
the Red Ser or across the plains Of Alesopotamla,
to the cities Of our Indian Empire, and in due
time, no doubt to the great centres OF Chinese
commerce Nor is this all. The wire which
hnd been laid down from London in one direction
will soon be carried to the city of the Californian
gold digger. ! he GORE spending wire. on which
we have Just marked few STATIONS, will then be
j hprup thu 'hlupSp - and 80 horn
Paclic-touching, 1t may be- on its way at the
mysterious empire of japan and will he linked on
at san Francisco to the Western chain. Then it
will happen that man may generate spark at
London. which, with one fiery leap, will return
bacS under his hand and disappear; but in that
moment of time it will have encompassed the
planet which whirng through space
into eternity That spark will be II human
thought
The dinner which WAS given day or two ago
to Professor Morse nightly credible 10 all
concerned in it. and we pleased to sec that
in the speech which the Professor delivered
the occasion he significantly took the mole enc
bling Wow of the subject with which his has boon
connected 1t is ona thing to grub from
wheeltn cog. and cogto wheel inserting II screw
here and adding M escapemrnt thrre, Dat unless
ra>c our ayes every now aud then from the
tedium If detail to reflect on how much has been
gained and To- take n long earnest guze into tutu-
ruy ~" shall miss the greatest incentives L. IN
ture r2erion. Now. nam cannot afford to
lose whisper from the unseen world. 1t is
the spirit IN which we work that signifies and HAT
spirit shond swell with the prnnptings of the
Divine Being who thus gives us the eHnest OF
our immortal destiny. Professor Morse was
speaking of that most certain point in the nisto-
~ of inventions that when the tim" has arrived
when discovery is to toe made which IL II "x-
erclse II great influence upon the do~tineS of man
there occurs remarkable coincidence of discny-
cry and harmony of invention IN maLy minds far
separated from each other, and with no obvious
knowledge of each others thoughts, The recol
lection of every man who is familiar with the his
tory Of great scientific discoveries, and Of the
heart bnrnings and riyalres in the midst Of which
they have been GRADED, all confirm TIN, view.
We agree with Professor Morse when be OBJ
seryss that the effects of the maryellun, di>ca,e
ry, and Of its application, both in political and
commercial sense. are incalculnhlc. We wait with
lmpniicnce the completion of our own Indian
lines Of telegraph, and OF their connection with
The mother country. The electric union of the
tHnadas with the British Isles. is but the affair
of a few months, need we despair of ulti mate
~ seeing the extern sion Of the stem to our Aus-
tralian colonies. Then indeed the British domin-
IONS will he concentrated into one vast whole
Tho guiding thought which has been conceived
at the seat of empire will pervnde them all more
swiftly than the red reflection of the heaeonS which
| bore acrosss tie E1ean the tardv intelligence
captured Troy SO the weary watcher at Aga
memuon's home.
Revolutionary Surgery.
The Mobile Tribune in its American Ana. re-
latcs the following: