Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-08
me ocean Telegraphs

across the Atlantic, from Europe to
America, will be considered, ON thsevent
of its success. the greatest. twenty-five
years ago, had the prediction been made
that messages would have been sent uns
der the Atlantic Ocean from London to
New York in less than a minute, itwouId
have been received with as much incre
dulity as would now a proposition to
build a railroad to the moon. It viii,
indeed, be a remarkable exhibition Of
the progress of modern enterprise, skill
and knowledge which isconstantly work
ing out results that confound and as
found the world. The Philpdelphia
Ledger, in noticing this great work, in.
duIges in the following lively and agree
able spcculations. 1t says:
"The charges are high, it is probabIe
that, atfrst, there will be some associa-
ted press arrangement by which the mar-
kets and most important outlines of the
news Will be daily transmitted each way.
This cannot hold for long. Mag,moth
papers, like the London Times, will want
their special column daily from their
own correspondents. Our own Journals
will not be found deficient in this kind
ofenterprise, nor should Hebe surprised,
lifin sixzmonths, one line has more bus
mess than it can perform, and1others
wires have to be laid. Besides this, the
private communications of business men
will be immense. The large houses of
New York and London will wantto COM
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Brown, Howen & Co., and Brown, Ship
ley & Co, Hope and Rothschild, intact,
all the really large houses, dealing either
in stocks, exchange, or produce, must
and will have almost daily correspond
ence in cipher.
And not only between New York and
London, but from Chicago to Calcutta,
and all in between, will make use of this,
the sole highway of lightning and of
thought. Paris and St. Petersburg will
have their commercial announcements
to make to New York. The arrival and
departure of almost every important YES
sci will, by degrees, come to be notified,
and hundreds of inquiries made after
every one delayed atsea. Besides, COM
merce, friendship and family ties will
require the use of the telegraphfo for seine
hours in each day. Whether parties viii
ever be married by telegraph across the
Atlantic may, perhaps, be a question:
1t is said such things have happened in
this country, but soon, at least the day
will arrive when every other sort of agree
ment will thus be made. Fat Aldermen
in London will send to New York and
to the West Indies for the finest turtle
! pf fha caoCan ro,o-IIazz-op
and DR.. Dryasdust will send in his bid
for some rare old manuscript or volume
to be sold that day in Vienna, or Paris,
or London. The Mayor of New York
will be inviting the Lord Mayor of Lon
don to a banquet at the Crystal Palace,
ten days before hand; and the Governor
of Canada and Lord Palmerston will be
able to SIT IN Their Offices, one in Quebec
and the other in Downing street, be put
in communication, chat and touch glass
es by telegraph or the Queens birthday,
as they drink Her Majesty's health;
With all these sources of revenue, the
line must be a grand success pecuniarily,
if it is only decently managed. Deep
down in the depths of the ocean, tie
sparks of lightning will fash, along the
wires, and across from end to end, in lss
than a quarter of a second. There Will
be no night then, for fresh relays of OPP
orators viii work it without cessation.
OF course the thing will be conducted
more extensively than if the Yankees
had hold of it. Such things always are
on British grounds; but it viii be done
substantially and reliably well. There
will be no way-stations to keep up, so
that the expenses ought to besmall, and
the profits must very large. Norshould
it be forgotten how much it will Improve
the business andvalue of an equal lie; 9Th
of line extending from this city to New
foundland. If the former be a success,
the latetr will be doubly so. New Or
leans and London will daily want to
feel each others pulse as to cotton and
sugar, and the cargoes bought and sold
mustbe notified all through.
1t is quite possible, indeed, that one
or two cables may be lost by storms
But they will probably be insured;and
should half a dozen cables prove failures,
with such brilliant prospects of a divi-
dend, the attempt will be renewed until
successful, We should not be surpri-
sed, ifin five years, there are at least as
rival lines competing for the car
rying trade of facts and thoughts across
the Atlantic"