Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-21
VOL. 5---NO. 249.
DAILY VIRGINIAN.


We advance rapidly towards the time when
this great project receives its trial. There are
very many who think ano speak of tho event AZ
Though /, were as easy t. traverse the deep deep
se, with this enormous mile and mileof susceptible
cable as would be TO pay out an ordinary hawser
The great ships that are to insert this spinal
marrow in the worlds frame. have need OF all
The p,n,loness Of sky and sea which June ever
bu.hed and smiled into existence. The Sea IL
the monster that no man hath yet famed. This
vocal coil may be wound around It while u sleeps
but there are treacherous wakings OF the ever
ouiycrug wav.. River and Lake and Bay are
but fnin, indication, by which 10 Judge the Ocean
md while the cvzed world watches tho bold
essay let il prepare to ace the navy of science
driven hnrk and nnfned. Tb. Sea may SUCCESS
fnl achieve Nelson's favorite and formidable
mnunv,e Of breaking the line The dark
nntnthamed caves OF Ocean" may refuse TO let
the elective ligh. fash among the gems OF pu.
re-t rny serr,n" that they conceal.
| don, believe one word in Miss Edgeworth's
ndar. TINT only fools and children wonder. The
reverse. il Seems To me, walks closest to the
truth. II j. the we'll informed man-the scholar
the mnn Of reflection aud Of thought earnest.
deep. profound. that wonders at all the giant ad-
v,ncr- Of the men nj aud physical man. Develop
I'd IN The powcrs he s-ises or creates. L" this
moment, inmiliar as the years Of intercourse
with \, have made u-; how can any mnn pass an
hour at n telegraph but with thu same amazs-
men, only refined aud regulated with which the
crowd Of old formed u oirce around tho magi-
cian.
And ~ with this project of an Ocean Telegraph.
\ large frnciinn of oLr people have, in their
minds. anticipated it's complete success, and
hnve ceased nmaz.mcpt and begun criticism and
n mid ocean storm that shall hinder n despatch
or ,l.ln, n mes .nge a few hour, will be consid-
cred n indicatong the oarelessness OF the ope-
rator, nnd somebody will denounoe it as that
dtead destroyer of an Americans peace. an odi-
uus monopoly.
If it break, if it should break. II is the ques-
iian we a.k when We traverse that very long,
very steep, very frighiful, and very oonve nient
rnilwn,. whore Cur is held by one rope from be-
inp torn into kindlng wood on tho rocky bank
Of the Nngara Wa look nt that rope II ia n
large and powerful band to safety. but reflect
the calmrr when it is no longer the last link be
tween u4 aud life. This telegraphic cable is.
like TINT, ,wined and combined and twisted and
thrended aud bound till strength seems given I"
il, enough t., defy all the tribes of ocean that
might fling out fin or claw 50 far. The deep wa.
tiers. 80 snys the proverb in its philosophy, are
quiet. Down there it is tho solemn. silent. calm
grandeur of the ocean. The surface waves ara
the advance guard. who do all the battling With
the upper air. The depth neither stirs nor chan
ees except as tho inviolable and invincbe laws
OF hcai aud cold cause higher and lower strata Of
the water to interchange. And yet these deep
sens may have the hidden danger which shall
sever lhnt long line, and thcn whose sight or
Judgment shall tell where to dive for repairs.
We ore, | have stated, just about to know tho
result. Il success awaits the bold corporators.
we are ~ the very verge Of ono Of the greatest
incidents in the worlds ply sical progress. The
type aud the telegraph, in their discovery. only
mny rutInssif.
II the year Of 1857 shall blend tho sounds Of
the high Change" in London with the morning
hour of Now York. it will be era which cro-
nologi-ts shall mark as Of those which are writ
ten but seldom and when written. never effaced.
A long train Of consequences must follow suo-
cess if success come. Where shall the oorres-
pondrnoe of the merchant be iound-in stenmers
bng or the operators message wire! That will
indeed be every mnn his own hook. How
shall the Press meet the vast additional duties
thrown upon it Commerce and tho Press are
the vdellcs in the worlds progress. and must
first meet the coming wnvo-market-movc
mcnt
Let u wait a few weeks. The Company must
moderate their hopes, They have for general
partner the moon tani sea; not yet satiated or
satisfied, though it hold the Armada Of War and
the gneons Of Commerce. Y. Courier and
Enquirer