Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-08-18

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booker Magasins Of 1850, is pleasant sLa," IAer
? Scene in The y. S. Patent Office" in ,ho ot
D050, IN which Franklin Ada,as, jefferson and year
ton re-sPpesr, and are vastly astonished bv thu
piled up all around them Of the gigantic pro.rl poo
science since their day. franklin, desipnstsSS a
Uncle Ben" asks the chief director of Tho om as
how long it will take hin, to 20 TO Boston 'nce,
! "Send you there in five minutes by the w,.., i,
answered the director, !" or If that's too sooO
twenty four hours. 1t requires powerful limos N
go by balloon-time five minutes-deparnros So 10
half hour. The magnetic railway train will, ,s,y
you through in four hours, by the old fash;a @As
railroad in twenty four" "Whaty" said I M"",
Ben I" Is the old stage company entirely h. uI.'e
upY Don't know what you mean BY st,ossn
big dictionary" "Go by steamboat" said F,,.O Tue
Steam boat |" repeated the little man. a.0n
boat! too everlasting slow-not over twenty nn
an hour-weH enough for freight, but p,sson m'es
cannot endure them they 60 laborng and sn,s'
ing along at a snail's pace, and they are enop.h
wear out any mans patience. Yet the steawho. 10
was the greatest strde ever made at anv ona t;.
in the way of locomoton, and was verv cred;,.1, e
to Fulton, and the age in which he lived S%I'
is admtting something" burst out Fulton who hs
set like statue, watching the little mans yo %aa
Men and their works." continued Fulton, " mny.
be judged by the period in which they lived Eaa S
Improvement it succeeds the last, is aided b. W.
predecessor, and altogether they make ont tho o. ~
Of science" But, said Uncle Ben all ihis s' ,au
don't get me on my way to Boston That is ' uH
birth place. was there for the last time in I7ca y
and you know that according to the provisions n
my will, there is more than four millions nom,s.
sterling Of my money, which has been disnaS l ~
by this time by the State somehow" INCL d., :"
was alwaysa shrewd fellow in the way of dollars ,oa
cents, and could see he was very anxious sh au
that money. "Oho! Ohio !"said the little man ' ="
you are Ben Franklin, and you are the old peD,s'
man who left that legacy. We've got por,r,it
of you up stairs more than two hundred Years olI
and it does look like you. Glad to see Won yon,
said something in your lifetime about immersine
yoursefin cask of Madeira wire with few friends
and coming to the world in hundred years ao,;n
These are your friends, l suppose ?" ''These gen.
tlemen." replied Uncle Ben, "are John Adams and
Thomas jefferson, sgners of the Declaration If In.
dependence" "The other gentleman continued
|, lis Robert Fulton, whom you have spoken CIV
We'll, declare" calculated the little man "tbis
rs meeting! But about that legacy. Uncle Ben Of
yours; two millions sterling of it has gone to Jv;M
tile Gutta Pe,cha Nognetic Telegraph lines connect
ing Boston with London and Paris two of the lsrp.
est cities in the Eastern Republic of Europe" sent.
ia pc, cha magnetic telegraph -Rfpu5lic of En-
ro2e!" repeated all of them "All built under
water, and sustained by buoys," continued the little
man, and it works to charm-plan up stairs in
room 204-and can be seen in a moment; and as
told you before, it writes the English language as
fast my deputy" "Republic of Europe!" ex
claimed Jefferson again. "Yes sir" said the little
man, "for more than a century, No more thrones:
more rulers by divine right no more govern
ments sustained by powder and ball no lords nor
| mobiles; man is man, not merely one Of chts Of
men, but individually man. with rights as perfect,
and powers as great as any other man. The prn.
ciplcs, Jefferson, of your Declaration which you did
not create, but only asserted have prosratcd every
arbitrary government on the globe Even the Jews,
since their return to Jerusalem, have organized
publican form of government and have just elected
Mr.. Noah President"
1t has not taken but eight years to complete the
accomplishment Of that portion Of the above which
relates to an ocean telegraph an achievement which
renders it perfectly credible that the remainder may
be realized in the next half century. There
good many physical and scientific truths yet to he
demonstrated, possibly qnite surprising any
which electrified the ideas of Uncle Ben"
1t is matter of qualification to countrymen
that the American vessel which so efficiently aided
in the laying of the ocean telegraph, throwing in
to the shade the British line battle ship with which
she was associated, and showing combination of
powder and tractabeness never before seen in
sci of such size the ocean, the master piece
OF the lamentcd Steers, whose famous yacht Amer.
ca beat with ease the feetest vessels On that
cason, the London Punch perpetrated the following
which is not altogether inappcabe to the late gen.
erous rivalry between the Agamennon and Niagara:
Yankee Doodle did not know
When he went sailing,
What the Dickens he should do,
| If it proved failing.
| {" If Johnny Bull should beat me now,
| AS am going to yot him,
| I'll try it over anyhow,
| Another time-,dd rot him."
| So Doodle filled his mainsa full,
| And babe good bye to fear,
| And fairly beat the British Bull,
| Win one gOod Yunkee Steer.
Now, never mind, dear Uncle Bull.
Although you are done I" Brocn,"
| You'll only lake the longer pull,
Because you pulled down.