Smyrna times., 1858-12-23
'Fhe Present Atlantic Gable

with many doubt, is put down as total failure,
and truly il indicates that way strongly YET the prin-
ciple is good and must be accomplished before Two
pass by. As 10 the present Gable, il no doubt
will have To be aband0nCd If impossible TO take il p,
and other Lines constructed on different plans par.
licuaily the shore ends, where, in opinion the
difficulty lies, will take its place. That electricity
has been transmitted through the Atlantic Cable while
living the bottom OF the ocean and Ih more power
than when it laid cOIled up the decks of the Ma
cara and AgaIaemnon irigates. fact positively set
tcd And cOnJecIurcd that The great pressure of
The water by closing up the pores of the guta percha
increases It's capacity for sOlaIng the wire, and that
he temperature Of that depth of the is favorable
10 thn generation and transmission of eectricity-
Whatever may he the fate Of this great cable which
has been deposited il las conveyed signals from the
Did To Ike world though il breaks To morrow
another and will he laid III It's place. What has
hecn done can be done again.
More than thirty ccniures ago. rs If in msckery Of
mans want of power over physical forces, God annl-
ed job with The challenge: Canst thou send Light
ming that they may go and say unto thee Ere 60
During many revolving circles Ol this earth that Chal-
cnge stood ON Gods book unanswered there appear
not in all the world solitary man given with
everenI bodness as TO venture reply. What to con-
;rol the Lightning vivid artillery of Heaven
which among all tribes and tongues, and the
brute cTcaii III, has served Of Earhs most
Startling TCrrurs. lob never took up the gauntlet and
the vivid lightning OF Heaven had lis undsturbed play
until Franklin who | may call the Lightning Tanner
10 hIm belongs the laures), the first 10 snatch the
lightning from Heaven and holl it in his bottle in
harmless subJecllOn.
ELECTRICTTY-WIIAT IS ITl We have tanned
il! Why does the magnet attract iron aud point to
the Poles. Amber when rubbed will draw feathers
TO it; is the spirit of the storm; we see it in the
lightning and hear il i'll the thunder We cause il To
rcnd rocks under the water asunder is the slave of
the metalOOglsI. We make it reduce the work of an
age into instant ruin 1t has crumbled Russias great
est engineering triumph at SebaslOpO into dust. with
the reslslless power oil thunder bolt 1t Will be
our mercury TO carry our winged messages from the
new to the old world and around the globe with the
velocity of thought. All this is ELECTRICITY, and
| vet wedO not know what Electricity is
The laying of the Magnetic Cable is of itselCa mos
wonderful thing, even il Is--it fills one with won
der and hail II proof OF the great advance in hu
man Drigrcss Philosophy and science assures me II
this belief commerce will occupy this Thoughts
for that Is The leader Of business The day Is no
far distant when our Globe with the electric wire vii
he gtrded like our Modern Bellies in their IoOps-tkeI
the more our hhking and speaking goes 10 Europe
and throughout the world, the the princi
pies of our free Institutions likely TO spretd over man
ill-gOvcrned lands throughout the Globe.
| The officers of justice will use il the most usefiI
police for lugltives from Justice no longer escape
for as sOen they start the electric flash will tell
their coming 1t is the opinion OF great men tha
time was only computed by results II this be so,
80 or 40 years much more than McIhuselahs 81
years were; for we do more, hear more, know more
enjoy more and say more IN our 80 or 40 years tina
he could DO in his 969 years. As proof OF this got
headsm only look at our city of Wilmington IL
stance The general cry q few years ago. was, if yO
81 want much for little money 10 go TO Philadelphia
it. Such the case ia some kinds of business BI
how the picture has changed, particularly III the BO
an Shoe business Now the great cry is If you wal
Cheap Boots aud Shoes, go TO FLANlGENS s. IN SecOu
Street. for Ihcm, where you can get the worth of yOl
money; where the poor man gets pair OF Shoes
81 90; and the poor woman gets pair Of calf SIX
lace boots for IS cents aud the poor child gets pair
shoes 10. from so cents d0wniO JS cents
: Wilmington Nov. -. 1888