Smyrna times., 1858-12-30
'Fhe Present atlantic Gable

with many, no doubt IS put down a total failure,
and truly IL Indicates th" way strongly yet, the prin-
cpe good and must be accomplished before Two
wears pass by. As 10 the present Cable ii no doubt
will have To be Abandoned If impOss bic take il up
and other Lines constructed ON different plans pa r..
IculaIlV the shore ends, where in n opinion the
difficulty lies, will take It's place. That electricity
has been transmitted through the Atlantic Cable while
LIVING the bottom OF the and iIh more power
than when 1t land cOed up on the decks of the Ma.
gira and AgaNemnon irgates, fact positively SET
tied And II IS cOneclured that the pressure of
the water by closing up The pores of the guIa percha
It's capacity for IsOlang the wire and thai
the temperature of that depth OF the is fvOra BILE
to the generation aud Transmission of electricity
Whatever may re the tale of this great cable which
has been deposited 1t mas conveyed signals from the
old to the new world though it breaks to morrow
another can and will he land in its place. What has
been done can be done again.
More than thirty centuries ago, If in meckery Of
mans want of power physical forces, God taunt
ed Job with The challenge "Canst thou send Light
ming that they may gOand say unto thee Ere we go
during many resolving cIrc OF this earth that cha
lenge stood Gods book unanswered; there appear
ed not i'll all the world a solitary man given with
IeVerent holdnessa 10 venture a reply. What to con-
troll the Lightning that vivid artillery of Heaven
which among all tribes and tongues and even the
brute creaii III has ever served Of Esrlhs most
Startling Terrurs lob never took up the gauntlet and
the vivid lightning OF lIeavenh had lis undlsurbed play
until Franklin who may call the Lightning Tanner
10 HIM belongs the aurels) the first snatch the
lightning from Heaven and hokl it in his bottle in
harm ess suhecilOn.
ELECTRlCrrY-WHAT is 1T? We have tanned
il! Why does the magnet attract iron and point to
the Poles Amber when rubbed will draw feathers
to it; il is the spirit Of the storm; see il in the
lightning and hear II III the thunder, it TO
reud rocks under the water asunder il is the slave of
the melalOOglst. We make 1t reduce the work OF an
age inlo instant ruin II has crumbled Russias great.
est engineering triumph at SebastOpO into dust with
the reslslless power OF thunder bolt II 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 ELE,. ,.TRIClTY and
vet We do not know what Electricity Is
The laying of The Magnetic Gable is Of itselfa
wonderful thing, even as II Is-It fills one with won
der aud hail proof OF the great advance in hu-
man progress. Philosophy and science IN
this belief; commerce will occupy this utmost thoughts
for that Is the leader OF business The day is not
far distant when Globe with the electric wire Will
be gtrded like our Modern Bellies in their IoOps,-then
the more our thIMkmg and speaking goes 10 Europe
and throughout the world the more is tile prncI-
ples of our free Institutions likely to spread many
ill-gcverned lands throughout the Globe.
The officers of justice will use II the most useful
poce for fugitives from Justice can longer escape
ior as soen as they start the electric flash will tell
their coming Ii is the opinion OF great men that
time was only computed by results Ii this be our
80 or 40 wears much more than MeIhuselah's 969
wears were; for we do more, hear more, know more.
eniov more aud say in our so or 40 years shan
he could 10 in his 9d9 years. As proof OF this GOA
headism only look at city of Wilmington i'll
stance The general cry few years ago, was, if you
want much for litIle money 10 go to Philadelphia for
IT, Such was the case in some kinds of business. But
how the picture has changed particularly in the Boot
an Shoe business Now the great cry is. if you want
Cheap Boots and Shoes gOtO FLANIGEN'S, IN Second
Street for IhCm where you can get the worth OF your
money; where the poor man gets pair OF SHOES for
81 90; and the poor woman gets PAIR OF call skin
aee boots for IS cents and the poor child gets pair of
shoes 70. from 50 cents down 10 JS CENTS
Wilmington Nov. %. 1853