Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-08-20
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Correspondence OF me Richmond enquirer.
Nrn, X.pu an.-na, 1873

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.
M.,srs Edi,or,-The patience of the people, here.
nbou,s. is becoming pretty we'll exhausted, regarding
n, delays experienced in the receipt of the Queens
M..sa,e There has been too much grandi!oquent
npI pr1ms.nre blowing over the subject.
Henry Ward B-echor, and several o'fer sensation
cIeryvn.n have been heard from in their cool coun-
,v nisc.s where their admiriDg n-ighbo<s have call
I'd than 10 the stump, TO mako rather stale hat
sublime metaphors about the WONDER OF inc c"oe'
They, like the common mass 10 scientihc knowledge,
have heard of Franklin and Morse, and, lastly OF
Cyrus w. Field and nobody eIse' ihey nave oiu
il all, and mistake.
Now Morse who. at the start, joined The project
or. - the cable and wen last year 10 rn-'hh" !"
participate In the first experiment, met WIN such
scientific competition thar he backed our ana CAM
back To his place the Hudson, and predicted me
failure of the Who'll. affair. We learn that JnSt DE-
tore he sailed for France, 4 few weeks since he Wa
invited tn dine with Judge D. and where ne
publicly proclaimed his opinion against the sncc-Ts
OF the cable then being undertaken by Field ~ 20.
Clergymen know nor much more about the exact
history and progress Of natural and exact scIenc--
than they do of political and Judicial Questions. ne
great Inference between ancient and powerful OIL
vines such A. the APOSTLE, and Wesley, Whitfield,
Sc WAS that they only proessed 'to know Chris'
and him cruciiei," while our modern d'Vlnrs profess
To- b. INSPIRED with universal knowledge. lhey DE-
llev that they able not only 10 ns'rnct Us ~ "u
religious duties bnt, sl-o, in the performance ~ our
| noII,cal duties They know all about Jurisprudence
end administer lessons 10 the Supreme Court vi Inc
United States. No sooner does All excitement come
up which electrrs th- ncwsbpys IL Inc safe "' tAhs'
than, forthwith the SENSATION preachers ca'ch M
contsgion ~ the cessation newspapers, f"rih"lh
mount pu pit, chair table, Il. thr cas- may De-
and rattle off -uDm. eentences Regarding Inc ihs
great event Of the world. New York, and vicinity,
abounds IN sensation preachers. who draw large sa'n
RE. Tor exciting reDsstiOrs 10 the minds OF their wcF
| ali ptu! hearers Among these B-echer Cheever anu
! Chaplin stand foremost.
Al regards the Cable sensation, We have not heard
from Cheev-r Yet. He IL out OF town, perchanc-
taking counsel with Garrison, regarding fntura rs
,auts on the South and the future aunhiIailon OF
the Supreme Court for its decision IN the bred Scott
case Or, perchance hi il bortllng up his thund-r-
about the Gable. something after the fashion of con
densing electricity in leaden jar and that when
the world least expects il, he intends to make grand
aud startling explosion.
Unfortunately, Mr.. Chapln another New York
Jupiter Tonsns is absent from biz flock ana We must
wait ID hear from him on the s-a side, Nahahf, Ne"
| port or Saratoga. He il hu-nt oi speech that
,n.aneth little or nohipg that W. have doubt he
could speak for hour ou The tnts OF n Hover or ~
a rainbow, which would also excel either III tvan.s-
cence. He being 0 the Unvrrsa!ist order, win Ito
race Greeley, and We believe others ot the Tribune ~
| his flock. his religion il very convenient corr pi
| faith. While Christ ssd The ro4d to Heaven we =
straight and one, the Unlversasts have tot
out one of the Jroades' guage and ot sghte"f ~"
dienfa which probably do not exceed more thar e~
paradise IL fortunate discovery for New York, and
Tor Wall street in particular "whsre siunerr do mort
| cungrsgs'e.
| Bet 10 the cable. There's no Queens message
That's certain. Whist" the reason lhlS l. equal!
uncertain. Cyrus cannot control The c0Gi, ~ easy ~
| Cyrus OF old did Persia. trial ot The whole range
of INSTRUMENTS Geographic, il thought, Will be ne
cessary before the right thing s hit upon even should
tn current hold out. Some declare hughes in-tru-
ment 10 be- the beat But il takes Is les- current 10
|
chsnicsl continuance, We of the opinion that The
much neglected and sbn-r1 chemical telegraph at
Balm will be found fair trial To work with a less
curr.n: than any other. II hss been known to work
| iutelgibly when neither MOrsssr Hughes, or any
other mechanical t-legrsphlc instrument could b.
made 10 bulge The magnetic needle instrument OF
Cook s. Wheststone, Also works with light current.
WHY Prof Whitehouse can have the use oil q strong
current and yet sil TO obtain recording sgnaIs' Is
puzzl-r. Ii may require month or more before ex-
prrnents lead To the adoption OF the best ana most
successful instruments. Communication by ocean
steamers may be necessary 10 bring about concert 90
action AT each end OF the wires. yet the Common
Council of this city have gone on 10 prepare Tor
cel-brann aud frames for fire works have been put
up in front ol the City Ha just IA il the whole thing
was Eau ialt accomp" Mul,tudes of flags OF all
nations are also kept suspended across WAL street.
10 front of telegraph offices at which country people
gaze with wondering bewilderment, ~ they look ut
those gay colors and curious figures on them Some
with half moons, the Turks; Others with castles
Al
called eaglei; and others with broad and nhrrow
stripes both horiz pnia and overwhelmingly one
of which, for the souls Of them. h-y probably dent
~ and that IL "Lncis Sans Soo'tf1 h""dS'rrh''i
u. the salo:s cal -. Daily y" these i"gs inh' ~ H.
wind lust "a though Professor WhIt-hou-e had com
! pl.-ly -uccr-d.d gud wa H lucky SiEnor Biz
in iaking drink "f water. an! afterwards drawing
.lu,o-r n-rmiuaoe lengths "i tape from his mouth.
rHE COLONIAL HISTORY VIRGINIA
w. consider dat Safe IN The l. Dnu l. richer n:
! al fIt,
| gina. ~
From the frat landing az jamestown on the 18Th
Nav 1907 10 the In July, H7b. or for the apac- OF
lt9 years. she was Il Colony, and her history har
been stored chiefly in thu almost inaccsisihlr State
pau.r office ST. James Palace, London. Under III.
f-ar that state secrets might bccnus exposed, they
were most rigldly grGrd-d by the Government. II
took much labor and time by the Eas. formal nppl'
CATIONS from one department o the GGVrrnmrnt L.
ano,her consuming days aud weeks, 10 get MI AZ.
sw.r before ncc-ss could be- had. The applicant ha'!
in hs letter ministers, 10 state specifically what he
wished To read or 10 copy. Sometimes permission
was given To read, but not 10 copy, and sometimes,
m. application was rejected. Again, while copying
the part permitted. il the writer wished To consult
another paper Ehich gave the names OF Ra"ighs
ships, or the persona! appearance ot Queen Ellzn
BETH or the number of gune carried by The Grand
Armada, or any facts regarding the Colony III yT-
pina The ssn- forms would have 10 br submitted To.
| am happy to inform you that this whole policy has
n-.n changed. and that Lord Malnesbury has put IN.
finishing touch tn The reform.
Tn. difficulties we're formerly so great, that agents
GENT by different STATES To ranscrbe colonial records
were e,thr. refused altogether, or succesd-d III
limited degree u IL s.vs UP the enterprise either
halt flushed, or { abaGdon The Work altogether.
II is thing is how wholly changed anu, under few
obvious and necessary formaliries, the whole State
paper flee during the period Of the colonial history
OF the Uued States Is thrown freely ana widely open
Ia any cred;ei and respectable agent of the old
Stairs OF the Union. And II not out OF pace, |
! rt,lt, tho ~
Legislature OF Virginia To have competent agent
appn nt-d repair To London aud copy all lmp0ran;
| record. relating to her one hundred and sxiy niue
years of colonial history.
To render the State papers In the State paper Office
In London more available. SIR John Romllly has
within two ihrss years past, been charged with
having them duly Ga.eadnTej or indes-d 10 ei:ec'
THE more speedily he has haG employed udicioas si
AMI literary talent. Two v"lum-o al There chend1r-
have slreaGy appeared in prn'--oDe caiisc the Do
rn-. tic Series, in the reign oi james The Flrs from
| 1910 10 I6l7, edited ny Mary ann Everett Green.
The second volume, ditto, in the reign OF Charles The
Second, from 1925 TO 1876: by John Bruce. Long
man Il Co. London. These caeDdared pnpers
have brough, to light many historical gems never
before made public, and hitherto wholly unknown 10
historians. They contain notices. OF papers relating
TO the geneoogy ard history OF Virginia and other
American colonies which are ut the highest interest
TO the colonial history of the 'Old Dominion" and
should, by all mtaDs, be copied aud placed 10 the
historical archives Of the State.
The calendars published moi only gives notices OF
colonial records, at the fret importance but they
shed new light Oh The public Ives nj such Distinguish
ed men Sir Wa-r RaeIgh aud SIR Francis Bacon.
Raleghs history ba. melancholy relation 10 the
eary settlement OF Virginia aud North Carolina, snd
W hose fate weakened sympathy which VIII never
d.. ehil- civilization eI-t.. The first volume
tniua sohi3 .s:iers regarding Raleigh and his tate
which g Though i"ag. art written III ihe
old quaint Eizabehsn English, 80 tTarScr0- 'bel
tor Jour readers. 1hr first i. from SIR Thomas "
sou, appointed by King James | To be- Rs.ik'.J
Jaur III the Tow er ol London, md il a. follow:
18th SEPTEMBER, lois.
"SIR II can say little yet TO any purpose. have
taken the charge cf this man, whume tound ly-ng