Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-09-29
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For the Spirit of the age.


n ALianuo Uanle.
Why bless usl what q fuss every body
is making about the Atlantic Gable! And
while every body is spending their opinion
about il, it is not to be supposed that we
are passive on the subiect-that we have
not our peculiar thoughts and opinion
about 1t, too. Well, it is wonderful We
wonder what the fishes and the sea mon
sters think Of the slender guest who, unin-
yited, has settled down for a permanent
residence among them 7 We are thinking
It would make a nice swing for the mer-
maids. (Query I wonder If they have ever
tried tn II is finished, and Victoria and
Buchanan have actually exchanged con-
CALCULATIONS. Well, for our part, we have
no messages to send through the waters.
No one knows us on that side ofthe world,
and no one there would be glad to hear
from us but still we arc interested (; we
wish it success.
Though we do not expect to have much
to do with telegraphs in general, and pub
lie ones in particular, We would like to have
a private one for our own use. One that
we could fasten to every heart in the uni
verse then indeed we should be constant
ly sending messages-warnings to the way
ward peace to the troubled Joy to the
cad ease to the afflicted loving counsel
TO the embarrassed, and good will and love
1, TO all. Were it in our power, we should
attempt the establishment of such a cable.
But alas, the sea Of life is so uncertain
combined with so many caustics-so apt
10 be troubled and stormy, from the sur
face to the bottom, that the slender chain
would be corroded or swept asunder ere it
was borne q thousand miles from the shore
of our heart-island.
Being convinced of the i~mpossibility OF
efecting such a grand scheme, we nave at
tempted one on a smaller scale Standing
as our heart-isle does in the sea of life, il
has immediate intercourse with several
other heart-islands. Owing to the fact
that they stand apart from the gulf-stream
they arc, comparatively, in still waters
Here the magnetic telegraph has succeeded
TO a charm. 1t works beautifully anC
every hearI-islo fully realizes the worth o
the golden Cable. The very winds trea'
more softly on the flowers the gree
moss has grown over the rocks, and tn
sun shines more bright and lovingly upo
H InOsC Isles. IHb tiOuAo COtht Nv
and the purified waters culver with deligh
The heart-warblers have q new song,
rings on the ear thus Thanks, thank
for the Magnetic Telegraph of LOVE" A
vet it is confined to a limited number
fertile heart-isles now we propose to hay
It extended and if possible to induce Il
next group TO adopt a similar syste
among themselves, and so on t~hrougho
the great world Of Hearts. When this
accomplished we propose to connect Il
whole each group sending out the cha
TO It's immediate neighbor. And thus '
will have a chain, trembling with the hea
throbs of a world. Stretching away off
leeward, is family discovered a group
barren islands, whose sands roll In t
scorching rays Of the tropical sun. dc
vegetation Of every kind fatty refuses
take root in the arid soil. In the contra
direction stands another group, lone a
siill-foTsaken alike Of bird and flower,
H Harm venrAlu@uk aua-af hnN~~
mockingly as th9y leap about them.
In their prideOthey envelope themsel,
in n mantle Of snow, which dazzles while
chills the beholder. Thus they stand, 81
.arate, sileut-all, all alone in their
grandeur. Oh! for the breath of love
sigh upon then! Methinks 'twould IN
off the covering Of the snow 'twould eN
wake from its long sleep the vital spi
which has lain so long far down bene'
the cold exterior. 'Twould diifuse richn
over the sands Of the barren isles, and {
forth the rose and the violet. Then let
earnestly engage in laying the Magn'
Telegraph Of Lore, that the frozen and
barren heart-isles may rejoice in its en-
ening and fertilizing influence. And Il
we may have o chain trembling with
love of a HEART-woRLD.
SIMPLTCIA
Raleinh Sen 18th 1RhR