The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-11
TIE ATLANTIC CABLE.

The public appetite has been long since cloyed
with the Imaginative articles magniloquent Kar-
angues and pOiutless applications of scripture,
to which the cable has given birth. The subject
has exhausted the ideality of the world, thrown
fiction into disrepute, and become standing
topic for the glorihcation of the editorial corps,
in the absence of either matter or mind,
1t has swelled the vanity Of our fallen race
until it now transgresses all bounds, and the
probabilities are that there will soon be those
who win advocate mans omnipotence. Each
limpng scrbbler, who rejoices in the privilege of
examining as much trash dowR the public throat
as his inclinations may prompt, writes ina style
that would lead newly awakened Rip Van
Wrinkle to think that veritable editor the inventor
and planner of the cable, as well as inspector of
the uncoiling process. Every ''one-horse" print
ing Office in the country has made weekly dis
gorgements Of these half-ccumu articles, devoid
of either pith point or pathos, upon ''the great
triumph of science Having the power to
"print," ourself, we will publish also, Fright or
wrong" and view the subject as nationally as we
can.
The "s-t-u-pendous work" has caused great
'nOise" in the "BOwery, great speculation in
Wall Street, and among the New Orleans CO ton
buyers about its future benefits to commerce
and has, moreover, proved sort of millennium
to buffers, prophets pick.pockets and pyrotech-
nists, but the general Juror has allowed very
little sober thought and cool reflection. Elate
Al.
between the old and new worlds, the people Of
this country have not considered sufficiently
whether any substantial advantage has been de-
rived from the same by the United States Cyrus
W. Field has been honized everywhere because he
was so lucky as to be chosen to lead the enter
prise, until he has been almost confused by the
public with the great inventor (whoever he is) Of
Telegraphing. We would not be understood as
due this gentlemans skill and perseverance in
filing the office to which his own merit advanced
him. But the principle of the electromagnetic
telegraph was discovered years ago. and left
nothing wanting but method of avoiding ground
connection, through the medium of moisture, to
make practicable the transmission Of the electric
fluid under water. So soon, therefore, as one
mile of water could be conquered, that momen
was established the certainty of human ability tC
overcome three thousand or thirty thousand.
The thing has been done, finally, beyond all
doubt, and since our large commercial houses
can now knoV what the market is, blind specula-
ton and consequent bankruptcies will be in all
probability less frequent than formerly. More
over, our ladies God bless them y can keep up
with the Paris fashions, and the cash of parsimo-
NOUS husbands will be dpt-rather ITO circulate
more freely among the people than heretofore.
Being in such close connection with Europe, we
will also enjoy the blessed privilege of apeing the
manners of the "dem furriners" much more sue
cessfully than before. The French language will
monopelize the attention of our boarding school
teachers and the French fashions will monopo-
lie the attention of our boarding school misses
a hellabullo0 will be kicked up at every royal
ACCOMPLISHMENT, and sentimental, nervous Gotham
ties will spill sympathising tears for every royal
headache.
All these advantages the cable will Afford but
still it is in possession of John Bull nevertheless,
and if John Bull should take notion to butt
Brother Jonathan, and war should ensue, be
would know his movements just nine days sooner
than formerly. lie could keep the Telegraph
going for his own benefit but shut down the
wires on his antagonist We have no island con
venient to the European coast to place an office
on and lay another cable of our own. This idea
few of the papers have advanced, and it would
be well were it more generally discussed.