Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-17
Daily Jir9iniau.
From the London Times. Aug. 81.
An English Wow of our Telegraph Jubilee
In England


moss with our cousins across the Atlantic This
time. too. there can he no amendc; it's all como
aud gone. aud it y now matter of history. TINT
when America was nil enthusiasm Mt tho success
of the Electric Telegraph We all took 1t very east
" indeed. They have literally ,'pipcd," and we
have not danced" for England aud America
have been married and tho former has behaved
as If wholly unconscious Of the ceremony. New
York, and every other city to the iurthest West.
went went on INTO cestnsies. II was dozen An
nivc. snrics Of Independence rolled into one
There were M many salutes as Mt Cherbourg;
three hundred aud thirty three guns from tho bat
trrics, hundred here II hundred there hnnd-
red monster rock blasts in the Central Park. and
some heavy snulcs from tho top oi the Astor llo-
tel All the church bells were rung. Every
house was illuminated in that extemporc fashion
which tells better than our own brilliant uniior-
NIFTY. All the world was out in tho Streets
There we're the banners of every nation and Of no
nation. nnd trnnspa,encics with sentiments, YER
srs. puns, nlleg,rirs nnd devices, in which. if
England had not quite its due need Of honor, IT
was not Mt least all forgotten. Tho Againomnon
was the greatest of kings Cyrus. tho new, madc
n .,rnnder union than that of Medi AMI Persia:
the cable hnd opened now Field Of usefulness
the Niagara and tho Hudson had beaten tho At
antr aud tho union Of the two wortls--it reads
almost like n profancnes,i--was actually ranked
with tho Declaration Of Independence. Tho cnblc
itself tx declared tn be the wed,ling-rng Of tho
two COUSINS the strongest bond of amity, the deed
of eternal partnership. But IL is vain to think of
beating our neighbors--now hardly transatlantic
ii, this snr, II description. To wind up tho day
there werc volcanoes of fireworks. chiefly. ns it
appears to us, from the tops Of tho large build-
ings, concluding with the contagration and de-
struction Of the CITY Hail. from the rooi ot which
tho priacp,l volcano had been discharged.
All this time did not ring hell, or let oha
squih, or light kitchen dip. or even walk out in
4 ~ H..
nf the event. In nll England we believe that not
one man congratulated his neighb'x about 1t. We
were nll pleased in our own quiet fashion, and
some what surprised Mt 81 complete II success COM
ing III quickly ON tho heels OF rcpeated ialures.-.
OF course, those who hnd shares in tho Company
delighted to find the quotation rising from
35O to 800 Tho Queen did her duty though
fortunately ny it turns out, on the first sentence
of her message arrived in time for tho first burst
of American lubintion. The Lord Mayor follow
cd. We cannot charge ourselves with having
slightcd the orcnsiun. We sent one ui our beat
aboard the Agamennon on her first attempt
and hc did M much as man could do TO toll tho
fearful tale. 1t really would not have been com
mon humanity tp risk ha life second timo in m
enterprise of apparently such remote SUGGEST
hen success came Mt last, We proclaimed It in
terms. ny We thought, sufficiently glowing. Had
raised our key one note higher, we should haye
been Thought proper nmntes for pri,nt" lnnhtic
asylum The High Church pul pits would have
denounced our eSaltati"n of the miracle oi science
md our worship ut progress, and the poor cable
would have hcon forthwith stpmntizcd nt MI en-
nr Of Anlit'hris The fault. if fault there be,
IL in tho British public, 1t is not No intensely in
tcrcsied in this niIair as the Americans are There
must be some reason for this. ns we nre not mn
unreasonable people. Without the least wish to
show slight;4 4vihout being even conscious oi it.
we have betrayed want Of national sympathy
Ia In IN ~ Ur II nj
Among the future mmr,els Of nature, Bacon pre-
dctnd communication by sympaihy' Tho
communication hns surpassed even l'acon's ex-
pcatations, but it is not with unexpected amount
oi sympathy, This is question which concerns
both III. Americans and ourselves.
Ia matter # fact, this is n greater event to the
nitcd States than to ourselves. They gain there
hv instant communication with the whole Of the
Ola World. 18th them it is the :" union Of tho
whole world. - one Of their transpnrenccs has
it, We gain only the United States and British
Amer,cn. The information 10 be expected from
these plnce- will be chief, interesting to NOR
chants who regard the electric wire ns II convent
ence, or n necessity and not Ms new source Of
pleasure. In other respects American intellig igencc
IL often startling. curious, dismal and interesting
~ IL matter of speculation, but without the seni-
mental interest which attaches To the events Of
most Slutes in the Old World. Scarcely anything
ever happens this side of the Atlantic which is
acquaintance our pursuits. Every novelty is
the next step of train already deep in our recol-
lection. This cannot be much the case in n
new world which few Of us have seen, and which
We do not read much Of But the Americans
themselves nre somewhat to blame for the lesser
interest with which read fresh news from that
quarter or hail the prospect Of instantaneous in
telligence. How many times during the last ten
years have the steamers brought US the disagreca-
Bile intelligence that all the American papers
in Il blaze of indignation against this country for
some STUPID affair that We absolutely knew nothing
about Have we not the conviction forced upon
us that American politicians never scruple to raise
capitul mt our cost by manufacturing grievances
against us and carrying them to the very verge Of
war? Ii is the belief Of this country that we have
several times averted war by concessions which
were only not dislonorable because dictated by a
horror of war with our own flesh and blood men
of n common stock, using our own language
There is even the misgiying that we may have to
do this again and again, and that there are Amer
lean politicians speculatng on this game. Now,
the English don't like this; they teel somewhat
aena,ed by it, and they don't feel q secure and
unreserved pleasure at the sight Of an American
mail. 1t may any day bring new demand, un-
just in itself and not improved by tho language.
The Americans may like this; they may feel it
amusing; they may even find it answer But, if
they choose this line. they must not also reckon
on our love or sympathy. as it is now called.
choice must be made in this, as In other things.
The Americans may appeal to what set Of feelings
they please, but not TO all at once and if they
wish us to be overjoyed at the thought of hearing
every morning what they were doing and saying
overnight, they must adapt their deeds and
words to this new and more intimate relation
Our recent proceedings with regard to British Co
lumbia will prove to the whole world our anxiety
to avoid all occasion of quarrel; but, neverthe-
less, we should not be surprised if, the inter
change of compliments once over, the first real
message by the cable were some ridiculous mole