Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-08-10
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THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
The Press of New York.
IuE SuBMAkfNE C,BLE Is LAID.
From the Tribune, Augnrt G.



Characteristic vent TO his misanthroyy, while de-
s,ribing the oecan in noble ly.c. ''hc scope.
sp'endor mud wrath Of the thercia made
comparatively mos. ot in connection with MAN,
But this ccstaiic utternnco Of the most PASSIONATE
of poets who pnntcd the sca M it never was pnint
cd before and mover will be again. loses some its
biting force in view of tn" sinrcndons and
uneauallcd achievement which we have this day to
record
The submarine cable ID laid
Europe and A.arricn are knit together hy the
electric telegraph
1t is not possible To- grasp the wpndrous beauty
aud magnitude Of this triumph. The ocean has
dchcd man. now man deiirs tho occnn, III 20 far as
the subtle carriage of thought is inyo, ud. Down
down to it, lowest decp-but late decmod inthom
less-go tho mage wires upon which play tho
harmonles oi whole peoples. Under the h1no oi
the lcvlathans, clustered IN obscuriiy aud mystc-
rN. where no human oSc can reach, nnd Nhrre
carly faith placed tho wn,crgods. run these cum
ming devices by which nation speaks To nation,
continent to continent, III the lightning ut tho
heavens. Thu old theory Of distances, yeranccs
aud ph, seal possibilities, seems dcstroyrl to be
replaced 10y new combinations aud consequences,
The seas storms, sucking down alcosios and
ma'as. nic how compensated for by the prowoss
which selzcs the deep and uscs it for human pur-
poscs, !ecla,ming IN the language of uaturc itaelf
silent and ouhlilhr.
Each mnn must feel free, in the accession of
much power. What the earlier tieologc, and
romantic writings attributed To tho iunc,,ona Of
supernatural b,ings---,he eenil---thc bl>mpims
tho force TO strike oil the dead drug ol the flesh
and ly throug ether to the utm ,st cuds hrcarh
"r Ia cor>e the under water OF the ocean with the
lnsc Of light itself is here thrust before the daz
2lrd eyes of this age and all the nations. in the
stern. fierce palpablity Of human triumph of tho
work of man, who, advancing on cha and tho
dnlk has hattlcd with the Titanic forces, and
come off victor
We must believe that su, J. 4 rcaping to hu-
man possibility must carry MS vast moral rs it docs
physical lessons. lcanuoi be that such fresh boon
from tod to man. which cxals the least IA well ut
the grc4io.t OF humanity, should not bear with is
the principal Of love and liberty, even to the hum
host and >adlcst. In the contemplation of such
supernal glorcs accorded tothc race, ,cn will grow
weary with oprrrssiun, they will rise with their
newly born dcstinirs; they will mnunt ever onward
and upward, until tho httter day which has ever
fired the heart OF poetry aud prophecy shall ha'c
dnNncl ON the race. Still, we must not forget
that with such ntrumph almost within our grasp,
there is stil possibility TINT SOME accident may
even yet interfere IN the astonishing good fortune
which has thus far attended this last attempt to
| lay the cable No incs,agc1 haye yet been sent
| along is wires from continent to tho other;
! 1t is not even fully certain TINT the Agnmcmron
| hns arrived a \nlcntin Bay aud landed he rcnd Of
| thr precious conductor
1t i. indeed, likely that she has done so since
she had the sano distance to tru,crsc that the Nj
agara hal ~ successfully accomplished aud mu '.
in all probability. have proreded at tho same rate
ni speed. and have arrived a. about The same time
That there i,as lncu no break III the flow Of the
electric current between thu two ends of the cable
il certain. any snc!i interruption would ut
, once have been known. Still the cnrr,yt has
hitherto been employed only IN namitHng aig-
nas, not messages, and it is Thought probable that
neither ship ha, hoard Instruments " hich
could bo used for writing We must then wait
Tor the assurance that the iri1h end of the cabc
has been landed IN safely thn. yesterday brought
on shore nt New Foundland, and for the aprlic,.
tion Of proper Instruments before the great prob
lem can be regarded dccisively solved. A. nur
readers are doubtless aware, il ~ maintained hy
some electricians that dispatches cannot be intel
ligibly conveyed over such II length Of wire 80
deeply submerged. and that the mere sending of
signal flashes hy M means settles that words
be written with the necessary rapditv and certain
, ly.
Let us. hope, hownycr, that all these points may
be settled in tho course of this morning and that
in the congratulations Of tomorrow there may not
le SINGLE reservation or doubt 10 diminish the
! unspcaknblc esultnton, natural at All event which
80 beftIcs the imagination aud exceeds thee a,,ar-
ity Of language.
rur ,Ti ,NTIC CARIE-TnE WORLD RrruLrTluN HR
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