Smyrna times., 1858-12-16
The Present atlantic Cable

with many no doubt, IS put down a total GaiIure
and truly II Indicates that waV strongly vet The nr
cpe is good and must be ACCOMPLISHED beL,re t,,.,
years pass by. As to the present Cable il no ,nnhr
will have 10 be abandoned, if impossible TO lie il
and ether Lines constructed On different plans nar
nruIarly ON the shore ends, where, in opinion Tho
difficulty lies, will take It's place. That eIec,rc,,
has been transmitted through the Atlantic Cable whiIa
lying on the bolton OF the ocean and iIh more power
than when il laid coled up on the decks of tbe NJ;
CARA and AgamcmnOn frgales. a fact positiveIr 90,
lied. And II cOncclured that the great nress,;ra IS
the water by closing the pores of the gGa percba
increases It's capacIty for sOaiine the wire and r..
the temperature of that depth OF the sea is C,vorII
To the generation aud Transmission of eectr,c,,,,
Whatever may the fate of this great cable ,r i;oh
has been deposited it has convey ed signals Iror -
old TO The new world; though ii breaks to mnrrn~
another can and will be laid In It's place WLai ba
been dome can he done again.
More than thirty centuries ago, as if in meckerv of
mans want OF power over physical forces God raTn,
ed Job with the challenge: "Canst th0u send 80,
ming that they may gOand say unto thee Ereveoe'" "
during many receiving crc es OF Ih,s earth lh,l eboi
lenge stood on Gods book unalsW cred IhpIe 49,,
ed not in all the world IA solitary man so u;,.f - ~
IeyerenI holdness as To venture a reply Whati to o
troll the Lightning that vivid arierv Of Ioo' o.
which among all tribes and tongues and eyer ~
brute crealI 'h has ever ed one ef Earlbs m
Startling Terrurs lob never look up the gauntio t
the Vivid lightning of Heaven had It's nndIsturbed nIa
until franklin who ! may call the Lightning Tsmar
TO hnn belongs the lOurels) the first TO snatch H.,
lightning from Heaven and hOll il in his hottia =;
hIrmess >uhjPCIun. "
EIEC 'IKIClI IH-WIiAT Is IT2 We bave topnod
il? Why does the magnet attract iron and min, .,
the Poles Amber when rubbed will draw toa,h.o "
To il; IL Is the spirit of The storm; we SOC !, in 'h
lightning and hear II IN the thunder We causa :, .,
rend rocks under the water asunder: il is tho ST., -
the meIalOogist. We make it reduce the worE nr an
age Into instant ruin Ii has crumbcd Russo's Troo,
esi engineering triumph at SebasIOpol INTO dust with
the ressess power Ol thunder bolt IL will sonn ha
our mercury 10 carry our winged messages from The
new 10 the old world and around the globe with tLo
velocity of thought. All this is ELECTRICITY and
yet we do not know what Electricity is
The layn O the Magnetic Cable is of itseIco most
wonderful thing, even as Is fills one with Won
der and hail Il proof OF the great nd vance in IN,
man progress Philosophy and science assurss mo in
tins belief; commerce wIllOccupy this utmost thoughts
for that IS The leader OF business. The day Is n,yt
far distant when our Globe with the eertrie ,,a ~
be gtrded like Modern Bellies in Their oon ,~
the more our thinking and speaking goes IN Eurona
aud throughout The world, tho more sure s t,o nr;ni
plies OF our Tree institutions likely to spread over
| ill-goVerned lands throughout the Globe
The UilieIs OF justice will use il as lLe ,nost ,soCt
police for tuglUVes from Justice can no Ionoor ssc.
Or as sOen as ey start, the electric flash viii tell az
helr COMING IL Is the opinion OF our grent men that
Time Mas only computed by results II tins he so onr
80 or ~ years are much more than MeIhuselah's 969
years werei Tor We do more hear more kno,v moro
enjOy more, aud say in our 50 or 40 venrs ,ho
he could 90 IN Ils 9O9 years. As n nroof OF This 90 a.
headIsm only look at our city of Wilmington ms n in
stance me general cry lev years ago. was if YOU
want much for lule money 10 90 10 PhilodeInh,a Gr,
it. Such was the in some kinds of hms,ndss H.,
how The picture has changed in the Roo,
AMI Shoe business Nov the great rry is If Won wan
Cheap BnOts and shoes, GO To FLA NIGEN'S in second
Street. for men, "here yOu can get the worth of youI
money "her" The poor man gels a pair Of Shoes foI
SlOO; aud the poor woman gets a mir Of coIf SIR
lace boots Tor 20 cents, and the poor child gels
shoes for from so cents d0wn TO JS renIs F-
1 Wilmington Nov. %, 1858