Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-09-07
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MI Firs, FIashfrOIn Ekr0pe-lnangura-
Il ian 81 ihc Transition Period through

ton q Transition PtrlOr through
out tho World. i
tits 4 good omen that the hrst nash Of
Daws from Europe thrpagh Tie Atlantic
able brings tidings ofpteace, y treaty
H. Eas't hss,, concluded by Ehe ambassadors
l l FnoIand and France with the Emperor
y u an Gb;5a by which the doors of thai pop !
49, region Ale opened still wider 70
IN, ], orce and the diplomacy Of civlllza
tiopIlas secured its9estsblsslinIent a. ,he
Gourt If Perkin.. The Hutiny ln India,
IA. Is being rapidly quelled, and peace
IL Irreat Enrornbter of the arts sciences,
commerce and eiyilizatioar-draws in the
East. The cable has demo straAted H.
own success, and has Today gwen vs. t III
frst ptilsation 81 reyoluIion IN ttie mate 70
rFial Aid Intellectual world that has nag a AZ Il
equal Silence the. laying Of the primary 4
fsrmation Of geology. .#as
Man has had for himself a new starting
point Ii civilization, upon which z new
order Of things must grow up. as me
earth itself grew upon the primary lorna ifi
tion with is aecretions aud dissolutions
~ matter, and alfi.s subsequentaayers o
different periods Of times 50 tbe mora
warld must now change ITS Whole face
under Tie direction Of the Dew master
spirit OF the age and u universal power. 4
rio old relation Of Inan5to space has been
ann;hilatei. The span Of human life has
heen yistually extended i and in receiving
: III ,,ower rs do what it could not I'D be-
III tbe duty and tie relations Of human
ID Is eacb other and to outward things
bave been elevated and eHnobleE The
separate system l6n civilization, Thought
ana development, which haze been hithE-
erto revolving each. in its separate and
limited sphere, must now come teggetheeF
and form one grestand Harmonious whele.
The ADVISES oil the ocean have been anniS
Ehilated, and lie antipodes lave erased to
exist. Ffhe thought Of mani h24 Ibetomc
ubiauit5us for, mounting upon THE wings
Of die Lightning, it can carry Itself ih 4
moment Ito the utmost confines of the
earth. The great division ofthe mighty
army Of human progress. which lfitherfo
have been divided from eaSh ether BE-
longer or shorter spaces oS time, WILL so9tt
be brought into instantaneous eonmuni-:
cation--quickened hY thesanie hought,
and guided BY TIE same kRewsdge atthe
same. moment of tiilfne-4and The future
march Of the world will Be hastanfd 10 a
| speed. Of which we Of to-day can form no
conception. NJ III l
|, This revolution will not be- ipstantane;
flous, but itEWili be gilent and rapid otie.
The existing forms OF iRteFcou lze-,,fffftradIe.
and eontract between men ana natioPss
will er1mble away, to ba ,su4eeeaed by
Others, as>the primary, SECONDARY. and
Tertiary formations Iof geology giYa place
! 70 each other. The moral void Hdw en-
! tiers upon IT'S transition period. Aal ills
| is inEthe essence Of A}ings t9 do. Man
| win soon aetustom himself to use the new
! power at his command, and e apply ito
4 his beneft,Nand TO Increase his happiness
Practice wilfbage: confidence. and CONT
Idence, will soon contrive.a thousand uses
/ for It of which we to-day have moi con-
keeption. Commerce will, MP doubt, be
Ethe frstto avail itself of its advantages,
4 for il is quick to know Che springs y
| profit. see to-day the effect Sof the news
! from China! Last night III was known
| from Moscow to New Orleans that peace
bad been made there Every merchant
or trader interested in tea oissilk, knows
| that the causes which mterfered with his
trade have been removed q The Russian
caravans across the steppes. 81 Asia and
English fleets from the British isles, land
the swift messengers dom Gle shores sot
I America, all start this morning .forl the
newly fe-opened scene oftheH traffic nai-
mated with the same idea, andsimpelled by
the same knowledge !
| Under the new era which. has been IN.
augurated. nations lose their separate
| identity, and become, in fact abut simple
! members ofsthe great human family
Cabinets mast change their policy, and
deplomacy ceaseto be the aftSof hiding
thought. The statesmeniof the world will
find themselves impelled byahe knpwl-
edge of events which the telegraph Will
spread everywhere, and forced to guide
their acts by the impulses which affect the
whole world. rather than by|those coHfin-
ed to their own limited Locality. Great
wars will cease; for the faculty Of instan-
taneous intelligence brings men nearer to-
gether, makes them to know each other,
and moreover The possibility pf those er-
rors upon which warts founded Among
| men new habits wiH'b Acquired, new
practices grown up. new usages supersede
i old ones. with the new eraof instantaneols
world wide intelligence Every region
eof the earth must Be bound in tie folds Of
the telegraph. As soon as the Atlantic
cable is drown open to The public, and
Europe aud America come I'd be quicken
| ed byfits. current, those countries that
are not ret included in-the electric system
will seem 10 BE out ofthe new and mora
advanced world that has been broughtiny
to existence. Then every man will feel
THAT we must have a cable TO. South
/ America, 70 Australia, to China, and to
the farthest confines of the Pacific. q
These will soon be laid Movements are
already on foot TO bind India and Austria
liza to Europe. through the Red Sea; and
now that peace with China is made, and
it's court opened 10 foreign embassies, We
must have aEtelegraph to Pekin.
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