Smyrna times., 1858-12-09
The Present Atlantic Gable.

with many, no doubt, is put down as total failure,
and truly II indicates that way strongly yet. the prn-
ciple good and must be accomplished before two
years pass by As 10 the present Cable, il no doubt
will have 10 be abandoned, if impossible TAXI il mp
and other Lines constructed ON different plars par
tIculaiy on the shore ends where, in opinion. the
difficulty lies, will take It's place. That electricity
has been transmitted through the Atlantic Cable while
lying on the bottom Of the ocean and Ih more pow Cr
than when II laid cOIled IN On the decks of ILe Ma.
CARA and AgaT2enn;;I irigars fact positively set
tied An Is cOnjecured that the great pressure OF
ihe water by closing up the pores of the gula percha
increases It's capacity for sUlatlng The wire, and that
the temperature of that depth of the favorable
to the generation aud transmission of electricity
Whatever may Re the fate of this great cable which
has been deposited, has conveyed signals from the
old TO the new world though 1t breaks TO narrow
another can and will be laid III its place What has
been done can he done again.
More than thirty ceAiurles ago as If in mecEery Of
mans waHl of power over physical lorxeS God taunt-
ed Job with the challenge: Canst thou send Light
ming that they may 60 and say unlO thee Ere we go
During many revolving circles OF this earth that Cha
enge stood Gods book unansw cred there appear-
ed not in all the world solitary man gwen with
IeYerent bOldness as 10 venture reply What, 10 con-
troll the Lightning!-Iha vivid artillery Of Heaven
which among all tribes and tongues, and even The
brute creaI has ever served sf Enrlh's mUs
Startling Ttrors. lob never took up the gauntlet and
The VIVID lightning OF Heaven had lis undlsurbed play
until Franklin who | may call the Lightning Tanner
TO hm belongs the aurels), the first sma ch the
lightning from Heaven and hOll it in ms bottle in
harm eSS suheclIOn.
ELECTRICrTY-WHAT is ITl We have tuned
ii! Why does the magnet attract iron and nnnt TO
The Poles Amber when rubbed will draw feathers
to it; il is The spirit OF the surm we see il in the
lightning and hear II In the thunder, cause IT 10
rend rocks under the water asunder it the slave of
the m@IalOUgist. We make it reduce The WORK of an
age into Instant ruin II has crumblcd Russias great
est engineering triumph al SebasOpO INTO dust with
the resIsless power OF thunder bolt Ii will suOn be
our mercury TO carry our winged messages from the
new TO the old world and around the globe with the
velocity of thought. All this is ELE,"FRICITY, and
yet we do not know what Electricity is.
The laying OF the Magnetic Cable is Of ilselfa most
wonderful thIng, even as II IS-It fills with won
der and hail proof OF the great ad hu-
man Progress Philosophy and silence ASSURES me in
this belief; commerce Will occupy this thong
for that The leader OF business. The day is nOi
far distant whcn Globe with the electro wire will
he glrdcd like our Modern Bellies their IIOOps-then
the more our thinking and speaking goes 10 Europe
and throughout the world the is princI-
pies OF free Institutions likely spread over MANY
ill-gOverned lands throughout the Globe.
The Officers of justice will the most useful
police for 1ugilives from Justice can no longer Escape
for they start the electric flash will tell of
their coming 1t the opinion of great men that
time was only computed by results If this be So our
80 or 40 years are much more than Mehuselah's 9G9
years werei for we do more, hear more. know more,
enjoy more aud say more i'll 30 or 40 years than
he could DO in his 969 years. As proof of this GOA
hcadsm, only look at city Of Wilmington us an IN
stance. The general cry ew years ago, was. if you
want much for lIle money To go To Phade phIa for
it. Such the case M some kinds Of business. But
how the picture has changed particularly IN the Boot
an Shoe business Now the great rry is If you want
Cheap Boots and Shoes. gotO FLANlGEN'S, IN Second
Street, for Ihcm, where you get the worth Of your
money; where the poor man gets pair of Shoes for
81 90; aud the poor woman gets pair Of cat skin
lace boots for 10 cents, aud the poor child gets pair
shoes 70: from 80 cents down 10 l8 cents.
Wilmington, Nov. p, 1858