Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-08-11

There are some very sensible suggestions IN the
following article from the Baltimore SKn:
Gar SEA pa dispatch from the agent Of the as.
sociaied press volunteering little special insormR
ton about he cable has induced 10 overhaul that
end of il which has spoken 70 the American public
if possible TO ascertain exactly what it does say, and
what its SAY" amounts to. When man is par
ticularly interested in thing he is very anxious
that YOU should believe all be has TO say about It,
aud little more. But it often happens that in put
ting on the little more the strata proves too much
apd-fhe cable breaks He overdoes the thing. II
is not i'm possible that Mr. 0ficious somewhere en-
rapport with the agencies of the associated press,
overdid the thing yesterday, in furnishing the good
people Of this end with the specific information that
communication has been kept up only by signals,
ard that instruments lreTe board either vessel Tor
the Transmission of intelligence and that Gfer
both ends Of the cable are landed, it may require
several days before dispatch be received sent
There is something very remarkable about this State
meut. II is the first time the public have had an
intimaton that no instruments were on board; and
it scarcely credible that the electricians engaged
in this delicate operation should have gone 10 sea
without the possibility of communicating one with
the other in view Of the Emergencies which might
have arisen Il il trne that cur recollection Of the
report Of proceedings does not supply us with the
fact that any intelligent communication ever passed
between The two ships during their experimental
mishaps at the beginning.
The dispatch of Mr. Field is by no means sGtisfae-
tory. 1t does not supply information that we had q
right TO expect One statement is that '.the cable
has been paid cut from the Agamemnon at about the
same speed as the Niagara" AT the risk of beTay-
ing our ignorance, We must confess that We cannoI
conjecture how this fact was communicated to Mr.
Field a0ithout Instruments. Aud ii communicated,
then MIR. Field must have known where the AgGmem-
non was at the time be arrived at Trinity Bay We
should infer, moreover, that the AgamemnOn was at
Valencia Bay, and having arrived there We should
s.,r, hat h,-a k-tL
places for an immediate interchange Of congratula
ti0ns. If these infereHees are unreasonable 10 view
of the importance and subimity Of success in such
an undertaking, We take the responsibility for
such unreasonableness. The project has been in
anxious progress for year, and Of late the most
intense interests have clustered about it. and we can
but conclude that everything would have been ready
for exploit dispafch on the landing of the cables
Another fact OF some significance has occurred at
this important juncture-tbe rupture or siencing
by some means of the Newfoundland line. No
sooner has Dir Fields dispatch coquetled over the
country and got up an immense sensation, than we
enviously and remorselessly shut out from fur
Iher communication with him. Thus we might be
the hapless victims Of plete hoax without the
possibility of detecting it, We are without means
Of verifying the truth of the statement. But we
do not suspect fictitious Cyrus W. Field upon the
wires We think it probable that the Niagara has
arrived that the cable is landed; that the electric
continuity is kept up. Further than this all is
doubt and uncertainty. We learn nothing of the
practical working and efficiency of the completed
project. But can understand very readily the
effect that has been produced upon the stock of the
Atlantic Telegraph Company, by the dispatch Of
MT. Field, while time for pleasant operations is af
fOrded until that gentleman looms in view again
from the mists and fogs Of Newfoundland.
With cur suspicious aroused let us not be under
stood as disParaging the project. Its success is a
matter which must command our cordial congratu-
lalions, not to the company by auy means but to
the people of the United States in view of future
operations. If the Atlantic telegraph is an accom-
plished fact practical Wilhs shall rejoice hear
ty, for it il the earnest OF unbroken Geographic
communication with the European continent for all
time hereafter Nay, more, 1t anticipates with as
sUrance bond of union over all the earth. Amos
Their cable of improved and simpler style of manu-
faeture, with the advantage Of ell past experience
in the laying Of IT, and accomplished at far less cost
will sooR underlie the ocean between other points,
and give TO the United States command Of this i'm
portaut adjunct 10 our general and national inter-
ests This present achievement is exclusively q
British affair The .erminii Of the wire are both on
British territory, both IN control Of British subjects
and by special act of Parliament liable at any mo-
ment 10 pass into the exclusive use Of the British
government. That a national vessel Of the United
States has been employed in the work. may be quite
cedltabie 10 our good nature; but We doubt if any
other nation the face of the earth would have
done such Job Of carrying for Great Britain,
leaving all the results upon British soil and har-
messed 10 monopoly Of fifty years duration. Verify,
We are good balur,d people
hallDg further demonstrations, we shall hope for
the best and look forward to national interest in
another and more consistent project than that,
which hrst challenges our admiration and applause.