Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-08-13

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the first dispatch received from Mr. Field
peshinq dekaiIe was said as 70 the where
cbouts Of The AgamefnncF; hence il wasiea
in do.,h, whether she had reached the Irish
raas, or not. True, it was inferred that
she was eIfher there. or SO near there, Is 70
rende. the success sufficiently probable 10
warrant sending the uews. bat, after all
there was ether a studied silence on that
point or "a accidental omission, which. I'M
dsr The circumstances. was rensrka6!e.-
Subsequent dispatches, however, place the
matter at
The following dispatch was among the
Saturday aight repor $3.50
TRtEITY Bar. August 4.
The Atlantis Telegraph Capie was sue
cessGully landed here yesterday mornlag ana
is in persect order. The Agamemnsn has
aaaded her cad OF the Cable and va are aow
receiving signals from the Telegraph House
4 yalent;s Bag, Ireland. The u. 3.
Steames. Niagara and II. B. d. SteaIners
Goreou and Porcqpine will leave Tor ST.
johns. N. r., Tomorrow. Due notice viii
be given when The Atlantic TelePraPh Line
viii be open for public business.
Ia connection with this Gro. ming feat OF
the i9th century, The dispatch of Capt.
Hudson, whois IN comsnand ot The Aisgafa'
10 wort1y of note, as showing bow intense
wnsshs anxiety on board Inc Niagara, and
~ beingsexcesdtngty credible to ne Captain
who gives the pfaise 70 y higher power
The dispatch is TO eaPt Hatsoa's family,
S. foslspse
TarsarE BAY, August 5.
ODD has been with us. Tae telegraph
cable Is laid withuuf acetdent, and 70 HIN
Sc all the glory Wesre all VEIL Yours.
afsctionateiy
NM. i. HUDSON.
Upon bis great. this astounding eveas, the
railaselshia Gazetfsthds csassieally, eie-
9nently and ~uutEiully discotEsgs:
TAEsOLD NoLp EALLlss 10 THE NEw-
The grsatesL single eyent 10 tue history
81 civilized man has lranselrsd within the
day ON which we write Tmae. apd space.
and ali mater aud l~aaterial Esrees, have bent
laWest, and have paid theit dee2es thomage
50 i~nlciEgence--tD inteiiigeace which, 1y
this neasore otIis tsiumphs,s seems scarcely
less than supreme. Phe ancient geograph-
eT drew bis sketch oflh Orb isTrarana IN
q small oval, ~conceh;ric around Greece,
with Cimmerian darkneSsta at the west, and
Eshi0pian nightat The east, uHds 70 his lofiI-
est concspiion there was no transmission OF
intellgenee other than by the living mes
senger sent. T'wenty-eight csntarles later,
his descendant may converse with The den-
fzens Of a new world al his antiPodes, ana 10
fhese ~coliequists midnight and noon are the
same The Horse are nc longer gods OF
che haurs, and time il no longer time. Fer
.ror OF Greece. How would The sages OF
the 6sst Academy hape Struggled ander a.
problem so vast as that when day and night
flee away, and become obsolete in measure
Of timel The day is not whatit was, and
il is no longer TO fix The staEdard conditions
controlling our movements. The periods
named day aud night have become change
able and unceftain-of three parties in con-
versation,pon may have high noon, one
morning, and the third deep night. The bu-
siness they TRANSFER must have q place In
positive titne, but which enc claims the right
to have it done at six O'clock. A. III, 0ovi-
oasiy the sun and moon are effete, andleay-
Jag the small system called solar, we must
mark our time, and take our guides among
eternal suns.
How this great fact Of the hour sweeps
away the landmarks OF existence heretofore.
The world, as We first knew it, bends and
moulds itself, and declares allegiance anew.
Greatest Of all is the fact tina, intelligence
gains these triumphs through means which
we must pronounce inadequate, by aii erdi-
nary rules of Judgment. and which, when
they triumph, impress US only the mere O.
perRheimiagly with the conviction THAT fbs
ultimate. scope Of the serene intelligence
which lifts i,selfat intervals even in human
ity is 10 embrace att ain nients now possible
only to the Supreme.
In reaching over this beR of ocean be-
tween American and England, the telegraph
does in6Hi:e more than is done by trasers-
ing so much of land surface. Connecting
two continents, as II does, it leaves but the
Pacific ocean inaccessible IN the circuit of
the world. Nobody doubts that a few years
will see a telegraph line completed and in
actual operation from the Mississippi 10 the
Pacific coast. The improvements already
efected in the machinery of tran smission,
assure as that the distractions SO constant
for the past years may be wholly removed.
and the lines OF land; may at any time be
kept in complete order. We have been out
of patience with many things the telegraph
has done, or failed to do. but We forget that
all its processes are still making progress:
there il 10 be a steady Advancement, uniil
the transmission of intelligence becomes Us
free BY the telegraph Inns as by the pen of
q ready writer, who conveysit merely frum
brain to paper under his hand.
Through the profound depths Of the At
iantic, words of meaning are. now. passing
for two thousand miles. The tempests
which came near destroying the Agamem-
non and It's freight may rage over the bed of
the cable for decades of years in vain. II
unable 10 restrain these material forces, hu-
man intelligence has surrounded them, has
penetrated them, and proves itself superior.
This conquest of The sea is a grand and
proud event, and he whose energy wen il,
is greater than the ancient monarch would
have been had he succeeded in claiming it.
The storms Of the Atlantic are SO terrible,
that the most powerful ship only serves 10
show how weak the structures built by
hands in the fury of winds and WIVES,
but now one may call to his fsiend through
two thousand miles of binding Atfantic !
storms, and be answ cred instantly. The
achievementis almost iaconceivabIy great.
Tais aspect OF the case j. .rishtfally the
first one. Tits an era and a fsndmark in the
march of the human race TO higher ~cIptliza-
sion, and to greater dosninion over the dead
matter we inhabit. In the intervals of steps
like this come theslong delays, the dub level
ofsmall diff culties and small iriumphs, which
exc out most of mortal tine. Doubtless the
telegraph will be n Sufficient and. perverted at
times. and perhaps we shah vote it to cost
more than i comes toto be the agent Of
unsc rupoious msn-tosbe the instrument ST
~aationat disadvantage, and to commitmany