Daily national Democrat., 1860-04-15
No Humbug.


The citizens of Marysvillc, as general
thing. suppose themselves to have been
egregiously humbugged. in the notable in-
stance of their grand parade and celebration
over the success of the Atlantic Cattle They
are Of the opinion that no communication
through this cable, was ever had between
England and AmeIica-that the message OF
Mr. Buchanan to Queen Victoria and her re-
ply thereto were never transmitted, but mere
Iy gotten up for the occason-that other
messages purporting to have crossed the wire
were Of like character. and, in short, that the
Atlantic Gable was one grand and stupendous
failure.
We consider this popular opinion as very
great error. We have the very best of rea~
sons for knowing that tho Gable experiment
was not failure, but really wonderful sue
cess. We have means of knowing, aud do
know, that those who are the most deeply
interested in that enterprise, in pecuniary
point Of view, consider the laying of the Ca
ble, so far as it was an experiment of the pcs
sihlity Of such a work, as complete success
demonstrating the practicability of sub-ma-
rine teegraphic communication between the
two continents, beyond all doubt or ques-
ton. One Of the parties engaged in this en-
terprise and u leading member Of the COM
pany who have undertaken IL, (whose privi
ege. 10y The way lasts for so years. own
$3.50. 900 dollars of interest in the work, and
although offered 3S per cent on the shares, BY
persons who are willing to take the chances
refuses to sell one dollars worth Of his inter
est. Is it to he supposed, that he would re-
fuse this offer, if the whole thing were I
humbug? By no means
We have means of knowing. and do know
that it is he intention Of the projectors o
this grand enterprise to lay another CABLE
which will work. For a while, the presen
cable performed its functions with compara-
tive readiness. and the correspondence o
President Buchanan and Queen Victoria wa
in fact, word for word ands entenc,
for sentence. transmitted as well a
hose other communication, a report o
which appeared in the p pers. The cessa-
tion of the transmitting qualities Of the cabl,
was easily accounted for 1t was owing tC
the neglect of the orders of the Company il
the manufacture of the cable, and to neg
itet of orders also in the paying out" pro-
cess from the ships engaged in that portion
of the work. Owing to these pieces of negli-
gence and inattention. it was a wonder that
the cable worked at all and the fact that,
under these circumstances, it did transmit in
trlligence from continent to continent, con-
clusively shows that, with q proper cable,
properly laid submarine communication be-
tween hemisphere and hemisphere is thing
certain
The same confidence in the final success Of
the cable is observable among the stockhold-
ers in England as here. They consider their
fifty years franchise as privilege beyond all
purchase, and as the undoubted source of uu-
lolI millions Of revenue hereafter.
In view of these facts, the Mayor and the
City Council of 1858 need not be a all chag-
riued at the course which they pursued in
doing honor to the occasion of the laying Of
that cable, nor the people Of Marysvile of
their praise worthy and hearty concurrence
in the recommendations of the Mayor and
Council in celebrating the arrival of the in-
teligence to these golden shores, that CONT
uent had spoken unto continent and hemis-
phere to hemisphere; for they did indeed do
So and will again hereafter.