The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-01

that the zone idea OF this party Is the extirpa-
ton OF slavery; and, TO say nothing of the
hazards Of q servie revolt Is there not some
thing in this item of two thousand millions of
dollars involved In slave property calculated
to rouse the resistance of Southern men to the
point of war, against deliberate moral and
political crusade whose object is the destruc-
ton of this property!
There may be reason to spprehend, as indi-
Gated by Mr.. Wentworth, that, with the election
of Lincoln, the fear being removed from the
minds of Southern slaves in regard to the
general government they may rise in bloody
instruction against their masters. Should this
terrible calamity occur, or anything in the form
of servile conspiracy, upon the heel of Lin
coins election, PROFESSIONALLY the next thing
will be q general movement in the Southern
States towards secession and a Southern con-
federacy. At all events, it Is abundantly mani.
fest that this Presidential contest is between
Lincoln and Breckenridge; that the chances are
all in favor of Lincoln, and that his success will
be regarded in the South as declaration of no
quarter to slavery. All this is plainly visible.
The only question remaining is the submission
or resistance of the South to the victorious anti
slavery power Of the North. The greatest dan
ger is that we have had this cry of "wolf,"
"wolf," so often we may refuse to credit ii,
even with the wolf at the door.
The OCEAN TELEGRAPHs OF THE WORID--It
will be interesting to all the friends of science
in this country to know that the American
Scientific Association begins its annual conven-
ton to-day, when many interesting facts in re-
gard to the progress of science in America will
be brought up for the discussion of its mem
bers. Last month the British Association-a
society formed upon very similar principles
held their sessions at Oxford, when some very
important papers were submitted to them.
Among these was one presented by Col.
T. p. Snaffner, an American citizen, on
the pracicability Of laying down an At
lantic telegraph to connect Europe with
America by the Farce islands, Iceland
and Greenland, the line to traverse Labrador
and Canada to Quebec. Two expeditions have
already set forth to make Investigations in the
ice ribbed waters of the frozen seas, and the re-
ports of the distinguished navigators who have
accompanied them will prove whether the
Newfoundland route or that by Iceland and
Labrador is the better.
II is an interesting fact to know that there
are at present no less than five proposed means
of connecting the Old and New Worlds, and the
unanimous action of all the civilized nations of
the earth would show that such an intimate con-
nection between the two continents is a con-
summation devoutly to be wished" We have,
FIRST of all, the old Atlantic telegraph, from Ire
land to Newfoundland, which was almost
brought to complete perfection and which:
though silent for many day, may yet be made
to speak again. Then there is the line proposed
by Col. Shaffner; the line by way of the Azores;
the line by the Amoor river, Behring's Straits,
San Francisco, and across to our seaboard; and
last, though not least, the means of communioa-
ton proposed by the Emperor Of the French,
and which, from his known sagacity, we may
presume has some good features to recommend
it. Thus, by the consent of Christendom. the
prophecy of Puck will at length be realized,
and girdle be put about the earth in forty
minutes.