The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-01-13

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from Philadelphia 10 SOS iUk mo
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other but thanks 70 tlc slnm Iuro.
m%otiycand lhe iron rail, wc srumblr
If either trip occnpio, os much a.
four hours Above all, we have the
telegraph momcutarily sending in
tclligcnoc all through the land, en-
ployiug the winged lightning Itself
10 annihilate time and space, and
very few pause 10 think what q sur
pri-ing thing is done-cycr being
done. We are used to il, and use
makes Us thoughtlcss Of It's value.
There is the telegraph. Some
iorty-thrcc years ago, when George
the Fourth was on his way TO visit
Scotland, the Marquis Of London
derry, better known by hi historical
tito of lord Clsilcnagh "a name
which lrishmen who think Of nincty-
eight can never forged, committed
suicide. The decd was done on the
18th Of August, 1862. The news
reached Elinburg, from London, by
special couricrs, IN three days-thc
journey, fully four hundred miles. is
now done, every day in the week, in
less than ton hours. II took over a
month before Mr.. Canning was ap-
pointed To succeed Lord londondcr-
~ rs Foreign S~ccrctarp. and This do
lay was largely caused by the length
OF time il took 10 communicate be-
tween the King in Scotland, and the
Cabinet in Londons Now mark the
contrast. On October 18th, 1865,
Lord Palmcrston died at Brockctt
Hall, in llcrts, some distance from
london. The news was Immediate
ly tclcgraphed to Queen Victoria,
then at Balmoral, in the highlands
of Abcrdccnshiae, in the north of
Scotland, and to Lord Russell and
the other Cabinet Ministers who
were scattered all over the country.
Within M hour after it occurreed,
Lord Palmcrston's death WIS known
to Queen N%ictororia, who was FIVE
hondrcd aud eighty miles distant.
She made up her mind, very specdi-
ly, rs TO what should be done, and
on that same day, within four hours
after Lord Palmcrston had bfeathcd
his last she had tclegraphcd to Lon
authorizing Lord Russell to c
construct the Cabinet, rs Prime Min
lister of England. Long before the
had set down to her dinner at
Balmoml-and Royalty dimes carly
in the countryside knew, by a re-
turn message, hat Earl Russell had
chccrfully consented 10 form 4 gov
crnment-if he could.
The little touches Of The electric
icIcgraph-an American invention
it all, without delay or trouble
without suspense or expense. Com
pare this with what occurrcd In 1922
when Castlcreagh persisted. Cour,
Icrs sent, by the public mail roads,
London to Elinburg to in
form the king-po~t-chaises and
Iour flying through The country, in
All directions, 70 carry the sad and
important news to the scattered
of Lori Livcrpool's admin
stratiUn. Morecourirrs, more kings
Messengers in pst-ohaisCs, any guam
of letter writing. a great deal of
lime lest. and finally the vacancy In
.hc Government gllcd mp, after more
han a months pause, durinf which
public mind Of England was kept
agitation and suspense. for the
popular wish that Canning should
axe the office vacated by Castle
sclf-murdcr; and the popular
lear was that some tory of the tories
would be appointed. On the recent
,ccasion, thanks to the telegraph,
'vcry arrangement practicable al the
was made within eight hours
lttcr Palmerston's death. including a
communication from London TO the
Queen in Scotland, her message 10
Russell, offering him the PREMIER
and his response accepting Il.
We do not pause to reflect upon
these very surprising fta,s. They
are 50 familiar TO "a that they as
nobody. The thing WIS done
with republican simpIicity and Il was
nD' the hes we'll toEe On that ac-
Onc Of the London journals.
at tie fact, shrcwdly in,
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