The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-03-26
Extraordinary e Telegrapking.

On Saturday night, under the in
structions of Mfr. Cyrus w. Field,
verbatim report of a long debate on
the Alabama question in the British
Parliament was sent over the Atlan-
tic telegraph cable, and the journals
on Monday morning gave up more
space to fridays debate in London
than they did to the same days pro-
ceedings in Washington Not less
than five columns are taken up with
what Mr.. Shaw Lefeyre, Lord STAN
ley, Dir. Forster, Mr.. Mill and Mr..
Gladstone said on the question of
the Alabama claims and it is sim
gular that we should have had the
whole debate here within twenty
four hours after the speeches were
spoken in London. ---....
This achievement is SO wonder
full that it, extorts an exclamation Of
surprise and qualification even from
our wonder hardened people: It is
but 8 few years since the speediest
way of communication with Europe
was by packet ships; when voy-
age of twenty days was thought
short; and when the chance ship
brought a chance newspaper, which
the eager news-reporter carefully
made the most Of DR.. -Dionysius
Lardner, who demonstrated scien-2
tifically the impracticability of cross
ing the ocean by steam,1 lived to
read messages transmitted by ocean
Telegraph from America; ); and the
noble lord who publicly promised
to eat the first steamer that should
arrive sin Liverpool from New Y ork
lis still living, and may read any
morning, over his breakfast, what
was said the day before in Washing
ton, or what steamships arrived in
San Francisco from China, Japan
and Australia. .sest ueaio.EGE bsfi
There are merchants efNew York,
not yet old men, who remember
when they thought themselves lucky
to get news from Liverpool in thir-
ty days, and who now get Dispatch
.es telling them the occurrences
there six hours-by the clock be-
fore the date of their happening. A
traveller who is mere than ten
days crossing the ocean grumbles
as though he had been carried at q
snails pace; and when a break in
the land line which connects the At
lantic cable with New York delays
our news for half day, the whole
mercantile community thinks it
self outraged. 1t is notable that
storms delay messages only on the
land line: no. matter how fercely,
the gale roars or how wild the sea,
the Atlantic cable docs not cease
to carry the lightning. l.9 5Ea.a tt4
The debate on the Alabama claims
shows at least that there, is a desire
in England for the settlement of
this dispute on the most. friendly
terms. The speeches are moderate
and eoneiliatory in tone, and some
Of our bloody minded members of
Congress might initiate them with
profit. The British lion roars as
softly as a sucking dove; and it
would be yseareely.fair or decent for
any fierce Congressman, like Mr..
Robinson, to abuse the gentle beast
hereafter.
'd VERY PooR.-One Of the unfortu-
nate Juveniles who visit the hotels
and solicit pennies was asked :. -;
1 s'Where is your mother %
She answered. dithdentlv, -
eis dead EIag si .E5isAs
ri ssHave you no father?'' 'oos 7ro de.
.'o "Yes, sir-but he is sick.'f' os y a.a
, 5@What ails him ?" the auestioner
continued.
"Hel has got sore finger, sir:s' y
s.Indeed.n;.j !511ias-7ese.n oiil 5sia
+ eyes, SIR .sy;;t % u.gai3 r
s.Why don't he cut it, off ?''
lg..ssPlease,s str" responded the little