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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1866
HOLY BOLDNESS.
John Stuart Mill showed quite as
much ignorance of Christian morality, as
philosophical hostility to revealed religion,
when he declared that the ideal of Chris-
tian morality is "negative rather than posi
tive; passive rather than .active; Inno
cence rather than Nobleness; Abstinence
from Evil rather than energetic Pursuit
of Good." And while he pretends, to find
a distinction between the teaching of
Christ and the system of morals ,derived
from it, rather complimentary to.the former
than the latter, he says that from the at-
tempt to form the mind and feelings on an
exclusively religious type—the teachings
of Christ being manifestly what is intend
ed,by this expression—" there will result
and there is reSulting a low, abject, servile
type of character, which, submit itself as
it may to what it deems the Supreme Will,
is incapable of rising to, or sympathizing
in, the conception of Supreme Goodness."*
Now, we cannot find even that half-truth
in this passage, which we are often admon
ished to expect in the declarations of dis
tinguished errorists. And as' Mr. Mill
avoids giving us any examples in attesta
Lion of his extraordinary statements, we are
at a loss to know from what source he de
rives his Impressions. Not from a fair ex
amination. of New Testament teachings
and examples surely, which are vital with,
the very soul of active goodness, and
through all which runs the idea of self
surrender to every toil and sacrifice, and
to death itself, for the welfare of others.
If Christ taught anything at all, it was the
following of Himself in the great work of
redeeming a lost world. And such
trations of boldness and courage and high
enterprise and heroic endurance for this
cause, as are found in the characters and
lives of men, formed under the direct in
fluence of the teaching of Christ, and nar
rated in • the New Testament, are not
paralleled in 'the world's literature,unless
in the after-historoy of the Church of
Christ. And a religion which was enforced
by such favorite illustrations as those of
the soldier and the racer and the wrestler,
can afford to meet the criticisms of Mr.
Mill, with a smile of pity not unmixed
with contempt.
We should like to know the "secular
source" to which Mr. Mill traces the bold
ness of John Knox, who never feared tilt
face of man ; or whence he considers that
the suddenly developed boldness of the
the Apostles Peter and John, which ex
cited the wonder of the Sanhedrini, was
derived, if not from the very fountain
head of the Christian life, the personal,
spiritual influence of the Crucified and jiist
risen Redeemer ?
But we took up our pen, not to defend
Christianity, but to remind Christians of
the duty of holy boldness. Against those
who absurdly argue , that Christianity dis
courages such a trait, we urge that its very
aim and nature demand it, The enterprise
it proposes is great, the difficulties in the
way formidable 'and disheartening to the
fainthearted. There is a powerful inward
tyranny to be escaped; there are Red Seas
to be croSsed; there are burning deserts,
dreamless, herbless, fruitless, to be tra
versed; there are fiery serpents to be
spanned ; there Are foes to be met <in
pitched battle, and there are foes to be
. eire,univented by wariness ; but ever the
boldness which is mingled 4St . ' courage and
enterprise is demanded of those who have
Left Egypt and are marishing through a
desert, hostile world, to the heavenly
qmaan..
There is a boldness to be exercised, by
the Christian in his approaches to. God..
Infinite majesty, infinite purity, infinite
Power, the glory of the heavenly worship,
used not abash the weakest who comes by
the new and living way, nor quench the ar
dor of his plea, nor abate the measure of
kis largest requests before God. Timidity
fill prayer is a delinquency. We may
tteither restrain prayer nor refrain from , it.
'Open thy mouth wide and Twill fill it."
'specially in lanited prayer, we may ask
What we will, and it shall be granted. That
awful sanctity, as of an offended God and
judge, which was symbolized in the veile,,d
and rarely visited sanctuary of the inner.
temple, is done away; joyful confidence,
assurance of faith, freedom of access are
secured by the wonderful self sacrifice of
tile Great High Priest himself. We may
Press with our thanksgivings and requests
before the throne; importunity is expected,
is encouraged, is made a condition of suc
cess. As if we were expostulating with a
"Mill on Liberty; pp. 96, 96, 99.
New Series, Vol- 111, N',o, 49.
sluggish friend, or, wearying and worldling
an unjust judge into a righteous verdict,
instead of crouching abjectly before a ter
rible, incomprehensible God, we should
come.
The Christian must grasp boldly the
share of the work allotted to him in saving
the souls of men. Boldness is not neces
sarily rudeness ; and yet there may be a
degree of rudeness excusable in a truly
earnest effort to rescue the perishing; even
as one scruples not to save a drowning Per
son by seizing violently the hair of his
head. Yet true gentleness may accompa , .
ny Christian boldness. 'fender, melting
love for a perishing soul will deiise a way
of reaching its object altogether consistent
- with its own nature. But the genuine,
active Christian must be bold. He must
have such confidence in his religion as to
regard it itS own apology. Needed by all
who are without it, as bread is needed by
the hungry, hepffers it as a God•sent bene
factor to the perishing. Remembering the
glorious record of its triumphs in the past;
he sees no heart too hard,. no nature too
depraved now, to .furnish fresh trophies of
its invincible might in their regeneration.
Thli.most debased and hopeless classes in
iOcity, those from whom purity shrinks
as from a source of inevitable oontamina-
tion, he boldly, though cautiously and ten
derly, approaches with that Gospel whose
grand elements are infinite grace aud
nite power. ' ,
Christian boldness takes the form of per
sonal individual effort. While some may
possibly plead a natural unfitness for this
mode of work, as a rule, all Christians
need but revived inward life to qualify
them for it. There is a `sham timidity,
which is .nothing else than coldness and
unbelief in the greater number of inactive
Christians. There is an outcry for judg
ment and knowledge in personal effort,
which would seem much more sincere if
there was any danger of excess of zeal or
boldness, among Christians. Better be ir
regular, make mistakes, and offend some
from excess of life, than lie, dead in ,the
most exquisitely proportioned mausoleum.
Christ - himself did notobkuzehriziti.mata.
hie intend - 61E- to — judge such irregularities
leniently when he. said, " The kingdom of
heaven suffereth violence, and the violent
take it by force."
Yes I snatch the perishing as a brand
from the burning. Enter the field close
beside the grand foe of the soul. Face his
instruments and agents, selfishly driving
their trade in souls, with the lofty fearless
ness, the overcoming tenderness of Chris
tian love. Be bolder even than they. Go
out after those who shrink • away from
Christian influences. Prove, your friend
ship and affection for those nearest you, by
sacrificing that timidity and banishing that
reserve which prevent the most effective
efforts for their greatest good. The world'
waits for and expects such a demonstration
of Christian boldness on a great scale. ''lt
marvels at its'abiente, and it accuses the
Christian morality of imbeciliti Donot
~ .
give it the show of a cause for such an
opinion any longer in your conduct. ,
CHURCH ERECTION-THE NEW PLAN.
We hope our rea4ers, and especially the
pastors, will not , overlook the article-upon
an'inside page, headed "Aspects of Church
Erection in the West," signed by . Dr.
Nelson and Rev. F. Starr, Jr., of. St. Louis.
It, is greatly to be desired that)the pressing
nature of the case should be well under
stood before the 'collection, which takes
place in one week front next Sabbath.
For we are decidedly of opinion that
our Church is about acting in one of the
chief, if not the chiefest, of her interests
in this movement for Church Erection.
She is about deciding full one-half of the
question, whether her Home Missionary
Enterprises shall enjoy 'a high measure of
prosperity or not; whether young churches
shall speedily spring to' efficiency and self
support, by being early provided with a'
suitable building, and so become aids in
stead of disins Upon the treasury, or whe-,
ther they shall drag along a tedious and
expensive minority, while the organizations
of other churches,, less popular in them
selves, and' less •fitted for theteld, by reason
of the wise foresight of those denominations
in this regard, outstrip their( iithe race, and
rise to vigor upon the materials properly
belonging to is.
The action of the Chicago churches,
whose pastors resolved that they ought not
to raise less than $5OOO for this object, is
most encouraging and exemplary. Carried
out at that rate, over • the whole church,
the sum proposed would be raised several
times over. The pastors of our prominent
cities 'should consult as to the amounts
proper to be aimed at among themselves,
and a concerted effort should be made to
PHILADELPHIA, THITIeSDAY,, DECEMBER` 6, 1866.
do something worthy of the cause. Many
a Home Missionary's heart is beating fast as
the day approaches, and the fate of many
an, enterprise hangs upon the result. Do
not let us- scatter our fire, but by acting
together energetically and liberally make
the third Sabbath in December .one of the
most cheering in the annals of our church.
UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE AS A PUNISH
MENT.
" Must this Government ever be carried on
upon a wretched system of swapping and com
promises? May it never be adthinistered upon
the great principles of truth and justice ?" —
Gineral Butler' 7 Brooklyn 7 Nov. 24.
'We are firmly of opinion that the moral
sentiment of the cquntry demands an& 'will
have some appropriate punishment for the
crime of rebellion. And the great offence
of the rebellion, one which the people felt
most keenly and will fOrget last of all, the
one which brought to their feet the , greatest
number an&the most earnestly and indig
nantly resolved of her defenders, was the
defiance it offered to law. If each and
every law has its separate penalty, plain
men feel that an affront to the whole body
of the laws deserves to suffer something
like the aggregate, penalty of the laws. If
the ringleaders and active participants in
common street row are severely p'unished,
they cannot see the justice.of 'overlooking
the crime of rousing half a country to
armed and prolonged opposition to the
Government If one murder deserves the
gallows, what of half a million murders?
If a single case of starvation and maltreat
•ment in a public institution puts to work
all the machinery of, justice, clothes courts
with all their terrors"; and brings retribu
tion upon every person to whom a share of,
the responsibility can be traced, then the
starvation of thirty thonsand American'
soldiers, under circumstances of indescrib
able cruelty and'horror, in the prison pens
of the South,* must, in the judgment of the
loyal people, be expiated by all who can be
shown to be in the least degree responsible
for it ,
To allow a iebellion of such magnitude
and malignity to go unpunished, cannot be
wita--othefiliFlrin as a vast license
to crime of every sort, an assurance to all
law-breakers of a relaxation of the public
conscience, most favorable to wickedness
and violence, a guaranty of comparative
impunity in any new scheme of treason
which they or their 'posterity may desire.
The loyal'r f people have expressed in every
election since the war, their conviction
that this ought not to be, and their purpose
that it shall not be. And now, since they
hive reiterated their convictions and pur
poses by vast majorities, we trust the most
politic of politicians will see their account
in carrying out :the pbpular will:
For ourselves, we regard the univer
sal-amnesty-uni*ersal-suffrage policy, al
though supported by 'many conscientious,
.00d
• men as little better than a cheat, a
corrupt:.bargain, a scandalous attempt - to .
evade, the solemn office of justice laid upon
the nation, and a dishonor to the cause of
equal rights,, in the name of which it is
urged. It is a scheme stamped with almost
all theivices of , mere political expediency.
l
Its aim is noto execute righteonsness, but
to aCeemplish the greatest feat in the way
e
of compromisever attempted by
cians. Bloody, unrepentant rebels are to
be reconciled with bitter radicals: . Andrew
Johnson, Jefferson Davis and General Lee
are to be brought upon the Republican
platform. The wolf is to dwell with the
lamb, and the leopar& tnlie down with the
kid. Radicals are to be appeased by an
act in the line of justice, indeed, and yet
partaking more of the character of reckless
generosity than, of justice; while rebels,
great and small, high and low, leaders and
followers, obdurate or penitent, are to be
received back into favor, discharged of all
penalty for their enormous offences against
country and against kind, and reinstated
en masse into all the rights of citizenship.
In •whatever light it may be placed, with
whatever measures linked, we declare the
proposition of universal amnesty infamous;
and no measure joined with it, however'in
the line of a righteous policy, can sugar
coat it.
Universal suffrage might, indeed, ,hu
miliate the late rebels; it would gall them
to see their, slaves, whom they counted un
worthy even of freedom, admitted to equal
political rights with themselves. But this
is a sort of penalty,, unworthy of the dignity
of law. The lair does not depend upon, sen
timents which men ought not to feel as a
punishment for what they ought not to do.
It is not satisfied with .new sins as a punish
ment for old. General Lee was galled by
*Andersonville Stockade—"a place," said
the rebel Colonel Chandler, "the horrors of
which it is difficult to &Scribe, and which are
a disgrace to. civilization." --Spencer's Narra
tive, p. 123.
the victory of Grant at Appomattox ; did it
atone for any part of his guilt, or recom
mend him to mercy ? And how great a
punishment, after all, is universal suffrage
to the arch rebels, who, by the same act,
are restored to every privilege—to the
chance of wielding again all the political
power they ever. possessed. They have
but secured a wider field for the exercise
of their arts. The ignorant and credulous
masses will' become victims to their dupli
city and blind instruments of their eleva
tion. In great national questions, it, is
true, we may trust the sound instincts of
the 'faithful negro to guide him; but in
subordinate matters, we may feel confident
that the governing classeS of the South,
elevated as 'they must be in the eyes of all
by their formal justification and reinstate.:
merit in all, political rights, will be the
governing classes still.
We protest against the political chicanery
which plays with such a vast interest as
Universal suffrage, as, if it were a stake in
a game of chance, or an element in a
bargain between two sharpers. Let it
stand on its own merits. Let us have im
partial suffrage at once over the whole land,
irrespective of any measure of reconstruc
tion. As to the other element, the , North
was sickened of amnesty in the summer of
1865. That was quite near enough to
universal, in the judgment of the, loyal
people. "Lee laid down his- arml deed,
hut that summer the rebels c tiered il t
Washington. They must .be made to feel
that might and loyalty have triumphed,
which it seems they are, only beginning to
suspect since the last elections.
THE LAST DUICE,
We have already had illustrations of the
low and diShonorable expedients to which
the opponents of the Sunday laws of our
State are willing to stoop in order to carry
their point. Foiled in their much-vaunted
mail ortract, they now are about to try a
new tack. We admire their ingenuity and
sturdiness, but we cannot say we are dis
mayed with the announcement which the
of lnet . ..7BatAraarsoffe*E it'theatre=
cally makes. It says :
Perhaps this may be a suitable time to an
nounce that a society was formed in Phila
delphia, during the past week, the object of
which—on the principle that . " what is sauce
for goose should be sauce for'gander "—is to
enforce the penalty of the puritanical laws
under which, on a recent occasion, with a
"Strong" hand, a stop was put to,the run
ning of passenger cars on Sundays. In a
week or two, therefore, our fellow-citizens may
expect tb hear of the arrest of reverend clergy
men and ultra-pietist laymen, who, contrary
to a sort of antediluvian law, happier " in the
breach than the observance," travel to and
from church, on Sunday, in their own or
hired carriages, but will not allow their poor
neighbori . the cheap accommodation of the
passenger cars. If Sunday travel be forbid
den the middle and working classes, it should
be prohibited to the wealthy.
We are sorry to find a very few of our
Evangelical churches still. making an
nouncements of Sunday services through
the It is a great scandal, and
should bcf stopped.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, N. L.
REV. T. J. SHEPHERD, D.D., PASTOR.
The audience.room of this vigorous con
gregation has, for five months • past, been
undergoing ektensive alterations which now
approach completion. A recess, platform
pulpit with marble desk, tasteful frescoing,
uniform upholstering, new carpeting, and
thorough repainting,, have' - made it one of
the most beautiful and attractive rooms in
the city. It will be, re-opened.next Sunday,
the 19th inst., with appropriate services.
The sermon in the morning at 10i, o'clock,
will be by the pastor; in the evening at
Th o'clock, by the Rev. Dr. March.. We
urge our friends to attend these services,
while we heartily congratulate the congre
gation upon the completion of a work which
reflects the highest credit upon their taste,
their liberality, and • their enlightened
Christian spirit.
FIVE YEARS IN CHINA."
We notice that the. Rev. C. P. Bush's
"Five Years in China," issued by the Pres
byterian Publication Committee, has been
republished in London, by Nixnmo, under
the title of 0 The Martyr Missionary." The
book is worthy of this reproduction on the
other side of the water, and will have as
much •interest for English as American
readers.
COLENSO STILL DRAWS His SALARY,
—The Master of the Rolls of England
has decided Bishop Celenso's claim fOr
arrears of salary in his favor, giving the
Bishop costs of suit. The Master of the
Rolls says that Dr. Coleus°, notwith
standing his deprivation by the Bishop
of Cape Town, has at present• the status
of a bishop of the Catholic Church, of
which the Church of England "is a
branch.'?
Genesee Evangelist, No. 1072.
THE ,YOIING MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSO
CIATION.
We cannot content ourselves with the
brief notice in which, for lack of space, we
were compelled last week to record one of
the most remarkable facts 'in the history of
Christian effort in our city. We refer to
the sudden and great enlargement of the
membership of the Young Men's Christian
Association of this city, consummated at
the meeting of Monday' last week. The
active members of -the Association hid,
early in the season, felt urged to.more.act
ive measures for the ingathering of the
many comparatively homeless young men
who are exposed to the perils of a great
'city, under Christian influences : ;. and they
laid their plans, as already explained in our
columns, for some attractive, improving
mode. of spending 'every evening in the
week. These'arrangements are in no case
specifically, religions, but they are sensible,
judicious, entertaining and popular in their
character, and they bring the young men
into connection with Christian friends,
and with other arrangements, present, and
prospective, of a more decided Christian
type. A prayer-meeting—a substitute for
evening family worship—is held for half
an hour at the close of all classes and lec
tures, to which the young men are invited,
though none are considered under obliga
tion to attend. An effort will 'be made to
bring the Stinday-schools of our 'various
churches into working connection with, the
Association, so that a field of. Christian
labor may be given to those members who
desire it, and a supply of teachers furnished
for destitute schools and locations. .
And now for the response to these exhi
bitions of zeal and Christian enterprise.
One month from the time of their inangu
ration biought an addition of SEVEN HUN,
DRED AND THIRTY-FIVE names to the, roll
of the Association. And the first public
monthly meeting, held on Monday evening
of last week, was attended.by not less, pro
ably, than two thousand people, who poured
out, not to hear distinguished orators, but
simply to show their interest in thrrevived
us — cranes& of the Association. It was a
proof how near the hearts of the Christian
public is that class of society peculiarly ex
posed to temptation in a large city, and how
ready they are to show their appreciation
of every well-meant effort for their good.
The Young Men's Association have a
solemn responsibility laid upon them in this
great accession of members; and we are
glad to find that they, as Christians, are alive
o it. They need, in every wise, earnest and
ourageous method, to, press their advan
tages, and to seek the salvation of the souls of
those who are thus gathering around them,
and of the thoUsands of others not yet
reached by Christian influences. Let us
give them our prayers, our countenance
and our, support in. their work.
As a specimen of the' kind of effort
which is„being made. to instruct and iri
terest the young men, we give a brief Sy
nopsis of the last Friday night's lecture )
kindly furnished by 'the Chairman of the
Lecture Committee.
E. J. Houston, Esq., delivered a most
brilliant and interesting lecture on Friday
evening last before the above named associa
don. The subject was " Chemical Affinity,'.'
and was handled in an easy and engaging
manner by the accomplished - young lecturer.
The hall was crowded to its utmost capacity
by the young men of the society, who showed
their intense interest by frequent bursts of
applause.
Among the brilliant array, of experiments
by which the subject was illustrated, we call
to mind the lighting of a candle by a piece
of ice—the wick of the candle having a piece
of potassium placed in it, whose affinity for
the oxygen in the water composing the ice
was so strong as to cause the ignition ; the
burning of phosphorus under water—the
affinity of the phosphorus for the oxygen in
the water being so strong as to keep up com
bustion brightly, and for a considerable time,
while immersed in water ; au immense Pha
raoh's serpent, stretching out a yard long and
thicker than one's thumb ; hydrogen gas
mixed with air was blown into soap bubbles
and. ignited, causing eiplosiona like those of
musketry, and, strange to say, the bubbles
were held in the hand and exploded without
the slightest injury, to the operator.
The affinity of iron. for oxygen was shown
by pouring very finely divided iron through
the air some five or six feet from a vial con
taining the gas, the iron igniting in the
descent. Another strange, experiment was
the pouring of iron-filings and gunpowder
from the elevated hand into a dish of burn
ing alcohol. The iron had a'stronger affinity
for oxygen than the gunpowder, and burned
in bright, starlike sparkles when it touched
the flame; the gunpowder, however, dropped
through the flame, and never ignited until
the alcohol had nearly all burned away and
the lowering of the burning surface brought
it into contact with the gunpowder at the
bottom,• long after the iron had all been
burned.
There were other brilliant - experiments,
such as the burning . of phosphorus, of iron
wire, and of magnesium wire in oxygen ; the
bringing out of invisible pictures, drawn on
paper with salts of nickel and cobalt, by the
application of phosphuretted 'hydrogen gas,;
also the changing oi a winter scene, drawn
upon paper, with snow and leafless trees,
into beautiful summer, by simply warming it
over the light, everything being at once
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clothed in bright green foliage which before
had been invisible.
Altogether, the lecture was entertaining,
instructive and brilliant, and adds to the
already extended attractiveness as well as
usefulness of the association. Let it be un
derstood that Mr. Houston's services were
entirely gratuitous, as are those of all the
lecturers who have thus far been engaged by
the Young Men's Christian Association.
After the lecture, worship was held for
half an hour in the parlor, at which nearly
fifty young men attended.
MISSIONARY BOXES.
A note from a good elder in Batavia,
X. Y., to the Secretary of the Presby
terian. Publication Committee, suggests
a good idea for those Who are packing
boxes for our Home Missionaries. It
says :
" The ladies' Missionary Society of
this place sends a box every year to
some one of our needy Home Missiona
ries recommended by our district secre
tary, Rev. A. M. Stowe. They will
send now, in -a few days. I have been
thinking that a minister, who is unable
to procure necessaries for his family,
must have - a famine of books. I wish
to send a few in the ladies box.
"Enclosed please find ten dollars, for
which send as many of your newest and
best books as you can, and if your rules
allow please add some tracts as a dona
tion for him to distribute. Please re
spond without delay or it may be too
late for the box. Direct to me at this
place by express."
How SHALL THE WORK BE CARRIED
Ox.—We have repeatedly - expressed the
conviction that some revised and en
larged system of ministerial/labor must
be adopted, or the. Presbyterian Church
cannot hold its own with the advance
of population and field. Our old modes
of furnishing and settling a ministry
were framed when times, movements and
modes of progress in all affairs bore
almost no resemblance to what they—are
now, and will continue to be as long as
any of us live. As a Church, we can
neither live .in the past ; nor as in the
past. •The preservation of our relative
strength and influence, to say nothing of
the_more solemn object of fulfilling our
part in the general duty of Christian
evangelization, demands a review of
whole system of ministerial employ and
support, and an adjustment of it to the
circumstances now upon us. We refer
to this, not to add remarks now, but to
give, in corroboration of what we have
heretofore said, the following •paragraph
from the Presbyter's report of the pro
ceedings of 'the 0. S. Synod of North
ern Indiana :----
"Full conversation on the reports of the
Ate of religion developed these facts ; forty
two•of our churches are now vacant, which
cannot be fully supplied, for the want of men
and, of means, with the ordinances of the
Gospel. Several churches died within the
last ten orfifteen years for the want of regu
lar ministerial labor. Many churches are now
on the brink of extinction, which can be
saved, so far as we can see, by nothing but
earnest missionary efforts in their behalf.
Without an itinerant system, aided by mis
sionary labor from settled pastors, we shall
decline rather than advance as a Church.
The established churches within our Synod
must either spare their pastors for more mis
sionary labor than formerly, or elsethey must
contribute for the purpose of employing evan
gelists to do the needful missionary work."
LINCOLN. UNIVERSITY.—We under
stand that intimation has been given to
the Trustees of Lincoln University, that
a professorship ($20,000) will be en•
dowed, in that Institution, lcky the estate
of Mr. Avery, late of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
upon the condition that three others are
secured.
The trustees have appointed a Com
mittee, of their own number, to prose
cute this endowment, and we are happy
to know, that Hon. Wm. E. Dodge, of
New York City, who is himself a Trus
tee of the - University; has given assur
ance that he will found one of the three
required professorships. Now is the
time for the friends of this much needed
and successful Institution to come
promptly to its aid. We hope that
those having the matter in charge will
meet `with generous co-operation from
all interested in the thorough and liberal
education of the colored man. Three
instructors and eighty students are now
in the University.
THE GREAT MAnvan of the Atlantic
Cable Is the exceeding delicacy and
promptness with. which it responds to
the tiniest electrical, force exerted upon
it. At a recent banquet given to Mr.
Field in New York City, he said :
When'the first cable was laidin 1858, elec
tricians thought that to send a current 2000
miles, it must be ahnost like a stroke of
lightning. put 'trod was not in the earth
quake,but in the still, small voice. 'The
other
other day Mf. Latimer • Clarke telegraphed
from Ireland across the ocean. and back again;
with'S battery formed in a lady's thimble
And now Mr. Collett writes Me from Ifeart'i
COntent :—" I have just sent my compli
ments to pr. , Gould, of Cambridge, who is
at Valentia, with a battery composed of a
gip- cap, with a strip of zinc, excited by a
drop of water, •the simple bulk of a tear l"
A telegraph that-will' do that we think
nearly perfect. It has never failed for an
hour or a minute.
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