The Magnetic Telegraph

Án exchnnge iafortns us that the New York Hcraltl indulges in soine spfectílation' regarding tlie uliimnie succëss bf tniá new niode of corílmui'icalioh, and tliinks ít is going to produce n greater chango in some of the scinl instiluliona of the country ihnri eny tíno now i:n.igines. It believés llint. it wiil éiHirely 8upercci]e ihe Poít Office Department; nnd tlestroy the necessiiy nnd utility of trnh'Mniiting newseitlier public or private through the mails. The subject ought; therpfore, it snys, to be immcdiaicly tnkcn up by Congiérá nt ihe bepinning of the next session. Tlie whole ficlicine f magnelic telcgrnphs ihioughotit the country, connecting every important city and towjri, should bc a public aflair, tronsferreii to tlie Post Office Deparlinont, and snb jectod to the itumediate control ofthegovernment. acting for llie pcople. An offair of this vast niMgnituile nnd uuliinited power enn never safely be permitted lo rpmain in the hands of private individuáis, or private nssocintiona. It does not believe it to bc at all possible that individuals or asiociationB wil] be able to conduct thepe lmes with satisfaclioti and full jueiice to the public. It must be a public afiair - belong to the general rovernment. nnd be controlled by the people tlirough their represen'alives. The soouer the subject be laken up by the next Congress, the bettcr for the whole country.