Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-26
COMMUNICATIONS


The recent aud gigantic plans of roads, canals and mag
nec wire lines which have bean announced and crowd
ing the public prints have induced write the suboned
and construct the tabular views Of distances therein
There now lies my desk file Of the French Journal des
De5ats containing several communications from able
French correspondent of that paper resident at St. Peters
burgh, throwing light on the Russian Government
tremely variance with public opinion in Western Europe
and in the United States The growth Of that Power and its
extension Northern Asia, of course towards North Ame
rica ought to stimulate abss peudces against and
increase our real knowdge of such Power II is my lin
tenon to make plain translation of of the letters
which have alluded and place aiyour disposal In the
mean time, as preface, forward the enclosed on wire
lines and relative distances: hF aN
"The London newspapers, elaed with the Of the
Dover and Calais Telegraph, discussing the possibility of
extending magnetic wire from England TO Calcutta and
Of them far as TO recommend the establish
ment of communication, la Morse, with New York ITSELF
Il urged that the latter enterprise QuiTotic it may
pear rs is in reality only question Of time and money
for that if doubt exists Of the pracicabiIy of sinking wire
in the Atlantic be entertained OF the entire poss
bty of eecng the connexion by way of Russia, Siberia
Behring's Straits Oregon, 81. Louis. and Philadelphia
The idea is grand one, and worthy Of the age which
has projected Pacific railroad Should we live to the odi
nary tenn allotted to man, we may perhaps ourselves be-
hold this gigantic scheme carried out and continue in
the craft editorial may live to ask before we 60 TO press
the wires working Kamptschaka, and to order,
to o'clock. Our merchants too, may give dollar to
clerk telling him TO forward 10 Calcutta, and be-
fore dinner time the will be laid his counting
desk.
'.The old Egyptians thought they knew good deal but
how mummydom would have stared this and those nde
aigsbe Romans, who built costly roads half the world
and hurried messengers with whip and spur along them
what staring there would have been if they had heard the
news Of Parhian defeat week in advance by pr
vate magnetic telegraph Il uncommon thing in the
cusades for good knight to be gone for without his
family hearing syllable Of him but nowadays, another
crusade to be got up, anxious wives might ask How
do you do by telegraph, and receive reply, when the
doughty husband the sege Of Acre, stopped take din
ner. Wonderful times these Really we do not think we
shall be done huzzang for this nineteenth century,
Vide London Correspondent Of National hteNgencer.
The author Of the extract above says ,oondeful times
but may, after reading history of the last half century,
decide that the times Of wonder have closed the childhood
mankind is past, the Caucasian Nations Manhood is
reached and if in the pride Of ve strength, extavagance
is sometimes enacted, forget the tiing evil while
admng the every moment increasing good In order to give
general connected view Of distances, the annexed table
inserted