Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-09-25

In 1850 waE. S54, 422
In 1851 was, Ssl, 095
Increase. $50, e78
or l72 per cent.
The gross receipt from passengers 1850 s2776l
Do DO for goods do 6,376, 907
1920, SOS
Gross receipt tor passengers in 1851, e., e4O,7e4
Do for goods dc 7,056,695
- l4,997, 45s
Increase ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ,1s2, 79J
Being 1863 per cent passengers and 1915 per cent on
goods and 1875 per cent upon the whole receipts This
report highly satisfactory in every respect except in
that Of the increased accidents but the attention ra
way propretors the public, and the Legislature ha zinc
been called to the subject have every hone
the evil will be remedied.
Notwithstanding we have said so much abo :, rolwa,s
we be INDUCED with few words abo Int submarine
telegraphs We stated, few weeks az !, that pro;ect
had been formed for constructing hmarine telegram
between Great Britain and the Uni ed States by route
before thought of which wor I'D very materially short
the line Of water transit ender the transmission Of
intelligence much less lab q to nterrupton and most
materially diminish the lost of construction and repairs
We have now the mar Of the proposed submarine lines
before us. They commence at the most northwardly
point OF Scotand, thence the Orkney Islands, and
thence py spor, water lines the Shetland and the Fer
roe Islands, From the latter water line Of 200 800
miles Conducts the telegraph Iceland from the
ern Coast of Iceland another submarine line
h3ge Bay, the eastern coast Of Greenland; it then
crosses Greenland Juana Hope the western coast
of that continent in latitude Coz 42 and is conducted
thence by line of about 500 miles, across Daviss
Straits to Byrons Bay the of Labrador. From
this point the line to be extended Quebec The en-
tire length of the line is approximately estimated 500
miles and the submarine portions of it from 400 to
1000 miles. The peculiar advantage Of the line being d
vded into several submarine portions is, that if frac
should at any time occur the defective part could be
very readily discovered and repaired promptly and at
comparatively rifng expense. From the Shetland Islands
it is proposed to carry branch Bergen in Norway
connecting it there with line to Christana Stockholm
Gottenburg, and Copenhagen from Stockholm line may
easily cross the Gulf Of Bothnia ST Petersburgh The
whole expense of this great international works. estimat
ed at considerably below $500 000 but to cover contn-
gencies it is proposed raise that by 900 shares
of EGO each We confess that consider this plan as
by far the most feasible which has been yet produced
for connecting Europe and America by the electric tee
graph The projectors appear to have examined care
fully the difficulties which have to be surmounted the
principal supposed to exist the eastern coast of
Greenland where it has been sad the ice mostly forms
an impenetrabe barrier Capt ScoREsBy however shows
that this is not the case he had difficulty landing
at various times on severed parts and he that by
keeping close in shore may sail along the whole east
coast from latitude ZOE to Cape Farewell" Nor is any
great difficulty expected in carrying the line across the
country The whole Of the projected ocean lines Of this
telegraph are free from beds Of seaweed The soundings
throughout are highly favorable and the advantages ars
ing from the various intermediate cannot be
too highly estimated The projectors prepared to
LaI. ca
land, distance from the shore for Capt SconEspY
shows that il is connected with it, but this obstacle
although may be thirty, forty even fifty miles in
breadth, viii be easily conquered by modern science me-
chanical skill and perseverance it has been passed
through by Capt scoREsBY, Capt GRAK Of the Danish
navy and other modern navigators. We hope to send
you copy Of the chart and the prospectus Of this great
undertaking next week.
We also hear of another projected submarine telegraph
between Europe and America which to consist of one
uninterrupted line from Galway, the western
coast Of Ireland 10 the of Newfoundland
There would be reduction Of 020 miles ocean transit
by this routea most important advantage certainly but
it does not in opinion fully compete in other respects
with the to which first alluded. Both schemes
will be- however very shortly before the public and we
earnestly wish TO that which, upon full and
careful examination shall be considered the most pract
cable and likely to be the most useful
The fact that the first six months working Of the Dover
and Calais line has yielded clear profit at the Of
hye per cent per has stimulated adventure in
similar undertaking. 1t is proposed to connect Harwch
with the Hague; Dover with 0stend Toulouse with Al
giers Copenhagen with the mainland of Denmark; St.
Johns, New Brunswick with Halifax Nova Scotia; Cape
Tormentne, New Brunswick with Prince Edwards Island
and East Cape, Prince Edwards Island with Cape Ray
Newfoundland.
From railways and teegraphs the transition is easy
and natural to emigration for every thing which faci
tates intercourse and communication between distant
countries tends also to diminish the difficulties of emf
grafton, and to lessen the pains and penalties unavoda
bly, attendant upon separation from the land Of our
BIRTH and the friends and associas Of early life Steam
boats railways and electric telegrars viii soon belt the
world with circle of rapid communication which even
quarter Of century ago, it would have been account
ed folly to have dimly anticipated The emigration dur
ing the last week has been very great The mammoth
steamer the Great Britain has started for Australia with
six hundred emigrants from Liverpool. From London
huge steamer Of 900 TONS the Cleopatra is about to
start with full cargo Of passengers The vessels an
nounced in the Times" Of yesterday as preparing to
sail during the present month show an aggregate Of
about 55 600 TONS Of which than two-thrds will
clear from the port Of London The total tonnage which
will clear from the United Kingdom during the month il
estimated at $1,000 TONS The total emigration TO Au-
saa during the six months which preceded the disco
very Of the gold deposes there 22l being about
half the number that 60 out in single month Nor
does this great increase Of Australian emgrants dmin
sh the stream which keeps flowing to the United States