Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-04-06
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH.
Europe ONLY pt.tant Five pays.

Europe Only Distant Five Days.
A project is now in contemplation says the
National Democracy so to shorten the ocean dis
lance, as at present traversed, as by the ana Oh
the telegraph to bring communication within hye
days time 1t is to be effected thus: Mr.. H. D.
Tibbatts who is the protector, proposes TO con-
struet magnetic telegraph, communicating WITH
New York and St. Johns, Newfoundland, when
will extend over a length of about ooo miles, OF
which AZ miles are submarine, being the distance
across the St Lawrence mouth. The ocean travel
will then be from st. Johns to Galway in ireland,
whence there will, in the course OF the current
year be telegraphic communication with Lon
don. The navigable distance from st. Johns TO
Galway is i 647 miles, or about five days sail.
OF course the telegraphic communication on both
sides would be but few minutes, provided the
lines were connected and in working order.
grant has been made to Mr.. Ilbbatts by the
authorities of Newfoundland, giving him and his
associates the exclusive right TO construct ana
use the magnetic telegraph across that island Tor
the period of thirty years; ana Mr.. Ilppatts Is
now asking the legislature of this State an act OF
incornorotion for the New York and Galway
Steamship Company This, it is expected, will
be granted and then suitable steamboats, will
soon make their appearance. 1t is also said that
Mr. Tibbatts offers to carry the mails for $50, 900
the trip. This plan, if carried out-for we have
no doubt it is perfectly practicable ne
between this country and Europe, so far as tele-
graphic intelligence goes, and, of course, every
thing of paramount importance can be transacted
by telegraph; but we doubt if it would be so ad-
yantageous for the transmission OF the regular
mails as there would of necessity be delay in the
transhipment of these at st. Johns and in the
railway and steamboat transit between Galway
and Liverpool.
ONE HUNDRED YEARs.-A friend desires US to
chronicle the fact that Mr.. John Battin, we'll
known resident of this Empire City, enters, Feb
ruary I'd, upon the second century of his life.
In other words, Mr.. Battin is, this day, one hun
dred years old, and we learn is even now in very
fair health. For sixty years Mr. Battin has taken
his daily walk around the Battery, in winter and
in summer, before breakfast. He attributes lon
gevity and continued health to his frugal living
and an avoidance of the luxuries and indulgences
so much in vogue at the present day. We appre
bend that Mr.. Battin is the coolest inhabitant'
of the Empire city.-Commercial.
To this we add that Mr.. Battin has had about
seventy descendants-four children by the first
wife, and twelve by the second wife, who is still
living, in good health, and is seventy-four years
of age. About forty of these children
grandchildren, and great grandchildren, arc
now living. Twenty-four are adults, about twenty
of whom are members of the church; and all are
Episcopalians, except three There is not
sickly or Incorporate child among them. There
is not poor or rich child among them. There
are two widows There has been but one corpse
carried out of the house in which he now resides
and which he has occupied for forty years. This
homestead contains the same sofa, chairs, hall
lamp, silver, parlor paper mirrors, bureaus, etc.,
that it did forty years ago.
All the members of this family are on perfectly
friendly and fraternal terms. There are no fam
lily jars. On Christmas day, 1851 twenty three
children and grandchildren sat down for the
fortieth time to the usual Christmas cheer of
roast beef, plum pudding, and glass of good
wine.
The Rev. S. H. Battin, of our village, is the
youngest son of the old gentleman mentioned
above, and we believe, is somewhere in the
neghborhood of thirty five years. He spent the
last Christmas with his aged parent.-Ospego
Democrat