Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-09-12
Oceanic Telegraph Line between Eu-
rope and A merica.

we nave IL stated I'D US, saws iHe DdhUoT
State Of Maine, on the authority of Mr.. Robt.
Stephenson, the great engineer that a recent
discovery in telegra phing has been made which
may work as great revolution III the world
of letters and OF commerce as has been already
effected by the origina' application of electric
lily or electro ma netlsm, to the purpose oil
teIegraphlc communication; or, In other words,
the art of writing al distance.
To make oursev understood, it may be
proper to say that heretofore the most scen-
iifc observers of { Cts in electro imagine. Ism
have supposed that there was limit to the
force or strength of the magnetic current upon
any given circuit; and that however perfect
might be the insulation of the submarine VI ire,
the blow or shock could not he ent ac ross the
Atlantic Ocean. In this belief a project 8
been formed for constructing sub ma inc tel
egraph between Great Britain and The United
States by crcuilous route, acre the various
straits and channels lying between the inter
med'lte islands Of the Northern Atlantic
Oco n. 1t was proposed to commence this
line at the northerly part of Scotland, thence to
the Orkneys, thence to the Shetland and Farce
Islands, thence 10 Iceland, a distance of some
three hundred miles, thence to the shores oil
Greenland, thence across land TO Davis. Strait
thence across said strait to Labrador shore
thence by land to Quebec, &c.
MIR. Stephenson states that a lelies of recent
experiments has established the + Ct that by
formr a complete wire circuit, that is by
TWO connected wires, extended so as TO re urn
To the same point of departure, forming com
plete metallic circuit inste of using one wire
connected with the ground, the galvanc clli.
rent may be sent TO any conceivab di lance
without loss or dimnution of power The
supposed weakness OF the current is 10 be
trbutcd TO its interruption by o currents
VIII ch cross currents are overcome or avoided
by the continuous wire circuit.
In this way, doubling the expense Of the SUBJ
marine cable, making with it complete metal
lie circuit or double track, by return line
the galvauc current may be sent, without
sensible loss of power, from London to Por.
land or New York; or, at any rate, from q
way to Cape Race
1t is known, however, that this principle oil
a metallic circuit was one of the first ide s If
the telegraph, but sub quent discovery Of
the fact that one line of wire inserted in the
earth made a complete circuitby that means
lone, caused the original method 10 be lac
aside, and finally abandoned.
We Cannot any longer doubt that the Gee.
anlc Telegraph will be realized, and that q
line of wires will yet encrcle the whole nth
bringing all parts of it into instantaneous com
municaion with each other. 1t is impossible
for any human for light TO estimate or predict
even the results OF such commnnication;and
we trust that the governments of the United
States and Great Britain will take up the mat
ter of an oceanic line on a scale commensur.
ate with its mportance-providing such a
number of distinct wires, enclosed in one ca
ble as will supply the necessities of com.
'nerce and intercourse between Europe and
America