The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-06-15

during the process, The exceeding strength
Of the cable, formed a. II Is Of mass Of
heavy iron wires.wound spirally around The
thick ,arrsd envelope and gutia percha cords
which contain the electric conductors, will
DO sufficient 10 hold tho steamer rs II she
were q, anchor until the gale Is over. OF
course the work will be done In ~" '--'.
mer months when there Is little ds..
interruption from iempes,s. The cable
when once sunk upon the bottom will 70.
main there forever. below the range Of ma.
rine animals, and safe from all disturbance.
Il would be difficult 10 fix limit 10 lie du.
ration ahe: il is once successfully bedded.
OF the Company which has undertaken
the cis-Ailau,ic portion Of The work we have
oaen had occasion 10 speak. Its composed
Of some eigh, or more wealthy gentlemen,
who propose 10 build the eniire line from
St. Johns, Newfoundland, TO New York
with their own resources. Peter Cooper 10
the President, and Moses Taylor the Treas
urer Of this Company, and Cyrus Field.
one Of its members, has jus, returned fiom
Europe, where he wen, 10 consummaie the
arrangement, with The European Company.
The American par, Of The line will be 1900
miles in length, II miles Of il will be under
the Gull OF ST. Law, and the cos, OF The
whole is estimated al a million and
half Of dollars. The wires across New.
Ioundland will make 400 miles ofihe line,
running through a country hitherto unoccu.
pied and unknown. In the cutting Of The
path and other preparatory labors the Com.
pany have had 400 men employed during
the pas, year in that Island alone. They
have been literally aided with grants OF
land from ha, colony and have obtained ad.
vaniageous charters and grants elsewhere.
From our last English journals we learn
iha, the cable 10 60 under the Gulf Of 81.
Lawrence was about 10 be shipped. and we
may accordingly soon expect 10 be able 10
receive dispatches from 81. Johns as easily
and regularly as we now do from N.0rleans.
This cable contains three electric wires
only, i, being contemplated 10 lay down
another Of the same size, when the Europe.
an wires have been brought across and tho
business between New York and London
requires il.
Meanwhile, as soon as communication Is
opened with 81. Johns, IL is expected that
the Collins steamers will regularly call
there 10 take in Goals and deliver The news.
This alone will bring Us two days nearer 10
Europe in point Of intelligence, st. Johns
being two days sail beyond Halifas. The
advantage Of taking similar stock Of coal
and carrying more ffeish. will be sufficient
10 render this arrangement mos, profitable
one for The steamers. Finally in three
years the communication from Europe 10
America will become instantaneous, and
then the steamers will no longer be Of any
value as bearers OF news. When We find
in tho Tribune every morning a column or
two Of Geographic dispatches, narra'ing ev-
cry interesting event Of the previous day In
Europe and Asia-for the magical wires are
being extended ,hiiher also-we shall car Q
bu, little for files OF journals and corespOn-
dence lha, reach US ten days old. These
can then possess only that curious interest
which belong 10 old letters and old news.
papers: we shall read them with pleasure
perhaps, but their freshness will be gone.
Tho gigantic ,riumphs Of modern science
and industry are matters so triie and thread
bare that they are now rarely referred 10
excep, in some dinner speech or anniversa-
~ Grafton, bu, still !, is impossible to con-
template the probability Of such an achiev-
mcnt rs we have described without q glow
and thrill a, its sublime audaciiy and It's
magnificent, uses. When events, Discovers
YES, projections, business speculation, love
and war, may all be flashed uneringiy
from hemisphere to hemisphere Ten ,bous-
and feet beneath The surface oil the sea, s,o-
, lidiIy itself must expand into wonder and
delight Whers then will DO time and
space, the ancien, limitations Of numaniiy'
Anihilaled by that industrious hand and
iha, scientific genius with which Man was
endowed when he was set 10 snbdue and