New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-08
srrRn1ARrNE TELEGRAPH.

and America in telegraphic communication II
about being taken. A submarine telegraph
across the Gulf Of st. Lawrence is about being
completed We regard this as only the begin
ming Of the end and entertain little doubt that
before the lapse of decade, We will be receiv-
ling messages direct from the old world as we do
now from Halifax. There is nothing startling
| in this proposition, although any man who would
have made it ten years ago would have been de-
clared Git subject for lunatic asylum. The
| vast improvements which have marked the his
1 tory Of telegraphing the past five years, would
| alone warrant and sustain any one in making
IT. even on the superstition that perfection had
been arrived at, and that further advancement
was impossible.
Just think Of the sublime idea for moment
Imagine, for an instant, the new world CON
nected by magnetic cable with the old. Why
we would have news of the warlike operations in
the Crimea as fast as electricity could trans
nit the intelligence. Should Sebastopol BIZ
taken, the information would reach New Orleans
be published and read almost as soon as in
Paris or London! Why, the very thought is full
| Of sublmity, and calculated to make every
American heart thrill and throb with unbounded
pride--for it was American genius that tanned
the lightning, and American skill that made
| it subservient to the vents, interests and hap
piness Of mankind. ST.
But 10 our immediate purpose: Some weeks
since the New York Herald gave an interesting
account of sAe great submarine telegraph pro-
ject by which it is proposed to connect the two
continents. The enterprise is progressing swim
| mingly. The parties by whom it has been
/ undertaken have been organized under the title
X Of ssThe New York, Newfoundland and London
Telegraph Company" Their names are, Peter
Cooper, Moses Taylor, Cyrus W. Field, Marshall
0. Roberts, Chandler White and Samuel F B.
Morse-a1l good and substantial citizens, with
the father Of telegraphing, s. F. B. Morse,
among them. The points of connection, accord
ing to the Herald, are st. Johns in Newfound
land, and Cork on the southern coast of ireland,
and the distance 1850 miles. From st. Johns
o line is in course of construction across the
southern part Of Newfoundland to Port au
Basque, and will be completed in eight or ten
weeks. The distance between Port au Basque
and Cape North across portion DC the Gulf Of
st. Lawrence is seventy four miles, and the con-
nection Of these points will be effected by sub
marine cable Of three wires, and about an inch
and half thick. This cable was shipped from
London on the 28th Of last month, in the ship;
Sarah L. Bryant, which is now lying at Portau
Basque. Mr. Canning, the engineer who SUI
perintended the laying of the Mediterranean
cable sailed for America on the 7th inst, in the
land, waiting to oversee the execution of the
new enterprise.
This is the first submarine cable Of any great
Importance ever laid in this country, and will
undoubtedly inaugurate new era in the his.
tory Of telegraphing this side Of the water The
weight Of the cable, says our New York cotem-
porary, is four hundred tons, and the time re-
quired for putting it down will not exceed two
days at the utmost, unless the weather should
prove very unfavorable. As the occasion will
be one of more than usual interest, quite o con.
siderable number Of ladies and gentlemen, we
understand, have taken passage on board the
steamer Calhoun, which has been engaged by
the Company to tow the Sarah L. Bryant across
the Gulf of st. Lawrence, and which was to sail
on the I'd Of August. Some Of the most distin-
guished ladies and gentlemen Of New York were
to be Of the party. The excursion must have
been q most delightful one, although business
was the leading feature Of the undertaking, We
shall await the result of the enterprise with
much interest, and trust that everything turned
out prosperously and pleasantly
The Herald then goes on to state that it is |
ihe intention Of the Company to stop at several |
POINTS on the southern and western coasts of l
Newfoundland, which may be regarded slmost |
IS terra incogaaito The island is rich in |
mineral wealth, as proved by the explorations l
# the biologists and mineralogists who were /
Employed by the Company to select the fifty |
niles of land that had been granted them BY /
he Colonial Government as an encouragement /
% them to carry out the enterprise.
The establishment of this telegraph, while it |
will be Of great Importance to the people Of i
Newfoundland, derives its national, world
Importance, from the fact that it will be the first
great link in the chain that is, at no distant |
period, to bring the two continents into almost |
Instant communication with each other.
Here is the modas operandi of the work |
lnopeSuhApi GblAouH WILL thke inc vessel having
be submarine cable on board in tow at Port au /
sasque and proceed across the Gulf to Cape
North, the nearest point on the coast Of Cape
Sreton. While she is steaming at the rate of
'etween two and three miles an hour, the cable
will be paid out from the stern Of the Sarah l..
5ryant, About thirty men will be employed in
his process, which is very simple, the cable be-
ng run out over wheel from the coil as it lies
n the hold Of the vessel. We ardently trust
10 accident will mar the pleasures of the trip,
n impair the success of the undertaking. Fail
Ire might impair the prestige which now sur
'ounds the enterprise, while complete success
would render the assurance now felt that
europe and America will be speedily united
y telegraphic bands, double sure 5aessE
THE TRurH.--At the Democratic meeting in
iarksyille, Avoyelles parish, where Messrs.
foise and Wicklife spoke, Con the 2sth ult., we
elieye,) not unusual, but on the contrary,
ather common incident, occurred Still it is
Forth relating. The gentlemen had denounced
10 Americans in their usual style, and Mr.. M.
as uncommonly bitter, sarcastic and denun-
atory.
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