The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-06

chores Of Newt uuelsud from the esph Of afen hun
d1sd to two thousand fathows as 1t approaches tsose
Ireland wire laid a,foss from Newfcuudisod vouk
pass the north OF the Grand Banks ami rest on th.
plateau alluded to- and whore the waters Of the sea- GO
cording TO lisut. Msury, appear quiet and NJ
completely at rest the bottom Of a mill uoad
BE says that there are perceptible currsots'
and NO abrad,ng agents at work at the bottom OF
the sea upon this telegraph plateau and THE infer
ence be derives from the study OF fact which bscam
krQwn 70 him In making eeep souadinys. Lieut.
Berry man. ~ appears, brought up with the apparatus
specimens of the bottsm from this plateau, which,
when examined with the micsaAscy ws's found to Goa
sist entirely OF shells minute M 70 be PerceptiSc
to the eye. ThsGe little shells at suggested fc c
that there are currents at the bottom Of the on
which they are taken-tbat the spot where they wcss
Scund their burial place, and that after having
Lived and died the surface they had sunk grAdu
until they reached the bottom where they had lain
disturbed by CURRENTS for had there been currents here
they would doubtless have been swept abra led, aad
mingled up with tine other microscopic which
lie at the bottom OF the eczi sand
and other matter but not particle of sasd or gravel
Here IheD in this timely discovery Of Lieut. Msury
and IN that OF the pecuiiar and valuable properties OF
favcr OF the great submans telegraph which Is 60 con
meet Europe and America. Whatever opinions others
may entertain of its probable success tnose who have
tai in the undertaking, slnguns regarding N
aDo trey are men who, We think, woad not be easily
carried away by their enthusiasm If the prospects OF
success, were NOT very certain.
EFFECTs OF THE SUCCESS OF THE SUBMARINE TELs-
GRAPH
The first fact that strikes person In considering the
effects which must result from the this
prse is the ihston Of both space aud time
the Old and the New Worlds. We can have the news
here almost it is known in England and pub
lish 1t simultaneously with the English papers.
Thus the HERALD viii be enabled to publish
tie proceedings the British Parliament tbs ineli
gencs from the seat OF snd any other important
formation, the morning that it appears in the
Times. We might 60 somewhat further, and say thai
we could publish the before it transpres that is
we made allowance for the difference between Hug-
lish and American time. Say, for instance that the
line had been completed before the death Of the late
Gar and that intelligence Of the event reached Eng
land at four O'Clock in the afternoon we would have
received at eleven O'Clock the morning OF the same
Gay, AZ the rises Eve hours earlier the English
tran he does on us New Yorkers. The proceedings Of
the stock markets. in London Liverpool aAd many tns
principal cities in Europe, may also be made known
through the telegraph to merchants before they
meet on Change. Then, again, great mercantile
firms can Transmit their orders by 1t to dit
ferent parts Of Europe, and countermand them
with the same rap6ity, should they find it their
interest to Go TO- is hardly possible to calculate the
effects Of this supendous undertaking successful and
laid, there can hardly it s thought be doubt Of its
success in pecuDisry point Of view When 1t is
sdereo that it will be connected with the various lines
on both sides Of the Atlantic and that it will be the
only mesEs Of communication between toem, it would
seem as II the six wres of which 1t il composed would
Re Inadequate to the demand that will be made upon
them. Such We are told, is the opinion of w1o
have bad long experience telegrapning, add wh,
predict that before five years elaPse TWO submar
cables will be required instesd Of one.
We have sluoed to the enterprise Of the Eogish and
French governments in the NAbl sbment lines
Of telegraph through different parts domnions
but the feat winch they have yet per-
formed in the laying OF ths great cable
through the Black Sea- distance of three
mtet. Through means of this tbs &c brought
INTO direct sno constant with the govern
ments at Paris and London aud 1t s ead that Louis
Napoleon Is enabled to direct the movements of the
army before sebsstrpol through the wonderful
sgency The Ruesian to be actusted oy
the same spirit OF enterprise and talks OF soussrustpg
teJegrarh lines 10 the utmo4t Of s domioons
Should 1t 90 90, shouId the East India hns be estso.
ished, and should the Atlantic telegraph be successful
We will bave complete g,rdle around ths earth.
company has bsea already chartered CONSTRUCT line
along the Missssippi to San Francisco thus uniting
Atlantic and Pacific coasts. In of the Russian
Dectsd with the terminus Of their line at the nearest
point the extreme boundary of their Asatc posses
soDs, and communication being thus established with
London by way Of st. Petersburg the girdle would be
complete. Though this may SEEM improbable now,
he fool who would say in looking back at tbs great
progress which has been made In science during the past
fifty years, that it ia impossible.