The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-12

SIGN OF the Executive Department into an Office
for the distribution of the loaves and fishes
"ihe spells of the vanquished." This hateful
maxim has grown into o law, which isenforced
with all the rigor Of tyranny and all the heart
essness of war; Did the fathers of the repub-
lie contemplate victorious and vanquished
people in the results Of our peaceful elections?
Did they lay its foundations in the popular
mind, expecting that passions and not opinions
would determine the questions for the decision
OF which they provided? We're minorites to
be DISTINGUISHED? No. These are the inRova-
lions and the morals OF conventions, of poll
ticians State and national, and they are the
direst curse which sflcts our government AMI
people at the present moment.
The New YORK, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LONDON
TELEGRAPH CoMPANIEs-THE CABLES FOR THE
GULF OF Sr. LAWRENCE AND THE ATLANTIC
OcEAN.--The failure which attended the
laying OF the submarine cable last year
across the Gulf Of st. Lawrence, from New
foundland to Cape Breton, has not, we are
glad to learn, deferred the company from the
prosecution Of their enterprise, and arrange
ments have already been made to secure its
successful accomplishment during the ap-
preaching summer. That failure, it may be
remembered, was caused by the elements, the
steamer employed in laying the cable havin Z
been overtaken by storm when about four
teen miles distant from the Island OF st. Paurs,
near Cape Breton. Over forty miles Of it had
been paid out when the captain OF the bark
Sarah l.. Bryant ordered it to be cut, as the only
means Of saving the vessel, which was in immi-
nent danger Of being wrecked. In the cable
formerly used, there were three conducting
wires, each about as thick as knitting needle,
and flaw in any of these was sufficient to stop
the electric current from one end to the other.
In view Of this, it was determined to manufac
ture cable with only one conductor, which
should consist Of some Of the small sized copper
wires twisted together, and flaw or break in
any one of which would not interfere with the
progress Of the electric current This cable is
lees than half the thickness Of the three wire
cable, and weighs only two tons to the MILE
while the weight of that lost was five tons. Il
has also the additional and important advan-
tage Of being more pliable, and can, therefore,
be laid with less difficulty. The New
York and Newfoundland Telegraph Com
pany have entered into contract
with the English manufactures, Messrs. W.
Kuper x Co. London, according to which the
cable is to be laid by the manufacturers them
selves, under the direction of their engineer,
Mr.. Canning, and given into the possession Of
the company in perfect working order some
time next June.
In the meantime, extensive preparations are
being made for the laying Of the transatlantic
cable, which is to be completed and in opera
ton in the year 1858. This is also to have but
one conductor made in the way we have de.
scribed, and will weigh about three-quarters of
a ton to the mile. In the process Of laying it
across the ocean from st. Johns, Newfoundland,
to the nearest point on the southern coast OF
Ireland--a distance of sixteen hundred and
forty.seven miles-two steamers will be en-
ployed. The cable itself will be two thousand
four hundred miles long, the surplus being re-
sered to make up for the inequalities in the bed
of the ocean, and the drifting caused by the
currents and winds, though it is hardly proba-
bic that onehalf of this surplus will be needed
Each steamer will have twelve hundred miles
of this cable on board, weighing nine hun
dred tons and after joining the ends of the
coils and dropping them in the ocean, mid
way between the two points Of land which
it is intended to connect, will start for their
separate places Of destination. While this
operation is going on a constant communica-
ton can be kept up between the two vessels,
through the cables, while it is landed on the
opposite shores of Europe and America. Thus
the whole work can be accomplished in one half
the time that would be required for one steamer
to lay it from coast to coast, and starting
either from st. Johns or Ireland. Allowing
for Interruptions by the weather or in repair
ing any damage that might happen to the
cable during the process Of paying it out, it is
estimated that not more than ten days at
the utmost will be required for the Who'll
work. We also learn that by recent improve
ments in the telegraph instruments, it has been
conclusvely demonstrated that an electric
current can be transmitted through cable ex
tending from Ireland to Newfoundland. These
are certainly wonderful improvements on the
former plan, and would seem to guarantee its
success beyond the possibility Of doubt.
NEWS FRoM THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE -
PEnyERsE Love OF THE WESTERN PEOPLE roR
TIE New YORK lIEIALD.-We have often no
ticed that no New York journal except the
HERALD is often seen out of this State. For
this opinion, which unsupported, might seem
egotistic, We have the subjoined excellent en-
dorsement, in letter from Chicago to the
Journal Of Commerce.