The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-27

vance OF bis age Siucous OF the naiurs OF htnn T.
and versed In tee science Of electricity as then known
be whosc sAgsc,y nrst detected their affinity, and
Who in 1854 first applied conductors 10 the pro ocou OF
buildings d hts Invention will be q cnstant safeguard
to properly TO the end OF time he too, took proni
nent part In the OF independelce he pego,lsted
tho treaty OF alliance between the United Provinces
and France which involved lha country In an Anne.
rcan and European war with England In It's, and
probably led r.motey TO tho great revolution OF 1859;
no rgned tho treaty Of peace between the United
States and Great Br ain In 1883; and, nrsi Minis
Or fom the republic 10 the mother country received
from George the THIRD the emphatic that he
had been the last England who had acknowledged
us Independence he would be tho last mAn 10 DIS.
pvte H. Bai Franz lin Diet in $780, long before tho heats
incidt nta 70 that struggle which freed his country had
subedsd and very bitor feelings prevailed between tho
two countries during the latter years Of his Ito Hut
what would the father OF electrical scicpcs have said II
ho had known that thcro were children In the world
which ho leaving VINO would live TO the day that
all Epglsnd reoced INA such the triumph OF science
that the salute ~kisn inausuratsd the 4 OF July In Nov
York might be fired by English engineer officers In Lon
dom
Yet II IL even so In no great number OF months the
gavanic wire sin counec, England with the New World
ana carly IN 1855 the electric current viii carry mes
cage ire gun the Atlantis with velocity that
allows spprccable measure OF time. Wonderful a.
the project Is II no mere speculation; the thing has
already been accomplished. Already submarine tele
graphs concentrated in London, traverse st. Georges
Char ne 10 Dublin the North Channel 10 Carrickcrgus
tho straits Of Dover to Calais and o,tsud, and the
North sea iron otfordncss 10 the Hague. Nor are
other countries behind hand-the Lulc Belt the
Great Belt. and the Sound uavsrsed by q line
n.
Europe France commu .,es with her Algerine Go
vernon ny ne which passes from Spezs n Cape Corso
Corsra and SARDINIA TO the ncshoorhood OF runs
and thence 10 Aeers by Land. Even the inhospi,abe
Euxnc tie bcnoncent messenger, and many
an axous mind has been relieved by the telegraph from
Baakava 10 varsa whilst preparations being made
10 commun,cs,s IN Il same manner with Malta Oonstan
tinople, Alexandria Adm, aud thence to kurrscnee,
whs Is 70 be connected with the Indian system.
-. line which IL 10 connect the New World with
th. odd IL 70 commence Of Cork; and along its pro
posed route 10 ~ Johns-a distance OF ono thousand
Elk hundred and eighty miles-ioe bottom Of the see
Lieutenant Msury In 1853, and so emneny suited the
resting place OF the submarine cablc, that u has been
called the telegraph platform. II 10 OF atoierabiy uni
form cep,h not than already been su,cessiuly
encountered during the greater part offs extent ihouen
deeper the rise coast than the shores OF Neviound
land. and about two thrrc miles Ia breadth. This
bank "a composed OF bed Of the most minute
possible shels, so ANAL 10 be scarcely dstn.
AMI beautiful struoture-spparen,y kindred TO those
microscopic shells hich forms some OF our ohalks
and marbles-os e prove the complete stiffness Of the
water a that derth. Indeed, u II well knosn
that The disturbance caused by the waves, even Of the
mos, violent storm, ceases At depth comparatively
,h.r i.ussr and nov ,Sss dsnscroSs reef. called the
Merlin Rock N the narrow entrance 10 the harbor-
eighteen feet below the surface At low wsef-oas been
shfuy and successfully moved BY the ordcr ahd ri
the expense Of the company the largest steamers 10 the
world 9th safety pass In and OF that anf locked
harbor which possesses abundant f.cilte, Tor cosns
RAY the cable n laid down across the Gulf Of 81 Law
renee 70 Caps North, whence traversng Cape Breton
Island n 10 carried 70 Halifax, whence DISTRIBUTE mes
saees over the whole continent Of North America.
Amongst the most remarkable events OF the age In
which we live viii be the changes effected By this new
agency OF intercom municatioo. Rapidly ~ ueam has
br,dged the Auantic-bowever soon - We may expect
st greater rapidy Of interchange OF correspondence
arising nom The Improved construction, and 70 GER
tain desree increased size OF ocean stcamers-stil
there will some time or other, be reached . limit 70
the velocity with which thee huge bodies can be moved
-vhtcb limit indeed, cannot be very far distant and
great the rate Of speed might be which science
may hereafter command II would sill leave the great
commercial world Of America n . dsadv as
resards it, trade compared with the nations Of Europe
The facilities which this line will Afford 70 commerce
certainty will 1--WE mercantile calculatcrs the
fort vi beetow upon severed friends and reativee the
pao6cauuy effect will have upcp diplomatic relations,
bv u,st possible 70 settle dimcuues almost before
thew all events before they known 70 exist
are incalculabe but the area over which in Inusrcc
viii extend In North America may be measured cy the
trio vhe In The United States amounted 70 A3T5 miles