The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-19

srspt asro.s os ,snc it Is prsPosed 70 csrrs the .t
to the ee erb shores OF Desnd Inc great circle disisn
iorty) he sorg lie rout- Is prooably Jwhe
more lhsI tea (or twelve, I.oussbd feet cees.
that conpaby co1ssis o ept. rprisiug American OH
zeos and Sr.sh subjscs, ~ho have been iNsnisned vii
rGsteyer oil Information ,sA oico could ah1a sendiu
~ facilitate their cute prise. VIVA ihess Ignite such
| thty we're, aud wfn their Osn kpowedge, iNtsAigen
ana experience 10 guide ihens they have de jdsa uo
the sslo cord wnlsh to brig the ce Word gsto 10
sisnsnRosr conmunlssiion win ths Nes. fhey exosG
10 lay the wires ehs ,elegra,io passsu during
Il uext year. The WIND snd current onarss will aoi
soe seItst for 1hen he operates x be tr
\ iesst Liable 90 interruption by gaie VI wind
~i as soo7 as they ar competst mic for you
rs-cton, ana secsuse OF sser osaiIy upon shis sao
y-,E, series OF Aey- storm charts Of the Atasscoa
'cr csoo month. rnosr pey,s OF ihe ocsaa wish ,o
deest sGadiDg an visited, tue ayesass byA gallo
wEs n least once Aa every ak asss tho next der
once, Oh she averag III from Ell 10 ten oays and
ntc,.shsdins thee s gale cscc 10 foIa every TEL
On information derIvss, 265 SO days of oservstspa
They VIZ be prepared ny L'eutehspis Ricn nSN Au'ioA
which tssaah Stream Nss npon ,ns gales of tie Nort
sDtic They show mai these gs moet p EvGe n
To January aad sha xnser mcEtis isss SO In Juy and
The kpnwfs-gc wb CD tD The course OF these jnvesgc
tons We havs eain. CONCERNING the cu-ear and beo
the Jos.lees the op there Is pow no
cuy eros.s7y the Cur r,rssm ith the magnetic tela.
graph, and brS.pg Cuba witbin the mesats OF s net
work pere nlo soon 10 be CONNECTED s. ths, nich
embraces betn 2arope and Asa. Taefe . current,
bowever srcpg, tea however deep bcssrous that
may Lot now oe soenn-d win tesssappc s,irs; ior
sse n arine liner o. telegraph not sras
tue s'sadih or oeca Sf toe out 10 power o.
Professor Morse BIS recently accomplished tie teat OF
srsnsntunf through cn Gnbroken circuit, upsyxss OF
zos' inhes - length Nv feegfapeio iisoals ia mn
ute aho there rfason ais, 10 believe Eha.
will snov 10 s the Of seagr lpoo icc lho
bottom q toe deep viii sol se as great o vale,
50 nov is On f,eax f1deed Vera Cruz an era
az 40 vsai a. "a ana ues nos DO -sRaroed as isriy
wit,in no reaca 81 the submarine telegraph
Ibst sno,ner the Unltea S.asss staaner Arctic Lsat.
snt OF ~ 20 q March ssV, disotug three sulabie
ses o. the navy u he empayd assisting me to perfect
tre discoveries usda OF shess
nos iefse eisccverits the ta2raplc plateau OF soe
Ataaiio hsi elaine isfss share ii ths public s..ea
ton tariher exploration a. Il desired and shs 10
pastneni, ~ Opstazng with she Iobe enterprise,
ioot by company q pstric,c All enterprising Auer
can citoens for uD:g ,1e pople OF Earops gud Ansrt
Ca ioss,ney in The bonds Of toe msgattc telegraph
dr,ced Particular aueitson 10 ihis subject dor
efui<e OF tne Arctic Accordingly the was furnished with
steam machinery or haupg up tte soundng rod, AMI
was allowed every facility TO- The aosi complete deep
o,htr aess'aIce IN my researches was also expected
Iom ihe seerva'i0nF which tolls vosse to MAKE
nncn enoan2er navigation AZ certain seasons II under
Iuns he Gai Stream. Your Instructions also pohteo
the Gull Stream; and, from the deep soundngs tam.
peruuies ana other observaiicns made on H. ho1ed 10
dseovsr amorg other brge the thickness OF that sheet
OF warm water which, you have al esdy seen has such
marked, and st1rmy, and terrible influence upen
navigation bet~sen this country sao Europe.
The faciitlcs for deep sonpdinss were snoh taat
were erc 10 look for contributors OF the high
est interest and value to krovleage concerning
oragrspny OF the aiaEtic ocean; tor tho vossel
ssamer the Iss OF the xnd ever employed on such
vice and che could therefore let do Brooxes ling
rod wherever 10 wa desired.
But have btes sasiy oisappo,nted Mcss, n not all,
ct The work oore IN this vsesci this scrvsa has u be
retcied. Her csep tea roundngs along the teeSaphlc
plateau. from St John, Nesfcundicnd 10 vaenua IA
caugory. Thsy s,re mads amer pans tina, were rcw,
vhb obvious fources OF error hut q, paius seem 20
erroY or 10 sno The means Of applying any corrections
u the wcrs hare rot ben nhs TO reconcile depths
reported ny 'he arctic win former deep sea soardngs
nor do her sourdpas going agree With her scunius
luSD'pg Thsr ekcyepan 3,ss gayng; and It s 20 DC
hoped ths Interesting and important work will be done
We ara more fcftupsio however with the samples OF
the bot'cm brought from the tessraphic plateau
hey ere very precious Lieut.. Bergman obtained In
qpis after The manner Of IAeut Brooke, specimens OF
the bottom al the way across by great crcle ronte
from ,hyty four diyerent rcn,, along the route.
Immediately on their rece!p, here they were sent 10
irofessor Bailey Of West ioit. Tor microscopic exanoa
usn Though suffering from attack cf noss, he kadiy
undertook iha sudy Of ihsm nj once Liko all other
deepsoandns specimens, tncy indicate by thsr snaro
angles an0unturAee forms the total absence OF abrad
Ina forees ct the bottom OF the deep sea
The teesra aphc plateau lies the Gull Stream, a1d
Professor Bailey sss, In letter concerning inese spe.
have doubt beau'ul river grtes along
, aSuse "a Ss Nese % 1snG s. a. ssSy Z, the n %
tom In The sish,ss, decree.
And again, arcr further examinasion:--
hrd evidence Of any violent abrasion any the
specimens Even In The from the banks the
sopps as rem a. ey sSd s Aos ee
Ing any subsequent abrasion ca transportation.
In substquens letter be adds
The evidence OF van, % abrasion Of the mineral mater
AM the Of large proportion OF calcareus mud
Win euk stream forms continue in all he eOmcns
Thus tho remsirs OF thesc mites OF things tell us In
their mu,o way tha, tho ice oearog current from the
edge Of ihs Gfand Banks oven below the abAdng 40
ton Of tho zee, aud tina, there danger 10 tho tee
graphic cord even therc except from the grounding Of
As soon as Professor Bsis,s nua report upon the mi
eroscopc character Of 'bess specimens received shall
have tho honor Of transmitting IL TO you.
You will observe tbas these specimens fully confirm all
that other observations had taoeht US oonoorrisg tho
quisscsnt State of ourrts 81 The bottom Of tho sea aud
that hero along this tecsrpphio piateas IS 10 every
where wherever eyoohts sounding rod has e. ven us Of
rerfecly shsnred from ine forces OF wincs and wave.
and runnGng water that q rope OF sand would have
strergh enough TO ho safely TO their anchors the sub
whole dGeuty 10 stretching ine w'oa OF The submarine
telegraph soro.s the Atai,o consists getting
them 70 The bottom nS' 10 retaining them pv tserc Ks-
IAesonsns United States NAVY.
Usu,D STATES NAvsl ossxxvsrosY,
wssalNarox, Nov. Is, lsbo.
Hon. ,. @. DcRuy, eecrefsry OF tho Navy
sR--I have the hosor forward heresta the report
specimen oss.asd RON u ecd oi the Atlantic Sy lieu.
Bfrry man, the unsssd states Arctic, alluded
covcry of volcanic cinders In tncsc Specimens. Tho
Gulf 10 have -rswed the bod Of the OCEAN
tor more than . thousand miles across with these
"plutonn tales," a. Prof Daley say cs them They
enable 70 mark better than hsrctoforc 81
oYt ed have done ihe limits " The annual vbra
ncss made by the channel IN which ths waters o the
Gull Stream flow.
rhese Gerry .alles wers 'cupd along tho path which s
some tines followed by the Earopeau steamorr, aod the
question arose whether hoy might not be steamboat
cinders.
Mr.. Manning, OF New York, va reouessed 70 procure
scme specimens thee fro the ash pN Of the
In New York and send thsm TO Prot Bailey 10 10
did So snd the examination lcavts no doubt upon the
Professors mlnd 10 the volcanic character Of tho
TALES.
The fct that nothing of the Kind h been desecsed In
tho sp,c breasht by the Oosst survey from the
bottom Of Tho Gulf Sream further 10 the SOUTH seems 70
Indicate that these c,nders could act have from the
voicanoos Of Central America, wsioh have been knovn
IN their ashes Ter Cuba. me drin Of The
would broua5t them from Iceland any Of the
Brhfsh hlanSs and lodged them whore Bsooke's led
iound them. appears 70 be ncat probable tnat taey
rom the inct volcanoes OF the Western islands
The size The vreous parcles appears " ans the
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