The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-27

column, will cause feeling of heartfelt regret
in every bosom. The liberal scale on which all
the arrangements for the operation were made;
the careful study of and provision for every pos
sibe contingency the reputation and character
of the gentlemen who superintended the practical
lsbors the class and fitness of the ships en-
ployed; the free cooperation Of the governments
of this country and England and, above all, the
earnest hope that beat high in every breast led
to the trusting belief that the feat which would
characterize the most active century the world
bias ever known, would be successful at its first
attempt 1t is true that fears of such result
were entertained by many, but these fears were
more the children Of hope Of a successful issue
than Of any reasoned deduction from existing facts
In view of the results OF the experiments made on
board Of both ships previous to the beginning
of the actual labor, and Of the accident to the
cable on the commencement Of the paying out
from On board the Niagara, these fears had
largely diminished in this country and in Eng
land; and not only had the market value of the
stock of the company risen greatly, but under
writers were found whe were willing to take the
risk of insurance.
We were well aware, from the letters of our
correspondent on board the Niagara, that the Of
fcers and men engaged in the expedition were
not sanguine Of its success; but we alsO knew
that this very feeling mace them more anxious
TO strain every nerve for its accomplishment and
more solicitously watchful in guarding against
every possible disaster To them, therefore, SIS
body, not SHADOW of blsue will be attached by
any one They have done all that men could do
to perform one Of the greatest physical feats ever
attempted by man. Even the accident itself,
which has delayed this great enterprise, was the
result of too much zeal on the part of the engi-
neer in charge of the work at the time the wire
broke.
Yet while every one will regret the preeent re-
suit, there is no reason that the project should
be abandoned. 1t is simply a mechanical
failure; and such failure in this me-
chanical age will only stimulate to renewed
effort. The very experience gained in the late
experiment will be a powerful contributor to fu-
ture success, for it amounts, in fact, to demon
stration that the thing can be done. Public con-
fdence in the ultimate laying of cable across
the Atlantic will now be far greater than ever it
was before, and the world has been Weakened to
the idea that its achievement is necessity. The
company that has so boldly undertaken the tack,
aud the governments that have contributed to its
performance, will find q much greater support in
public opinion than has hitherto been granted to
them and should they find it necessary to call
for pecuniary assistance from capitalists in their
renewed efforts to accomplish the undertaking.
there can be no doubt that they will readily
find it,
A thousand interests call today for telegraph
between Europe and America that had never
dreamed of it before. The merchant has already
begun to calculate upon the advices he would
receive by it from his correspondents; the states
man has already looked forward and longed for
daily report Of the political move
ments on the other side of the ocean;
the devotee Of science is anticipating the
possibility OF anE ouncing to his compeers every
where the result of bis nightly scanning of the
heavens; the shipowner, the underwater, the sea.
man, the emigrant-in word, every class of so.
ciety is waiting the agency of the Atlantic tele.
graph TO tell them how it goes with their inter-
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this state Of things new efforts must and will
spring until the broad ocean is SPAWNED by the
electric conductor-and success will come.
The story Of Bruce, as he lay hidden in gar
ret, watching the attempt Of spider to fasten Its
thread 10 a distant BEAM is familiar to every one.
1t, too, spun its cable, and made every prepare
ton, but the effort failed. Nowise disheartened,
again 1t set to work and again it failed; attempt
followed attempt till ak failures had been count
ed by the despairing hero, who wondered at the
constancy and courage exhibited by the insect.
A seventh cable was spun, a seventh effort fol-
lowed, and the distant beam was reached, and
then the structure Of all its great fabric was easy.
So it will be with the Atlantic cable, and we have
10 hesitation in uttering this our prophecy of it's
successful accomplishment.
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