Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-01-15

The Bottom of the Interesting
Revelations

Lieut. Maurv has just sent a report to the
Secretary of the Navy concerning the subma-
rne explorations made bv the North Pacific
Exploring Expedition under the command of
Lieutenant Rodgers, aud from this valuable
Go,umcmt We take the following interesting
extract -
Deep sea SoundingS, with specimens of the
bottom, have also been returned to this Office
from that expedition They were taken in the
North Pacific with Brooke's apparatus, and
lave been studied through the microscope of
l:o' Bailey at W,St Point
They all tell the same story They teach
Us that the quiet of the grave reigns every
where in the profound depths of the ocean that
The rcpoSe here is beyond the reach of the
wind it is so perfect that none of the pow
| .r, Of earth, save only the earthquake and
roeano, can disturb it The specimens Of
A deep sea soundngs, for which we are Indebted
% the ingenuity of Lieut. Brooke, are as pure
l.I as free from the sand of the sea as the
gow fake that falls when it is calm upon the
ya IS from the dust of the earth Indeed,
A 'aee s0nndings suggest the idea that The sea,
lie the snow cloud with It's fakes in a calm,
4 always letting fall upon its bed showers Of
desc microscopic shells and we may readily
a.-lne that the sunless wrecks which Strcw
4 lotion, are, IN the process Of ages, bid un-
A a' this lcccy covering, presenting the md
appearance which is seen over the body of
traveller who las perished i'll the snow
Nrn. The ocean, especially within and near
/ ae tropics Swarms with life The remains of
nrrjadS of moving things are conveyed by
Au-rent> and scattered aDd lodged in the course
time all over its bottom. This process, con
1Ged for ages, has covered the depths of the
'1an As With a mantle, consisting Of organisms
Nie.cate as the maced frost, and as light as
wdrftcd snowflake on the mountain
'faeycr this beautiful SOundnTr0d has reach
y, he bottom Of the deep sea, whether in the
A"aa'ic or Pacific, the bed OF the ocean has
. ' found OF downhke Soltacss The lead
fi@arN to sink many feet deep into the oozy
43rr there which has been strained aud i'll
FA through the sea water This matter con
MS OF the skeletons and casts of insects of the .
f. O, microscopic minuteness.
lie TACT that the currents dc not reach /
.4 10 The bottom of the deep sea that /
7F are no abrading agents at work there,
'oae the gnawing tooth of time that
~ "Hd 4 drefcdcd HpoH the bed 0f tie /
'' F'eta be cattle Strong enoHgA 10 hold /
.'g'" hhgraph ,rtre that art can draw =; |
& with other discoveries made in the course
"F INVESTIGATIONS carried on in the hydro
>'f"ei department Of this Office concerning
9'y>eS Of the sea, and already announced !
~ y, '.iciaI publications and correspondence,
~Asy to prove Of great practical value and
''1ge IN submarine telcgraphy-a line of
only in the first stage of its infancy,
IF interesting to the whole human
!or IN its bearings and results it touch
~S. nearly the progress of man in the
,nat Is leading him upward aud onward.
"O"oa was that telegraphic cable must
NJ great strength to resist and Withstand
Y s| o. the sea. Whcreupon the conduct
D -E alter being coated to insulation with
id t'cl, was encaSed in a wire hawSer or
%o'' enough to hold the largest "Seyen-
@ u hcr anchors These cables were
-lF">Te IN their manufacture, bulky for
!, ua"ie'dy for handling and difficult to
Ia - was such wirc-laid cable that the
t"c Company lost in the laying be-
NM IoundIand and Cape Breton, in 1850;
sa,, >ucIl one-wire laid, stiff and larg
'E mems arm-that the French have
o,' ,yilf'ed to lay in the Mediterranean,
now We have learned, in the course of
'ME c.3 >ugatIonS, that all the obstacles in
,,,l 'he sea to the laying of submarine
'N Hc between the surface and the |