The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-05-27
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The last arrival from the Eastern States
brought US the intelligence that the submarine
telegraphic cable which Is to connect Europe
and America, had been completed, and the
steamers containing The cable had been DIS
patched to deposit 1t in the Atlantic. The caoie
is two thousand FIVE hundred miles in length,
the surplus over the actual distance 10 be trav7
ersed being considered necessary in case Of
emergency to make up for the inequalities IN
the bed of the ocean, and the variations tnat
may be caused by the winds and currents. Inc
lexbiIity of the cable is SO great that it can be
made as manageable as small rope, and it is
capable Of being tied around the arm without
injury. It's weight is but 300 pounds to the
mile, and its strength such that it will bear In
water over six miles of its own length If sus-
pended vertically OF the effects OF the success
oe this enterprise, the New York Herald says:
The first fact that presents itself, in consider
ing the effects which must result from the sue
cess of this enterprise, is the annhllatloD oil
both space and time between the Old aud New
Worlds. One of the principal objections urged
against its practicabllity was the difficulty III
procuring a battery sufficiently strong to trans
init a pulsation across the Atlantic through SIM
pie conductors. 1t was however satisfactorily
proved by Professor Morse that it not only
could be done, but that strong electric cur
rent could transmit dot or character a dis
lance of two thousand miles in two seconds
Other electricians said it could not be done In
less than from four TO six seconds, but the TACT
that it could be accomplished was fully estab-
Iishcd. The statement of few facts will show
4. NH mill he nd
the successful laying of the cable. The London
Exchange closes at three o'clock, and as the diff
ference in time between that city and New York
is four hours aud forty -tive minutes, we will re-
ceive the report Of the price oil Consols at elcv-
ell o'clock in the morning, in time for our Ope-
rators in Wall street. The movements in the
London and New York money markets will
therefore appear in the evening edition Of the
New York Herald, and on the same day on
which they may take place. The British Par
lament sometimes sit as late as one o'clock, and
their sessions are occasionally prolonged until
two in the morning, but the result of their de-
alterations will reach us about ten O'Clock of
the preceding evening. time enough to be pub
lished in the Herald Of the next day, simultane-
ously with the report of the London Times
Then, again, our great mercantile firms can
send their orders through it to different parts of
Europe and countermand them with the same
rapidly should they find 1t to their interest to
do 20 1t is hardly possible TO calculate the eff
feet Of this stupendous undertaking, and when
accomplished there cannot be doubt of its sue
cess in pccuniary point Of view. When it is
considered that it will be connected with the
various land lines on both sides of the Atlantic,
now extending thirty-thrce thousand miles in
Europe, and forty-two thousand in the United
States, and that it will be the only means Of
communication between them, it would seem to
be inadequate to the demands that will be made
upon it. Such is the opinion Of some who have
had long experience in telegraphing