The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21

fhe copper wire which u represent ted by the vhi,e
space N the end section insulated by means OF A
hempen strand ~hch protected an tho action OF the
vHAsr by coating OF tar, pitch dia rubber Abou,
two miles Of this wound q reel was placed In a small
row beat, and with one ri the oars and Professor
Morse s the stern the work OF paying out the cable wss
commenced. woa beautiful moonlight night and those
who had prolonged their evening rsmbes the Battery
wondered they gszed M The proceedings In the boat
what kind OF fishing the TIVE could be engaged In that
required 90 long line. In less than Two hours
hat evenul evening Of the 18TH of October 1872 "he
cable laid. Professor Morse returned to his homo
and waited with some anxiety the time when be should
De able to tes tbs experiment fully and fairly The
following morning al dsybresk he was on the Battery
and had uat established It's by tue lran,msion OF
three or four Characters between the termnl Of the ne
when the communication suddenly interrupted and
wHs found impossible send any message through the
eoud ucior The OF this was explained by his OBJ.
serving lcs than voaes ing along the limo OF
the submerged Gable of which, in getting under way
had rased her anchor. The sailors unable 10 divine
~ nearing, baued In about two hundred feet Of Il on
deck, and udirg end cut OF that portion, and carried
away with them Taus ended the first attempt at sub.
marine hlegraphing. Then . small boat was employed n
shc operation but such ha, been the progress In neen
yeAs tina, he prediction Of Professor koe on the eve
vessels employed In the great work Of uniting two worlds
BY telegraph line stretched the bed or the Allan
10 ocean, and connecting points which between sig.
teen and seventeen hundred miles distant from Zach
o1her.
In 1914 he wrote another letter 10 the Secretary OF the
rreasury IN which he refsrs 10 his experiment Castle
0a-5en and speaks or new mode OF elegraphing
rivers or oher bodies Of water without wres The fcl.
loving extract rom his letter peculiarly interesting al
shis time
In ne ,ut1mn OF 1884, NJ the request OF the American
institute undertook 10 give 10 the Tc1pioin New York
Demonstration Of the praSiicsbty Of my telegraph by
counectng Gov ernoT's leland siih Castle Gtrea t.
hnoe Of mile and 'or this purpose laid my wiros pro
perry inst lated beneath The water had scarcely begun
10 operate and had received but two three characters
when my intentions frustrated by the acllcnts do
sructon 81 rert Of my conductors by vessel which
drew hem 10 on her anchor and cut them or In the
nent Of modification immediately devised plan FOR
avoiding such accident 10 future by 90 Arranging my
wires along the bsuss OF the river 20 the
Nssn 10 conduct the electricity acro,s Toe experiment
however, vas deferred un arrived In Washington, aui
% Dcem Der TO- 1884, Iteced my arrangement across
carN and vi s.ccess The simple fact was ascertaned
hat electricity could he male cross q river without
other condussors than the waicr isfn but WAS MT Gil
the last al umn that had the leisure 20 mako series
~ ext On iments 10 Woertain The hv OF ns passage
The following diagram will serve 70 explain the On.
pertinent