Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-08-18
From the Nras York Herald.
TRINITY BAY, NEWFOUNDLAND.

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Trinity Bay in Newfoundland, and valentis
BAY on the western coast Of Ireland, have thus
become two of the most important points On
either continent. n description Of them cannot
fail to he, at this moment, highly interesting.
In the selection Of the sites in Ireland and
Newfoundland for telegraph stations ut either
end of the great oceanic line, those who were
entrusted with the work haze been governed by
one principal consideration-tlic character VI
tue beach on which the cable should be landed.
The experience of the past six or seven years
Inns proved conclusvcly that o sandy or muddy
bottom is the best adapted as resting place for
the line, while rocks or stones are almost always
fatal to its safety. Several cables that have been
laid in water noted for the rocky nature OF the
bottom, have been cut and destroyed by the
abrasion to which they were subject from cur
rents. It is therefore, a matter of the highest
importance to secure = landing place where the
line will not be injured by such means; and
where, under all circumstances. it will be per
fectly secure. The Bay Of Bulls Arm, q Coli
siderable tract o: water at the head of TRINITY
Bay, Newfoundland, has been chosen rs the best
point for the landing of the cable and the erec-
tion of e telegraph station. BY looking at the
man of Newfoundland it will be seen that TriEi-
ty and Placentia bays SIRE separated by mar.
row neck of land about inllr miles in breadth.
Now this spot has been selected, not only on
account of the sandy character of the beach but
for another reason no less torciblc. 1t Is IN
tended hereafter to lay submarine cable from
Placentia Bay to the best pnint either III Nova
Scotia or near Portland, Mano; and the bret
distance, therefore, between the two bays VIII
tend greatly to Iarili;at. this design. Snbtcr-
ranran line four miles long will be all sufficient
TO connect the two cables-:hc one extending
to iceland and through Ireland to England, Eu-
rD;e and Asia and the ether 10 the United
States and the whole Of North America. At
nresent the connections will be formed with the
land line running from 81. JOHNS the capital
CITY, to Cape Res, tic moi extreme South
western point OIL tn" Island, "''cre the cable
which spans the Gulf was laid il. The Month OF
July, 1856. The great advantage" "r the ll"ro-
scd submarine line extending from placentla
Bay to Nova Scotia or Portland will consist in
its being free from those accidents to whlrh all
land lines are liable, and to which that in New
foundland is mere particularly exposed on ac-
count of the severity of the climate and thu
wild and uncutiya,ed state Of the country.
At the hc:,d of the Bay of BULBS Arm, about
half mile from high water linc the telegraph
house will be erected. This will be a spacious
frame building, containing, in addition to the Of
fec or operators department, q sitting room, n
kitchen, eight bedrooms and all the other ct cete.
aus of well appointed household. 1t is the in.
tention of the company to provide the operators
with library; and if they do not have enough
to interest them in what they will find in it, III
themselves, in the country, and Ill their business,
they will be hard to please indeed. Besides this,
they will occupy the grand standing point be.
tween two worlds, the whole news OF which, both
private and public, must be made known to theta.
It has been said that they will be iso!ated-shnt
off as much from communication with their tel.
low.men us the occupant OF lighthouse but
there is no truth in the assertion, rs briel con-
sileration of the circumstances will show. Shut
of from commenion with their tellow.men, with
the daily hiStorJ of the world opened to them,
with full knowledge of the movements OF the
great nations Of the earth, the operations Of
trade, the state of the money market, and all
those matters which make up the sum total Of
all that is considered worth knowing in world
ly point of view-f those operatives don't be
come philosophers with such opportunities, they
are not deserving Of the position. But they are
intelligent men, for none others would be em-
ployed in so responsible situation. The force
of operators will number seven, and these must
have, among other qualifications, a perfect
knowledge of French, German, Italian and Eng
lsh, so that they may be enabled to receive and
transmit messages in all those languages. In
addition to the operators, there will be five me-
chanics to repair the telegraph instruments, and
to perform any other work that may be required
of them in their particular trade.
The approach to the bay in which the cable is
to be laid is exceedingly picturesque, and pos
sesses all that wildness and grandeur of scenery
which distinguish nearly the whole coast Of New
foundland. If the weather should prove clear,
the peaks of the leadlands can be seen some
thirty miles from land, and nearer view shows
a country of peculiarly mountainous character.
The first thing that strikes the visitor is the bar
rem and rocky nature of the land; but there are
some parts which are particularly susceptible OF
cultivation, and where, considering the inhoSpit.
able character of tn: climate farming has been
successfully carried on. 1t must be confessed,
however, that the prospects for agricultural ope
rations are not of the most encouraging kind.
and that codfishing is, rs it must always prove,
the most lucrative occupation. Between those
bleak, wild mountain ranges there are some beau
tiful little valleys, through which run streams of
the purrSt sparkling water. Indeed, there is an
inexhausliblc supply of this common but valua
bic and necessary article, both in the numerous
lakes, rivers and rivuets, with which the whole
island abounds, and which comes gushing out Of
every rock in the summer time, or are frozen up
in icy Stiffness and death during the long ami
cheerless winter.
The entrance to Trinity Bay is about thirty
miles wide and Oh either side rise the bold hea;.
lands of Baccalo and Horse Chops-the latter Of
which is about FIVE hundred and the former seven
hundred feet in height. The shore Of the bay is
marked by inlcntations and smaller bays and
inlets have been worn into its rocky boundaries
BY tha restless action Of the sen, which breaksherc
with resistlcss fury. Large caves, running far
irto the mountain barriers, have been followed
eut by the same agency, and the deep seams that
scar the front of the rocks show that time has
also left its mark upon them. Take it altogether,
there is much To- admire in the scenery about
Trinity Bay, and in the summer season it posses.
ses many attractions for the lover of nature :;
whilst in the winter its frozen, dcsolate look will
do much toward, developing all the domestic af.
fectons and virtues by teaching the necessity of
keeping in doors. And this, in justice, in fair
ness and in truth, is all that can be said about
Trinity Bay.
vALENTIA DAY, IRELAND.
The other terminus of the line is, as has al.
ready been stated, in Valcntia Bay, which is
perhaps the most available point on the whole
southern coast Of Ireland, both on account Of
its being the nearest to Newfoundland, and on
account of its particular alaptability for tclc
graph station. The county of Kerry, which is
indented by Valentia Bay, and in which the shore
end of the cable was LANDED on the evening Of
the 9th of August last year, is.very similar in
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