New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-11
VINO PLANNED THE OCEAN TELE-
GRAPH
A CARD.

n tARD.
Apony1nous communications having appeared in
some Of the newspapers, both here and N England,
which may possibly mislead Prsons to suppose that
the enterprise for connecting America ead Europe by
telegraph which has Just succeeled, was planned by
others than those who eXecuted It. We lee Constrained
to depart from the rule we had adopted 20 disr gard
Anonymous communications, and 20 state explicitly
that such supposition. i entertained would be en-
tirely erroneous.
With respect to NJ. Horace y. Tebbe.ts and NJ.
Frederick " Osborne, the two persons particularly
alluded 10 IN those communications there IS written
evidence 70 dsprove the claims OF both Of them. The
Charter Of the Newfoundland Electric Telegraph Com
papv. which was obtained by Mr.. Osborne in 1852
did not authorize nor alude 70 telegraph across the
ocean, When our negotiations with that Company
began in the early par Of 1871, we found II almost
irelv in the hands Of four persons, Mr. Iebbetts, Mr.
Osborne Mr.. Otis =. Jewett and Mr.. Darius y. Ho-
brook. With them the negotiations were carried on,
principaly through Mr.. Tebbetts and Mr.. Osborne
To explain their plans and resources they put into
hand a copy Of their charter a prospectus a Est
Of their property Testimonials 20 their gneer
and their latest circular dated New-York January
1854. In OF these i there the remoest alusion
to crossing the ocean by telegraph From the circular
Of 1854, he followinee>x,r is taken:
" Inter Continental Telegraph It. tei Val be New
YorS in the United States, aud London in the Kingdom Of
Electric Telegraph from New fork s. johns hewiOund
land partly On poles partly laid Ia the ground and partly
built, from hat point Ireland The .ps Of snip, II
expected vii NOT exceed 1--WE days and a. le line vii
BE- occupied IN trsnsMi,ng between Johns and
London or IyeruooI viii he essc.ed in x DAVIS on The
COMPANY Will have likewise stationed Johns
yacht for NE purpose Of ntecepng Ire European and Amer
ing intelligence IN advance Of the ordinary channels OF com
The charter Of the New.York. Newfoundland and
4 E.l. drax. h.ycr pf
the passage from Boston to 81. Johns and was III
rOaucCd into The Legislature OF Newfoundland, and
read for the first time the 18th Of March, 1884.
This charter began by declaring that il "deenfed
advisable 10 establish hne Of Geographic cOmmunl
"cation between America and Europe by way Of New
"fOundland and by section gave authority 10
establish submarine telegraph across the ocean from
Newfoundland to Ireland; by another section pro-
hbited any other Company person from touching
the coast of Newfoundland or It's dependencies with
teegraphc cable wire from any point whatever for
fifty years; and by third section, granted the Com
pany fifty square miles Of land upon the completion Of
the submarine line across the Atlantic.
In that charter the scheme OF tins enterprise
first written. BY the scheme. do not mean the
idea of an Ocean Telegraph, for that il appears, had
existed long before in different minds, and was men
toned early 1913 by Prof Morse, in letter to
the Secretary Of the Treasury; nor do we mean any
other scheme for putting the idea into practice, by
whomsoever contrived, but this particular scheme,
which first written in that charter, has been fulfilled
by SLOW ana lonesome processes ana OF WHICH iIe
cable now stretched across the Atlantic Is the fruit
and monument.
The result is not much truth discovered as a
work done. Ii was not a work OF chance bat the
comphshment of plan scheme. This scheme orig
mated with the two gentlemen whose names are last
subscribed to this card and by the former OF them
was communicated to the remaining associates, and
afterward carried into execution, in the manner and
with the known to all. In it's development
ard execution, the land lines in Newfoundland and
Cape Breton, the wires across the Gulf Of ST. Law
renee the formation of the Atlantic Telegraph Com
pany the generous aid Of the English and American
Governments, the warm support OF the English people
the noble emulation Of American and English engineers
and electricians, the cooperation, ever 10 be remem-
bercd, of American ana English naval officers and
seamen, We're the successive gradations.
If any other person will declare under his sig
that he suggested this scheme to any of
mentioning the time, place and persons present, we
will not only oppose him with our own personal con-
tradic;ion, but shall probably have the means of meet
ing his statement with other evidence.
Subioined is a note from Mr.. Archibald stating what
he knows of Mr.. (iisbOrnes views.
There were six of originally associated for the
formation of the NewYork, Newfoundland and Lon
don Telegraph Company. One, Mr.. White is dead.
This card is signed by the remaining five:
PETER COOPER,
MOSES TAYLOR
MARSHALL q. ROBERTS,
CYRUS W. FIELD.
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD.