Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-08-13
The Great Event Q Consummatsdi
rxmH AND SPACE NO LoNeEEi
Europe and AmerlcaTalk Together
TWO WORLDS BOUND IN ONE.
Columbus Franklin -Morse-Fleld
Trinity BAY. Anr 7th

Columbus Franklin -Morse-Fleld
Trinity Bay, Aug. 9TH.
The Atlantic Telegraph Cable was sue
csssfully landed here yesterday morning,an
is in perfect order. The Agamcmnon has
landed her end Of the Gable, and wo arc
now receiving signals from tho Telegraph
House, Valencia Bay, Ireland.
The United States Steamer Niagara, and
hsr Brittanic Majcstys Steamer Gorgon and
Porcupinc, will leave for ST. Johns to-mor.
row.
Due notice will be given when the At
lantic Telegraph Line will be open for pub.
lie business.
Thus the Problem is solyed--the Gable
is laij--tho Gable talks Well remarks a
contemporary;
On the fourth Of August, l492, Christie
pher Columbus lost sight of tho most Wes-
Tern Highlands Of Europe (which ho was
not 10 see again till he returned to give to
Europe his gift Of this New World Three
hundred aud sixty-six years pass away, and
on the same day tho noblest vessel in tho
10 the New Worlds navy comes 10 sight of
ths most Eastern Of the Highlands of North
America; and as tho sun goes down she con-
meets with the American shores the thread
which gives Europe and America to each
other. A majestic celebration Of the great
hsros faithful endeavor, at tho end Il a
year of years after it was made.
And another :--"1ow this greatest fact
of the hour sweeps away the landmarks of
existence heretofore
The ancient geographcr drew his sketch
Of the Orb Iserrarpa in small oval
concentric around Greece, with Cimmer-
ian darkness at the west, and Ethiopian
night at the east, and TO his lofticst concep-
tion there was no transmission Of intelli.
gence other than by the living messenger
sent. Twenty-eight centuries later, his de-
scendants may converse with the denizens of
new world at bis antpodes--and to these
colloquists, midnight and noou are the same.
The Hore are no longer gods Of the hours,
and time is no longer time. Terror of
'Greecel How would the first Academy
have struggled under problem so vast as
that when day and night flee away, and be-
come obsolete in measure of timea The
day is not what it was, and it is no longer
to fix the standard condition controlling our
movements. The periods named day and
hight have become changeable and uncer-
tain,-of three parties in conversation, one
may have high noon, one morning and the
third deep night. The business they trans
act must have place in positive time, but
which one claims tho right to have it done
at 9 o'clock A. NJ? Obviously the sun and
moon arc effeto; and leaving the small sys-
tenn called solar, we must mark our time,
and take our guides among eternal suns
What mighty results from small begin
nings! In 1887, Professor Morse applied
for patent for tho "American Electro
Magnetic Telegraph" In 1888 he obtained
spateDt in France, and in l84O patent in
the United States. From this inception the
work has advanced until the total length of
telegraph lines exceeds ONE HuYDREp
THOUSAND MILES, of which thirty-fvo thou
ssnd miles are in the United States, tiyo
thousand in England, and two thousand
eight hundred and sixty two are submarine.
The first submarine cablo was laid in s.
so, "a miles, across tho Straits Of Dover
Tho wire soon chafed off on the rocks near
the French coast. A new and stronger ca
bic was laid, and is yet in perfect working
order.
In 1851, writer in the Lonlon ALhcne-
um suggested the practicability Of Trans
Atlantic Gable. The suggestion fell still
born. In 1855, experiments demonstrated
that the telegraph could be worked in a con-
tinueus circuit of over 2000 miles, and that
the conditions present in insulated wircs
under the ground and beneath the sea are
strictly analogous, and established as was
believed the practicability of working the
Trans Atlantic Telegraph. In 1854 tho
American company was formed, Messrs Pc
ter Cooper and Cyrus w. Field, taking a
leading and energetic part in the organiza-
tion. Charters and grants were obtained
from the Governments Of Newfoundland,
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, England and
the United States. Great Britain granted
an annual subsidy of fl4,0Oo sterling un-
I'll the net profits Of tho company reach six
per cent. per annum, and two steamships to
lay the cable. The United Stntes an an
nual subsidy Of $4,000 until the net prof
its reach six per cont. per annum and two
steamships also. Other and valuable
grants wore made in aid of the enterprise,
and tho Company was then known as d The
New York, Newfoundland, and London tel
egraph Company" Prof Morse was ap-
pointed electrician, and numerous expert
ments and tests were made by him'in con-
nection with Mossrs. Whitehouso and Bright.
In 1856, tho Vice President, Mr.. Field,
visited London with view Of making ar
rsngsments to advance the undertaking.
The Atlantic Telegraph Company was
formed, comprising tho holders OF three
hundred and fifty shares Of one thousand
pounds each. Mr.. Bright became acting
engineer, and Mr.. Whitohouse electrician
The route WAS chosen after many soundings
and much investigation. II was ascertaincd
that the Atlantic nowhere exceeded in
depth $4,000 feet and that the basiDg of
the ocean is q long hollow trough or groove,
extending between the continents almost
from pole to pole. The hollow Of this ba-
sin is so great that the lowest depth of the
Atlantic is nine miles beneath the highest
-pesk Of the Andes. In most places the
bottom is much broken up, and very irregu-
Lar. The southern routes were all found