The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-18

From the t,ondon News of Ociob.r ~
Since the announcement was made u few
days ago by the Secretary OF the Atlantic
Telegraph Company. that u message had
been received through the cable from New
foundland, the public have naturally expect
ci to hear from day 10 day that the electri.
cal communication had again been firmly
established between ValentIa and Newlound-
land. Bu, since Wednesday. the 10th, the
day ON which tho message was received,
there has been no indication Of u permanent
improvement, In the electrical condition Of
the line. As however, the circumstances
uislcr which the few words which passed
through the cable were received at Valen.
tia, have not been made pnblic, II may be
as well 10 mention them.
On Wednesday. the, 10th, the day 10
question, about three o'clock In tho after.
noon, considerable appearances OF signals
manifested themselves upon the palvaDomc.
ter, with oscillations Of the needle equal 10
80 divisions of Professor Tbomsons scale,
which, as they occurred nj very regular In.
tcrvals, were rightly supposed to bc the usu.
al rcvcrsals every | D seconds. These up.
pearances continued till between five and six
o'clock In the evening, when the words "two
hundred anil some % or lG letters. of
which no sense could be made. were received.
Subsequently. the signals Csn you lno
doubD" read were received very clearly.
Messages were, Of course, Immediately sent
back 10 the effect that tho Newfoundland
signals and words came very distinctly, and
II they could read from ValentiA, 10 send
"V !" but, NJ no direct response was re-
ccivcd 10 this. II was, Of course. concluded
that IL was not received.
Between seven and eight O'Clock on the
same evening, the words Daniels now 10
circuit were distinctly recorded, together
with great many signals which were not
iDtcligibe. These uDrcadablo motions Of
the needle continued until between nine anil
ten J.. NJ. when tho words 1.-TWO hundred
and forty,' which, no doubt. alluded 10 the
number OF cells contained in the Daniels
battery, which was spoken Of 10 the message
previously received, aud great many let.
tcrs and signals, Of which nothing connected
could be made, were received. During the
next hour for receiving. say from eleven tO
twelve +, NJ. the needle OF the galvanome-
ter was watched m'~t closely, yet strangely,
though the insulation of the wire appeared
10 b. in precisely the Same condition, not
the least Indication Of even = reversal p"
WIS observed the wire appeared To have
sunk into iu usual lethargic condition.
During Thursday and Friday, though
the most vgiIaDt watch WAS day and Mig /
kept upon the galyanometcr. no appearance
Of returning currents could be observed,
though tbe earth current during the whole
Of this period seemed 10 be remarkably
steady. On the morning oi Saturday last,
between nine aud ten O'Clock. some slight
indications ol signals and reversals were
noticed but they were neither very intelli.
gible nor enduring. From thence up " the
present time nothing more has been received.
And YET the te-,ings do not show that the
cable. in regard " insulation. Is In u worse
condition than it was q month back. IL !.
certainly . most extraordinary AMI unac-
countable fact that, apparently with oil cir
cufnstances the sAbe. the cable should at
times b. found capable Of transmitting zig.
mails. while at others not the fain,'rt trace Of
signal can he made 10 pass from shore 10
,hore, even with the great's, amount oi elec-
uical power. There is. Indeed, more
twixt heaven and earth than is drcsmsd of
in our philosophy."
The advance of electrical science every
day bring. 10 light startling facts coDnsctsd
with submarine tlegraphs, Of which 90 one
previously bad the least idea. Thus within
the las, iew day, ,ome important discoveries
have b.en made 10 cOubeIiOn with snbma-
rne cables by Mr.. Charlton Wolast0n, Of
Derby. who has eiucidAted the fact that cur
rents of water passing across submarine CA
bles produce ia them isdgoed electrical cur
ren,,. To put this tbeory To . practical test,
Mr.. Wollaston, . day OF two ago. immersed
q considerable length Of sn insuls,ed con-
duct@ In the Thames, opposie kss, Grcsn
w,ch. A. the tide ROSE. very considerable
current Of electricity was ob~rrved flowing