New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-02

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Two years previous to 1854 there hsd b.sa iucorpc.
rttt6 BY the Leg,sstGr. CT Newfoundland company
by = r1ue of toe NewsouLolsn6 T. Esctgic Te,egrseh
q 7upsry the rurpose Of which wss % connect BIZ
,,l, srsph thst sstd tn TIE main land OF Amsrics.
"a sgrsph scross tie ocesI Was not 9 psrt Of ths
sokerr.' IL coutenpistsd correction with Ezrope
bv r>,, c; stesusre plyirz eetweel Newfoundland
arc Ire.a'd. TG.s company procs sded a httle way
Ard fsito lesyi-g debt of SINE sfy thousand do
l6rs ire cb, fly "a lsborers. 10 this ere-gsrcy ard
soue tine in ! ebrusIy, 1874, MI. tFedeuck \. g.
borne a. ofhc@r Of tIst company, sPpLed to Dir.
Matthew D. Field 20 help hin rIse additional fancs.
By sale of boues a stock. The gentleman thus sp-
pied TO Gaze TO Nj. Cyrus W. kisd sed myself
We bsd several {, nysTsicns ns t)Ss1nsf on tle
suhiee.. Then il nss tt.t the tasugat OF
ex,eIciry tie Ire Across Cc At.srtc saG-
Gested ilse.E Mr.. Cyrrs W. Fed Trote 70 L.eGi.
Nsury, TO rquIe tooCr the rrsc.cscnI.y Q.
srbnergrg csbe, ard csrsulisc Pio'essN Holte
abost tie pcssb.ty oi telegraph nrg tiIoasl H. lAeI
sIsv eTs were fsvClsbe. On rsCe.Vitg tAefnj = VAS
ssi.ed between Mr. CyGs ". Field ano -r SELL a. se rs
noth1g could be cole Ut1er tie c1sfteI ~ tte NeN-
fouDcsrd Electric Telegraph Company, Wa would ea'
eesvor to form q rev conpsry 10 tsSe surrender
t tie cpaIter q toe fCrgsr JmtsDy, P-re1ese Us
poperiy pay IL dsb.s, end obtain oil saer coareT TO
effect erect Geographic commune Non Win n
rope. The first step procure the CO oPersSion
Of 'ew lelscus whose cRsIaCte- snd resources Hou.u
be guaranty that the work hsd been unSetiasea
Ia earnest -Four men were invited, whose rames you
a.. knOv-Peter Cooper Moses Iay ior, Mars a. u
Ropsrts snd Cnsn6er Waite. They met Mr.. Cyrus
W. + cid suc myself at his house, where, AROUND
table covered with maps, plans and estimates, tae
subject wss discussed for four successive evening"
tie prscticsbilty Of the undertaking etsm.ned, its
advantages re cost ard TIE q its pmphsh
ent. The result CT the conference was the ssres-
men. o all tie ak sertenle t. elter uPon tle under
taking. M. Cyrus ". Field, Mr.. White aud myself
wtie % proceed to Newfoundland g procure chatter
ard snoh sid Y money snd privileges as tie GOvetn-
uert OF tia, islaLd could bs Induced to give. The
sgfeeuert vita toe Electric Telegraph Compsny and
the formal nder of h ohsrtef were eigred on tie
10th Marci, Grd OF tie i.A We left New York ac-
con psrieo b. hr. Csro,re. The aeKt morning We
took the steam er 81 son for HslfsX scc tnercs ca
the pigh Of the 18th, departed in tie lse steamer
Merlin for s. johns Ne"tOuraiand. ILIee Iote
d agreeable dsye yoysges scarcely ever passed tnsn
we srsnt in that SMALLEST of ste IL seemed as
if al the storms of Winter hsd been reserved tor the
first month of Spring frostbound coast al icy sea-
rain hail snow and tempest were the greeting ot
the telegraph save epturers 10 tLeu fist movement
towayd Europe. In TIE darkest night, through
which no man could see tee sbip's lerg'h, with
spov filing the or and flying into the eyes OF the s.
SIS with ice il the water sud q heavy eea rolling and
moaning shout US, the Captain fe. his way around
Cspe Race with his lead as tue blind man feels his
way with his sta but as confidently and as ssiey as
if the sky hsd been clear and the calm, and the
Eight of morning dawIed upon deck, and mast and
star costed with glit,erirg ice bat fosting securey
bttgetn the mountains which form the gates OF the
hsfbcr Of 81. Johns. In thst busy and hoiptsole
town, tie first person 10 whom We were Introduced
Ess Mr. Edward N. Archibald, then At.oreey Gene
rsI ofthe Colopy. and now Britisb Consul 10 New.
York. lie entered warmly into our we vs.; aud IRON
that day to this, has been an etcent ana Consistent
suppoIter of the undertaking. By him we were
introduced 10 the Governor (kerr Bailey Hanll-
toni vhs also took an earnest interes, 10 our
plsre He couvcked the Council TO receive us ard
hear en explsr alton ct our views and wishes. la
few hoprs after the conference the answer of the
Governor and Council received cOnsentlng 10 re-
CON nerd to the Assembly guaranty of the interest Of
EDtOO Of bonds, an immediate grant oi bity equsre
miles Of land further grant TO ths same extent on the
completion Of the telegraph scross the ocean, ard
payment Ct IS 0O0 toward the construction OF bride
path the Island, along the line OF the laGd es
graph. Mr.. Cyrus W. Field, theIeupon, on the 2oth
Of March took the return steamer from St. Johns on
bis way to Newly in order to ut out ste amer or
the service Of the Company, while fs two associates
remained in Newfoundland to obtain tue charter anu
carry out the arrangements with the former Company
They Continued there nearly tive weeks during whicn,
after many discussions and negotsticns the charter
was at lergth ottsred and tne s5OOO OF deb OF the
cid Compsny were theIeupon paid Tne charter was
liberal and proyident. After declaring that 1t was
"adyisable to establish a line OF telesraphic CON-
"nunication between America and Europe by way
Of Newfoundland, It Incorporated the associates tor
fifty years, established perfect equality 10 respect
to cofporstors and officers, between citizens OF
the United States and British subjects, allowed
the meetings Of the stockholders ana directors to be
held in New.Yoik or in Newfoundland or 10
London conceded the exclusive right to establish
telegraph ircm the continent of Anerics to eTfound.
ana acIoss the ocean, grsntec h'tY squsre mics o.
land and further provided that so eoon as tue ssd
Company shall have actually established commu-
"IicstiOn across the Atlantic Ocean, by means OF q
submarine cable or wire from this island, the s,d
Company shall receive from the Government OF this
Island a grant Of fifty square miles OF ungTanted end
"unoccupied wilderness land, to be selected by the
4" said Con- paDy IN addition to the grants nereinDe,
fore mentiobeo'-a provision subsequently ex'enee cd
so as TO per nit the Company TO establish the commu
ME cstion by an auxiliary associate Company. IL
were long to tell how the Government and people OF
Newfoundland nurtured this enterprise In lts com
mencemsnt-how they have stood by 1t through lts
various fortunes TIL its numpaan' s eonsuaagn a.lso,,a
hf ing above the sea its cliffs OF everlasting and
immovsble rock, beokonipgy az it were, to Eu-
rope seems framed by Providence for one OF the pill
lars Of that cable which is TO bind the continents To-
gether Its broad INTERIOR battling the explorer, its Geld
and gloomy moresses. its dark and trowpng head
lands, its deep and tranquil bays, and harbors IL
Vulnerable take not SUCH hold OF the imagination as
s support OF that wondrous line which, lost forever
to human eyee is TO be the highway OF thought be-
tween the Od World and the New. Take the map
ard see where the civilized portions 81 the two hemi-
spheres approach nearest to each o,her two Islands
stsId there fa,e to face. The highlands OF Trinity
answer to the highlands OF Vslentia. Between them
rolls the stormiest Of al the world save one. Ii
s the gateway through which pass the icebsr2s from
the Pole. Once year, and sometimes Tor forty days
tosether, continuous field OF ice moves do an from
the Eorth at the rate Of two or three NIL the
bour. But far beneath there is tranquil water and
al even surface. The plummet b "a sounded al tha.
ses, and found a. an average depta OF aoou. Two tHo
niles nearly level bottom covered with the smallest
sea shells, which must have been deposited IN the
spee OF ages, and fallen through the still waters as
tie Snow tails through the stiA cir. In the early
part of Msy, the two gertlsms. who lad remained
behind in Newfoundland rtjoned their associates IN
NeT-iork, and there the charter was for na.ly &C.
cep.ed and the company organized. Az al the asso,
ciaes had net arrived TIL Saturday evening" the ON oi
May and az ore Of them was to leave town on the
morning Of Monday, it wac agreed toat we should
meet for organization at O'Clock Of that day. AZ
that hour they to my house and as the rst rays
Of lie mcrnirp sun s.resmed into the windows, the
formal orgsniz stion took place. The charter was &C.