The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-21

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the most marvellous end mpoganiof hecurrent century
mo rapidly OF this achievssnt 10 MOI less remarkable
IMAM ns completeaes. Not twenty days have elapsed
renshng their stock OF COAL Quilted ireland Tor second
attempt 70 lay down the cable. A BEFORE Also would
with
needAy last constant succession Of adverse and stormy
WINDS had been encountered few days ater the depar
ture OF the squadron terrible swept the south and
west coasts Of thelBrhh Isles, srewng their shores with
wrecks and producing lively apprehensous touching the
ocean their delicate and precious freight TSsss fears
are now happily allayed. Before any intelligence could
be received touching tue effect Of the gale, the Agamem
bu. of complete She able also 70 that
the Niagara hss passed through OF the difficulty
to their pre- arranged plan parted company Just half way
the Atlantic Reaching the rendezvous the night
Of the 2sthwednssday weekther respective portions
Of the cable splced together the following morn
ing and the two shps steamed at nearly equal rates east
ard west, go that they both hailed the LAND opposite
The whole operation OF paying on. the cable occupied
lmos exactly week, the Agamemuon anchoring in Dou
US Bay Al six o'clock yesterday morning. when the sig
mails inteychapsed stated that consoft within
tew miles OF Newfoundland Al that time the length or
cable lying the ocean bed between the two vessels was
has thus fully succeeeed and the frat electric telegraph
cable cut OF several which the overowiny commerce OF
Europe and America will require for its accommodaon
10 happily lad down the broad space
that separates the old and the new Continents II is Gu
Iious that this completion Of awork which links together
mated ut time when the British Queen personally cter
changing expressions of amy with the sovereign OF a1o
ceremonial or permanent and businessxa in character,
tends more than anything else to ensure the peace OF toe
world and to promote In consequence the welfare OF al
civilized pafiorr. Visits IKE that 10 Chabo,rg may do
mach but the Establishment ola regular and Instantaneous
means Of communication cl accomplish far more towlr1s
consolidating fiendshp beoeen rulers and people and e.
facing eory trace of disonancs lsng before can
ripen into hostility To commerce the Atlantic telegraph
will doubt prove most useful and profitable nsiru
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cies Of even higher importance and will establish as
one of the chief civzeis ana pacincatcrs OF mankind
From the London News, Augus,6l
The fth OF Angus. will be1Cecrh bs celebrated as the
day which the Old and New World brcush, iato
instantaneous communication, by the triumph OF mind
ever matter In an age # ofrels the most marp,tlous
ror of oil has been Effected 7he soild,st aginaon Of
the wde poet nerer rentired 20 play lcih such ,oondr
as this. The desPsed men Of science, tie patient question
lightning confined in few drops OF water or few grains
OF metal They have laid pathway for i, 10 travel
low the tfiuence of wave aud storm. The imprisoned
spirit, freed from matter by thought, conveys Its com
msnds with the rapidly of its liberstor.
shores Of the New World, becomes usns messenger
to carry his thoughts from world TO the other The
power which made the needle point 20 the pole to
lead the mariner the paihsss ocean, conveys
mans messages below its abyss with arapiy that mooss
even the fight Of time
the pole OF the magnetic needle for navigation from China
before the adventurous Columbus trusting to its guidance
with more rapid strides The same generation which wi.
esed the st steamboat tempt the waters in deiAuce Of
wind and tide, saw steam unite the Old and New World in
hebdomaoa al communication.
II is hardly seventy gears since Madame Galvaoi ob
served tie commissions OF the frogs she preparing for
her husbands soup, VIXEN touched by electrical
ducsor Her accidental obssrvatops gave birth those
splendid series Of discoy cries which, In ess than
fury, have nnoded such strange pages IN the book Ct
nature, aud which ihe utlsDg sput of the age has al
ready successfully TO The exgsncies OF The
highest degree Of civilization.
Lord Pacon laugh. that the bes. mode Of acquiring
knowe6 &c OF the secrets nature 10 ask her ques
tons with humble, di gent, tescnable spirit Three
scoIe years and ten have been devoted TO TIE
Itself? Why does the magnet aTac. foa aud point 10 The
pole, Why should dead frog be apparently hrough.
sgan TO life for IN Instant, II when one metal touches q
nerve and another muscle there two metals be united
10 thrdf The 10 these three questions have
reduced all three phenomena to the acou Of one single
cause. An lead to the subtle spirit power call
electricity Though a. yet we know rot wha, this elsc
tricty is, We have learnt to tame H. Il is the spirit Of tue
storm We see Il in the lightning; we hear il IN the
tnuncer We MAKE our vulcan, 10 ehaina.e
metals from the earth which swim OF water We
the metallu,gst. We make it reduce the works Of
an age into instantaneous ruin. has cru1bled Russos
proud engineering triumph mo das Nth the resisties
pcrsr Of the thandc'boi; aud no,o IS oar Mercury TO
carry winoed messages from The Old World 10 the Ns'o
The triumph Of the Atlantic cable "a all the greater az
previous failures have ,horn tina, lie work Of
sleht difficulty When announced the last aiiure
We did 90 s sansrne Of the Ultimate ,uc:ess Q. the
great undertaking Three hundred aud thirty mlss Of
cable had been laid In the lowest depths OF the Atlantic
Failure, therefore pressged success three hundred
miles could be laid, why not three thousand necessary
Perseverance has been yelUaydsd wih as natural resu.
Tie rendezvous w@ reached by the two vessels on
Wednesday, the 2stn Of July The next morning he
nors, on board the lser By noon the next day, (rr
day. e66 nautical miles were laid between toe
TWO ships. On Saturday the distarce between
the Assmemnon and Niagara increased TO
$40 miles. 90 saIdAy 4 was ISL, on tuesday
~ tba nj ma
non anchored in yaeuta hsrbor. Tue Niagara had
safely reached Trinity Bay Newfoundland The two ship
graph conve, ing TO both crews the crafty Ing ne
gence that their anyeties were over aud the done
well, without an accidsn, 10 mar IT.
As 70 increase the triumph OF success the bre, de
spatch from ysenta notes that with the exception Of
last day OF the operations the weather has been unfavora
s h ss 70 one wsss ey
munication OF one second The extremely i-geniou
ft,Goph Of Pre,or H2hes cAh ~. hare ldSly dsscrbss
den 10 lint Letter Of the alphaba IN Lyqdor and ne ssns
Letter. at an tnt,yro Of one tecond on strip Of paper IN
He may then print letter sitter letter a. intervals Of hall
second This now the possible speed OF mssiJn
Toe laying down the cable s rot the ouly triumph.
The question s DOW settled that electrical can BE-
cert snd made Etelibe through THAI 900 Of
wire submerged in the oweu depths Of the ocesa. Wise
acres shock Their beads aud foreboders Of failure
Calculated the pressure OF the ocean oa csble se .s
urcsr water There were ugy phenomena entitled resr.
cs,ions Of submarine crrrens Gould the electric wave
T.
adys bookin, without berg STOPPED by suce gigantic
pressure THIS anxious question. II IL nsw an.
swered By the successful capnuulcatons betw en- the
AFsmemnor Nsiepis Hsrbor and the Niagara ia Trinity
Bsy. Newfoundland.
Il liz not ofton symraihse WITH any transaction
bearing the temblsrce Of gambling but must confess
that could not help wishing thal the adventurous
div dGa who is sad the other day 10 have bought a.
Atlantic telegraph snare NJ $500 nai bought score o.
them. The success o. the Atlantic telegraph follows IN.
medsely after tie ennounoeu ent OF The Red Sea tes
GTaph becoming possibility. Surely England, with Der
area, indsn empire aud ns thoussud exxences VII
rest I'll che has cseei her indian telegraph from
the Lands End 10 Gibraltar from sran 10 Msia from
Malta TO Alexandra, thence by TIE Red Sea % BDmbav
The next step will be 10 connect Ceyion or Madras with
Singapore and tie Austraan colonies by escric wire
Tullard win thus, nearly possible render herself
independent Of all fore an Interference
Dep biography Is W, IN y; rdHcy and ne AHcn,ic
sgccc5 Z, tui he Jrh Of great pocs 'rhich must speedily
bring Great Britain tnfoiswslas communication Nth al
her dCTendnctes.
From the London Shipping Gazette, August e.1
We we're able 70 announce our Impression of ysster-
dsy that the great mechanical feat 90 which toe eyes OF