The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-15
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH


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The way in which the people Of England and America
have each received the of the successful laying Of
the Atlantic telegraph is perfectly characteristic The
Agamemnon comes back to Portsmouth and pays Off
officers and going right left without any tes
tifyng extraordinary interest in their proceedings giv
ing second thought whether they go stay, or even
who they The staff of engineers and electricians
board the Agamcmnon the working bees of the hive
the men who really laid the cable, fast dispensing
The of submarine elcgraphy stands in too urgent
need of the services Of these master hands to leave them
lille long Ships are waiting freightcd with cables and
European governments and companies loud in their
demands for the aid and assistance of these great cable
layers In another week, probably, of those actually
gagged in laying the Atlantic cable, only Mr.. Bright, the
chief engineer will be in England, and when he has
ceyed his welmerited ovation at the hands OF the m
ncipality Of Dublin, the whole affair of that cable win be
forgotten in its everyday working till other fine
day countrymcn will learn, perhaps, that the
men have completed our electric communication with
Australia, with india with the Cape wherever else
it may be wanted. In America however, the case is
different, and there the news has been received with
all that enthusiasm OF large posters, speeches, and
g Bunknm" addresses in which on such occasions
whether OF British union or British Outrage, cou-
sins always prolific. No town community too
small TO present its address Of congratulations There
to be fireworks IN New York. The city is to be u
minated and $40 600 have been voted for entertain
ment to Mr. Cyrus W. Field and the captain and officers
Of the Nagnra According this, it certainly appears
first that the English havo the whole rather under
rated the Importance Of the event and, secondly that
object they have in vew which is simply that of monop
olizng all the credit due to the protection and compile
ton Of this great undertaking. In every speech made,
in every address presented not only is England not
toned but illusions to the wealth and enterprise
she embarked in the scheme studiousy ignored
that people here begin 10 rub their eyes and wonder if
English science, English money, and Englishmen really
did conceive and carry out to successful issue the whole
plan of the Atlantic able from beginning to end Under
such circumstances it may well to state at that
the idea of the submarine telegraph between England
and America was started hero and worked ont here,
formed into practical plan and into company by
this company the money raised almost entirely in
England in fact all the shares held in America from
first to last scarcely than half the number taken
up in Liverpool In week alone. The cable has been
made in England, English engineers devised and con-
struced the payngout machines at the works OF Easton
and Amos English electricians planned and ascerined
by practical experience the best means of working
through the wire. All the ships of the expedition,
cept the Niagara and Susquchanna last year and the
Niagara this year provided by the English govern
ment and both board the Agamcmnon and Niagara
English electricians and English engineers were alone
poyed submerge the cablen fact 10 accomplish the
undertaking. Yet il is actually upon such facts these
that the States so into ecstaces and get up demonst
tons upon their courage, perseverance, aud enter
prise in the accomplishment of this scheme upon their
firm belief in its ultimate success, and upon tile wealth
some so COOL or 80, ,000l) they had embarked in it.
banquet is to be given at New York to the captain and
officers OF the Niagara ITO commemorate the successful
laying of the cable" Not word Of the English cleo
cians and engineers board that vessel the men who
sent to lay and who did lay the cable 1t is gen
orally the fate of those who grasp notdnatc quanti
ties to have even the small share which would otherwise
be given to them withheld This rule is likely to amply
in the of the officers Of the Niagara and il they put
in claim to be considered foremost among the agents in
this great scheme they must expect TO hear Of things
which, In the general satisfaction on this side Of the
water, would otherwise have been forgiven, not for
gotten They will be told how the rough and to say the
very least Of it, the CARELESS manner in which they threw
out the rope from the Niagara at Keyha after the first