St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

Scarcely any announccmet c1uld have Tbceu
msgs slnexpectal, certainly none Inore weg-
c8mie. than That which the telegraph Yesterday
maize of The arrival Of the steana-frigate Niagara
aE Trinity Bay wisl the western efs,l ofthet...e
graph cable and that her cai~Jrt lad prlhal5.y
als0 succeeded IN reaching the coast of Ireland
x1th the electric wire uniroken. The clsu,l.
Of doubt and suspicion had gathered 80 heasily
over this enterprise. the previous trials ass1 aiI
the preliminary indications were ~ unpra.FSs-
ing, sndthe enterprise of itself 50 novel and
encuinpased hy 50 many apparently insi,r-
rn0saEtaLle obstacles, that the PUBLIC lad N.
most ceased ~ hope for It's successful ISSUE and
was prepared 81 receive with quiet acusties-
cence the news that !hc third attemps had
proved, like those preceiiRg it, a failure. and
for tie present at least, the world must he con-
tent 20 get along without the nIeans If iiaStau,
communication between the people OF In eas-
tern and western berniSpheres At this mo-
meat We have the announcement that the great
Undertaking OF the age is achieved; that its
triumph haas been secured amidst doubts. and
fears, and in the face Of every posSi6fes dis
cnuragcmeRt. but, still, that it is secured, and
that along the deep wastes Of the Atlantic
ocean floor TIE cable has beer safely laid
Our intelligence in relation 10 the progress
Of the work is necessarily brief, butisiain al
points satisfactory. The splice wa N
Inid-ocean on the 29th ult., aud on the ,alacr-
noon of that day the Ships separated ff >fhier
eastward and westward destinations. The
Niagars arrived of Trinity Bay on Wednesday
the 4th inst, and has consequently been but
little over SIX days making her portion of the
voyage, thus proving that rapid rate Of pay
in9 out the cable was most consistent with its
safety. The cable was paid ont from the
Agan,cmHun ut about the same rate of spoed
aud on board both vessels the operations ap-
prar t" have been attended with all the con-
C!:.ions inStiyine the hope that it reached It's
ocean bel entirely unharmed. The macbircrv
worked satisfactorily, there was nothing oc-
Cured TO cause q suspension Of operations
and during the whule time the electrical cnn-
tinuity was perfectly preserved, and the most
satisfactory signaii continually exchanged be-
tween tie electricians OH the twO vessels. The
'acccSSful laying OF the cable does rot cf course
do away with all the difficulties that are con-
nccte.. with the working of sub Atlantic tcIc-
graph, but it settles the question that an ocean
! Geographic cable can be laid, ard with this
great problem solved we may rest assured that
the means of overcoming all other obstacles.
should they present themselves. will be found
IEe eEi ti tHe cabte was 10 be landed
yesterday, and RS soon as the connection with
the land lines has been perfected tho first COM
muni;tlr'n by telegraph between thc two
continents will be made. Il is understood that
the first regular message sent through :',a ca
bic will be one Of conSratulation from Queen
Victoria to President Buchanan, 20 he followed
by reply from the latter. The people, both
countries will look with interest for tine recep-
! dion OF these messages as the convincing proof
of the accomplishment Of 4 project the grand
est which the mind of man has ever conceived
or his ingenuity been ta>kcd to perfect.-and
one which n few years ago was cls,ssed among
the iTnpusSibilities. Baltimore .iaericam.