Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-09

hollow, though upon what ground i, diff.
cult to say for soundlngs Were taken upon il.
one at the bottom and another at the ton
and these two sOundings, though ONLY e;gbt
miles apart, show difference in elevation of
1900 feet.
OF the nature Of intervening space TO one
can Of course from any conjecture ; whether
tn sides of this submarine mOuntaln-for it
can be called nothing else-are broken by
ravres or precipitous cliffs, in the same
way as the sides of the mountains on lanJ
are, nothing but close and careful series OF
sourdings cen ever determine That such a
series OF soundings were not made by Com
mand,r Dayman at the point in question,
when ne sounded across the Atlantic from
| he CyclOps, was We believe, due to the pre-
valence OF bad weather at the time
1t Is perfectly conclusive, according to the
expo riInents Of Professor Thomson and Mr..
Marley, that the water Las reached the con-
Quoting wire IN at lie iSt one place not less
han 220 miles from tue shore, and as the
currents received from Newfoundland vary
from one twohundretb, TO one nine-hundreth
part OF the strength they should be, it would
be decevng the public to state that the fault
IS other than Of the most serious nature
But still il is believed possible by some, with
more delicate Instruments and with Proper
concert at both ENDS Of the line to work
through during some part of each day, pro-
vIded the condit OH ot the wire becomes no
worse. Negative currents of electricity are
n"w used as much possible in the tranS-
Mss on OF signals, for we're positive currents
l'ed, tic exposed portion, III the wire, by de-
Composing the salt water IN contact with It,
N"i'd De OXidated throug h in very short
time.
.1r lIonley, who has been for some DAYS
experimenting upon the cable sAnsu of
making The In, again servlceabe 10y the use
II Ills powerful magnetic e, ctrlcal macniues,
which are now II their way from LDndOn.-
IL Is as well that every expedient Tor working
me line III Its preot ut delccuv. Condition. De
RED, as the cuanccS of SUGGEST i., Under
'unDl"y the cable ao lar as t.ic = lat II lpJu-
y are unfortunately Ncry snai iLJeed. he
AjraO! d'Hry phenrrIena OF he natIIa cur
:cnt> % electricity, w.hcn lie continually
reversing the Suiiace vi t-e earth III Va IuuS
al, ctiOn-, act ny ,he!r ma ave etit CTS .on
tne great length vi ca Die euoneI d a al us
arb t;Ie needles and gdlsanome ,er> ut Doth
trds OF the liL': 20 { ,I!si.ciaoie de- iec.-
iht II natu.c ana acllon, II properly observed
I'D Stuuh bl mcaiiS Ol tie a tlanlC cao".
"oud no duOt tlirOW cUuoid,rdpl c l,hI,up-
III the pheliOmcna OF ulural TIA, nrtlc Vara-
| q IL, u account Tor wulch nO satisfactory
'iw mas been PROPOSED.
| On the no II " Mo..day the 9th OF Sep
| ehiber, one "a those extra ,rdiniry pneiCmt-
| ma Called magnetic storms, must have Passed
bVer the track VI The CaUe, .ur from ll5 to
| l22 o'clock The rejecting gaivan. Lle,c. iii
''uiieCliOu VIII The I.ue " do mOot Violently
| ls;ur cd. The REJECTION Was - ,Hd aud
violtni, that 1t Was o.,ly occasionally tuat the
elected lay oi Ugh. could be distinguished
| upon the reading scale. nesc mag etc
| storms are 10y 40 means vi rare occurv ace, Ahi.
| rs we'll as Tue Garth cdrients alieauy men-
| toned, Sometimes cause great delay.
There Is S iii IA very generally prevalent
| idea that one oil tue piincipai faults i'll the
cable is comparatively near snorc, aud though
tins suppOelLion Is opposed to tue very con-
| elusive experiments Of Prot. Thomson and
Mr.. Varlcy, Yet 1t Is / question whether, Tor
the 1ul satisfaction OF the sinai ehUlueri 1t
would not be worth while taking up the ca
Ul, lOr lew miles from either sAOie anu then
testing through the middle PORTION these
operations would undoubtedly be atten led
With CONS derable expense, ana 1t is therefore,
probable aud Thought advisable not to en-
cage i'll them until IT has been ascertalned
IOw matters stand at the American termlnl
Jf the cable.
Mr. Lundy, one of the electrical assistants,
proceed to Newfoundland on tuesday, via
the Prince Albert, from Galway, iOr the pur
pose OF aScrr' aiming the condition of the wire
a, the other terminus, and also for the pur-
Pose OF arrangln; u day ON which certain
KnOwn order vi signals are to be SENT at con-
;erted times, from Doth ends, aud 10 endeav-
or thus to re-estaollsh lntenglDie communlca-
ION.