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

ma yeS tho power o. l000x ocro11 to0u.
ssnes Of miles q ocean has been addsd = our pr.ueva
meln capabilities simply by the fact that such mon as
is Morse ana Fsraday we're prcnso inquire INTO
arc yet studying their properties The Of science
snd reyolutiarss oil the affairs Of civilization.
While this operation Of depostng an electric cable
in Inc bod OF the Atlantic will rebound greatly to the
credit Of British engineers and nAvgators, brethren
the other side Of the Atlantic must their need
.es ws
cling mainly due The names OF Professor Morse, Lieut.
@ % ,d NJ IN be
soundipgs originated By Lieutenant Aaury the deductions
drawn tLerefron and b. careful study Of the currents,
&C., Of the ocean, which rut led 10 the serious consdera
ton Of the project Moreover, the company Hrst
formed in America and the sssful connection with
sion The next step in the cham q electric commnnics
ton win be the laying Of cable from Bombay to suez,
WIN stop. Already Indian Empire has largely bsne-
fitted by the electric telegraph II has made Its way to
ere long be carried across the Australian continent,
10 with Singapore or some part or the Asac
continent Thiiy thousand , miles OF sub marine cable
gether.
From the London Herald. August
Our readers will learn with satisfaction mat the Aga
shores OF Ireland with ,hose Of Newfoundland by means
Of the electric wire One Of the sreA questions Of the
mercal circles on both sides Of the Atlantic the gain will
be Considerable The result Of this the first experiment
long rapid communication with the most portions
Of vast empire will be established This, IN ITSELF
may be regarded q revolution, OF which it Is mposs
bls /. calculate the real value and importance Al any
rate the possibility OF connecting distant continents BY
meaas q ibs electric wire Is fully proved ana honor is
due TO these who have accomplished hs in spite OF OBJ
siacles OF no ordinary character
The London Star Of the 9th instant observes that
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Atlantic Company, who bad faith in the realization Of
their scheme when all others desponded They are well
ba.in. and NUhi aur
to reap from the succes OF the magnificent enterprise
from the Iondoo Post, August
Some hours at least before these lines meet the public
eye civilized der.zens OF two continents will have been
mace aware, through electric seulnstraaon Of that mys.
teiious agents highest triumph. Deep down IN ocean
waste, trailing its dark length over rocks, shingle and
sasd winding serpsnt Ike amidst the green frouds OF
yerdure lies that mighty cable on which such hopes and
fears were lately ceacentrated Unchecked by the loud
roaring of Aac blo,cs roicesss greetings passing
noo breen deni-ens Of the Old country and their children
too orsat Arqo aron races ahich together exercise such
mighty Influence orsr The destinies Ct the oorld.
IDs OF To. vast snterprse 80 ., over y.
completcn the mcst ordinarily prosac mind might be
pSrdoaea for yielding itself up awhile to cOntemps,ens
cessri depcron the Atlantic cable has conferred
america and Ergard primarily, but in no remote degree
seems may, without any hypsrbole, pronounce
this the hohe scientific achievement yet accomplished
Il WAS sa.rour deo with difficulties all it's own The under
taking Of sort that EXCUSED from ts vocabulary
the words nearly successful waScue OF which may
enpha.icaly be said that mizs good annie The
problem not whether submarine Geographic commu
nlcaion admitted of being established in The abstract but
whether admitted Of being esA oshed IN particular
Gaze involving the breadth OF the Atlantic Ocean aud the
natural conrguratons of its bed The commercial risk
to be encountered greater than can be matched by
records OF any enterprise not regards the capital
Invested, but the tenure on which the Investment was
held 1t vas literally, as We oncs before observed, case
To all concerned In the specific desnies Of this the first
deposited trans Atsn,c cable the sources OF gratcaon
/ ha md xhI~se in
IA successful enterprise ,d.1y A:ir DUN sooce What
naturally concerns outside behodes, and addresses
precedent the thought imagining Of what aud
sisuredy will be accomplished in the way Of ocean,, tee
graphs in times 10 come No less curious than fortunate
L this line Of enterprise the major problem
should have been the fret 10 solicit and to receive prac
viii show that in order to promote electric converse over
the world such breadth OF ocean span as between
Ireland and America need again Of necessity be accom-
plished Nature has bengnnntly jo.ied down isles aud
capee and he0daues ana promoniores IN such convent
ent sites that stepping from one to another soto speAk)
spsn 10 sran "a spider her web branch branch
Ills the fate Of ali things human TO- Do trausitory and
tie fame CT human achievements Ia about the most traus
tory Of al. Tie feat which begsts such wouderment
day viii soon be chronc.ed amongst the worlds com
norplsccs; and men OF scienee will again be pointed
a,rs day dfeAmsrs whose predictions are unsafe and
Unreliable; and fortunate I've may almost say psoviden
tab ccteurr.nces the.s Without Which results could not
betded. Whilst, therefore, the OF popular favor
gently fsas TIE memory Of this great achievement we
fsci thAt, bit for the casually OF Eogsh surgeon,
SOME ten years ago, observing, when o. singapore,
mat tie handle OF q native dagger was made out
Of peculiar elastic vegetable exudA,ion, tue Atlantic
/ cable Msuredly could not have bcea, II indeed any
.nS s disco sssm the s.o facts We h.Fs
siorg notion that when people grow wiser they will talk
ess o. abstract science Providence, who arrabges
thing In vain does rot create truths that they ways
lie dormant and unsPpled The Atlantic cable furnishes
with . smile more Apt perhaps than elegant so
called abstract facts generally II not always the ends
Of what, when spliced becomes practical result Ls,
ri his peril cast the ends aside ard fail 10 splice
them.
From the London Posi (second ar;cle), August 81
When the AgAnemnon aud the Niagara left Cork Har
Dor 10 renew ths attempt lay down the Atlantic tee
graph cable the expedition was generally considered
oorn hope and those who had been mos. sanguins
Of success almost abandoned the expectation that a
compound OF thin wres-gua percha and tarrod hemp
would be entirely ha down unnroksn dne unlocked
because WAS unexpected and the delight expressed
yesterday by the underwriters Of Ioyds, when the an
refinement ade, will be shared in less selfish
spirit by the peo,e on both sides Of the Atlantic. The
ri,k Of The undertaking estimated by the farsesng
Stood assurances were effected large amount The
Hrsi message therefore from shore 10 shore put many
vsniured 10 stand the hazard Of Tie de"
The accompaniment OF ths important enterprise has
sv.n ,; $3.50. . ~ aso PIooiess va nats
doubt--rst ~ 70 the lay pg down OF the cable uninre;
and secondly a. to the trans mission Of az electric cur
rent through when sa'ely deposited the bed
OF TIE Al Gatc. The main question, indeed, a. re-
carried the probsbhy Of stretching Al insulated wire
for distance Of two thousRnd miles In a deep
limited 70 tee nnes, o. the cable hat lad been ma lie,
the meny fractures Of which having proved that was
co ral for the purpose That the thing possible, By
othsr thsre could b, Little doubt bot, "
The present pian bad failed would have caused much
dscon ager ent that iorr time would have capsed be-
fore another company Of enterprsiuE men could have
been formed 70 venture 90 further attempt, especially
az 4 seemed very doubtful whether electric currents
Csuld be transmitted through submarine wire OF
great length with sulseut rapidly TO be available for
tlegrapbic purposes The solution or the latter problem
by the Important o, tho tro aud the fact that's
single has been seDi acres the Atlantic Ia far
act ~ rect the question 81 telegraphc communication
with Anercs. The wire may break 10 morros, tue
FIST submarine telegraph wire from Dover 10 Chss
broke the day after messages had been transmitted
through u. but that will nov matter thing regards
the ultimate deveopoment OF system OF instantaneous
communication between the ola aud the New World The
American telegraph an accomplished fact, aud toe d