Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-08-28
Facts about the Atlantic Telegraph.


Mr. JOHN r. GRAY, of Fairplay, Wis, 2.
gentleman of much scientific and general
intelligence, sends US the following facts
with regard to the Atlantic Telegraph
Cable. Re says:
In conversation with many, find that
the general impression from It's name Ca
le) is that its diameter is large, ranging
from one &c three inches or more. Thf
Cable was made The early part Of last yeai
1850 mics bY Messrs. Newell, Galeshea'
Liverpool. and 1850 by Messrs. Kuper, o.
Greenwich, England An addition ha'
since been made to fill the deficiency made
by the first attempt TO lay IT, 1t Consists
of q main strand of seyen copper wires, OF
gauge No,22, (twent, eight one thousands
inch in dianleter,l covered with three CON
s, cutlve layers of 2ntta percha. served from
end to end with tarred al d pitched spun
,arn,and over this are laid eighteen strands
OF twisted iron wire, same gauge, seven
wires in each strand forming the exterior
Of the Gable, there are consequently Z
miles of copper conducting and l26 mi Is
Of soft protecting wire in each mile OF the
Gable; or 1850 miles OF copper and
3lF,0 900 mil, of iron, total s32 800 miles
in lie entire length; allowing it TO be
2,5oO eta ate m!.to long, weighing IA little
over % cwt. per mile or III aii a I,ttie less
than $500 tons, diameter being about
five-eghts Of an iuch, or about the size Of
n five cent piece, except small portion al
each end, which is little larger: the
deepest point of suhin"reion beng 2U71
fatboms. What grandaer and mognlt-
e9eace is mere Developed
There are now in operation Cal.lts be-
tween England and Belgium, 10
England and France, IS
tngIand and Ireland, 80
England and Holland, l0S
Scotland and Ir.lan, 20
New Foundland d Nova Scotia, S5
Europe and ,rica. 1856
Denmark and sweden, u
Total, b89
But how insigr ifcsnt are al th'se p
Compared with the mighty links under
consideration. connecting lie New with the
Old World IN the diminutivc space of q
few seconds, whose value in commercial
point Of view is for The whole world
an inestimabe and powerful lever
A few Thoughts more and am done for
the time. tenure t1 predict. as rela-
tons grow inseparahIe between Uncle Sam
and the Islands Of the Pacific, in connec-
tion with the relation, already existing
tween England and 4 australia, that her
must Of necessity e Iele- raph Cattle
laid across the mighty Pacific, b, the way
OF Panama, Mar4uesas, Society aud Friend
ly Islands, or TO Australia, perhaps to Cal
Itornia, (after one shall have been laid
across the Indian country.) Sandwich,
Friendly and Australia Islands Thi, ap-
pears just as possible a. the one Atlantic
would have done 10 or Is years ago
GaeDa Gazette.
~. NEsTpESr.-No previous
executive has boon ii famously conspic-
nous interfering in local elections rs Mr.
Buchanan. He has recently written let
ter to English,o of Indiana, the author of the
bribery Lecompton amendment, which has
found its way into the columns of the
press. He says:
If lived in Your district and had a
thousand votes, you should have them all.
Occupying the position You do, consider
1t essential that You SHOULD succeed in oh
tanning the nomination. A failure in Til
would be regarded by inc as re5ake Of
81 my administrator There may he som.
aSplrant or asl'irant, for the position in
your way. lfso, You may say to them
that by g'0ang go" u clear track they wW
gam my facor and may expect TO be pro-
oided for IN a suitable manner. If nomi
mated acU hroW os much assistance
an your district as g0W mag desire.
Our friend Hughcs, > see, has hard
row TO hoe. He will h. iberally sustain.
Ell. OF this you may rest assured.
! our Friend.
JAMES BUCHANAN