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


Scarcely any Announcement could hare been
msfe unexFcelad, certainly none More well
c1me. than that which the telegraph yesterday
nsafie OF The arrival ofthesteam-frigate Niagara
- Trinity BAY with the western end sf tie feIe-
sraph cable and that her csnlxurt ha.1 probably
also succeeded in reaching tie eossfbF Ireland
With the electric wire uhbroken Tie clouds
81 do'iht and suspicion hadgatlreret soiscaviiy
over THIS enterprise. the previous trials and ai
the isrBllininaFy indications were No unt,rsumis-
Fng, aud the enterprise Of itself 50 novel and
enc0inpaSed by many apparehflv ins,lr-
naosIEtal.ie ob~sacles, that the public had al
most ceaSed tn hope for its successful lsse and
was prepared to receive with euiet. arouiex-
cence the news that :he third attersIut had
proved, like Those preceding it. failure, aud.
Tor the present at lcust, the world must h. con-
tent To get along without the means ~of instant
communication between the people of It's cas-
tern and western hemiSpheres. Az this mo-
ment .c have the announcement thar the great
undertaking Of the age Is achieved: that its
triumph has been secured amidst du,al,.s and
tears, and IN the face Of every possible dis
en''ragemeht. but, still, that it is secured, and
that along the deep wastes of the Atlantic
ocean floor the cable has been safely tail
Our intelligence in relation to the progress
Of the work Is necessarily brief, but il Is in all
points satisfactory. The splice was made in
mid-Ocean on the 18th ult., and on The after
noon OF that day the ships separated Tor thier
eastward and westward destlnaEials. The
Niagara arrived off Trinity Bay on Welnestlay,
istIe =: sse sl., = as S ilGnsE sss
Vuyagt, mus proving thai q rapid rate Of pay
ing ont tho cable was most consistent with its
safety. Tie cable was paid out from the
agamcmnon at about the same rate of speed,
and on bCarti 10th vessels the operations an
pear to have been attended with all the con.
tiitions lrstifying the hope that il reached its
occan bed entirely unframed. The machinery
worked satisfactorily, there was nothing oc-
Cured to cause suspension of operations.
and during the whole time the electrical cr,n-
tnulty was perfectly preserved, and the most
satisfactory signals continually exchanged be-
tween the electricians on the two vessels. The
'ncccsSiul laying Of the cable does not of course
ito away with all the difficulties that are COLI
nected with the working of a ub-Atlantic tele-
graph, but 1t settles the question that an ocean
Geographic cable can be laid. and with this
great problem solved we may rest assured that
the means Of overcoming all other obstacles.
should they present themselves. will be found.
The end If the cable was to be landed
yesterday. and as soon as the connection with
the land lines has been perfected, the first COM
munication by telegraph between the two
continents will be made. It is understood that
the first regular message sent through the ca
bic will he one of congratuation from Queen
Victoria to President Buchanan, 10 be EhowctI
by reply frotn the latter. The people of both
countries will look with interest for the recep-
ton OF these messages as the convincing proof
of the accomplishment Of project the grand
est which the mind of man has ever conceived
On his ingenuity been taskcd to perfect--and
ose which n few years ago was classed among |
the impossibilities. Baltimore Anerican.