Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-08-14

IHE AcHiErENEST OF THE AGE-Ne briefly
aud tinidly announced last week, The reported
successful laying Of the Atlantic Telegraph
Cable. So unexpected, was this piece Of in
formation, coming as it did, on the head Of
successive defeats in time SO brief, as barely to
ALLOW Of The passages being made under the
most favorable circumstances, when The public
mind had lapsed into state OF listless indfEer.
enee, through an almost entire loss Of con6-
dence, that dispatch from the "Mau in the
Moon, could hardly have been received with
more surprise and incredulity. Shiyering in
creduIiiy, however, has given place to settled
reality. The achievement which is to mark
an epochsin the history Of the world, has been
accomplished Science, and her handmaid art
have wrought out signal triumph, and the
hemispheres have been brought into the in.
timacy Of nuptuaI union, and the passage of
that subtle and mysterious agency, which char
acterizes a union Of souls, will no more than
tyPiig. thespew relationship between the old
and new worlds. No longer viii the broad At
lantic block, or impede the progress of thought,
John BEii and Brother Jonathan may now
light their pipes. and sit down TO social con
ference like hand to hand neighbors. Occur.
ing events on either side fthe Atlantic, will
be fehearsed on the opposite as they shall
srnuspiFe. Any interesting symptom about the
domestic circle, viii5s known here, as soon as
the suspicion shall have been entertained a.
mong the gossips Of the royal household So.
il. by astrolre Of senatorial baffoonry. naval
conflict should be preeipitated upon our shores
aud IN that struggle the Styr should go under
the story Of such an interesting event would be
known at the royal palace before the concep-
ton had assumed definite shape. here.
or the vast consequences yet to result from
this connection e the continents and this prac.
teal annnihilation Of time and space we cannot
new speak. It is a theme for Thought field
!or philosopher political and national eco
Bomy.
The interim since the landing Of the cable
has been spent in getting the electrical machiu-
cry IN readiness for the passage of communica-
tiens. All that has hitherto been done, has
been BY signals No news has vet reached us
Of the covpletieu Of these arrangements. As
soon as eFeything Is 10 readiness, the first
message transmitted, is to be one FROM the
Queen to the President, and the Presidents re-
pig is to follow before the line win he opened
fer business. Il was expected at Trinity Bay
that the recording instruments would have been
connected and in wording order on Tuesday
eysning. We look for the announcement Of
the passage OF these messages daily.
Tic effect upon the public mind Of the arri.
val of M feet aad the news OF the deposit Of
the cable. has been such as an event Of this
kind might be expected to produce. The exuI-
tation has outatripped al sober calculations
The size Of the cord has often been stated,
Int may bave been lorgotten by some readers.
The cablc is composed Of seven copper wires.
one sixteenth Of an inch thick twisted into q
cord This strand vas coated with gutta-pes-
eha. lorming small rope three-eighths Of III
inch thick then coated with hempen twice
twice soaked 10 tar lastly an external sheath
iag Of Is iron wires, each wire being siIAn'
ef seven hner wiEes, making in all one hundrel
aud twepiy.six wires. The weight Of the ca
bis i about one ten PEI mile, and i Is capabl
81 bearing direct strain q over i've tons with
out utifaesure.