The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-23
Afternoon Report.
From New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2l-

NEW DIRK, Aug. 2l-Noon.
The Liverpool correspondent of the As
sOciated Press, says -
THE decided success achieved in the lay
ing Of the Atlantic telegraph cable, recalls
to our mind the dependency which but
few months ago pervaded the minds of
the earliest friends of the enterprise. who
were also among the heaviest stockholders
in that company, We remember that, after
the second parting of the cable Mr.. Brook
ing, the deputy chairman of the bo9rl of
directors, was violently opposed to proceul-
ing any further i'm the enterprise, and..when
he found he could not bring the American
colleague and the acting manager, Mr.. Field,
over to his way of thinking. h Indignantly
resigned his position and withdrew from ac-
tive participation in the proceedings.
Mr.. Brown, of Liverpool, another director,
was also decidedly opposed to any further
prosecution of the enterprise. He would not
attend the meeting OF the board of directors,
but wrote letter urging the board TO give
up the enterprise aS u failure, sell out their
property and dishand the company. Others
of the directors were disposed to follow this
advice, but Mr.. Field stood out firmly
against every proposition looking to any
abandonment of the work. lie was san
eJine of success; he would listen to no such
word rs failure; lie commended perSeveringly
aud successfully against the arguments and
fears of the croakCrS; and by the force OF
his own character. seconded by tho good eff
forts of others, he succeeded in getting the
directors to consent to a third trial. The
result fully justifes his sagaciiy.
There has been some curiosity TO know
who are the American stockholders in the
Atlantic Telegraph Company, as well as the
aggregate amount of stock owned by them.
The last question we cannot answer fully.
The whole amount of capital is $500, 900, of
which amount. we are told Mr.. Field owns
one-tenth, that is $4,000 how much of
I the remainder i owned in America, we have
no means at hand just now to enable us To
state accurately, The following is cont
{ plete list of the American stockholders
Cyrus W. Field, Peter Cooper, David
/ Dudley Field, August Belmont, John G.
/ Green, Wilson G.. Hunt, Jacob Little, a
/ NJ. Lawrence, Henry G.. Marquand, G.. T
/ Trimble, b. II. Van Aiken, Most Rev. John
/ Hughes, the estate of Mortimer Living
1 ton, MeSsrS A. y. Law & Brother, Duncan
/ Sherman Il CO., L. W. Perkins all of New
i 10Th CITY, Ia h.SttPHeh>, 'oaiatoSos7Pi ihSS
/ VIM. Dare, Montreal.
There is a very general desire on the par
of the public to learn the degree of success
which the electricians have met with il
transmitting electrical currents through th'
cable since il has been submerged, bu
we have nothing beyond an unofficial state
ment from Val.ntia that it is possible to re
ceive from Trinity Bay about sixty signal
Der minute. If this is true it would seen
to Indicate the possibility of transmitting b,
the system of Professor Whitchouse abou
thra. words of average length per minute
and by the system of Professor Hughes
assuming that each electric impulse may b
made TO print a complete lctter-about tci
or twelve words per minute. We under
stand that the company propose to give Pro
fcsSor Whtehouse some time to- test hi
system thoroughly, after which Professo
Thompson will test his instrument, which
quite different from that of Professor White
house, and after him Professor Hughes, {
New York, will have an opportunity to te:
the capabilities of his most cxtraordinat
instrument, which is, We understand, abor
to be introduced upon one of the lines bt
tween London and Liverpool"