The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-07


Mediterranean line four miles long will be all suf
cent to connect the two cables-the extending
to Ireland, and through Ireland to England Europe
and Asia; and the other to the United States and |
the whole of North America. At present the
nections will be formed with the line running
from St. Johns the capital ~ 'al, the !
most extreme south western the island, |
where the cable which SD was laid in |.
the month of July, 1856. cat advantage of !
the proposed submarine nding from Pia- !
centia Bay to Nova Scot; @tland will consist |
in its being free from thu -:.,ents to which all
land lines liable Ut to which that in New
of the severity of the climate and the wild and I'M
cultivated state of the country.
At the head of the Bay of Bulls Arm, about half
a mile from high water line, the telegraph house
will be erected. This will be spacious frame
building containing, in addition to the office or OPP
orators department, sitting room, kitchen,
eight bedrooms and all the other ct of well
appointed household 1t is the intention of the
company to provide the operators with library;
and if they do not have enough to interest them in
what they will find in it, in themselves in the coun
try and in their business they will be hard to please
indeed Besides this they will occupy the grand
standing point between two worlds, the whole news
of which, both private and public, must be made
known to them. 1t has been said that they will be
isolated-shut off as much from communication
with their fellow men as the occupant of light
house; but there is no truth in the assertion,
brief consideration of the circumstances will
show.
tDhub oH TOW communion WIN tnelr IellOW men
with the daily history of the world opened to Them
with a full knowledge of the movements of the
great nations of the EARTH the operations of trade,
the state OF the money market, and all those mat
tiers which make up the total of all that is
sidered worth knowing in worldly point of view
if those operatives don't become philosophers
with such opportunities, they not deserving of
the position But they are intelligent men, for
none others would be employed in so responsible
situation. The force of operators will number
en-, and these must have among other qualifications
perfect knowledge of French German, Italian and
English so that they may be enabled to receive and
transmit messages in all those languages In addi-
ton to the operators there will be five mechanics to
repair the telegraph instruments, and to perform
any other work that may be required of them in
their particular trade
The approach to the bay in which the cable is to
be laid is exceedingly picturesque and possesses all
that wildness and grandeur of scenery which dis
tnguish nearly the whole coast of Newfoundland.
II the weather should prove clear, the peaks of the
nigh headlands can be some thirty miles from
land, and nearer view shows a country of pecu-
harly mountainous character. The first thing that
strikes the visiter is the barren and rocky nature
OF the land but there are some parts which par
tlculary susceptible of cultivation and where
sidering the hospitable character of the climate
| farming has been successfully carried on.
1t must be confessed, however, that the prospect
for agricultural operations are not of the most en-
couraging kind, and that cod fishing is, as it must
always prove, the most lucrative occupation. Be
| tween those bleak, wild mountain ranges there are
some beautiful little valleys, through which run
| streams of the purest, sparkling water. Indeed
there is an inexhaustible supply of this common
but valuable and necessary article, both in the
merous lakes, rivers and rvulets with which the
| whole island abounds, and which come gushing
out of every rock in the summer time or are frozen
up in icy stiffness and death during the long and
| cherries winter
The entrance to Trinity Bay is about thirty miles
wide, and on either side rise the bold headlands of
| Baccao and Horse Chops-the latter of which is
| aDOut hundred nd hp hmm aI
feet In height. The shore of the bay is marked by
ndentations and smaller bays, and inlets have been
worn into its rocky boundaries by the restless ac-
ton of the sea, which breaks here with resistless
fury. Large caves, running far into the mountain
barriers, have been followed out by the agen-
cy, and the deep seems that the front of the
rocks show that time has also left its mark upon
them. Take it altogether, there is much to admire
in the scenery about Trinity Bay, and in the sum
mer season it possesses many attractions for the
lover of nature, while in the winter its frozen desc
| late look will do much towards developing all the
domestic affections and virtues by teaching the
necessity of keeping indoors. And this in Justice,
in fairness and in TRUTH is all that be said about
| Trinity Bay.
VALENTIA BAY, IRELAND.
The other terminus of the line is, as has already
been stated, in Valentia Bay, which is perhaps the
most available point the whole southern coast OF
Ireland both on account of its being the nearest to
adaptability for telegraph station. The county
OF Kerry, which is indented by Valentia Bay,
and in which the shore end of the cable was
LANDED on the evening of the 9Th of August last
year. is very similar in its natural features to that
part OF Newfoundland which we have just described
Huge mountains rise up almost every side,
and great masses of rock, in a thousand fan
tastc shapes, stand out in solitary isolation miles
| from the land. Two of these-Of such gigantic
dimensions that they almost approach the dignity
| of mountains-guard the entrance of Dingle Bay
like weather beaten sentinels while further in from
the ocean is a. long mountain range, the face OF
which is worn with deep assures, while its base is
followed out at irregular intervals by caves some
of which EXTEND according to the statements Of
the peasantry, several hundred feet into the very
heart of the mountains. The bay has a depth in
some places of hundred fathoms, but it is SC
open to the sea- and the anchorage is bad that il
is one of the worst places that vessel could select
in storm. But Valentia Bay is more protected
and although not safe in storm, affords much bet
| ter anchorage.
The land, for miles into the interior is very
rocky and barren, and affords poor pasturage fol-
the diminutive but hardy race of cattle for which
the county Kerry is famous. The huts of the pea
santry which dot the hill sides show too plainly the
poverty of the lower classes of the people, and
how miseraby their labor is rewarded. The ruin.
of churches, which were built by pious Christian.
as long ago as the fourth fifth century strk
ing v in accordance with the impoverished appear
ance of the land and of the people. The Island OF
Valentia suffered fearfully during the famine in
Ireland, and hundreds died of starvation on the
road side or in the miserable dwellings, some OF
which, still remain, and in which their bodies were
found many weeks after their death, unburied ant
in horrible state of emaciatiOn.
Within the last few years it is said the condition
of the people has considerably improved; but if what
the writer saw on his visit there last year is
called improvement, they must have been in ter
rible state before the present amelioration com
menced. Some of them live at present by fishing
some by cultivating the ungratefu soil, and some
by quarrying slate from the hill side for a shilling
sterling, or twenty-five cents day.
About three miles from the head of Valentia Bay
is the post town of Cahrcveen, and at the same dis
lance but in another direction, lies knightstown,
small village of some five hundred inhabitants. Th.
village is called after the Knight of Kerry gentle
man who has been one of the strongest advocates OF
the Atlantic Telegraph.
The small land cove in which the bay terminate:
was decided upon last year the place for the
| landing of the cable, and has not been changed
since. 1t is in fact the very best spot that coulC
be selected. About four hundred yards from the
beach telegraphic building somewhat similar tC
that at Trinity Bay Newfoundland, has been erect
ed and supplied with everything necessary for the
business and accommodation of the operators. The
junction with the cable will be formed by land
line running to Cork from Cork to Dublin, thence
across the channel to England and by Other
connections, with the great net work of telegraphs
which extend over the whole cOntine mt of Europe
and which has already embraced within it portions
of Asia and Africa.
The slave who murdered Mrs. Musgrove in Bed
| ford county, Va, has been convicted and will be
hanged on the 10th September.
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