The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-25

equs tbe e,eass- TIE oau,-ser Of tuse tho uwe rssd
pc. may bs 10 redpces ,na. .ne saer - uss an ELI
CHILE phrase, can be u'aed Sbnn end proved TOD
n1Eug NJ sl Exicty tnus 10 Is ~ttn 'r,c'ty 5bne
d! To- con nobsst pneboneaA OF touuSsrstor ms II us
Tse Ms ish II hsh'nng ar Ike eecyioA cJnta 'sor
s,ge sbooah 10 sec',o al 10 carry q sssy, ~el sod
gonS r,spqoil'y II 6ows hse waer through enamel
sufficiently o.paccus II not, the psps up o., 20 repss,
ioyme esp ersoo, ssrsnga asd sleg'r city, reuds tn
copoucsrg body sne vciks us deviation Ia res rec,
Of tbs sn aer ho~ OF slscGiosi Agsucs ouch In
in The working OF short telegt ues
PIN reiarf alton 30 eUnrmous zoe daS0cesto be
ssd % comparatively peoDs derAbis AM hs physcL
power be got Of the cecrics trivial
the amount Of Maogolaton nan been, 10 uao ner, nil
In the care o. he p event enormously long hae, snc
osve TO b. more narrowly scTuho'ze1 Practically ~
regards ibe velocity o. electrical travelling, CONES -
TIM: Professor Wheastoos, In his CO sbrstsd ,eri
devised fer me puSpose of illustrating the ud,ty
eeo ica transit, merely showed that electricity va7elled
With u least double the velocity Of hight through sps 10
ucDg material Cooper wte) Of spscs Add deda,e
AREA. and wDen SURF uoded BY special or deao'se
mediuu-vx., atmospheric air. Hsd tho wire besu
CITY '% would SsSs :usss rssso.ou he'd
been Of layer diameter (provioed the maximum
OF area bso sot been supp)ied) then the curren
would have travelled with Rrester velpctty Iost'sd,
toep Of aiming the manusCiuse OF moro tleoder nec
hcal for subsequent traDsuaotic cables In
posed NAV u po os onna more desirable 10 Increase The
wire 10 N tn the END Of furnishing gres'er ssooe
for IspidiD Of eec,rcsi rsvslipP2
We have beer careful 70 avoid bringing 10 question tho
curious and reconcile function o. electrical INDUCTION,
ratasd that the few words We could devose 70 bore
would be embarrassing rasuer than other .ise psa;a
cal illustration OF It, bo viewer may bs given In the All
that electricity even when psssirg along sire covered
with conducting msieriai sush for example quite
cahe be su, rounded water or With air. morn.og
contemporary has mistakenly attributed electrical ret
dstion TO enormous ws.sr pressure, which has really
Aposher point OF interesting speculation rs this :whst
amount Of durability may DO reasonably sxpced for
su,ta percbs snnectsd 10 oceanic inaueoces9 q
a
Vpsn bv most influences, Is disintsrated, and
brought to tie ccndai'n Of powtr BY some sears coatao
uih the roots Of certain trees Wba eject may sea vsse
taton have upou sY
These remarks are not advs,ced by way Of checking
for NJ but every fact connected VITA proisc,
pecp lar and powell deserves IN be contemplated, and
borne in memory for future application
QUOTATIONS. OF tbs STOCK ON 'cHANgy-PrNAN.
CIAL PROSPECTS OF The COMPANY
From The LONDON Star (Cisy Artcie), August
The great event Of the lay OF the cable OF tho Allan
tic telegraph stu the general TOPIC, ard from toe 80
couns received 10 day appears tast the intel OF
the opera'nn bavog proved succsssfu ass dHosed 10
tense satssfs c.ien all the cdoDJy. There the
however. cannot be Effected for some tne yet but
meanwhile the company have rcsivec sdvicss from Va
entA, tba, published In aoober ooaun - tbs efsN
that electric oomwu nicatoo per'sc,y maintained With
the Niagara In trinity Bay Newfoundland.
Atlantic Telegraph stock vas quoted at The close this
evening (6th August ct $50 TO $50.
Red Sea Telegraph shares left of ct y 70 q prem.
Prom the London STAR Editorial Aug'ws7l
The shares quoted st fss0 TO f96o. Their
magnitude, however, prevents aDy dealings them,
Otherwise adventurous speculsto~s might have msde-,r
Loaf for tunes Thursday morning.
From the London Star, lily Arsicle,) August N.
Atlantic Telegraph shares were negotiated 81 900 and
go
Red Sea Telegraph shares remain ct premium OF y
to VI and occA,onaliy there are considerable vsnsac
tioDe In them.
from the Manchester Guardian (Cty Asuale) Aug. Ill
Atlantic Telegraph shares cont nue. quoted In London,
eco 10 900.
Red Sea Telegraph wero y higher, 81 x 70 1 pre-
MUM.
from the Liverpool Mercury (Cty Article,) Aug IL
fbe Atlantic Telegraph b nov 80 FAR co nplese 10
tan mn words snd sentences Al present these are
mainly directions fer working the lne but few days.
n rot hours, vii complete this woaderfu Z, and
make Europe and America Tho length OF The sub
merged line seems 70 produce effect the strength Of
tho electric current
THE CHANNEL ISLANDS TELEGRAPH LAID
The submarine Telegraph 10 the Chanel ISLANDS has
bean SUCCESSFULLY laid, sod oonmun,cssiops arc nov
going % between 6outhAnptou, England, and Aderney