New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-30
TIE ATLANTIC TELEGAPR.
From The LONDON Times, Nor. :.


short tine ,nce and for brieI period, all the
c, zed world ringing with the news o, the sue
cessiul termination of this great enterprise, and IN
the Iresence of TIE general rejoicing, Of science,
if rot agreed about the cahe, at least silent.
Now however that the excitement and the cable have
both died out everything seem to have lapssd back
into the region Oi theory and speculation from
viii, the pHn only emerged for short time 10 give
color OF plHuelbIity to the opinions Of al. We know
whether account II es favorable 20 the cable or
Otherwise, but tGe fact remains that at the present
moment nost electricians Of note agree TO differ both
as 10 the nature and extent OF inmy 10 the wire and
the chances of its ever being agiD restored to work
ing oICer. One thing, however, seems to admit OF
10 doubt. ard that Is, that, contrary to all ex-
lectntoD, it shows ho slsus OF becoming worse.
In the presence Os this encouraging iact there
are many eminent in science who believe, fret,
that the iruIes To it's insulation exist much nearer
the Irish shore than was at first supposed; aui,
secoLdly that by using different Instruments the whole
line may be, to certain extent, used for the trans
mission Of messages if not from this country 10
An eIcs, at least ircm Auieric, to England. Tue
means used for testing cables 10 ascertain the spot at
which an injury has occurred are always far unsqt
iGctory that under the best circumstances the result
only affords negative proof Tins, when IS stated
that the defect is supposed to exist at about 800 miles
from tie Irish coast, II meals nothing more than that
the daiulge Goes lot eyt,Id beyond that distance,
though by No means proves that the in ury may not
be within bali The lergtb We have stated or even 80
near as % or 81 miles from shore. The st m itct
meaIs that after escaping t1o iDlured por,lon - ;e
cub only sufficient electricity is left 10 pass along the
conductor or about so ues and that at that dst
the resistance 10 the euTrcn Equal to total rupture
Of the wrc dead earth A. ii Is echnic ty callei.
All practice, electricians however, admit that the 1-
ures may ard very likely do exist within distance
Of 20 miles from land aud that thes6 cossl not y ore
but mely slight Losses Of Insulation, with very likely
partial SEPARATION OF &c conductor al parts where tie
two-Iie i~-., ms were originally ioin,d. Ihat TIE
damage cannot exist as far ont as 800 miles Is a.
most evidenced by the fact of the receipt oi the
American messages long after none could be seLt iron
this side Of the Atlantic 1t may appear strange TO
some OF readers that the wlTe which conveys the
sguts TO this country is rot suih ,ienty lotact TO
allow Of the transmission 81 answers through the same
NJ, dun. A moments reflection, however will show
that the injuries TO tie cable, being near the land,
allow much Of the electric current to escape that
what remains is not sufficient to overcome the resist
auCe o the wire for mole tAan shor portion of It's
entire l. ugth. With currents from the New World, on
the contrary tie electric wave, as Is called, OF
a signal comes alorg the VIE intact till near our
chores. Here though much Of It escapes sufficient
left nevertheless TO mark signals at Nacntia -
weakly and vsIsblv, i j. true, but stil occasionally
clcngh 10 form letters though, hom causes which We
shall ueeeItly tndc0NOi TO show, A. 4, Impossible
to reider them into ineligible words
In TO within the last few days the shore end a. Va
leus Las been the ordinary ceep-sea portion o: the
cable, made as our readers are aware, Of lie very
lighiesi form consistent with tie strength necessary
iUr its being safely submerged. IDat such wira,
within the wasA q! the Atantic waves, AID lying in
tanned injury at first sight inevitable. This
portion is row being replaced by tue proper shore
ends which cf strength aud Thickness sufficient, TO
Will staDd any tide. Up 10 the present tue leugth
which has been undenuu, in order - substitute the
shore epd has, strange 10 say, been found uuiunred
though il is Lot expected that tis VIII prove TIE ,ase
when the whole twelve miles shall have been recov-
creo and replaced with tue stout cable. Ii is, of
course looked up0n ss certain that laying down the
shore end mus; improve the coLoitlOn OF the whoe
cable: else OF come the expense ard labor Of sub
merging il would never be attempted. Even in its
,reseli state the signals received at Nalens
casiopaly as distinct these q: soaie ovofaai wrcs
and shoulS sly improvement take place when tue
shore end Ia added or, there are maDy who profess
tLo,nselycs Ccn;i.ent q. working through the vao.c
pir. for :, ule .iule 10 come at least.
Foremost amors those WHO express this opinion IS
Professor Hughes, whose printing telegraph - ex-
,,,siv,ly used in tie Uuiied States and which vii
aiso in Il . cou,s So of few weeks bo lut1biuced
mo Australia TO work though the frs, submarine
,,leersph of that colony between Tasmania ani Me-
borrre Mr.. Hughes states himself confia Of bvi1
eble even row to signal through the Atlantic cab..