The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-08-14
PARTICULARS OF THE LAYING OF THE
TRANS ATLANTIC CABLE

Hlct III lhlu ocean OH INC zctn.
The ends Of the cable were spccd together at ono
o'clock p. m on the Goth The Niagara and Ara.
memnon then proceeded in opposite directions, nav.
ing out the cable between them al about an eoua,
rac-thc Agamcmuon with her consort the vulorousy
making for Valencia bay, while the Niagara and
Gorgon directed their course TO this place.
President buchanan, at Bedford Springs, received
the following despatch from Cyrus W. Pcld, the &C.
neral superintendent of the Atlantic Telegraph.
''rS'rrp STATES STEAM rhroarE NIAGARA,
| or Trinity Bay. August 8, 1858.
To james Buchanan President Of the United States.
! "As soon rs both ends of the cable are linked
Queen Victoria will send you message, and the At
nntic cable and intermediate lines will be kept frte
till you can send reply
Very respectfully, CYRrs W. FIELD"
The cable laid is sixteen hundred, ninety eight nan.
teal miles in length from the telegraph station ut
! Bulls Bay, on the American coast, to the head of
Valencia harbor, aud for more than two.ihirds that
distance is laid in water over two miles deep.
Communication between the tso vessels has been
kept mp constantly since the vessels separated. The
electrical instruments attached to the ends of the
coil on each ship aud worked the same as in rcgu.
lar telegraph office.
The uninterrupted aud perfect communication
through the whole length of The cable submerged at
an average depth Of two miles, has demonstrated be.
yond doubt the practicability ot the enterprise.
Lieut. Eycrat's machinery for paying out the cable
has worked admirably.
Capt. Hudson. Of the Niagara Messrs Everett and
Woolhuusc telegraph engineers The electricians, the
Officers Of the ship. and every man board the
American portion Of the fleet cxcrtcd themselves 10
ihr utmost to make the expedition successful and by
thr h.cssng NJ Divine Providence they success
hii beyond general expectations.
\ Thr Niagara will discharge her cargo Of telegraph
material, at Trinity Bay aud after coaling at S,.
john will return TO New York for repairs
TRiNuY BAY, ArG. 2. The recording instrument,
to hc used are being prepared and graduated to suit
the cable These arrangements are progressing as
rapidly as possible
The Quccn's message and the President. reply are
expected carly in the evening some day this week
New leRk, ArG. Upon the receipt of The Queens
message and the reply OF the President of which no.
ce will be sent to all parts Of The country there win
bo 4 genera! celebration in tonor of the completion
u ;li. great enterprise in which every town and vii
lagris invited II Join
NV loRk, ArG, ln-Thc New York Civ Coun.
eli received i message from Tie Mayor recommending
that the hospiaiiiic- Of the city BE- extended TO all
concerned III hc Transatlantic telegraph enter
prise.
Ib. cti1u- VI Nyw YorR arr requested to illumiu
alethcir buildings
All herollic buildings R ~ Illuminated Oh Tie
nt-a' Of thc dag dved for tie public rclema,ion
! municipal dinner will be given to all engaged
in IL" glorious project
The total length uf the cable paid ON rs The Mag
ara /, So miles. The hgamomnon paved out 1910
mile- q call,
GAEN,ss Is PHnApEI rut.--It is stated that the
earman citizens in rAiladaphia number about So.
oo1 souls and embrace many persons Of ability edu
cation and moral worth, aud that there are twenty
one German places OF worship In that city OF these
iYe arc are Lutheran. three Reformed German three
Catholic, one Baptist one Methodist seven Synago.
gne- aud one Of Free Thinkers They have society
tletF, organized ln back as l7sC having now $50
members, whose object j, 10 assist poor and distress.
cd German immigrants.
llm!sltEt SuK The following from the Homer
CIaihogne lurislO Advocate of the 28th ult:
w are greatly indebted to Mrs. !" e Jamc.. of this
NEt.i, living few mc, ot this place, for two hanks
Of very i.pes!k one white and one black a part of
ihc proceeds Of her own handy work in the difficult
business Of slk making. This silk presents a fine
EIossy appearance, cqaa 10 hc best imported silk in
hr country and was made ~ Mrs j. from The silk
ry of III" country We regret that the want Of space
tbs week will preclude us from laying before our
readers the interesting process by which Mrs J. made
me SIX il Is very interesting and We shall lay it
hci"fn our readers at the earliest opportunity By
MIS- y process every housewife in the land can wear
her SIX gown at rlling cost, the means at hand
are abundant to manufacture their own silk This
SIN - much stronger and better for sewing than any
found in our stores.
SIX growing might be made an important and prof
liable branch Of industry in the South. The muller
ny trees the leaves of which constitute the food of
the silk worms, can be grown in incyhaustble pro-
'uson, and The eggs can be obtained in any quantity
Each farm should be supplied with grove of ruI-
berries The labor and expense of carrying on the
buslncs: would be light. Children and old persons
couia do all the work, superinonded by competcns
individual, and thus lucrative source of revenue
might be opened up.
.tl3 II is reported in the Northern journals that
the President has offered the Spanish mission to Sem
ator Stephen r. Mallory, of Florida and that he has
so fav' declined IL,
The report is, says the n. o. Peayunc supposed to
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