The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-12-06
THE NEW YORK SUN.
TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 6 1863.
Report sf Csse.sl sA.aser's Voyage.

ReVsrs u Cssessl sAaaser's Voyage.
The Glasgow Journal thus describes an inter
shw with Colonel SHArvSER, who has just
returned, In the bark Wyman, from the Ncrthern
Ocean, WHARF he has, since 2olh August last,
been engaged In an exploring expedition, sound
ing ths SEQ and surveying ths shores Of Labrador,
Greenland, Zealand, tho Faross and Scotland,
In the sndeavr to se'ect proper levels and start
ing points for the Northern Transatlantic.
Cable:
.Pr<esscs FAlADAy's discoveries Il the rst.rds-
tsn q eleotrte terce transmitted through submarine
tcabihty of ftocgrHphng tong distances under 9aAsr
and y was sccoruingy dcterminsd that the darstion
Of subsQneous immersion should b. Of the shortest
Many experiments having shown that the North Al
lant!c route wAs fcssibtc, telegraghicAly speaking
he the goth August last sct out on his surveying
expedition In order ~ prove thas Il vas likswisc
cushly armed With tho moA perfect appa--
atus both for surveying and scandng, he pro.
oceded north ward through Bealesle straits 10 the
less and bay . ard came 70 the conclusion that tho
best STARTING point for tho cable wsud be bstweeu
tho eth aud bsth dec res of north lai,sudo. From
thsnos hs shaped his to Greenland, dis lance
Of shout hvs hundred miles, and found thaf the great
eA depth was two Thousand and nh city fathomS The
bottom gradually sinks as u rooedes from tho wes,
untr about ono buodrvd miles from Labrador, where
" Is found u 81 $40 fssnoma Afscr this baan Of
Ies,ly the same depth succeeds until wthia eSghty
nile OF so " the Greenlaad coast. whom II sinks 10
2.0.0 fAthoma, and fron thence rises soa.s ahi ab-
ruytly. Tho ascent, however, docs not terminAte
as the cost line but continues up tho ords bays,
of which thsrs several along the coast These
Gords are In fact, exceedingly numerous all along
the Greenland shore, extending even - far a.
ATTY miles inland, and are nsvor frozen. Having
ansshsd hts sounding operations, C.lonol snAryNns
next proceeded b examine tho coast far north
sixtylshse degrees and thcn struck out for tho
interior, In order Prscticaly - sscutain how far
the country wss adapted for laying ne wiros, and
win ont the sreat destructive eject which Il was
hitherto supposed would on sue from tho frost On
Penetrating into tho county, and ascordug the
high lands, Colonel suArru was sarecaSiy surprised
wsrm--ss much so, that his oompsnon took OF his
ooat while walking along and he himsef could aJrd
to Go without his gloves In ordsr thoroughly 10
anime the place he, with . frsod, pushed on to .
point where Europeans bad nevcr before reached sud
At high ALTITUDE regslsd themselves from Svricct
abcunded tbsre in profus'on. Darkness prevented
them fron further extending thor walk, but
enough was seen 10 shoR them that tho country
was not % dpaifuly cold ~ Il has always
BEEN held 70 be. During the sojourn Of tho ex.
iisby received at oil the places they visited ium.
nations oven In some places having boon got up In
honor u their arrival. After surveying the southern
coasts d the country they proceeded 10 the east,
which y of similar character 10 tho wcst From
over tho angie Of forty-hve degrees until short dis
tan 90 from the shore, whence thsre u much more
gradual asssnt until Ioelai.d. two hundred mi e
OF, y reached Tho remainder u the yccy.n-
showed saht hundred 10 ono thousand fAthon =
depth from efs band past tho Faross 10 Csps
Wrath, In Sutberlsndshirc, tho Eubmorsion Of the
cable being two hundred and svonty-two and I've
hundred miles respectively"