New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-11-02
An Asian Telegraph.

The Sacramento (Cal.) Standard, IN noticing the
announcement that the Russian Government mas
commenced the construction OF the telegraph me
which il TO run from Moscow right across the north
of Asia to the mouth of the Amoor, on the RACINE
ocean, remarks: .
~ y.l with the Russian Government is to do.
If the construction of the Geographic hne along
Northern Asia be commenced, before long the
electric current will pc the medium o. ihlereoi
mnn;cation between st. Petersburg and the mouth
Of the Amoor river. 1t is in contemplation to eN-
tend that line of submarine cable to the kurlie
Islands, and from thence to the Russian American
possessions to the north OF US.
4 comnany has already been formed in Canada,
and has obtained special charter from the Legs
lature for that purpose. The project Is entirely
feasible. There are telegraph lines now in opera
ton in the United States greater in extent and orl
pinaliy more difficult of accomplishment.
The lines, or rather the series OF lines IN opera
ton between Halifax and New Orleans, are greater
in length than would be the line from Moscow or
ST. Petersburg along Northern Asa to tile mouth
of the Amoor river, and yet we make use OF the
first mentioned line the occasion OF the arrival
of every steamer and it eXcites no special wonder
in any quarter. The European news received via
Tehuantepec, is always Of that character. 1t Is
telegraphed from Halifax to the New Orleans
papers, and we copy from them. So much for the
overland portion OF the prophesied line Of Asiatc
telegraph. The submarine portion Is much more
feasible. There are now, in the Mediterranean
than would be the via the kurile Islands to the
west coast of America, and soon as it is laid down
we are prepared to tap it. We have already eS-
tended our lines far north as 1reka, and by the
eyertion of that energy for which our people are
| SO remarkable, we would before very long pc
| brought into instantaneous communication with
/ the continent of Europe. The effect would be to
| Mace San Francisco in the position to which New
4 York aspires through the medium OF the Atlantic
telegraph viz: the center OF the intelligence OF the
4 world.
! What brilliant future do these reflections open
4 to the view? There is nothing visionary in them
4 The Asiatic telegraph is the most feasible enter
| prise of that character that has ever been pro
/ posed. Most gigantic undertakings have been &c
4 conlplished. In some quarters the opinion Is en-
tertained that it is only by the Asiatic route thai
| telegraphc communication can ever be established
| between the Old and the New Worlds. There eN
| lists at least doubt about the success OF subma
| rine cable laid along the bed of the Atlantic
The scientific may explain that there was a de
4 feet in the manner in which the ends were JOINED
| in mid ocean-may urge that the insulation was I'M
| perfect, and originate thousand theories calcu
lated to excite fresh hopes in the minds of the san
| guine but among the practical, the lm-thinkins
| and observing men of the age, grave doubts eXis
| as to the success of any new enterprise OF Thu
| characters and even if successful, of its perma
| nency, and consequently of its utility. Ii th
| should turn out to be correct San Francisco, by
the nstrumentality of the Asiatic line of telegraph
will take the place of New York, and will, in atte
years. be the point from which the latest news from
The Old World will be transmitted to all parts O.
| the United States.