The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-04

ind statement 70 the effect that one OF tho great advan
ases resulting the estabshmeut Of tolegraphic
muncaon IN "the great aid which will DO rendered In
the suppression of the crime Of horse and cattle stealing
BY enabling the police intelligence TO reach nesry every
market Of Importance In the colony and by timely notice
TO prevent the escape OF persons detected In the act Of Of
erpg stolen cattle for sale This Ia certainly great
vantage when ID considered that large portion OF the
population Of this Of the British colonies made up
Of who transported for violations Of the law
In the mother country.
The In telegraphing re keeping pace with
the extension Of the system al tho world and in
struments have been invented by which speed OF over
hundred words q minute has been attained.
ANOTHER SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH TO
EUROPE.
The bark wyman Of two hundred tons called on
tho 2oth Of August from Central wharf, Boston under
command OF Capt. VIM Barker to survey the route for
line Of telegraphic communication between this country
and Europe by the way OF Greenland Iceland the
Island and Scot and. The vessel chartered by Col.
p shaner, Of Louisville, Ky, who hes been residing in
Worcester most Of the time for the last two years He
has projected the expedition hts responsibility
ana there appears a fair prospect Of success.
his views and iDtenti0ns in regard to the subject
cesry stated in the Worcester Spy Of this morning as
follows
Colonel saafoer CONNER csd in 1853 the advocacy Of
ocean telegraph, but has been thorough dlsbe
lever In the practcabiy OF any Atlantic telegraph pro
ect like that Of last year. holding IT to be utterly mpos
sble for the electric current 70 DO successfully commun
cIed Especially under water for great dBtancs as
thousand miles In continuous circuit claiming thet
ermediae or auxiliary batteries, which of COURSE II Is
mpoaEble TO have under water. To obviste this difficulty
IL was necessary TO devise Eor,e other ccurse.
Accordingly, In 1884 as he states believing that sub
aqueous line from Newfoundland to Ireland could not be
successfully worked for practical purposes COL Shaaer
proce eded Denmark and Obtained a royal concession
GroeDaud. ne
Farce Islands, for the term Of one hundred years. for
telegraph to copnsc. Europe with America In 1855 he
Norway and Sweden, both of which governments
constructed their lines to meet the requirements the
these concessions is object the present expedition
his purpose TO gall along the east coast Of Labrador
10 latitude Sc, TO South Greenland where proper places
lapting the cable win be determined upon Possibly
part Of Greenland wilt be raverstd by an underground
line From Greenland me vessel WI, EAU Tor Iceland
will proceed to the Faroe Islands and TO North Scotland,
g the emo q The voyage Along The coasts Of Labrador
seas beyond, soundings will be taken.
Colonel ShsTnsr thinks that for sum not exceeding
81 500 eco the two continents be Geographically
neced via Greenland with cable containing three lines
Of communication, either and all Of which be
"y scon iOf m Tae
distance not exceedipg 500 marine miles; from Green
land to Iceland the distance will be from 800 70 500 miles,
according to the point Of connection with Greenland from
Iceland to the Farce Islands, 210 miles; from the Farce
Islands TO Scotland, 200 miles and from the latter place
some d.
he worked practically, though mol wish the CELEBRITY
NEWLY -I,yyEfJYHI nfsdIF-hCTHsa ELECTRIC
TELEGRAPH.
citizen Of Baltimore has invented new combination
Of signals in connection with the electric telegraph which
possesses come features OF merit. His machine self
acting ouethe message once prepared being placed upon
the machine and then transmitted without the attend
Of any The instrument is claimed to be more
aimp.e than any now in II can be made at less
pense and will ransn six times fast any other in
strument transmits Less than three letters at one
shock and in many Nine times out OF ten one
word IL transmitted single shock In one out OF
three two wordshis being twice as fast as the message
be read. The instrument consists simply Of two
cylinders, each get upon revolving wheel ut either end
Of the line. One cylinder Is for transmitting and the
the did Of alphabet composed OF pronouns preposi-
lions, verbs, punctuation, &C. with arrangement. Of
BE- b!, DO, bu BY, ca ce &c-thus repeating each CON
sonAnt before ell the vowels and also repeating each
vowel with the arrangement Of certain other letters and
figures convenient for practical This alphabe. il
printed around the bottom Of both cylinders, each
word or syllable beipg equally distant from the osner
In order to transmit from Of these cylinders the
Other the electric shock is made 10 continue from one
word or syllable 10 The nex required In the compos
on Of the .eptence rs cylinder revolver By this ar
rargement both the beginning and the ending OF the
ehocss are made to convey the intelligence THUG increas
rg tTofod the communicating powor OF the telegraph
words arc frequently transmitted In case ess
Than three letters Ia order TO give the shocks by re-
vontaD OF The transmitting cylinder small OF pins
are put through the sides OF the ster the pins extending
around the circumference OF the cylinder being
one eighth OF an inch above the other and each pin
row DIRECTLY over certain word syliabe. The cyln
der Is prepared for transmitting by writing upon
Der OF messancs article, which Is done by beginning
at tue over TO Of and showing out all the pins be-
tween any word syllable seectec and the next re
quired IN shs competition Of sentence When row
10 exhausted the next taken and until the cylinder
is prepared When cylinder is thus arranged is placed
upon TIE wheel ard as 1t revolves the projecting pins
strike Little hand which gives electric s1ock, pro-
drcing marks upon the paper of the other
cylinder An both cylinders revolve within the same
space OF time the marks upon the aud the projecting
pine upon the other ere between the words syl
Ebes Al each revolution Of the cylinder the little hands
e moved 20 as TO transmt and receive toe next
ence OF The Bext row OF pins By arrangement OF the
nirno,t simplicity the revolution Of tho transmitting cyn
Ger s made to regulate by telegraph the velocity OF the
osnr 60 as to render essential difference OF the two
nechlnts impossible. There is printing instrument
which can be used desired that will print the sentences
as fast az they received thu paper cylinder
There also keyed instrument for preparing messages
for frsnsnisson BY which the operation effected
M last ns the messsse can be read.
This instrument be used for ordinary writing and
u said TO excel any for phonographng reporting
In use.
Tue DIsuSios BEs.-The Vio&sbuIg Whig tells the fol-