, 1859-01-04
History OF the Dispatches sent over the
Atlantic Cable.

New YoRk, Jan. 3, 1858. The eHorts COM
menced some 3 months ago to irjure the credit
Of the Aslantic cable, by denysn9 the authority
OF the dispatches transmitted through it, hay
ing beer recently received with kfea: yiru-
lence by the friends of O kindred enterprise, We
have gone to the trouble Of searching the 6les
Ut the American papera and the London Times
respectively. for the purpose OF satlafJing the
public in a matter 50 important.
a careful inspection Of the various cable dis
patches as they appeared in these jour nails, to-
gether with thorough COLLATION. and verihca,
tIon Of the statements as they we're Published
On one side Of the Ailantlc, With the flc1s and
dates as they occurred on the other has satisfied
Us that in no single instance has there been auF
deception pracieed On the public OF any attempt
over tho whole Tune during which there Was any
pretence H. 4: the cable WAS in working order,
and we l4eic { ri7e tbs result, aeriasitn:
1st. The collision, otl Cape Race, between the
steamship. AFabi.. uoa Europa occurred Oh Sat
urdac, Aug. 13th, end u Is published In the Lon.
days is seen between the date of the disaster
and The announcement in London.
This delay Is particularly accounted fur hy tue
fact that the neEs did not reach New York until
fpcs,lay :hc l7th, and that he dispatch To Lon
an Was sent Gil that day, from this city VI sir.
Cuua1d. When, however, that dispatch reached
Trinity Bay, they refused to transmit 1t, alleging
aS al exctlse. bis rercmptory orders not + trans.
ulft any private business messages until IL ilrc
was fully opened to The public. Ou lear:1u: this
tict, Nj. CI,aard made application to r- FL i -
induce him to use bis nauence with lhe dir ciors
fur the sapen4 ou OF their rules far to meet
| the exiyeucics OF the case. Ar. Field did &, , and
the result was t;!at Nj. C,s message was re.seut
! from New Ya:k with lit. Fields endorsement on
tue evr:,ug Of the 18th and was published in Lon-
don ~ tho Goth, bur there was nnother dispatch
| connected with this collision, the transmission of
which over the cable goes to show that at one
tl1us ttte communication between the two shores
| was an3st perfect.
When the news of the collision was first pub
llshed in London, which was on Friday the 10Th
Of August, the information conveyed was deem
! ed too meagre, aud therefore dispatch W41
| transmitted iron that city asking for farther
| PARTICULARS This dispatch lett London at
O'Clock on that evening, and an answer giving
! tl- PARTICULARS asked tor was received at halt
past seren On the same evening. This fact il
explicitly vouched for in IN editorial in the
Tines which published both dispatches ia ful
| On the 2lst~
On Mot,tay, Angus. oad, the London Tine
published the Queens coDgratutatory message Il
President Buchanan, following which is the Pfesi
cuts repls. Toe Q,eeu's message eomplet'
came orer tue wirc- 20 New York On tue 17th, ant
the Presidents reply was transmitted over th
able On tac lotll, and published IN London on th
!3I, as ab,'c stated. the Times Of the la'
lined date also announces for the first time ais
The fact OF tue treaty Of peace with China whic
WIS recerrd III London tile previous day b scle
srapo frum st. Petersburg. The paper containin
lAIs ueyys reached ! alentla On tue e5th, and thl
| lmp 3ria1i Intelligence WAS Transmitted thence
New lnrk, and was published here on the after
| uOpn ut the 26th,