, 1860-06-13
The Atlantic Telegraph.


Although nearly two years hare elapsed since
our enthusiasm in regard to tie supposed src-
ees+ful completion Of the Atlantic telegraph
caused Us to make abone fire Of our City Haii,
the public should not think that the enterprise
died wth the disasterso 10 the cable, which so 8oon
followed that notable celebration. 1tis true, the
time appointed for ,hb resusciatiou Of The work
has futly come, aud tho voice Of De- Sant5 is no
longer heard ia the land; but Notwithstanding
re1a.ions delays End pecuuiary losses. tie orig.
inators Of the great scheme-at 1enst those OF
them in Engltnd-have BY no means abandon
cd aIl hope OF successfully laTiug an Alta atic
telegraph cable.
But the delay has givan rise 10 competition,
and new ocean telegraph project, ca led tic
D4nish route. has been talked u. By this plan
the wires will extend from London to 1nver-
ness, acrosa the Southertandshire mountains
to Cspe Wrath, thence to EarDe, &hsEce
to Iceland, aocToss Iceland, BY Water again
to Spu.h Greenland, aoross Greenland, by
water again to Labrador, and across tbs une1-
rou'o 10 join tho American lines; the total das.
tance being three thousand tour hundred aud
seventy eight milas. The projectors OF this
enterprise, carried awsy, doubtless, By the
spirit Of competition, have endeasored to prove
the irnpossiblity Of the SUCCESS Of the previous
undertaking, aud have maintain3d that The re-
searches o! scientific electricians havo recently
to Trinity Bay cannot b. isid or, it laid, cannot
be worked at a profit Ia repiy 10 1hesn
charges, Mr. George Sawafd, The secretary Of
the Alta Telegraph Company, has published
long letter ia the london papers, urging the
feasibility Of the original acheme. aud showing
fot'h its prospects Of success: H asserts that
there is nothing in the result OF the effort of
1855 whtch cou,d ba termed "a failure;" that
tue scientific questions jnvolred in its origin
and suhmersiou hare been fully aoIEed, and the
important usts to which it ministered while in
working order rendered the establishment OF
an Atlantic telegraph necessity, aud that The
whole difficulty now arises from the simplest Of
ceptibfe Of reparation.
Mr.. 5aHard alho gives some Interesting and
decided Information in regard TO tho enterprise
There il no intention Of abandpniuR it. but AZ
ihe uext cAhte across the Atlantic must be much
more costly than the original one, if construct
ed in accordance with the scsent,6o principles
now generally admitted to be desirable, aud
Ut the public will uot he asked to subscribe
again, u1leas the risks are shared With them by
government, It has been determined, in the drst
instance, 70 attempt to restore Communication
through the original cable during the present
SUMNER. To effect this an expedition has nj
ready been sent ont.
1t bus been asserted that The Atlantic cable
il three thousand miles long, but this appears
to b. incorrect. for its total length, including
the slack, does not exceed two thousand end
ftey failes. On the other dsna, the 6o-catled
Danish rouse" requires nearly four Thousand
miles Of cable, with not less than fourteen re-
lays. to be VIC, ked in synchrouous connection
each nitd each.
During The last eight months. We are inform
ed that the whole question off, deep ses tele~
graphy," as it may be Technically termed, hes
6een'nnl the careful investigations Of q con.
mis.ee appointed BY The British government for
that puflnse. Every person, whose position
| formation, has been examined, md experiments
have been conducted with new to clear up
Important points. The re.u vii! he shortly
embodied ii report, and presented to pazlia.
ment. In the n'eaniine, our readers will te
| g1ati3ed to be insured that tho Atlantic tele
graph has not been abandoned; that an e7fpe.
| ditiun ia now at work trying to regsin the los1
cable. and that the eventful SIMMER Of 1860
which will probably bring to ns tho greatest
| ship ever built, and tho representatives o
Oriental empire and British monarchy, mar a|s<
be signalized b the triumphant establishment
| Of instantaneous communication between &hs
| Old and the Sew # oetd.