The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-17
The North Atlantic Teiesra PHI

From the London Globe, jan 20
The scheme for estab ishing telegraphic communica
too with America via Iceland and Greenland under
discussion last evening Al meeting OF the phica
Society
A paper by Sir Leopold McClntok, stated that it
would be an matter TO lay down the cable between
Farce and Iceland Between Iceland and the south coast
OF Greenland the greatest depth is 572 athoms but
very regular the bottom is Of and partly
showing organic remains The of the alter
at pth 100 fathoms was from 40 to 80 degrees
The Greenland shore block AIDED with ice. The dis
tanoe being $50 miles thence to Hamilton Inlet in Iabra
dor The greatest depth was o3a Sathoms The batom
oose the temperature at the depth above mentioned
40 degrees. Hamilton Inlet he found 40 miles long,
and varying In width from 20 miles TO half mile Its
depth was very irregular and seldom sufficient to
an lmmerse cable from disturbance by icebergs.
The second paper was written bv Captain Allan Young,
who COMMANDED the steam yacht Fox its expedition
last summer to survey the telegraph landing places it
opinion the cable should be laid beginning from the east
coast Iceland towards the Farce Isles
and eastey winds prevailing in the that aide
OF Iceland would make IL difficult To land cable there.
From 10. land 10 Greenland the length OF cable required
would be about 500 mics he thought would be Dprac
tcabe 70 carry II the interior OF Greenland and
the bes, landing place weud therefore, be Julian
shasb, on the souhweser shore. The third paper
OF his journey by the largest the FARGO
lsles and afterwards from the side OF Iceland the
town Of Rekjavik, 10 how easily telegraph cable
might be carried the backs Of ponies and placed along
the road He described the people in both OF those
remote insular Danish provinces being the most
kindly yc,esnly, intelligent hosptable race Of
tves that be had met with pra sing especially the
woaders OF Iceand-wth its volcanic beds of lava and
its boiling mud streams-were also referred to. II ap
peared that the extreme u cold felt in Iceland less
severe than IN Canada, the temperature being seldom
lower than 10 TO Is degs. OF Fahrenheit wi regard
To Greenland, Dr. Ray said he prevented by heavy
storms from thoroughly the OF the
but he believed II would not be possible ~ take
the cable scross u, for full OF deep
That inland ce lay stretched level AXE
yet like the glaciers the decivity OF the Swiss
mountains, II had gradual motion outwards which he
could only explain where there slope descend
by surprising that the ice contracted and cracked
In winter, and that the cracks became hned
with snow, giving rise after wards to lateral
pressure There would, however, be no necessity for
the telegraph going ovei land there at all. Mr.. j.
land then read the fourth paper He expressed opa
ion that neither the ice the conguraion OF the coast
would offer any impeachment to the successful laying OF
the egrsph cable In Of those ords The last paper
was by Colonel Shaner from the United States who
paned and showed by using bis electrical apparatus the
working OF the telegraph circuits from Scotland TO faroe
20 miles, then from Farce 10 Iceland 260 miles then SEQ
es from Iceland 70 Greenland and $40 lies farther 10
sages eut signal being given to the intermediate
aone, they could the circuits beyond establish a.
Ioos communication between Scotland aud Nova scot q,
or elsewhere on the American continent =
Az the papers wore finished reading III, half M a
fen the noble President ord Ashburton Adjourned ma
usoussion upon tnem 70 the society whom
BONE further statements made by Mr. Baser renec,og
She Australian exploring expedition will aso he raroiad
The Sword OF In Tour D'Auyernnc
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kerxansie te possessor the latter received tho oOSiny
letter Of thanks;-
have received the sword OF la Tour IA II Il
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bravest man OF the French armyto the braves man ~
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Fed IN the dust the bropc and tyrants OF Europe this