Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-16
THE DAILY PRESS.
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The Grand TELEGRAPH GIrdIe Around the
World.


D. de Romanoff, Lieutenant Colonel du
Genie ct Chef des Telegrapbes en- Siberie
Orientale, hes come to this country to in
spect the telegraph system in use. with a
view TO its adoption in constructing line
from Omsk, in Siberia, to Irkoutsk, and
thence TO the Pacific. Colonel Romanoff
yesterday visited the Chamber of Commerce,
and was accompanied by Perry McDonough
Collins, who, as Commercial Agent of the
United States, has explored the region OF
the Amoor River. At the present time there
is communication from London, by way of
Moscow, TO Omsk the distance thence to
Pekin IS three thousand FIVE hundred miles,
and is made by the regular posts in twenty
three days. The Russian Government next
year will extend the line to Irkoutsk, which
will reduce the time from London to Pekin
to fourteen days. From Irkoutsk it will be
extended up the Russian boundary on the
Ousuree River to the Amoor, and down the
Amoor to its mouth.
While Russia ispushing the telegraph east.
waIdly, the line from ST. Louis to San Fran
cisco is nearly completed. Mr.. Collins yes
terdsy received a letter from Colonel Hiram
Sibley, stating that there is now to construct
but two hundred miles of the line between
the Rocky Mountains and Salt Lake, and
that it will be open for the transmission of
messages from New York to San Francisco
the Urals and that Of the U United States across
the Rocky Mountains, being completed, there
remains only the intervening space on the
American side, from Oregon to Behring's
Straits, about one thousand seven hundred
miles, and on the Asiatic side from the
Straits to the mouth Of the Amoor about
two thousand two hundred miles, In all say
about four thousand miles to complete the
circuit of the earth. By this route sub ma
ri cah ora dienancad mi OF Z ba
crossing of the Straits, about forty miles, and
which are sounded the whole distance; and
even this may be divided into shorter sec
tions by using islands lying in the Straits.
The Committee on Commerce of the House
of Representatives, last February, in their
report, avowed their belieftha the construc-
ton of this telegraph is practicable and more
likely to succeed than any other route or
mode yet suggested.
1t will be seen that the eastern route pro-
posed to be traversed by the main trunk line
of telegraph follows the great post and cara
van route reaching from Moscow to the heart
and center of Russo Chinese commerce, four
thousand miles east Siberia herself has
been called the California of Russia. She
pours into Russia about $4,000 900 of gold
yearly. At Nijne-Novogorod the celebrated
fairs the greatest in the world, are held.
These regulate the commerce and exchanges
between Europe and Asiatic Russia. The
Kyachta tea trade has developed commerce
of SIS, coo, 900 to $40, 900, 900, and the amount
of European merchandise consumed in ST.
IBERIA is over $l0,000,000. A recent ukase Of
the Emperor grants to foreigners equal privi-
leges with the native Russian merchants in
all parts of the Empire.
The Amoor is open to free trade, and is
navigable for steamers its whole length. At
its mouth is fine harbor but while the
Chinese had control thnv would allow No
emigration there, as they wished to have a
wilderness or mountains between themselves
and all outside barbarians. The Pekin Gov
ernment gave to Russia the sole power to
construct and use this telegraph, but as a
matter of amity the Government of Russia
has given permission to Great Britain and
France to share in its benefits.
Colonel Romanoff willremain in this coun-
try about two months.-Ne,o York Tribune.