New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-03

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Cyrus ". Field on Thursday evening gave
.6ort aldIess on tie Atbntic Telegraph be-
fore the Geographical Society, the Rev. y. L.
Thompson iu the chair. lie claimed that q
cable could nov be laid down winch would
avoid all tie difficulties taat bad been fatal TO
tho first lie said that of mOre than 5000 miles of
Uire manufactured and laid down by the Aessra.
Class, Elliott * Co., less than one per cent
was not now in actual operation. Ihis Company
was ready 70 MAKE and ly down a "a ie 81 tie care
cost Of material and labor, taking their Jay for IN
terest On capital and for supsru'entsnce in s.5ee
alter the cable ls tested. The wire "bieh tGev pro.
posed 10 make bad 5lO pounds Of copper per nile TO
53 pounds PER mile in tie od cable The conductors
were 0ester iasulote9 Shd projected than before,
They hai - staYis OF wires eacl coated by gotta
percts while the Is wires Of tfe exterior protection
Of the old cable were not coated az all. The new
cable lad double the strength Of tie old and az the
same tine was lighter In she water, very Important,
matter ~ even ii broken il cotid be recovered Is
had been done iu tis Mediterranean.
Six. Field alatei TO the 8ehrins Straits route,
Is 600 miles 10 0non, and the to.e ly wGy of lee
land and Greenllud, Were all ilid he thougnt theEe
would be business enough for ibem al. Bat It was
the opinion Of Dr. hsyes that no cable eouii hst
rear Greenland on account of tie lee grinding .he
bottom Of tie sea- The Qificulies Of length OF e.r
cult lsd been overcome IL hey were no' oepOsed ot
By tie sacosssiL worsins OF the trst cable. Couli
The money be ia.-ed focn, lie cable could Do Ls'n-
fsctur5d so as ~ be laid down il The Summer o! ioo
IN answer 10 QutaiOn, nf. y -ciu rtnttN tue' '"O
two Governments had agreed thai M case OF wt
neither should interfere wiki tb3 wOrkiLg oI tla
cable. Last December the Eugish Goyeirmem ae,
gotiated with manufacturers IL regard 20 cable ana
found that they could hayo one laid down IA Jnly.
ia case Of war the British Government would iar
down 4 cable rs foou as possible. We G8A. % Wei
have one % prevent war.
Messrs. Peter Cooper aud Geo. Folsom and others
commended the PROJECT, anu resolution was passed
nuorsing and recommending the enterprise. M.
Cooper mentioned ,ha the cable acrCas the Gulf @.
ST. lawrence 81 miles long, encountered nearly all
the diicnities which would be in the way Of aa A.
lsutio cable. lie had full faith ia the enterprise.
DEATH or THE Hos. Mn. CAgHRELESG.-.0n
Wednesday, April 30, the Hon. Churchill c. CaInbse.
leBg ded at Lls residence On Long Island. lie wasa
native Of North Carolina, born in l7Se and educated
at NewbeFn. In 1902 he came TO New-York, where
he remained Cor some tine. Fe subsequently went
TO Providence, Il. l., where be was employed as
clerk. He was next employed by yJohnJacob Astor,
and in that position travelled extensively. He was
Member Of Congress from this State from Is2i to
1859 during which time he acted as chairman OF sew
eral very important committees. He was somewhat
ceebrat.d a. political writer and thinker, reputa-
lion well sustained by his reports and pamphlets,
which ALWAYS attracted considerable attention. In
l2qq Wien in Europe President Van Buren appoint
Ia, Minister 10 Rassia. On bis return be retired
10 pryate life, and there remained ill the hour Of
his DEATH