, 1862-01-11
THE CKTY.
TIE GREAT WORK 0E THe
AGE.
TIE COMPLETION OF THE Pa
ClFE TELEgGGRAPH.
DETAILS OF ITS CoNsTarr@-
= TON.
THE CALIFORNIA Assaer,rzn
PRESS.

A~AS3Sf
when the Great Dramatist i,upaled the r.
aesome Puck upon his diamond pen and h.
1nat most nischIevous Of all fairies before =
world for al ages to come, boastfu1)r y,
claiming his ability to girdle the Garth IN fa-
minutes, Tar seeing Is Tas his vision. md -,
phehc his utteranees; he little thought b,rs ~
TWO centuries would elapsc before fbe ~ hae
Should De reality, the girdlc strrtched a,
.ne world encircled BY tiny wirz-ned;nm
thought and intelligence, course of a eou-
eee'al With creation. To-day the telearar
"ire stretches from Ner York to Chicago. o,
raIo through illinois, Iowa and Nebraska
<9at Lake City; stm onward through the pr
me1al forests and syer the rugged mountain
oi the Sierra Nevada to San Francisco an th
faeafle slope, and to-day San Francisco an
Sn1easo are talking, as it were, face to fire.
4n's Is cut the beginning Of the end. +,
pe1aenced telegraph builders are nor sn,ve1
.ng the route through Oregon. Yreta ~
largest town in Northern Cal;forn,, ,s1 -
en'y.nSe miles from Oregon, Is ALREADY !,
noe telegraph communication. The orc,o,
4aeefsph company is already incornorate =,
.no ,'eusely at work in the preliruinaries. Al
.er tne oregon line shall have been comn,etod
~ VIII not be very long before the line Vi,l h,
eAeenoed through Washington to o1vnn;.
ana fort Townsend, and thence across 10 w.
tpria. e>4oSs ~ VIC
oa the Other side Of the world, the Russians
ever altvc to the inca1culab1e benefits dov,ne
4rem enterprises Of this nature, have moved
ae.i'ety and brought to the completion Of
1hls gigantic telegraphic consummation m
enterprise and practical energy for which they
nave never received proper credit. The mae.
netae W1re Is already stretched from St Peter.
ourg to Ekutsk, and they are now extending
uTo N1coiaefsky, at the mouth Of the Annoo7
s7Scr' and securely guarding it from tbe ~
ages o1 1he Tartar hordes who have NAT +,,o
ci'nlzed decency even Of our own widest n.
olan tribes. From this point tAey nrono;zo ~
A'Anoe Il across to Sltka As to
'oe possibility Of this there can hc
no reasonable doubt. Either bv way
o1 the Eleutinn Islands or Behring's Straits
Aot Mofc than one hundred and fifty miles .f
snohaa11ne =, Wire Is necessary at any one place
nc distance is about thirty five hundred m;1aa
nom the mouth Of the Amoor fo si+.-.
and thence nine 1,rpdr.a -. o.sAa'
the present headnn..tass - ~ ~ mnes 10 Portland,
graph Company.
These Links hav;,r ,,o,,
nust pot con.,,n.a - ~oAnpis1eu-"nlch
Petersbn,e7, son Fraa:.s s[a1s' London, TT.
yorl, u;11 bara - ~n.sssso' ana New
have bean e,,,,,,,.oa. IL "of1a "au
c7s;or ~ 1'aeoeo, anu tne prophetic
,dy,ntsa.,e A, pe.''e Realized. Its resources,
49, 49, eaeels can no more be COM
miracles ste.To -..s s eoulu na'e 1oreseen the
he Watched ~ s,.7s.'. 7elueo ~ accomplish as
,,r;eoa a It -ue suotle Fapor escape from its
aharnru,1. a :. mus1 fe'oluhonize the world more
paa;oa1 A9l .1Ah a'l the wars Of Christendom.
.na es must DC effected in trade
.st.,,;shaz ne" felations must be
o;,.:,:.l4. pes"een LABOR and capital; new
~ ca..s1- !nos' atase' characterized By
~" features Inc cardinal distinctions which
~ 4aess' WILL 10 a large extent be OBJ
$500 Afs' science, religion aud the great
''.u' u toe World must see new and irn-
assni,ate ~ 80, sAua ane hat1ons more closely
rpox ru1n.eo-s o.as4. .---.
W. nro-,,ea o ~ ~. ~ uocsciL BIcFFs.
At the paeifc Ta,oa- - 49, =. teie 70 ofaeny glance
and Ca1i1orn;, ~" -. I'ne oetWeen this city |
stretches fro,, rs,.. <u'A..on oi Ihe line
ron.. IL 70 Sonncu Bluffs
-,;,a. VI 1--WE aanared and nine |
he Illinois and M;ae;s,;7n; Ts1 ~ 1puuon u
tne "ofA was commenced at Des |
! large force Of men hni1t e,.t oe1, "no
Council B1uffs and ce,3ar pa.;z- -: ,.uo"Aias
,etween Des Mo;,es and CO. -, ~ us.auee
NE hundred ,rd a.. 60 ouas11 oton5 oelng
cedar Rapids and nas 1ra.un" at'o between
nd th;rtv.1,re ,,;1ss Ass' one hundred
nacr+sl;na - oso - accomplish this
. ~ ~ , 10" poles were to be set, and
hoYtest distance f.os, S.enea- Ihe
rhicl, the Eirc vas bo1,a5 toao 1a over
be longest txo hundred 49, e4.. Wy maies,
be shortest distance of b.n1;nos "ues'
lilies, the longest thirty n;,n, r. fe.s'' I've
lemcnt season Of thu ra.-. a. 10 81 H.
,ozen. RENDERING 49, - sfoona was
nything but an c,sr ona ~ Na.-. " nonng
1ese dificn,t,ae 49,. ~. o."ienstand1ng
m of Tho an.r,ot:e -1e .'anaisaolc. ,d1rec-
or4bor, a.~;.: oapeslntendent Of the
mi i'm ~ .ae 1ono1s and Missis-
or1,o5 -. Sneet' Esq-, the men
resent month sa-E ~. Inc second day Of the |
,nnectea -,t, e4n =. me VOTE completed and {
tich use sr:s1.s. .4,e remainder OF the line, !
II ,s on- $50. 'as. sosemeer and contin-
arnfha1 md a. - mshoef' vaa the I
ON Omaha IN 81 Te.,;t '4l''ao telegraph I
Offices are cstah7;shod ha+. &
ID Council B1nf1s ~ ,nta-,..,1s a-1 naplcs