The New York herald., 1863-03-05

Meeting in tho Hall or tho Chamber ID
Commcrce.
special meeting OF the American Directors a the
Atlantic Telegraph Company held yesterday In ths
Hall ot the Chamber az Commerce to hsar report
tvV 70 The present Aid future prospects, e ,diG greas
undertaking There was large attendance Of msr-
chants, hapkers and others Interested.
Mayor Opdyko was appointed Chairman. and Mr. J..
Austin etevess, IT.. Secretary.
object q the meeting and called on Hr Potter Cooper.
who he said. Intimately connected with tho
Nr. Coosxa said the bcnscIaI results which would 70
suit from completing the laying c the Atlantic telegraph
liable benefit " tho agricultural! interests America
The trade n grain wsS almost absorbed by tho Euro
pcan markets for the want Of speedy Of comma
great work would secure. Another Important resul
would be, that in Of msunderstandings with Hure
Ss nna mouS %
point and others N like interest the geutleeu wM
would follow him would give full and cxplicits state
ment. IA
referred at lsngh 70 the success which had olowss
parts OF Europe where many Of them In sctvs
operation. Al tho present time telegraph froH
and-a distance of more than iye thousand i've handres
niles by the government telegraph fram the
ricand 10 every principal town in Eurorcto Alscrs
Africa-to Malta, In the Mederrsnea3--Acxnndria,h d
Fgynt-the Island Of Juba the Red Sca-Omsk,
Siberia, and 10 Bagdad In turkish Arabia rs well a.
China. The public generally believed that the Allan
cable failure, and have drawn 70 that corclraha
because thu. Atlantic line 70 which the attention
the whole civIzed world was drawn, ds not saccee.
first. But what was the truth! Ito ha!d 10 his hand
let addressed 10 him by the Gutta Povoa Corlrxny
London who have manufactured all the submarine ca@Ie
that have yet been laid giving him list ~ nil the sub
marine cables in successful operation throughout th
world. From this letter would be seen tina
at tins time ihcre we're forty four submarine cab -
containing nearly 900 miles Of conducting Ia dai
ESQ Also that since the majority OF these cablos wUr,
laid many important improvements had becn made In tho
manufacture Of insulated wes and the company express
their confidence that they at the present prcduo
which will In erery respect meet tho electrical
quircnenis for teegrahc communication between iro
land and Newfoundland. The company, in their letter
further say;-"We shall have much pleasure in undsr
taking tho manufacture of for such work, beiiev
down cables in deep water, the cnierprIse win be al
tended with perfect success" On tho subject b
who wrote-we are perfectly confident shas good aud
durable submarine cable can be laid direct fvm Irexn
to Newfoundland, and are willing 70 undertske IN
contract" They further add:-"We 20 coandsn
that this cntcrprso be successfully carried tina
will make cash subscription for a u E2s -
sterling In the ordinary capital OF the company, nd ~,
ths calls the same when made by the COMPANY
In another paragraph OF their letter they say II
cable that we should ggest for the Atlantic viii be
Improvement all those yet Manufactured, and W
firmly believe will be mrsrishabe when once laid
Mr. Field then referred 10 letter from the same 1rm
Galveston exas for the United States government on
10 receive remuneration for the when the work wa
psr nsut,cai mile Ia,d down He also read a letss
from Samuel r. B. Msrse In which she writer said
while regret that circumstances WIN prevent m.
ssSjso. sSs s"s III. xsiso,c % % ,s!ssrapS sassrpiss
cannot but express 70 you ths assp in,ere:
Of the telegraph In whAtcvcr quarter OF Ac sobs
10 made Tns letter concluded n fchows;'slf line
fold, there would be cmpoymcns all amply renunsn
tive to each" great many people we're unAev tho i'm
cable when was laid Now the us hs.
less than four hundred messages wero cent Es wcuh
rcd ono short mss:ess sent @ oy ~ The hsh govs,nmss
tben under 1Or China, and which. he
BY the British government, bad saved them Gao 90
ary 10 the Commander in Chief Horse Guards London
TO General Trollope Halifax, Nova Scotia 'sfss sxsy
nssssss s was in relation 70 the csiiison on csp
Isace between the Araoia and Enrors. 10 RI
= fclowsaNcm ea,,.'s, New, York, August IL isss ss
Arabia way here slightly injured, Europa iost bow
spr y, cut water, stern sprung kc No loss 2, ,fs
the Atlantic cable, from the losn Of August 70 no lss
September 1858, from vslen,Ia to Newfoand .
. y.sn. sss %
Total 500 messages and pa words Inc ossna sAare
q .As 4 w.s: o. .. n 70 I sseh 20 s,
fs Interested in tho movement shoSd DC snabled TO Al
ia Mr. Field csocudsd ey sc,c,a sp, ~ ns
and ali who refscied tie sabest for mcmeni wou
sgrec with him In this rcspccl. :. a.. -
NJ a a. lew offered the following rssolutione--
e,oSsa fss tho qFa,sn shs s"cs %ssr e s's
ssr ,s..n IN N"mnaiand sns .nd Ireland with sbsoia
&C., s.r'.ny ssnss p 3 ss psoss q
T" me me- RESOLUTION was unanimously adopted.
49, ,ho snggcsticn of Mr. roDcr book fsx subscrp,ic
IN oSsncd and The following gsn,lsasea signed ,hs
names Tor the suns opposite each
Mr. r. Cunard
a. Hssmous. ,..........................
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