, 1864-04-22
4aE AMERIGAN.hsU USSIAV
TELEGRAPH LINE.


=. "AsHIxcIoE, April st.-The efforts Of Mr. COL
nns 70 enlist members Of Congress and other
prominent phfGea IN his great enterprise Of tele-
graphic connection between Europe and America
are. we understand, meeting With encouraging suc-
Gers.
This subject has previously received the atten.
tion Of Congress, IN which body it Will be rccoI
lscted Two very favorable rcpo1s were made three
ysa1s a Sso % ons y sspstoF Latham Of Galiorna
Since the date OF Nose reports. Mr. Collins has
fpent a larce portion Of the Intervening time in
Rpshn'ng m. nis satefps.se mainly IN Europe where
portion OF the mercantile community In bis pro-
jet, tut in enlistinc the patronage Of Governments
also; he1act OF the valuable CONCESSIONS made
to him b. England and EussIa Of the right Of war
= rough Their dominions in the northwestern pof-
t1on o. til. continent has already been made pubuc
Ihete concessions are valuable as indicating the
n,or with which The enterprise Is looked upon IN
Other countries They are valuable also in another
Rolnt ofTle". fo. they Oder such inda sements to
eal.s.s a. will it il bc,e!cd insure the speedy
ms,., Goafsgemcnt hon do United States Govern.
The enterprise of Nr. colllu. ia tboronch,,
cont4aIs i f. and + to owned I'D
For these reasons alone therefore It Huufd aecn
to ha!e peculiar clnims upon Tic attention Of he
American public, as well as upon the favor OF the
g921eEIneht 2, t1e t. 1Ee portion ot the Ru=a!on llae
4 already finished, and the work is nov being rao
tdsT pushed on at both ends viz: ftom Irkoussk in
Eastern etberIn, 10 which place the wires are
already working from ST Fetcrshurg DISTANCE OF
100 1nl1ef, and from the Amoor side wastward!y
to meet thu Siberian wire. ::
The parties Who haye undertaken the con.truc-
ton OF Mr- Cohtne portion OF the Hue that is the
com ting link between Europe and America III.
oehfT ny Straits, aEe gentlemen OF experience ia
te,ec1tPh matters. Il was their entcrpraee which
taking hold Of the Pacific line at a time when al
other men ehsnnk from il, and enlistfu. the eyu1-
I:ath1es Of the Government in Its bchalf carTed it
through to successful ending in epste Of the warn
LEE OF friends well as csptslste to let Il afone
The Tact that the ctntnently practical as weu as
GneIget3c Individuals hare put their shoulders 10
nc enterprise OF Mr. Collins, is an ASSURANCE that
[ne project will eventually be accomplished: bnt as
Lhe work Is einent]y national In It's scope ana as
moreover much time must necessarily be consutn-
60 IN tts construction before any returns can de
made for the yast outlays its propftctors mu5 anh
nit to, It won]d seem that Government ought to
ahd IN the enterprise case cn1tnently worthy Of
Eta fostering patronage "a
The small subsidy allowed the line to the Pa.iAc
has, Ee are told, been paid back over and over
AMIN every ccar, through the facilities Of the 1ne
en}ored By Government, in Its corrcsoondence
th tts Pacific posts. Similar faclIties only quad
tnpied IN Vn!ue, viii be the result Of tho couaplc
Ion OF the Kusstn-American line. To all under
[aE1hGa OF this nnture, so vast in Its rrpportIons
s:d 70 full Of promise to the welfare and progress
o1 TIC country. the Government Will ,but show |
p qGcns regard TO the 1uturc vel as generous
6I,ii i IN extending helping hand.
hossta and Great BrifnI1. i4 granting the rirht
cther valuable privileges. for the puzpose Of en-.
tho enterprise, hayc therein set IN ex
71Ijle witch or Government, ii Is hoped VIII not
hesitate to follow ~ ~