The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-07

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the whole affair is bogus Perhaps, like the
Post bulletins or the signs of Bowery show,
all the attractions are intended to be in the
advertisement There are great many long
names hung up outside; but within is nothing
ness. The mountain rumbles loudly, but it only
brings forth little mouse.
The Atlantic Tclegraph-The Girdie
Round the Earth.
The news Of the Atlantic telegraph cable is
OF the most promising character. The latest
date from the great enterprise is to Thursday,
July q, at which time the Great Eastern had
paid ont the twenty-seven miles Of the shore
end cable, and three hundred miles Of the
deep sea cable. She had then been at work
six days, having begun operations on Satur-
day, the 22d ult, at eight A. M. She had
averaged, therefore, in the first six days only
two miles an hour, which was going slow
ly. 1t must be remembered, however, that one
of these days was occupied in landing the shore
end and paying out the first twenty-seven
miles, Nearly the whole Of the second day,
Sunday, 23d ut., was consumed in making the
splice between the shore end and the ocean
cable proper. The paying out of the latter
cable was begun on that day, at twenty
five minutes past four P. M. Another de-
. lay occurred on Monday, in the afternoon,
when it was discovered that there was
some defect in the insulation of the cable
Preparations were Immediately made to run
under the cable laid and find this defect but
it proved to be due to kink, apparently in
part Of the cable still on the ship, as that laid
was not taken up. All was repaired and going
on properly on the 25th, and on the 9th three
hundred miles were down and the electrical
power was very strong. If we accept the rate
of speed of the first four days during which the
Great Eastern was laying the deep sea cable
as a fair average (three miles per hour}
the steamer will not be due on this side for
several days yet; but her rate of speed will in
crease within certain limit with every mile OF
cable paid out, and there is no reason to sup
pose that she will have from mid-ocean such
delays as characterized the operations with the
shore lne-the splice and the defect al
luded to.
the time--the paramount subject just now in
almost every mans thoughts; and we therefore
lay before our readers to-day q full history of
the grand enterprise, as well as an account of
the other great electrical communications that
girdle the earth. Our account Of the present
cable undertaking shows, by comparison with
tho former attempt how much greater the
chances now are for success. The map we give
shows very distinctly the comparison Of the
two cable routes, with very considerable diff
ference in favor of the new one This route
also has other differences in it's favor not
less important, the description of which will be
found in the account. 1t will be seen that the
construction Of the present cable is also supe-
rior in every respect to the first one, it being
hardly possible that the present cable can fall
a victim to the imperfect insulation that per-
haps proved fatal to the other We also give,
as part of this history, the profile of tine sub
marine plateau on which the cable is to lie, and
on which. by this time the greater portion Of it
is perhaps safely deposited. Our other map
shows the wonderful extent to which the vari-
Gus most distant parts of the world will eventl-
ally be brought into daily communication with
one another by the telegraph. or the lines
shown in this map, that from London to Cal
cutta, by way of the Mediterranean, is in opera
ton. That by way of Denmark, Sweden and
ST. Petersburg, across the Russian Empire
towards the mouth Of the Amoor, is built for q
great distance, but not oil the way TO the
Pacific coast That through Pekin and Canton to
Australia il projected. So Is that from San
Francisco through South America, g we'll as
that from the Amoor river across Behring
Strait and through Russian America to the
Columbia river; but the ground for the latter
line Is now being surveyed both In Asia and
America. We give in o smaller diagram the
three points ct which 1t is proposed TO pass
Behring Strait
The result Of this immense nter-continental
telegraph system must be In every way benef-
cisl to the human race. Aside from the en-
lightenment that the introduction OF this piece
Of modern civilization may carry into hitherto
unenlightened segons-aside from the dark
ness that II may possibly dissipate, the igno-
rance that II may dethrone-we can see its
very practical benefit within the pale Of civili-
cation in Its inevitable commercial results.
Space and time, so far o. they have made the
common products Of one CLINE bear often
fabulous value in another, are snnihilated. The
merchant in New York may sell the rice that
Il still in China with the same fulness Of know
ledge in relation to II that be would have II It
were in his city warehouse. The weeks and
months Of uncertainty that made II impossible
for him to count upon his Chinese cargo are
obliterated In the same way between Europe
and America, as between New York and New
Orleans, the telegraph must equalize the prices
Of commodities, and men need not pay
exorbitant rates In one city for that
which rots In another Apply this single fact
TO all the concerns of life and IL will be found
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