Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-24
RUTLAND HERALD
TUESDAY, AUGUST %, 1866.
The Atlantic Cable.

There is fortunately nothing disclosed
in the history Of the last attempt TO lay
the Atlantic Cable, which need discour-
age any future efforts 10 the same end
The failures OF insulation all occurred
through some accident 10 the wire that
was easily remedied, until the tinal break
on The ID inst, and that was owing TO
chalng and straining Of the cable on the
ship which would not be likely 10 occur
again, The cable had been two.thirds
laid when 1t parted and the reported
pertectness of the signals sent through
it up 20 that time, render the whole ex-
pertinent encouraging rather than other
wise as to the practicability and final
success OF the enterprise, In other
words, no insurmountable electrical diff
fculty was discovered such as the i'm
possibility OF operating successfully
through so long wire. On the contra
nv. the experiment, so far as it progress
ed, seems to have been a success in this
respect, and although it did not progress
far enough TO demonstrate to Il certainty
the possibility of telegraphlng from
shore 20 shore Of the Atlantic, yet the
indications were all in favor OF such
posi- bility. With the experience gain
ed. we believe that success will be final
ly attained.
Those engaged in various capacities
on BOARD the Great Eastern in this last
expedition to lay the cable, publish the
following as the conclusions arrived at
by them
FLrst-That the steamship Great
Eastern from her size and sea-going
qualities, can carry and lay the Atlantic
telegraph cable safely in any weather.
Second-That the paying-out machin-
ery, constructed for the purpose by
Mess7s. Canning & Clifford, works per-
fectlv. and can be confidently relied on.
THAI the insulation Of the gutta percha
conductor improved by reason OF the re-
duc.ion Of the temperature and the
great pressure at the bottom OF the
ocean, and was more than double what
it had been before starting, proving it.
sell 10 be the best insulated cable ever
mann .actured and many times higher
THAI The standard required ~ the con-
traC. The cause Of the two faults
which were picked up was in each case
ergoration Of the gutta perCha
through TO the copper by piece Of iron
wire rauud sticking in the cable. EleC
tricaly, the third fault was analogous
to the tirst. The difficulty can be guard
ed against in the construction o. future
cables,
F5~vta-That nothing has occurred
to create the least doubt, in the minds
OF practical men engaged in the expedi-
ton 3t the successful laying and work
inc ~ the Atlantic Telegraph Gable,
but. On the contrary, their confidence in
the Undertaking has been largely in
creased by the experience they have thus
obtained.
Fi!Ht1-That with the Great Eastern
steamship, and with stronger tackle and
improved picking-up machinery, there
is Probability Of recovering the lost
END IF the cable, and completing the
line. Glready two-thirds laid"
Bug should the attempt to establish
teleG4&phic communication by this route
fna = .ail, there are other routes which
are known to be practicable. That via
Behring'S Straits presents no insupera-
bic OBSTACLES, and the old world and the
new Will be connected by this route If
no other. The Russian government has
already a continuous line in operation
from s.. Petersburg two-thirds of the
distance to the mouth Of the Amoor
Rive, and is pushing forward its con-
strucMon to the latter point with. char
acteristic enterprise. On this side OF
the Pacific q line has already been ex-
tendel north, by American enterprise, to
British Columbia where it is being con-
nec,,sl with British line running to a
poip. = few hundred miles south OF
Behring'S Straits The Pacific there is
abou. i've hundred miles in width, with
an Island midway on which telegraph
ic station will be erected. Submarine
cables D. only about two hundred ant
fifty miles in length will thus be needed
by TINS route From the landing on
the Asiatic side to the mouth Of the
aulOll hINeI, lnC IeILuIuuS VI GuG nus
sian telegraph, the American compan!
agree 70 construct the line. st. Pc
tersbuTg is already connected by tele
grapl with London, and by this route
if no other, we are certain Of telegraph
ic communication with all parts of Eu
rope within a short time, probably with
IN the coming year.
New Atlantic routes are also pro
posed one by way Of Iceland, Green
land and Labrador, and another by way
of the Azores and Bermudas. Should
the present Atlantic Telegraph Compan.
there ore, finally fail, the year 1866 vii
nevertheless in all probability see tn
two hemispheres of this mundan
sphere Geographically connected.
GEN. FITZPATRICK on RECONSTRUCTION
"A dispatch from Raleigh, North Caro-
lima, gives the substance of a lette
which it is said Gen. Fitzpatrick, who