The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-09


most interesting lecture delivered last night BE-.
fore Travclers' Club No West Fourteenth street,
by Mr. C0ns the protector OF the Overland Telegraph
The magnificent suite Of belonging TO the club
hlled with distinguished assemblage Of terateurs
and roya0snrs The moai pleasing and novel fen
the club the presence OF ladies' thereby dis
peiug from the minds OF fair sex those horrible
ideas Of clubs most generally entertained by them
70. Collins introduced By smyth Clark, Esq. He
said that between the city of Paris and the city OF New
York there interviewed but thirty nine miles of water
The remainder Of the sience practicable land route
possessing unknown ana unlimited resources for
merce and boundle-s treasures for American
enterprise. The. lecturer next gave rapid sketch
% the gradual progress ana discoveries made
in the realms Of science until II eliminated
u the electric telegraph He named Few Of the nun
agent, and compared Il to Jupiter Tonans, flashing
ntellg snce from pole 10 pole. There is an unbroken
line of communication between Cape Clear IN Ireland
and the banks Of the great Amoor river in Asia and in
the Western hemisphere between New York and Fraer's
river in British Columbia. These lines about four
teen thousand eight hundred miles In length. There
still remains TO nresk IN the belt Of communication
around the world, and this Is about SIX thousand i've
hundred miles. We want to be IN daily, nay hourly
communion with Europe, and stout hearts and stawart
attempting the solution Of TINS problem. To
mite the Amoor river In Asia with Fort -. James
Frasers river in America shall be 10 complete the cir
cnipferrancan chain Then at Calcutta and London
New York and Paris. Constaniinople and san
francisco the ssme puisations shall vibrate ~
the same moment. and the standard sud
regulations Of commerce shall be- adopted in each city
Regarding the practicobllty Of joining those points
above mentioned the most important point to DE
edered is that the slightest dcuty exists in the mat
Of territory interior the part OF the United
State Russian or English governments. Those three
nations in extend encouragement 10 the
work Of girdng the world with belt Of friendship and
progress. The dividing line between bnrbarism and
civilization the American shore 81 the Pacific Is imp
sons river which empcs itself into South Observatory
Inlet From this 10 Eehring Strait the country
is inhabited by Indians WIN, however, quite di'
Intercourse with the agents Of the Hudson BAY
Company has shown these tribes TO ne more tract
sbe Than the rest OF the red men. On the siberian
side OF tho Strait there bnt tribe. the Thutkis.
These Tsrtars who. driven. TO the ex-
reme point IL the cont'neut nv their powerful
neighbarS and they uniformly peecesbe and kindly
disposed towards Europe and Americans TIE wires
shall be extended to Hehrng strait either side and
cable isld this channel whichis only thirty niue
miles vide. Even this distance could be l-rsened by
laying She cable from ne shores of either Continent 20
o. the numerous Islands intc-ening when ihia
project was frat -tare il with considerable oppo-
ton from the Hud-ss bay Company, sni - similar
Russian organzator. the other side but the energy
and Of tho protector obtained ffun the Ris
spd English permission 70 continue MS
work The lecturer concluded With ensoursg ng pic
turs Of progress or the work far and he .yor
abse prospects OF sieccss
Mr. Cyrus Field prescn. and listened sttenSs 70
tbis course et teegra phic comuop cat"n, "hich
seemed more practicable than Atlantic cable stock.
/ Professor Morse also present
Z vote Of On INKS tosdsrcd to Mr. Collins ~ the
fCtub.