The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-31
FOREIGN NEWS.
Atlantic Telegraph Gable.
Opening Of the Suez Canal.
Arrival of the Steamship Africa from
Liverpool.

Arrival of the Steamship Africa from
Liverpool.
IByUni on Line cor Monroe and Watvr Sts.i
HALIFAX, August 30-The steamship
Africa, from Liverpool 10Th, via Queens
town 2lst, has arrived, with two days
later news
Political news nnimportant
Nothing had been determined IN re
yard to the Atlantic Gable. Future pro
ceedings were to be solved upon the 2lst.
Capt. Anderson, of the Great Eastern,
in letter says it will require ten months
to provide proper gear for lifting the ca
ble and to make necessary repairs to the
Great Eastern He suggests that new
cable should be made and laid in May
next, and the old one be then picked mp
and repaired He has every confidence
i'm the future success of the cable, but
thinks it useless to resume the attempt
to lay it during the winter months
The Suez canal was opened on the 18th
Instant, and vessels laden with coal
passed from the Mediterranean In the
Red Sea.
VERY LATEST.
LIVERPOOL, August 20.-Cotton sales
yesterday Saturday 1900 bales; maj
ket firmer but prices unchanged. Bread
,tuffs-market dull and nominal. The
weather has been favorable for crops
Provisions firm produce steady.
LONDON, August 26.-Consols closed
last evening at a9sa39t for money. Hi
nois Central 7aia79. Erie 52sa5af; 5'2Os
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The Times says that the experience Of
the telegraph expedition Is full OF en-
couragement for the future The only
discouraging circumstance is the appar-
.pt inability of electricians to discover
serious fault in the cable befole it is paid
over the side of the ship. The delay OF
another year will not be thrown away II
il enables them to devise better tests OF
the excellence of the cable before it is
submerged, though whether they do so
ar not we must believe the possibility of
AN Atlantic telegraph being established,
aud look forward to the day as certain,
even if distant, when England and Amer
ica will throb with one pulse OF life.
The Daily News special correspondent
SAYS: 1t is more than probable that the
Great Eastern will be dispatched to fish
up the severed cable as soon as she can
De re6tted with stronger rope and crap
ucl. No formal decision can be taken
uutil the meeting of various boards on
the 2lst, but it is tolerably certain that
the expedition will restart at once. The
prospects of the Atlantic cable were the
prevalent topics The report of the
Great Eastern had favorable effect on
the shares, which rallied,
There was much difference of opinion
as to the prospects of recovering the ca
BILE, but the general feeling was that it
might be done.
nfhe Times says the result OF the pro
Seedinps on the Great Eastern demon
strates the feasibility of the Atlantic
telegraph. The principal difficulties OF
the enterprise are overcome. Failure
ensued from accidents, which may be
called provoking from their littleness,
The question, as may be supposed, will
mainly resolve itself into one Of finance,
but it is confidently believed that the
great ship will be again dispatched with
out unnecessary delay Meanwhile she
proceeds to Shsernsss, where she is ex'
pected to arrive on the Goth.
The Times of the 10Th inst, publishes
u diary of the expedition, andin leader
on the subjects remarks that if perfect
machinery were at hand it would now
not be too late to lay the cable this year
Although sanguine we may remind that
after equinoctisl gales are past the
month Of October is generally calm, aud
further delay must cause a total loss OF
all the cable which has been paid out.
The prospectus is published for the
new fortnight steam line, with vessels Of
1000 tons burthen, between Southanp.
ton and New York. The title is to be the
Transatlantic Ship Company; capital
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