New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-31

1 Russia towards the 1efslan Suu, anotnel
from Omsk, through Central Asia, into China
connecting with the Anglo-Indian lines in the
Puniaub third branch from hkootsk
following the route of the tea caravans to tn
Chinese Wall Gate, and thence to Pelri~
; fourth from theupper part of " .ba pS,t;an
yladi yostok, which is to Snd IL situated
naval station on the Paoi6ef T rs = There is
opposite the great I 81, land and submarine,
also to be a fifth bbnouth Of the AMOR across
, extending frop6rtary, saghalien Island, the
! the straitsferouse Jesse, the Strait of San
r STRAIT addo the capital of Japan.
!, ger'S Collins overland line which takes its
n L@ne from its protector, who, as United States
commercial agent, explored the region Of the
Amoor in 1857, has for its object what has
now been accomplished by the Atlantic line
the connection by telegraph of the eastern
and western continents. In May, 1853, Nj.
Perry McDonough Collins, Of California, Sc
cured the right from the Russian government
to run his contemplated line through its ter
ritory distance of five thousand miles, and
to maintain it for thirty three years. In 1866
the British government gave him the same
privilege through British America, distance
of five hundred miles, to the northern bound
airy of the United States. In 1866 also the
United States Congress granted him the right
of way across the public lands, with the pri-
vilege of using all materials on such lands
needed for construction, Mr.. Seward made
an elaborate and interesting report to Com
gress favoring this scheme, unon which Con-
gress acted The length of cable required at
Behring's Strait would be about forty miles.
with an extreme depth of sea of about 1870
feet, frozen half the year. The early certain
completion Of the Siberian line to the mouth
of the Amoor, and the extension of the Arneri-
can line to San Francisco, and so on to Van
couver's Island, had given this enterprise
(Which is operated by the Western Union
Telegraph Company great encouragement
and last year not less than fifteen hundred
men, with three supply vessels, were prose-
cutting the work up along the Frasier river, in
the direction of Behring's Straits The cost
of q line by this route across Behring's Straits
to the mouth of the Amoor, connecting with
the Asiatic line, has been estimated by Mr..
Collins at $4,000, 600 The whole distance BY
this Behring's Strait route from New York to
London is about n, 900 miles, of which not
more than 5000 miles remains to be com
pleted. What the effect of tn completion of
the Atlantic line is destined to have upon the
prosecution Of this inc-as we have already
in general way suggested, whether the pro-
seeution of all of them will be stimulated or
otherwise remains to be seen.
The expenditures of the Atlantic line, which
failed last year, were estimated at about
So, 00O,0 and the capital sunk in the pre-
vious attempt was in round numbers
50, 100000. It is to be presumed that the
cost of the cable now put down is not less
than chat Of last year.
Among other great lines of submarine
character which are projected and some of
which WILL if the Atlantic proves a perIna-
nent success, probably in process of time be
established, are one connecting Marseilles,
across the Mediterranean, with Tripoli, thence
running to the mouth of the Senegal, and
thence across the Atlantic to Brazil. The
width of the Atlantic between these points is
one thousand four hundred miles, water not
excessively deep, with no ice. Parties in
France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Brazil are
interested in this scheme. Another line from
France to the Azores, and thence to New
York, is contemplated. Still another is agi-
tated from San Francisco or Panama to the
Sandwich Islands, and thence ultimately to
China or Japan. a.efzao eaazss.a
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At a sitting Of the National Convention of
Spiritualists, held at Providence, R. l., re-