, 1866-08-13


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OEH LONDON LETTER. |!
The Atlantic Cnble-Thc Effect In Eng.
tand-The Great EaAtcrn-Po1itIcal
Changes In EuroPe-Elenaents or Dis
eord-The Cholera.
Correspondence of the Chicago Tribuae.l
Losnoz. July e, 1886.
The great fact Of the day Is the completion
of the Atlantic Telegraph, md Is Its conse-
queuce. the closer union Of the Old and the
New World. The Invention of tele@raphE
pat aten ana
taken out by Professor Wheatstone In 1870.
When some ten years later the first messages
were conveyed through the electric wires be-
tween England and France there was 1auch
rejoicing and salyos of artillery were fired at
Dover. In the following year the system was
much improved on and enormously dere1-
oped. We have been for come time in COM
nunication with India by telegraph, aud It
vas recently stated in the House Of Commons
don, and an extensive India merchant, that
three or four firms In that city paid Rl2 600
year for kilograms to that country. There
etiu remained the great work Of q connect
history Of the two former attempts to &C
eomplish the labor and Of their failure is of |
such recent date that 1t Is needless to 70 over
It here Without those failures, proi,sbly, and
The experience Which they gave, the compile |
not have been successful. 1t would, per-
haps. he difficult to ana1yxe tue feeling which |
has been produced by the success Of the
work. The Great Eastern steamship left
these shores at moment when the minds of
men were prcoccupied with the war which
had just commenced In Germany and Italy,
aud therefore much of the public attention
which her departure would have caused IVES
diverted to the more exciting topic Of the
II A $rr l4x,f 4
result. The promised success, and tho final
failure Of the previous efforts disposed men
10 believe thai failure would attend the pre-
rent attempt, but as the days came and
went, aud as the kilograms from the Great
Eastern eayc good reports at each successive
move, confidence took the place Of doubt,
the shares Of the company advanced, and
general sentiment Of satisfaction and thank
iufness took possession Of all when it was an
uounced that the work was done. The COM
lnercial. political and moral considerations
| to which tllis new link Of communication be-
tween tile two continents gives rise, 1t Is
Impossible to overestimate- Men Will
be disposed to weigh its elects from
from any point ofvicw they eau hardly be ex-
I aygcratcu. Tie commercial and political
considerations arc 80 Obvious that they must
strike the minds of all, but very much
doubt whether the moral results, though not
60 obvious, because they do not 50 imlne-
diatcly touch onr interests as the others,
| will not outweigh them.
As IN Illustration Of this may mention
the following anecdote. One Of the Valentia
boatmen who was conveying friend of mine
wish that the attempt might be successful.
3(r friend asked why he was SO Interested In
the matter. Why, sir, was the reply. t' be-
cause have son in America and wish to
Seda w1te 70 s% S sve Ind lsteie ae9 rliien
to lin, sit, but have got no answer" But
you won't be able 10 send telcgraphic mes
sage to your son; 1t Is too expensive :; It
will cost you pound word" "Well, sir,
have few pounds to spare aud think
rilice 70 much for him he will then write 10
his old father" My friend persuaded the
man to make another attempt by writing,
and promised to be the medium Of comm.
nicatiou with the son. Since his return to
London he has received q letter from the
true hearted boatrnan, and d communication
Is nov on its way 10 the son In America.
| THE GREAT EASTERN.
| With regntd to the Crest Eastern she has
after all, not been built in vain When thu
late Nr. Brunei designed that vesscl, he had
no ldea that she would one day perform thu
sigual service Of being the main instrument
in Laying down the Atlantic Cable For gen
eral commercial purposes b1under, tht
work will live in history, whatsoever may b
her ultimate destiny. It Is to be hoped thai
on her way back to Europe she will fish III
the uneomp1etcd cable Of last year and maxi
q second line of communication as perfect O.
the first. The announcement that messaga
had been received from America was mad,
in tlc House Of Commons this morning abou
twenty minutes before two o'clock, }ust be
fore the adjournment Of the House. At tha
; carly hour there were but few member
was received with much satisfaction. What
ever part we took on this side in the work t.
| lay down the cable since 1855, We are al
ready to admit that II there
amy man to whom the palm Is to be award
cd for bis efforts in the undertaking, tha
feeling here Now that one line Is estab
: lished VIC shall hare doubtless renewe.
efforts to iay down other lines. ana thas vi!
;. more surely be the consequence Il the pre-
charges think it wonld be good policy 9
Their 1,aft thcy were a. once 10 reduce u
: scale Of charges to the lowest amount con
Hatloc weth iair temenern 5ion teT aae e0apatt 0p
thses.ea u ehe pfeSnt M tna ss1.g, VnG Ga;
9 must bc reduction IN the amount OF ocea
postage.
J. FoLiI5cAA ShANoEs-
C Ihe changes winch nave laSen plaee
s'1ce nes 1me ssn' 1s
: INST caole o. le',e. are scarcely more imp9s
i ant than those which have occurred In =
d rope during the lavtng Of the Last cabl
o Mi1hia that snort period the Oldest and o.
l. 1.-THE most powerful Of the European Stat
:, has reached the most melancholy positit
g that state can occupy 1t ook you 10
n yesrs Of some Of the hardest lighting til
Of history has recorded to subdue spopulatlon
some 6 ssssrUU &C. OF whites in tne South, where
=, in less than a month.the Austrian En- IL III
i. which was cyprcEsly organized as a miIita
Statc. and only hcld togcther bv force. total
,e co5ian.ed. The thinr il almost fncredib]
a. bnt it Is nevertheless true. Prussia Is hene
nf rreatcst t1;rers;fr nf on;p;nn ey;sfs "a fo :
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ae seeioe sIs2ns oss.Ie ior aa.t aaa nnt''
r. AMY Mssaains cestMn polnsaat,9ns, at
o. gaslh nts nis ae1S a,r a ana
eS many; Inese are aaso noeshs ta My >:
al e4naHE auHrons 10. nnity ont mo 9 hmoessa ,ta
nnlIy IN alnetent eense Aom sne otag a.;
1hcS are oPposGn 70 unlIy III q se1sc GS Nv; III
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to pu5pose Hnlcn II misoI paeass so1ne a;t
r. TO pnrsnc. they say ts1at unity N tnls sc.
ct means great monarchies, numerous ann
I'd Tast revenues, enormous taxation ana no =
Gu | liberty. Hhefeas uaity oy !eusfatton "o.
cr produce the opposic results 81 smail a1nl =,
ne n1l!c taxaaioh and Gae9T Ha sta4a, !a, psa