The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-18
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Ths Marns,io TeIegrsph-Its AstOnish-
ing Progress and Influence
From the Herald.
The success in laying and operating through
the Atlantic telegraph cable has had sur
prising effect in stimulating telegraphic enter
prises all over the world. Even the most ex-
elusive and distant countries have felt the
ouiokening influence. Countries that few
wears ago were jealously sealed up from the
rest of the world, now desire to be put in COM
munication with all nations through the mys-
terious agency of the magnetic telegraph.
Distance by land or under the broadest and
deepest oceans, however great, is no longer
considered an obstacle; and there IS no longer
anv doubt that within the course OF a few
wears every continent and important island of
The globe will be united by telegraphs.
Hitherto the use of the magnetic telegraph
has been confined chiefly to America and Eu-
rope. With the exception of the line to India
by the way of the Persian Gulf and Egypt,
those few in the British possessions OF ASIA and
Australia, and the Russian lines piercing the
confines of Eastern ASIA it has been confined
TO the populous centres of Europe and Anne
rioa. Nearly three-fourths of the human
family embracing five or six hundred millions,
in China, India, Japan, and other parts of Asia,
had no knowledge of its use But these times
OF arkness and exclusiveness are passing
aN = An American company has already OBJ
7i' permission from the Emperor of China
II lay submarine lines along the coast, con-
r, ling all the great seaports from Tientsin,
y , -Dlt of Pekin, to Canton. Yes, char
l. , .ompany of this State and great metro
1,' If New York, ''The East India Telegraph
e, n.y." is about to open the vast and
L, GUS Chinese empire to an immensely en-
la commerce, and higher civilization
tlrou,, h the magnetic telegraph.
ne policy of excluding foreigners and our
W, tern civilization is being abandoned by the
CHI Csc, and we have no doubt the Govern
ment of that vast empire will soon permit
telegraph lines to be established in the interior
IT, Chinese are a shrewd and active people in
ma ters of business, and as soon as they
rea ze the advantages of the telegraph, which
wi be laid along the coast, they will want it
ca lied into the interior. The Emperor will
not fail to see the facilities it will afford in
con lunicating his edicts and governing his
ex lsive empire, and the merchants will
co, Jrehend its value for business purposes.
J. Jrts that promise to be successful are now
Ieir made by the American company re-
fer to for this important concession.
evident too, from the Gberality lately
e. by the Japanese Government, that
III. tlSO Will SOOu D0 Optueu w LeleSrdpulC
en- Use. Then we shall have cables under
IT, ,ifc flashing intelligence of the markets
al ients in ASIA as we now have from
f. Q. We have no doubt that a cable
co.. be laid direct from the western shores of
our country to Japan under the Pacific; but
thare is no question of this being practicable
by making some of the intermediate islands
telegraph stations. One island was lately dis
" covered on the route of the mail steamships
from San Francisco, and the probability is
there are many others. At any rate, it would
be easy enough by the way of our new posses
sions and the Aleutian Islands. We may con-
fdently expect to have within few years tele-
graphic communication both to and IN the in
Terror of Japan and China. We have news
now by the Pacific Steamship line from Japan
in twenty days and from China in twenty-four.
This is making extraordinary progress, when
we consider that short time ago it required
several months to get news from that part OF
the world but the telegraph will annihilate
space and bring us within hourly communi-
cation.
A few years ago the great movement of the
age was in steamship enterprise. That move
ment still goes on, and acts both as pioneer
and auxiliary of the telegraph; but the
greatest at present is in telegraphic enter
prises There are several projects to lay other
Atlantic cables besides the two already laid. 1t
will not be long before New York will be con-
nected directly, or trom some point near the
city, with not only the British Islands, but
with France and other European countries.
Russia has line from Europe across the con-
tinent of Asia to the mouth of the Amoor
river, and we have on the Pacific side commu-
nication as far as Simpsons river, in British
America. Between these points connection
will be made ere long, according to the project
of Mr.. P. Med. Collins, though the work has
been temporarily suspended. A cable will
soon be laid connecting Cuba with the United
States. There are projects also for connecting
all the States of Central and South America
with this country. Besides these enterprises
there are many others projected all showing
what stimulus has been given lately to this
new and great civilizing movement. The
poets dream of magician putting girdle of
Intelligence around the earth will soon be more
than realized. The magical power of cleo
tricity in the hands of science will not only
send intelligence around the globe in few
minutes, but will diffuse it over the whole
face of the earth. This country and this great
metropolis, from geographical position, must
become the centre and radius of the intellec-
tual and commercial movements thus stimu-
lated and carried on through the magnetic
telegraph.
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