The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-14
THE FRENCH CABLE.
Arrival Of the Great eastern mt ~. Pi,


The following despatch was forwarded last night
from st. Pierre Miquelon, island OIL the southern
coast OF Newfoundland: -
The Great Eastern arrived Off this island to-day,
and is now splicing the cable. The shore end here
was laid down several days ago by another steamer
the cable was thirty miles long. After being laid it
was buoyed ana the Cory stood Off, keeping near,
so as to be ready to pick up the buoy when the
Great Eastern should come in sight Thus the Great
Eastern had only to find the Cory and splice the
two cables to complete the communication between
The day was unusually clear an bright, and this
facilitated the labor
Electrical signals have not vet been exchanged
with Brest by the office here, because the land end
is sealed and the instruments are all on board
other vessel OF the expedition yet to arrive.
The Great Eastern will return to Europe mme-
dialely.
The line hence to the United State will be flushed
1t is a holiday here, but no great lthusiasm is
manifested
The Deep Sea Cable Cut.
ST. PIERRE MIQUELoN, July 1860 p M-At
half-past three o'clock p. NJ to-day the Great East
ern cut and buoyed the Bres cable ut about twenty
miles from shore, and at a point about five miles
from the buoy on the shore end. The Splice there
fore, is not made. The cause Of the delay is not
known, as no communication has been held with the
shore.
All the vessels of the cable fleet, the Standard
William Cory, Chiltern and Gulnare, were in COM
munication with the Great Eastern by signal at the
time the cable was cut
Instruments for the French Cable.
From the Boston Post, July 13.
electrician of this city, there was an exhibition
yesterday afternoon OF the instruments to be used
the new French cable now in process of being laid.
The instruments substantially the same as those
in use the present cable, the signals being trans
mitted through the medium of ray of light thrown
by delicately suspended mirror upon suitable
surface. The helices consist of about 10000 coils OF
insulated wire, nearly three inches in length and
two in diameter and the interior OF the rings five
eighths of an inch polariZed needle, to which is
attached thin reflector, is suspended in the centre
of the coil, and is DETECTED from right to left
the negative pole Of the battery Directly in front
Of, and covered so as to allow but small ray
of light to be focused by lens upon the mirror, Is
a lamp, and at the right OF the lamp, six feet or
more, as the case may be- Is centred surface upon
slight alterations will be used, the dots and dashes
being indicated by the position of the ray with re-
helix about that of 500 miles of the cable proper
The instruments are very simple, and the cost
rifle, not exceeding s10O set
The New Cable and Its TerminI.
The cable, which has just reached its destination,
will be thousand miles longer than the English
cable, about eight thousand miles altogether. It's
moneyed projectors are Messrs. Erlanger and Reuter-
the notorious enemies OF the North during the late
war, who are backed by large array of stockhold-
ers. The longest section Of the cable is that from
Brest to st. Pierre, 1926 miles; the shortest one,
~ miles long The sections Of the cable between
Brest, st. Pierre, and Boston six in number and
it need needs six spciings between these points.
become conspicuous by the success of the cable
South OF Newfoundland are three small islands
fisheries in their neighborhood These islands are
St Pierre and the two Miquelons, and they contain
altogether about one hundred square miles and
few thousand inhabitants, who export annually
about eight million francs worth, importing whale
and Goldfish oil and Goldfish principally to the extent
Of little less than eight million OF francs. The
islands are the sole remains of French possession iA
Northern America, and date their ownership from
an early period OF colonization. When Newfouad-
land was surrendered to the Government of Queen
Anne they were nevertheless retained by France
Rouse's Hummock, at the town of Duxbury in
Massachusetts, and near the Garnet Light OF Ply
mouth Harbor, will be the American end OF the
cable The Massachusetts Legislature have char
tered company to carry llne out beyond the
jurisdiction Of the United States and splice il with
the French cable, in order to avoid any DIM
Guilty growing out of the Constitution of
the United States with reference TO
this subject. Duxbury where the cable Will have
an on1ce, was once a ship-building port of
promise, but, like Plymouth and Salem, has passed
into decay commercially. The late United States
Consul-General at Tripoli, Mr.. j. NJ Gaines will
have charge OF the olce, assisted by twelve opera
tors According to the terms of the original Impe-
rial grant, the price of despatch is not to exceed
500 for twenty words The insulation OF the cable is
believed to be perfect and its central wire is larger
than that OF the English line.