, 1869-07-15
man tunsd out TO celebrate: shs national
holiday.
Tho following w1l ahon The amount ihtpped Last
TIE FRENCH ATLANTIC TEL
EGRAPH CABLE,

Tho Projectors nnd Managers OF tho
Enterprise Confident Of Success
PxcpnxntipnR for the Landing OF
tho Cable mt Du1buTT, maas-Thc
Event to be Celebrated BY tho Cttt-
zens-Vain Effort OF the Western
Union Telegraph Monopoly TO
PIncon an 1nJuncttou upon tho Lnnd
Com OF the French
Company.
D7fzbsuy, aasa' {JNlg -, Correspondence e5 sAa
The citizens OF this HI1au and obscure town ete
in great ecaeies over the prospective distinction
which Will be awarded them upon the successful
laying Of INC French cable Within u month real
date ne,ghbothood where new nne OF commnn.
cation with aforelgncountiy ts to land the advance
~ The esttnaated value Of property Is still greater
anticipate It viii be-thls town Will undoubtedly
acquire Wealth and importance; but notNtth-
sSdS sSsP ~ ths sy ,6 1s rs aas{ gp % tss
extlaEagant Ideas OF the majority OF the citizens
and landowner. At one time the shtpbCildlng
70 ~ 9s but eeasd aas se
the cable herr the town has only been renowned
for It's superior quantity Of CLAIMS. There Is no
Shore which is abont four miles distant, and Wis
1tors hare 70 come this distance by stage to Kings
ion There % charter IN existence ior one, how
ereF, and It La not unlikely that II will be speedily
built Il the presence Of the cable girel treah
business vitality 10 the town.
Inc G4OlE Ii &Ip&CLEI QE1C A1Out Sue G1sQ Oh
present month, md al preparations for its recep-
ton will he completed 1t about that time, A. b.
Brown Superintendent Of the International Tele-
LED tputc between here and Boston, and il Wtu
be completed on The 90th inst It Will terminate
In the Frankln CompanJH ONCE, 11a State street,
New YORK The wlres Of The Franklin Company.
now not In the best condition, will be materially
improved in y1ew Of the pEospectire Increase OF
rangement between The French and Pr1nklln
companies viii te permanent: for. L tue cable
No5fs wsi! ~ tnsssesta 2. nc Ffnsh 1ss COMPANY
they viii probably build some between Boston
md warrington The wires now being construct.
Boston are On the iiae Of the oid Colony and
South Shore Railroads the came route as that oc-
cupied u part y the Western Union CompanJA
taaed lT tnas sss he ca5ie Company was building
land line on this route, set up the claim OF exciu
slVe right Of Kay, and Threatened 70 place an IN.
western western 111on Company raied, however, 70 md
the necessary doe1nents giving them ne sathosi. T.
permission Of the railroad company the const1uc-
ion Of the land lines Of the cable company viii
several Of the erepresentatiyesoi Of the French CON-
pany arc here arranging for the reception OF the
cable, and they are all confident OF the success Of
the enterprise The cable itaelf, they CLAIM, in
eYe17 respect superior to either Of those Of the
ALa1uc company, and with Mngie line they
viii do as much business, and more, than can De
done on both Of these between Eeaftd Content
and yelent1A, The distance from Dreai, on the
no1h coast Of France, Is about st5l naudcM
miles. There viii be repeating statiou a. 81
Pierre, however, and thus tho longest stretch of
cable TO be worked will Be between Brest nnd 81.
ing portion Of the canle, between st.
Pierre and Duxbuly, Will be about 753 niles The
longest stretch will probably be worked with IN
9tTuyueptg similar TO those On the Atlantic cable
but between here and St Pierre 1t IL not tnposS-
bio that the ordinary Morse instruments can be
successfully employed II this can be done the
transmitting power Of the cable Will 10 more than
quadrupled.
about the e5th. The Great Eastern viii only come
IS far at ST. Pierre, and between here aud that
bY ty1'' the steamers Chiltefn and scandsrea The
place selected for the American terminus
Of The line, "a already described IN The
Utrald, Is At nouse's Hnumock- near the
Garnet Light, n the onttauce o. figmootn
nartlor, and about mHe and half from the T1l-
iae- Of Duxbusy. The uummocf Is A conlcal,
shaped Al1, and consists OF about 10 acres, tte
highest polut Being about 20 feet aboFe the level
OF the sea The beach here Is one q tue anest
along the whole c0aaE anu ~ q te15nnIs to9 = Ea.
blc Ii unsurpassed -.- -. 49,
a building hns already been erected for the te-
ceptton Of the great international means Of com
mun1cation, md "a soon as 1t arrives II VIII oe
xpl1ced TO land tine which runs Into the main
once in the old bank building, In Duxbury y1llase
and from this point messages Will be teneated
over land Lines 70 all parts Of the United ssatea
The cii1xens here are making extensive arrange.
ucplg to properly celebrate the successful CON
plct1on Of the enterprise