Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-05
Telegcaphfc PROGRESS,

ally known, says an Eogiish scientific Journal,
that new Atlantic cable for tito Anglo Ameri
can Company is COW being laid, the Paccntia
to st. Pierre section harinS been submerged.
10 many other paris OF tho world there arc
signs Of teegraphc enterprise. The steamship
Caatria has jus! deposited tho new Hong Kong
to Manila cible, and The Ceylon lines arc short.
ly to be transferred from The Indian Talepraphie
| Department to local management 10 Europe
| the most important work jsc:ed is. perhaps
| the duplication OF the Auglo.Dapish meaps of
Communication by a c,ble from Newcastle to
| Arendal 10 Norway. and then to Gotheuburg 10
Sweden. Vienna is sb,ut to be supplied with
| underground telegraph lines after tho manner of
London, Paris and Berlin Messr5. Rather & Co.,
Of Paris, are the contractors for the required ca
| Bile, which consists of strand CT seven copper
wires O. millimetres in diameter, coated with
gutta percha to an external diameter of five
millimetres. and wrapped in coVeIlog OF tarrcd
cotton yaru. Some of these cores are wound
into cabel, ard protected with, first tarrcd
woollen ribbon; secoud, tarred hemp serving
dipped 10 sulphate Of c?pDer, and third,
tarred Woolen ribbon. 10 America tho Cana
dian government are about to lsy several short
cables 10 the Cult of St. LaRrorcs, SO as to COD.
ncot up tie lighthouses Oh tho Gulf Island.
notably Antic,sli and Sable Island, with the
villages of tho mainland, and thus facilitate the
salvage of sAipWrecked vessels. These cables
are nov being made By the Sil7ertown Conpaa
ny, and will probably bo laid this fall. Canada
is also bent on 6nisbiog her trans dominion
telegraph lice, following the route of the Pacific
| Railroad. and MIR. Sanford Fleming. tho
engineer io.ebief of that work, las recon-
mended tho speedy erection ct o limo
between Fort Edmonton and Cache Crock,
| 60 az to complete the communication be-
tween Winnipeg 10 Red River snd British
Columbia. IIe further advocates tho extension
of tho Canadian system from Vancju7or'S Is
land to Japan by submarine ables via the
Aleutisn end Kurile Islands; and NJ. Osborne,
the superintendent of Canadian telagraphs.
proposcs 10 20 still further and unto japan 10
Hong KoDg and Australia. 10 Australia itself
there is rapid spread oftelsRraph lines always
going on. new line is being built from
Adelaide to Melbourne ard cable is to be laid
| bstWeen Sturt's Lighthouse, kangaroo Island,
and Kingscotc. Va may also add that tho
Western Brazilian Telegraph Company ara in
tending shortly TO repair aud Iu. 10 working
order their long ioactivs cables betSeen Para,
Cayenne aud D.perara. The latest PROJECTED
work is tho laying of cable between Matamo.
} ras, 10 Texas, the southern NEST point OF tho
United Ststos teleeraphic sss:em, to Vera Cruz
in Mexico. The line will consist Of two sections,
ono from Matnmnras to Tampico and some
two hundred and nine miles long, and tho ether
| from Tsrnpico to Vers Cruz. length Of 23t
miles. The core will be made Ct 101 pounds OF
copper and lGG pounds f gaia perchs per mile.
| The main cable will be sh cathed with IL No. u
galvanized iron Eiros and the shore end with Il
| No. wirec. Tho Insulation resistance olthe cable
after FIVE days submersion is specified to bo
225 meeohms per knot al 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
| The temp oratu:e Of the sea bottom will be tes!-
ed every fifty miles Of tho route and ono milo
from ehore at each terminus, tho mean Of these
| several observations beiLg tsken ss tho actual
temperature throughout. The cablo his boom
designed for tho Mexican Telegraph Company,
| recantly formed ia Americs, By their chg inoer.
Mr.. j. L. Stearns. of duplex telegraph fslno. and
| will DO laid this year by the contractors tho In.
diprubber, Gu!ts Percha md Telegraph Worke
Company.
| MISTAKEN IDDNTITY.-A Case inv0lsiog
very curious Instance Of issk1n Identity &C
| culied nearly tho entire session OF the Criminal
Court yesterday. The circumstances, briefly
related, are that during tho May term Of the
court saloon keeper of Cuba street, named
Archibald Campbell. was indicted for selling
liq1or 90 Sunday. When the case came up for
! hearing on tho 9th John Malone was placad
on the stand as prosecuting Witness liz
promptly testified, To tho evident surprise OF
| tho States attorney, that he knew Nothing Of
tho matter, and had never been 10 Campbol's
plsc, on Sunday When asked if ho had not
given different testimony before the eraDd jury
| lie uss 3rted, In the most positive manner, that
he had not boon 10 tho grand jury room for ten
| OR twelve months. Tho foreman oil the grand
Jury ut that lmc-Mr. Gae-was then sent
for, and, after looking closely at Malone, said
that ho had undoubtedly been before the grand
i1ry but short time before and testified 10
Caupbeli's case. lie was at onco arrested on
bench warrant. and cIme up yesterday to aus-
yer under an Indictment for perjury, Foreman
Gale again appeared ard identified tho accused
as tho man who tcsNti ID in Campbsll's cas-, DO.
fore tho grand iary. MIR. 4. p. Hawkins, also
member of the grand jury, though not 80
positive ss Mr.. Gale, was rratty sure that Ma
lone wss tho man who hsd testified. Court
Clerk Cary. Msj Andrew j. George, Deputy
Clerk Davis and Ciisr Geo. Jones soVersy
testified as to the issu, Of summons and tho
swearing of Malone 10 the c,so Tho traVcr5cr
then took tho stand ia his Own hehaltaud quiet
~ repeated bis former testimony; no had not
drank at Campbell's on Sunday had not been
moreover, had received no summons to 20 boz
fore them. OGcer MetIeo and other policemen
wore called fer the defence. and from their Ics-
timopy it appeared that the summons 10 three
several distances had bsea given them, ard
they had served them on man known as John
Malone of O., living at II Elliott street, ste'
vedore, Hoie the accused is Duddler 10 tho
Abbott Iron Works and lives ut l4S Chesapeake
sreot. Being called to the stand, John Ma
lone Of o. testified that he received the summons
and went up to tho court house IN response 10
the first one, was sworn end. after waiting all
day, was told that the case would not come up |
and ho wen. homo witheu. seeing the grand
summonses having found OF. that they wore |
not intended for him. This witness was IS en-
triey unlikethe other as it is possible to imagne:
The one is short in stature fair complexion and |
very light hslr; the other is tall, spare, with
DARK complexion and jet black hair. at the
conclusion of the testimony States Attorney |
Campb frankly told the jury that tho State |
had no case and q verdict of Lot guilty WAS |