The submarine cable, running like a thread of light through the depths of the broad Atlantic from the United States to England, a conception of American genius, is the greatest achievement in the telegraphic line.

The Pacific Railroad, that iron highway from the Atlantic to the Pacific, stands at the head of all monuments of engineering skill in modern times.

Following the first Atlantic cable, soon came a second almost as a matter of course; and following the Central Pacific R.R., a northern line is now in process of rapid construction.

And what results are expected to flow from these mighty enterprises?
The _Scientific American_ of Oct.

6, 1866, says:-- "To exaggerate the importance of this transcontinental highway is almost impossible.