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From THE CAPE OF GOOD HorE.-The follow
lag piece of intelligence would TO decide point
which has been much moo,ed among US since the intro
ducton OF Morses Telegraph it is taken from the Cape
Town Mail Of Nov, /:


=" We have been much sra,ifed BY an opportunity sf
torded us on Thursday last of witnessing an experiment
performed for the purpose Of testing the discovery of
Maencct-as announced in letter 10 NJ Arsco part of
which was copied from the Eeczrtcal Magazine into the
last nnmber OF ts psper-ot the capabi,y of the earth
conductor for the electric telegraph The ex
pertinent tried il the grounds the Good Hops es
tale. at the upper end O the Government Gardens by
Mr.. Spaarmanr. Surveyor the Municipality assisted
by Mr. Wagner and are happy say, with complete
success To prove that the earth under water is
ckps5le OF completing the sarsnic circuit trench OF
twenty feet long dug aud hlled with water. Two
pits also dug Il. little distance beyond the ends of
trench. and IN each OF these was buried copper
plate having surface OF aboU: two feet by eighteen
hes To these plates single wire attached which
supported lew feet above The ground in state OF
Insulation I'LL it dipped into the pits at either end o. the
trench Teese preparations being completed, small
battery and gavanomcrer brought into conaeSion
with and after few oscilst.ons the needle visor
orsy deviaed 80 degrees thus proving that the cir
cult degree interrupted by the intervention OF
the decided action of he needle there seemed no reason
dou5. ths. had the space been very much larger the
result would have appeared


II should De understood that for the purpose OF the
electric telegraph two wires have hitherto always been
considered Indispensable the ends OF both being brought
into conneNion with the apparatus the tmiai
pete the circuit l, has now, however been distinctly
proved that one wire only necessary the ends being
simply attached 20 metal plates sunk in the ground a,
eseh ntinGs sad that when forth By the battery
aohs tais Wire, the wondrous messenger springs back


o9sa the earth from plate TO pla.e.-ssan obesently
sioDg the wirc revealing to the eye sny message
-. - - 'e. may DO charSed-and continues TO wing
40 tyse1ous nsat silent aud rapid SIS houRh-tl the
opesseos noyes q fngeg and |, ssops