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[[bold headline]]The Russian-American Telegraph.[[/bold]]
THE SURVEYS IN RUSSIA.
 The Russian papers publish a detailed account of the proceedings of the Russian engineer-in-chief, M. Abaza, and three American engineers, Captain Meyhood, Lieutenant Busch, and Lieutenant Kennan, who were instructed to survey the line of country through which the Russo-American telegraph is to be constructed. The party started from Petropaulovsk on the 8th of August of last year, and succeeded after many difficulties in tracing the exact course of the future telegraph. At last, says a letter in the [[italics]]Poste du Nord[[/italics]], "the surveys have been completed from Anandyrsk to the Amoor, a distance of six thousand versts, and the direction of the line has been determined. This immense task has been executed by the chief of the expedition and three engineers, in the course of a dreadful winter, during which they have had to contend against incredible difficulties, traversing day by day vast deserts, sometimes mounted on reindeer, sometimes drawn by dogs, but more frequently travelling on foot with the aid of snow shoes, and always accompanied by fierce hurricanes and dreadful frosts. As soon as the Sea of Okhotsk shall be free, vessels belonging to the Telegraph Company are expected to arrive at Guigiga from America with the necessary materials for commencing the works immediately. These ships will also bring a number of Yakoute laborers, who are already hired for the works, which will be actively pushed on from the Amoor to Behring's Straits. Already between Okhotsk and Anadyrsk the works have been commenced with the assistance of the inhabitants of the country, who are engaged in constructing houses and trimming trees to serve as telegraph poles. Considering the persevering and indefatigable activity of the chiefs of the expedition, there is reason to expect that within three years from the present time the works will be finished, and this difficult but noble undertaking will be entirely and successfully completed."