The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18
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lFtsn the Padus. h (ky Pennant July 2s
The great submarine telegraph cable on the 81.
Louis and New Orleans line, was laid across the
inst. We examined this strange piece Of mechanism,
few days previous to the time il was deposited in
ts watery abode and was not little as:onished at
| its wonderful strength.
1t is composed Of large iron wire, covered with
three coatings Of gutta. percha, making cord of
about fveeighths Of an inch in diameter.
To protectthis nom wear, and for security of in
sulation there are three coverings OF strong osna.
burg saturated with an elastic composition Of non.
electrics; and around this are eighteen large iron
wires, drawn tight as the wire win bear, and the
whole is then sprally lashed together with another
large wire, passing around at every threeqnarers Of
an inch. The whole forms cable Of near two inches
in diameter and il much the largest and most SUBJ
| stantial cable Of the kind in the known world.
We are told that the great cable across the chan,
mel from England to France, is inferior in size to this
and by no means as well insulated for electrical APP
plcaton; while in point OF strength, it will mot CONF
pare at all with the at this place. The British
wire across the channel is surrounded by eight wires
only while ours has eighteen. Ours is spiray lashed
while the British is not. The electric wiren the
British cable has but one coating Of guta percha,
while ours has three, and is altogether superior in
This stupendous wire, which now conducts the
lightning fcm shore to Shore beneath the bed Of the
majestic Ohio s 200 feet in length and the longest
one to be found in the United States. 1t has been
man, Tai. P. Shahner, Esq, late president of tie
Telegraph Confederation, assisted by J. B. sleeth,
mechanical engineer. These gentlemen have made
improvements in the construction of cables both SCI
entifc and mechanical, which well entite them to-
letters patent and the country may well be proud Of
them as men rof skill and ability, in whatever they
may umdssiake
The wires on this line, we understand, have been
exceedingly troublesome and expensive to the COM
pany, upwards of $50 900 having been expended in
unsuccessful efforts to cross the rivers in such man
ner as to secure them against accident; but this
great effort has accomplished the object and there
age Of masts, wires, &c.
We rejoice that the work has been successfully &C
comp shed and that 1t has proved fully equal to the
most sanguine calculation our friend Bhaffner had
made Of its utility. We had tie pleasure Of recev
ing the first despatch which ever passed under the
| Ohio on this mammoth cable, which runs "a fol-
| lsws -
'oi PKE-I send this through the grss. cable, sue
Success to shaffner; he may well be styled the
Lightning King" after this. May he live q thou
sand years, and succeed in everything which he
dertakes as he has in this instance. We regret to
learn that he will soon go from amongst us, to en-
from that far distant point we shall expect to hear
from him occasionally, through the medium Of cleo
tricity, which seems to be his favorite element.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT MOUNT DESERT, ME-We
learn from the Ellsworth Herald that last week,
while two girls by the name of Douglass, aged thir-
teen and ten years were upon Mount Desert engaged
in picking blue berries, they attempted to approach
the brink of precipice some thirty feet in height,
by creeping out on shelving rock, overhanging the
fearful abyss below. They had arrived almost at it's
very edge when it suddenly tipped and fell over the
brink, carrying them both along with it. The rock
fell upon one Of the girls, grinding her to atoms in
an instant. The younger was severely injured, but
! it is thought will recover. She retained her CON.
seriousness through the whole Of the tragedy, and by
her cries enabled to call some men to her assist
ance. They were found upon projecting rock,
upon part Of the cliff inaccessible in any other way
than by lowering man down to them with ropes.
EDWARD EvERErT.-We take pleasure in copying
| the following from the New Orleans Bulletin :-"R
Mr.. Everett comes as far Louisville, he should, by
all means, extend his tour down the Mississippi and
look upon the wonders of the mighty valley. The
delta Of the Mississippi will give him as warm and
as respectful greeting as the Ohio valley, or any
man of distinguished merit and worth-as citizen
| whose patriotism is undoubted-and as a scholar
whose attainments have reflected lustre upon the
country, our people will greet him with cordial,
honest enthusiasm, if he will only visit US. We sim
cerely hope he may be able to do There are now
| few such men in the Union as Edward Everett Our
| great men have nearly all departed"
REGATTA.-A regatta for small yachts came off
Saturday afternoon, Spectacle Island The fol-
! lowing boats entered for the prizes The Glide,
en Of o ts
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The prizes were spyglass, compass, and flag.
| The race was from the wharf at Spectacle Island,
around Long Island, to the point OF starting. The
wind was moderate from the east The fleet got
under weigh about o'clock. The Macdufl, Captain
Hincklfy won the first prize; time, In. 13m. The
Banshe 9, Captain Thatcher. won the second prize;
time, III. 16m.; and the Glide, Captain Waite, the
third prize; time, III. 90 All the yachts made good
tme-BostOn Herald, dug. Is.
Cars STOPPED BY GRAssHoPPERs-One day
during the present week. the cars on the WATERFOWL
Vincent, by the multitude of grasshoppers upon the
track. Now don't, dear reader, suppose for mo-
| ment there was an embankment OF the critters
neither set it down in your diary as an internal lie.
But to explain-the rails were so thicky covered
| with them, and the carwheels smashed them up 80
beautifully between hop and jump, that it had
the effect Of grease the rails, making the wheels
revolve swiftly while the train remained stationary.
This was witnessed by several gentlemen Of the first
respectability, and is true. In union there Ia
trength."-Vernon Transcript.
| GENERAL JAIL DELIvERY-Four persons confined
in the Ocean county, (New Jersey jail, awaiting
their trial for breaking jail at Freehold and rob-
bling store in Ocean county, made their escape on
Tuesday night last One Of the prisoners, by some
means, prevented the catch from passing through
the belt in his cell door, when he was locked up for
the night and was thus enabled to open his door and
walk out in the outer hall. He then broke the locks
when they broke hole through the outer wall and
made their escape.-NeUark Advertiser, dug. 10.
vAGRANT SOLD IN ST.. LOUISA white man,
named Charles Denoyer, convicted of vagrancy in
the town of CarOndalet, was yesterday sold by the
Deputy County Marshal at the Court House door IN
this city, for ten cents. Sights of this sort
puopant to the feelings of freemen and hone that