New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-06

" tu1 late ~ tho da' v" Fon'nfY 'he "'''''''
and a. tho seas.u of fsvo' .hlo weather ras neatly
ovtt tho company decided To- lnava tho two '"' =
oua,to, mes Of cable which had heon already paid
out haul hotn "a ond TO tho hatb. anI 'ahn
hrh siait Tho ncccaay OF lc ,yug alae oufar !
upon ~ 10y tho apid decline 81 ,rpsialons on b'aol
Tho supplies procured at y Johns bad MT provo
sufficient and W. had not enough q I Ia lat m -
than three DAYS Fresh prov soss wcro oiiiroy con
snu,d and but 10 n bullock and two .hc'p which
old rarp consented IL sell, We should have besn 20
duccd to "a pork and sil -atcr Goldfish. Lunch had
bon stopped by high authority 'ev-ral day, before
and eur tab began 10 assume such meagcr APPEAR
ace that the owIers OF cargO Of dogs felt some
anxiety in view of possible emergency.
On Monday morning the Victoria again t,ok t1c
barb in tow CARED her as near the shore con
sistent with her safety, and then took s'A,ion -
assist in hauling tue end of the cable tn thu beach
second time. Capt Sluyter showed himself on every
occasion to be a daring and experienced seaman, aut
lie tight lite propeller lodged about the Ike
duck carving messages AID lending baud wherever
she could be of service On iturday, uotwithstand
ing the heavy sea- he actually yenIred close 10 the
Sarah L.. Bryant as to give with his owl hands the
end of hawser to a on Der rail. The bard vas
til en- in anchored al d, thanks 10 the previous
usrieIc &C. he end OF the cabe ,uled ash re, be-
ayeo around the capstan under the telegraph house,
and buried IN the space of two hours aud hat.
TLs work was accom- li-hed without the least acc'
dent end Oh testing with the battery tie usIl al
of tie iema uIDg seveny.ao miles VAS found - ne
pe,fect. The weather was moderate all lay, with
outh east wind but II not thought prudent 70
proceed TO until mOrnn 2.
Tue,day morning wa clear aud brilliant, with some
well from TIE WHO'D Of the previous day. There we're
iptt airs from the norhw st. aud ever, thing ID flea
d day or tso of fair weather The Victoria got up
steam sunrise, in again aud brought the bark,
which paved out cable she went, to within short
distance of the James Adge. We got hold OF her
again with little trouble aud without accident, weighed
our remaining anchor, AM commenced towing her
out TO AZ il might not always be possoeto com
municate by hating, signals were ageed upon.
white flag exhibited by day and lamp 10 the fore
castle by night, on board the bak, were the sligo OF
stop e. TO steamer, and the removal OF these oh
j.cts the sign OF 20 ahead !" A, the commence neat
the while flag displayed very frequently, AMI our
course was so slow that the steamer had scarcely
steerage way upon her.
The method of paying out the cable board the
bark deserves ~ be noticed Two large clst-ron
wheels, about eight zee, IN diameter, resting on iron
frames were erected on deck, beside the mzzeD-nast
on the starbo8rd siCe of the vessel. To these wheels
attached pDwefll brakes, 10y which the motion
Of thu whoes-a motion cause entirely by that Of
the vessel and the unrong Of the fixed cable could
be instantly anested. The cable then acted rs an
anchor and its great strength re than once
tested curing our voyage A semcytnder of iron,
with broad flanges at each end was fitted over the
starboard sce Of the poop, the railing of which had
been cut away. THIS to give some play TO the
cable aud allow it to BE- paid out 'Othly, without
danger of strahiDg. The place where it ssued from
the hold the foremost where two small iron
ro fist received it, TO s'raighten it's coils before il
passed upon tho wheels. IT, Gaze of accident, there
fore there margin enough 10 allow the brake 10
be applied to the wheels and the mott Of the ship
arested before the ruptured part would have time 10
pass them Sixteen men were detailed for watch
ing the uncoiling, eight at time beng stationed in
tie hold around the outside of the Iis which they
threw up a. the cable unwound and KEEP clear of all
enlargement. This was a dangerous and difficult
business, as the cable could not be paid out at
slower rate than mile hour. Mr.. aiming mar
rowly escaped being caught in il on Saturday, and
We were constantly aPprehenslve OF some acciden'.
The CO bic was would in four coils the afe one con-
taing seven miles, the tweuty miles the princ
pa coil under the NJ 4iu hatch forty miles and a small
tuns of ballast the bark ghened att and sank at the
head in proportion az the cab un wounl-a cir
cumstancc which rendered her situation already i'm
pered by Ter slippery aud shifting freight, sill more
critical In case Of rough elther. Attached TO the
iron wheels was an index shch pointed out the num-
Ter Of miles pail out. All these arrangements were
very simple and elective and there wo1d seem - be
no difficulty in laying cable Of any cugh except
III stormy weather.
When ut the mouth Of Cape Ray Cove we were de
layed little by hawser which had been attached to
the Victoria getting Under the keel of the bark Alter
she had been relieved Of Mr.. Field took the propeller
and returned 10 the shore with Mr. Palmer. They
tested IT, insulation, found it perfect and eonyerse
with Mr. Canning and others board the bark untilthe
latter vessel had proceeded several miles out II sea-
BY noon bad only made FIVE or six miles, owing to
frequent stoppages il order TO take the kinks out Of
the small seven-me coil which first pail out
The current or the Cape a. first from the south
tast aud probably al EDDY OF strong northwest
current, which encountered four or five miles fu-
Their out. At every stoppsee the Adger account Of
her size fel off from the bark and, she
Obliged to 90 SO slow, had some difficulty in coming
up to her course Owing TO this circumstance an to
dftreI Of opinion concerning the true course, the
first ten miles Of cable meandered considerably. la
the siteT1oon the rind I'll and tte became much
smoother The Island Of s.. Paul swas from alof
Glowing that the vessel finally be idng correctly
After the mt il had been posed of and he larger
circles Of he tsc-ty M col began to pay out we
were allow cd 10 make from two TO three knots hour
which secured Us good storage way. Al sunset We
were about twelve miles from land.
TIE owning Was Glorious The fu!l moon rsse ike