New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-06
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY sEprEMBEa isSs.

che hi n a. ,srily v.' Nsp' Ta,ne, prpnounee1 y
impossible 10 wa.,hs' ~, Fs.is. which light Ira
rom Capa Nay :" 'spa H"',i, iaavea h'.a b. Tho
sthoatd IL AID ~ emit v'ass'nnai TO ~ no
o"rpet vines patel. ani 10 aga" o'ma - shat.
diling awaJ bofua tho continued wifi AMI 0r're''
~ ihis u omnn' a steamer was snan i" ,hp dis'an'a
coming down ff+p tho direction ~ Ngwfppn iian1
She proved Ia bo. "a We o'ti"ctnfo tho Ei'ish var
u. A'gus which nal bcou ordered 10y tho AZ nj
rnliJ % be hand NJ Tho ums ~ laying tho cable aud
render ~ any assistance In her p'wcr.
The SKY was row dark and hrop'rnny, tho night
coming 90, ana the sta.iion Of tho bark bo'tmo
more perilpus every moment Forty and half IN l','
of cable had been paycd out, leaving thifyfour MUGS
on board-a weight OF about 100 tuns, which ~as all
forward OF her waist, aud caused her ~ plunge at .
rghtfu rate. she was still held by the cable ut her
stern aud ns the heavy ,eas rplei under her reared
until il seemed that ste ud leap bolt ou' OF Tho
water. II was at orce seen that even Il the cable he'll,
in such strait, it would be nec'reary 10 cat II %
save the vessel. Capt Turner therefore summoned
Capt Pousand 10 the bow, aud requested hun - send
up rocket, If he was driven To this Alternative. He
also ( III him that he should hold to the bark az
long as possible. Tbis assurance quoted those on
board, who had evidently been iu anxiety, bat
ten minutes bad not eapsed before Of them TO
the bow and mace three gestures in succession .J-
wind too strong for his bail 10 be heard. These
gestures interpreted 10 mean that all the wires
were brOSen-s COZ 'ture which the Victoria, having
cone mp with i'll the near time alongside ard
confirmed. The Argus was MT more than two miles
distant, but in such wind and she wodd not
have been able Ia aid ~.
About a O'Clock, as we on the hurricane deck
watching tie bark, which was pitchiog at sucn
that il lot possib work the cable che sui
denly mace bound forward ~ If n spring upon
There a loud Try from her deck, - TIE cable Is
" goHel-the kneD Of sI our hopes and anxeties for
week pas. The engine immediately put in
motion we headed 10 the wind and soon ha the
bark il tow again. Her topmass had been housed
b.Urc leaving Cape Ray, sad after she relieved
from the strain Of the cable, ami had her CHAINS
hauled aft be rode the rough seas i'll better tim. rhe
bawser well served with CANA, at the hawse-
holes, and every precautiOn taken 70 aid her ia case
the gale should increase. The Argus came mp with
US about dusk, and sigGaled to know whether
wanted asslance but there Was no se Of signals
on board We were unable TO answer her. After some
CONSULTATION We headed for sydney, in Cape Breton,
and now going our way at the rate of fur or
five miles an our. The Argus is still towering near
in the hope OF being useful
The present failure of this important enterprise IL
partly owing to the gale, aRd partly to the difficulty of
paying cable from vessel ia tow The Meli-
terranean and Black Sea cables were Doth laid Iii
rectly from steamers and the former, as Mr.. Canning
informed me- during gale as heavy as We h,ve ex.
periebced. b. sides, the James Adger is neither
adapted for towing i she at present in proper trim
for ruch a service. This failure, hOwe'e: VIII blt
insure the final success Of the undertaking. Although
it is sad reflect that much energy, industry anl
perseverance have Dow been eSpe lded iu vain, the
connection will doubtless be successfully made before
auoher year. h. T.