The daily union., 1856-12-24

FHE LATE sUKEEr o. THE UNITED STATES
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honOrAbls sSrt4Fy q me Navy upon rbs sabiset Of
survey made by tie Carsd Sasss st144ET AFUs
der ny command for ts purpose q Determining ne Pro
aGAbIiEy u aging isLsg4his cable between EarOps
and America The tDbls accompanying Il embraces al
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O H BERGMAN
LleatsnAat United States Navy
UnTEO STATS s7EAzEa AacT1c
New YORK Oct IA lisa
sa Having vst1rasd with hs Arctic Asr the srseu-
ton u y0ar orders u July lst directing survey ACROSS
he Atlantic ocean bsg#s~n 81 J0hns Newfoundland Gad
The Of ireland for ths purpose Of ssrrtaHiag pos
sble tas praSdcabiity o. laying tslegr3phie wire or
cable between America and EarOp- have the honor
make the ioIlOSiHE rspart, which trust vii leave 10
doubt with he depArnsnt that such enterprise be
Euoosssfuly carried out
Leaving New York on he night Of July 18th saeered
n coEI by The 3ist sailed for Ireland and oommsnced
sounding a. ae4r On the Great Circle possible passing
the n0rth end Of the @Grand Banks n latitude - deg
"a min narsh and hundred and rEanry lathOms o.
water although the best charts have bOard record
one hundred and hfy-onE lhS difference attribute 10
the mode of taxing sOundings Il the time hag survey
made
Soon aissr passing the aAn4 and getting into 3eep
water the rss broke and e4uSed considerable de-
ay ana uasAsinesS lest work would be dependent
upon the very abooas gystan Of hauling he line BY
hand Upon consultation with tbs engineers I found
them ready and willing do al in tbe.r power % repair
the injury and accordingly days employed in
taking lie reel down and purng p again in good order
Br this time the wsalAsr which had hAsn uaiArarAhe
became ane sud efforts made sound With the small
line nom our bDAts with satisfactory results the
line parting repeatedly without briagng up sound
ngs Our ri being now in good order and hearts
being greatly relieved from sadness caused by failure
We r-aursncsd n the tedious task Of ieeo-seA
soundngs OuE first effort attended with great aur-
ie4y and Dol the vessel failed q rejoice whsa tie
sounding sppAratus returned amply agasea with The
specimens u tie bett Of The OCEAN
al intervals Of thirty forty srtv ana one hundred
miles ne sounded al attended wiki complete success bu,
Frequently involving many hours both night and dag
great slsDeass and aArd work. losing sometimes
rhree thousand fahOE Of line sounding apparatus and
all
The Great Plateau became apparent in the middle
Of the and fuel being considerably reduced,
determined the intervals hetgesn the positions
70 enable reach the of Ireland =ih eaongh
s0unaings 10 osmpsTe 8 line entirely This was
accomplished on the I'D August and arrived Tie haT-
boz u Queenstown with only aew bushels Of %
4 board
The temperatures taken hourly II the lrfac and
twenty Athons every four hOurz Attempts were made
70 obtain then AZ tie boris and ds-eat depths bat BE
results worthless owing arrangement q
The thsr0melRr that ahzndoned taxing bsr1 thsT
teEtsred ve-T much with the important object q
sounc -g and obtaining bottom. On OCCASION Jgo
we're at to lhs bottom veT- dep rsss- and .ndi
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