Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-09-03
From the New York Herald, 2lst.
THE EVENT OF THE AGE.
THE ATLANTIC CABLE.

THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
7ciegrdphte Un,on of the Old and .Ne,o
Worlds The First Gable euer CONSTRUCTED
The Taegrdph,c Squadron Sketches Of
the Sarans and Officers Engaged in the
Enterprise. = Successful Experiments in
Laying ofthe Gable The Whole T1Ve,rty-
.fue Hundred Miles Of the Great Sea Line
, Tested with the most Satisfactory Resuh--
Signals Passed through The Entire Length
in Half a Second Of Time The fast E.
iectrie Spark from Queen FictOria 10 Pres
sident Bachanan--Tfe Effects of the Sue
cess oftFe Submarine Telegraph.
The Telegraph squadrOn-the Niagara,
Agamennon, Susqhehana, Leopard aud
Cyelops-took their departure from Valen-
tia Bay for Newfoundland on Wednesday
afternoon the 9th inst, the Niagara lead
ing with the first half of the great cable
r. The shore end of the cable was landed that
afternoon from the Mipgara, and secured
in its proper place BY Lord Carlisle, the
Lieuenant of Ireland, when the fleet imme5
diatey stood out of the bay. =
The following is cogstct list,9f.th sight
steam vessels employed3in cotnsctionEwith
the laying down of the Gable; II
/. The US. steam frigats llsgnfa, Capt.
Hudson, 10 lay the half of tie cali from
Ireland. ! M III
2. The US. steam frigate Sqsaueliahha,
Capt. Satds, to attend upon thefSiagg"rasg
8. The U. s. steamer Arctic, Capt
Bergman, 10 make further soundings On
the coast of Newfoundland.
4, The Telegraph Company's stssiaer
Victoria Capt. sluyler, to assist in Land
ing the cable at Newfoundland,
5. II. M. steamer Agamemnon, Capt.
Noddall, TO lay the half Of The cable on the
American side.
6. Fl. M. steamer Leopard, Capt. VAIN
right, to attend upon the Agnmemnon.
7. H. M. steamer Cyclops, Capt. Day
man, to 60 ahead Of the steamers and keep
the course.
s. THE steamer Advice, Capt. Raymond,
to assist in landing the cable at Valenia.
The United States frigate Niagara left
Liverpool on Monday, the 9th of July,and
arrived, IN the harbor of Cork off Queens
town, on the 29th. She left Queenstown,
on the Sd inst, for Vaentie, whence she
sailed with her consorts on the 5th inst, for
Newfoundland She had been two months
and half in England, during which she lay
th1ss. weeks in the Thames, where she
esids. to anchor opposite Gruvesend, on the
ffthEof May, having sailed from New York
onthe 24th OF the proceeding month. She
left the Thames on the 9TH Of June, reached
Portsmouth on the following morning, and
after undergoing the necessary alterations
in the government dockyard, which took
fortnight. altogether 10 complete, she star
ted for Liverpool on the goth, and moored
in the Sloyne, about four miles from the
cable factory at Birkenhead, on the 22i Of
June. 1t may be we'll here to recount
briefly the circumstances connected with
her movements, from the date OF her arri-
val in the Thames up TO the present time
to orefresh the minds Of our readers upon the
important points Of the enterprise.
1t will be remembered that for some time
it was Undecided whether. the Niagara
should take the cable, and rumors were cir
oulated that she was adapted to the work tC
which she had been appointed by the gov.
ernment Of the U. States; but it was founC
afterwards that there was not only suAic
lent room, but more than was required fag
the purpose, and that the carrying csFacit,
of the vessel was fully equal TO the tssksf'
had been assigned in the enterprise. This
however, was not the only difficulty, ol
seeming difficulty, which appeared to be il
the way Of immediate commencement of th'
undertaking.. Through some misunder
standing, or rather accident, the Niagara re
ceiyed instructions before her departure
from New York to proceed 10 Greenwich
instead of Birkenhead, where we were in
formed our half of the cable was made and
was ready is be taken on board. Then af
ter il had been settled that she was to 60 Il
Birkenhead, the vessel had TO undergo SOM
alterations to fit her for the reception Of he
portion Of the great sea line, and as Ports
mouth was the only place where this work
.,uId be performed satisfactorily, it was de