The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-07-02

THE SUBMARINE CABLE.

The Lcndon Times Of June 6, saws: "Snce
our last notice of this great undertaking, with
the exception of short interval of 10 hours lasl
Monday and Tuesday, the work has advanced
incessantly day and night. The strand, sclos
ing, and Serving machines, which revolve will,
be heard even TO the centre of the river, have
done their work well, and spun an additional
500 miles Of cable. Nearly 900 miles are now
completed, aud at least 200 would have been
ready could the wire drawers have supplied wire
rs fast as the machines consume it. But That,
unfortunately, has not been the case for the daiy
consumption of the wire has been greater than
all the wire-drnwers Of England could furnish
and the consequence is, that less is ready for
shipment than was wished or anticipated. The
making of the two shore ends of the cable is well
advanced. Those portions-namely, for 10 miles
from the NEWFOUNDLAND and Is miles from the
Irish shores, are being manufactured Of immense
length, i'll order 10 resist the action of the waves
over rocks, and dangers from vessels, anchors,
&C. They are made of IL No. wires, forming
cable of ! inches in diameter, and weighing
about 6 tons to the mile. The size of the wires
used in these ends gradually diminishe as deep
water is reached, 30 that it tapers down where
ii joins to the diameter of the main portion of the
eable. These No. wires are welded on to No.
Z, which, i'll turn, are joined to No. and so on,
us shallow water and liability to accident are de.
creased. At these ends the gutta perchn and
sewing Of creased and tarred hemp are also
made proportionally thicker, to lessen the chance
Of accident from Compression of the out side
spiral iron casing
"Ihe manufacture of the centre portion of the
cable has also been begun. In order to avoid
risk from the first strain of starting, about five
or six miles Of the centre will be made of the
strongest steel wire. In place Of twisted strands
lS solid wires of steel, 80 that this part of the
telegraph will, it is asserted, bear strain of l2
tons with safety or nearly twice the amount of
dead strain that is likely to come upon it al the
first outset
THE preparations for shipping the cable are
nearly hnlshed, and the operation for trasferring
the ponderous coils from the Factory to the
hoId OF the Agamemnon will commence on
tuesday or Wednesday next Workmen from
tfe dry docks are now engaged in laying down
moorings for the Agamemnon, which will arrive
oil G!asse and Elliot's tomorrow, Saturday.
morning No less than ten anchors have been
nxed 10 secure her from motion while this impor.
tant work is going forword. From the factory
TO the side of the ship 10 barges will be moored
stem and stern, aud along these the cable will be
slowly wound by l2 horse power engine. It
VIII be slowed away in tho hold in one tremen
dous coil 45 feet in diameter and nearly IL feet
h'gh No vessel better suited than tho Aga
memnon for this purpose could he found in The
navy" 49, ''''
1'y@enee OF Literary Idste.-To young
man away from home, friendless and forlorn in q
great city. the hours of peril are those between
sun set aud bed time; for the moon and stars see
more evil in a single hour than the sun in bis
whole days circuit. The poets visions of eve.
ming are oil composed of tender and soothing i'm.
ages. It brings the wonderer home, the child to
his mothers arms the OK TO his stall and the
weary laborer to his rest. But TO the rentla.
hearted youth who is thrown upon tho rochss Of
a pitiless city, and "stands homeless amid
ttousand homes" the approach of evening brings
with it an aching sense Of loneliness and desola.
tion' which comes down upon the spirit like
darkness upon the earth In this mood, his
best impulses become q snarc to him, and he
s led astray because he b social affee-
tionate, sympathetic and warm -harted. Ifthere
be young man thus circumstanced within the
sound Of my voice, let me say 10 him that booke
are the friends of the friendless, and that = II.
b'ary ts home to the homeless. A tsste for
reading viii carry you to converse with men via
will instruct you BY their wisdom and charm yo6
by th cir wit--who viii so9tha you when yoitv.
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