The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-22

brought by the Arabia is the announcement tba,
tue heet containing the cable for the Trans Allan
Tic telegraph has sailed from yelentia ireland. N,
New foundland, and at which port the first xesse,
expected to arrive In 20 days from the 9th ins,
- therefore matter of great probability tina,
On inursday night next we will receive a messaer
Va "ichinohd dated the same day in London. 4
oanaue. was given on Tuesday night to the ON
'i' vessels OF the expedition by the tel
graph company at which the Lord Iieutenar,
ireland was present. The Dublin Freemaso,
journal gives account of the having of a.,
pe. e " 'no e'-
! LAYING THE CABLE
| AT an early hour on Wednesday p,o,,,
arues proceeded to visit the American atsa
Sate Niagara: which lay at anchor II, the hari,
turing the night, and were most cnrr., harp
| '-ived and shown round the several nas.o
| hagnbcent vessel by its officers thont ~. ~
| Iva DIS h4ceiiency, accompanied by the Knigb
u MY ana the members Of the Knights famil,
| Trlved on board, and were received hn Co. M
| aon' ana mad an opportunity. during their stav
"itnessing the operation of the machinery arrap
cd on deck Tor paying out the cable This mach
cry ~ beautifully contrived and ia 40 arranged IN.
| by the mere reversal of its action the cable ma,
| be paid out or hauled in--the advantage of viii
| Is too obvious to be detailed 1t has attached to
simple and powerful check lever by which tn,
attendant can regulate the rapidity with which I'll
cable is paid out with the greatest nicety or sto,
1t altogether by decreasing increasing the fric
| tion in the cable ON the rollers Two dial indie,
tors, placed in juxtaposition, show to the man il
charge OF this check the rate at which the cable
paying out and very simple contrivance ena
bles him SO TO regulate the latter as that boil
| should correspond. Great admiration was %
pressed of the arrangement and perfection wit
which it worked, by many of the scientific peutIe
| men who examined it during the day
| Shortly after one O'Clock boat well mann
from the American vessel. was let down. and OIL
of the paddle box boats of the Leopard, with creu
| INN Atofa tx~ ,Iar
| Niagara. when the operation of paving out tn
shore end of the cable commenced. His excellenc,
had just before dsembarked in order to be at ii,
place of landing in time to receive the cable on il
| iepg brought on shore. The proper compliment
having been coiled in the boat. second pafdlebo,
| boat belonging to the same vessel took her plac.
which in turn was succeeded by boat from tn,
susquehanna. After the Susquehanns there cam,
up a large steamtug, the Willing Mind, on tn,
deck of which about much of the cable was cole,
as was placed in the other three boats. may ad,
that the register index of the machinery Indicate
to the yard the quantity coiled into each boat an.
~ the boats were successfully laden they were con
nected with strong tow ropes, and the Admirat,
steam vessel, the Advice, steamed up to tow then
in. The boats were at this time thus arranged =
The Advice taking the lead having on board MI
Raymond, master cOmmandant; Dr. Stevenson
~; Mr.. Pickering, of Liverpool, and Mr.. Logic. o
Glasgow, Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Com
psny; Mr. job of Liverpool, who was lately mem
ber OF the Newfoundland government, and who re
presented the colony on the OCCASION the ATTORNEY
General and the President of the Council not bein,
able to attend; Valentine 0Brien 0Conner one O.
the directors, and Mr.. Edward Bisht, Secretary
the Magnetic Telegraph Company Mr. william
lisughton, director of the Great Southern and
Western Railway: Professor Morse, of New York
Mr.. S. Morse, of the New York Observer; Mr. IIbt.
ry, OF the Great Southern and Western Railway
MIR. John Mutually. of the New York Herald Com.
mander Chads, of the Hogue; DR.. Gray, Mr. Jane,
Mahony. Consul for Paraguay; Lieut.. Thompson
n, who had the superintendence of all the Eng
ish boats engaged in the work; and Lieut. BOYD
1.-THE Niagara. The Advice let on steam and slowly
towed on the boats, which arranged in the fol
| lowing order: The American boats manned with
rowers, the two boats of the Leopard the Susque
hannas boat and the Willing Mind, laden with the
cable.
Immediately on the Advice getting into motion
the Willing Mind began to pay out the cable ano
the convoy thus proceeded until the portion of TIL,
cable coiled on her deck. about mile in length
was laid in the bay. At this moment the scene was
most animated and interesting. large uumbcr
Of boats and private yachts covered the BAY tn,
waters of which were as smooth mirror, the
weather having perfectly cleared up about four
o'clock. Several of the boats belonging to the shpe
engaged in the proceeding with officers on board
ranged at regulated intervals rowed on each side
directing the operations and watching the paving
ont. The Willing Mind having paid off her portion
of the cable now came round to the 'front.' the
becoming shallower. and took the place of the Ad
vice, which had, all through headed the expedi
tiOn. Lieutenant Thompson, who had been til,
party to plant the teut on the shore at the point
| where the connection with the land wires was to
| be made took the several gentlemen liav,
named from board the Advice and conveyed
them in of the boats of the Leopard to the land
ing, where were assembled at the moment his TX
cellency the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Kussborough.
| Mr. T. Howard, the Knight of Kerry, Lord Dunr,
ven. Mr.. Cyrus Field and large company. The
bench crowded with numbers of people from:
Cahirciveen and the adjoining neighborhood. III
succession several of the ships boats arrived anu
about o'clock the Willing Mind dropped off thu
hann hall a
| American cared boats took her place Immediately
| in front of which was gig belonging to the Mag
ara, containing the following officers of that
sci: Commander Pennock, Lieutenant W. d. Whi-
| ting Lieutenant Guest, Lieutenant Wells, Mr. III
dridge Purser, and Mr.. Charles Bright, engineer
in-chef, to the Atlantic Telegraph Company.
In few minutes the foremost boat touched
ground, and the American sailors, headed by ther
officers and aided by the of the Susquehanna
and Leopard, sprang some on shore and others in
the water, and seiZng the end of the cable rushed
up with it upon the beach. Here they were met
| by the Lord Lieutenant, to whom the cable
handed by Commander PennOck and Lieutenant
Whiting. His Excellency seized the rope and pulled
Justify at it for some minutes, not stopping until II
had been carried considerable distance up the
shore. Several of the gentlemen present, indeed
nearly all of them, also assisted in pulling il up
being eager to take part in great work. The
rope was then deposited III channel which hati
been dug for that purpose. and its extremity
brought into tent where the batteries fixed.
His Excellency congratulated Commander pennock
on the success which had attended the commence
ment of the great work, to which the gallant Off
Ger replied trust that in the course of twenty
days We will be able TO announce the consumma
ton of the marriage" Protestant clergyman
| one of his Excellency's chaplans, then read
appropriate prayer The Lord Lieutenant delivered
| a speech. MIR. Cyrus Field, the protector of the
Atlantic Telegraph Company, was then called upon
He said - have words to express the feelings
which fill my heart tonight 1t beats with love
and affection for every man, woman and child who
hears | however hat II
ever at the other side of the waters before
any of you shall present yourselves at my door
and say that you took hand or part, even by an APP
proving smile, in our work here to-day, you shall
have trne American welcome. (Cheers) can
not bind myself to more, and shall merely say
what God has Joined together, let no man put asun
der" fLoud cheers)
His Excellency returned by special tran leaving
Killarney at quarter to o'clock, and arriving in
| Dublin o few minutes after z.
| SAILING OF THE SQUADRON.
KILLARNEY, August 6-The Lord Lieutenant and
large party left here for Dublin at $50 this morn
ing, and will reach Dublin about ] O'Clock. Last
night the shore end of the cable was handed TO his
| Excellency on the mainland, near Valentia and
laid satisfactorily. and the ships Immediately sail
ed for Newfoundland, all as we'll as could be desir
ed
THE LATEST DISPATCH.
| LIVERPOOL, Aug. S--A letter from Velenta, da-
| ted August B. says: The machinery for paying out
the cable works perfectly, and we can telegraph
through the Wn0ie caDie WITHOUT Tue least uliCui
ty. We expect to arrive at Newtoundlandin about
twenty days after leaving this place.
We annex correct list Of the eight steam
sells employed in connection with the laying down
of the cables
1.-The U. S. steam frigate Niagara, Captain
Hudson, to lay the half of the cable from Ire
| land.
| 2.-The U. s. steam frigate Susquehanna, Capt.
| Sands, to attend upon the Niagara.
3.-The U. s. steamer Arctic, Capt BerrymaE to
make further soundings on the Coast OF New
foundland.
All NJ steamer Victoria, Capt. sluyter to as
| sist In landing the cable at Newfoundland.
| b-H NJ steamer Agamemnon, Captain Nod