San Andreas independent., 1857-10-10
BY Magnetic Telegraph.
TO THE SAN JOAQUIN REPUBLICAN.
ARRIVAL OF THE
MAIL STEAMSHIP SONORA

MAIL STEAMSHIP SONORA.
tive WEEKS LATER ERow
ATLANTIC STATES AND EUnopr
San FRANCISCO, Oct. liz
The Pacific Mail Steamship Sonora hos
just arrived.
List of Passengers.
Capt VIM l. Dali, lady, infant, and servant
Capt Klrkham, sister and servant. Iient !
| G Ives p Taylor, g Booker, A C Peacbv n,
Merritt, Mrs Stanly, daughter and servant 8
Corbin, j Wheaton, j r Rollingson. Cant
Kingston, Mrs Sommerdyke and infant r r
Woodward, lady and servant, Mrs G w Donald
A Cumberson. Mrs E w Taylor and child
Mrs Metzema, w HI Benchly A M Peterson
and lady, G NJ Gardner, wife and children Mrs
F A Spooner and child, + Wood and wife
Mrs jackson and daughter, D Il Moore. I
Conithou and lady, G w Hathaway and sis
ter. n. O Riley, j Marion, K Mclaughlin T
M Clark, Mrs III Woodruff, Miller. j Gala
han and lady, J E P Spillman, Nj Bixbv and
lady, j Regina, lady and 2 children, Mrs J
Wass. child and servt, Mrs johnson and 2
children, S B Scboonmaker Mrs Whipple.
Rev NJ Corwin, lady and children Rev Mr.
Grenell, Mrs Scott and lady, Mrs Lubec, Capt
Farris Mrs S L Kennedy, S w Fisher Mr.
Carroll, Miss N Ostasky j B Romero, d S
Gardner, DR. w B Stillman. Mr. NJ Hogan.
L f Meyer Miss G Banera, Manuel Sesquera,
III Jolly and lady, M Rosenberg, H S Dyk-
man and lady, Mrs r Hunter and infant, Mrs
r Morgan and infant, Blum, Mrs L Garrlck,
Miss TRAILING, S A Larbox, Bishop, j G
4. la, oJ ~
B Robinson, Mrs A Pinkham and daughter,
Mrs Hutchinson, Frank Lemon. 3 Dusenbury,
f j Farnsworth, d Nj Farnsworth, Mrs De
Ray j Babcock, L Older and !, N Archibald
T. n Buner, Mrs E Booth Mrs Short and 3
children, G III Willoby and sister, A Ramels-
berry, Mrs Wadnigham, Miss Buckley, G Blar-
ke and brother, Mrs G Barkie, L Hayward
d Cook, j Thacker, j Gentan and lady, j
Bird, Mrs Gardner, A Griggs, G Shall,
w III McMinnie, J Maxfed G B Brett, n
Mangley, A J Langley, S Langley, f Langley
Mrs M White, j Hasey and sister, Mrs KEN
BILE and three children, w G Bailey, IL Woods,
) De LaGuerre, Miss Lupp, Mrs Carragher
and infant, w Sellick, w Forbes, n Fiddler
and vile, j r FELTON,, lady and 3 children, Miss
b Carter, Miss a Garter, Miss Katy Boynton
JOS W Wirsen, Ii A Hays and lady, w B
Clapp, Mrs Featherby and 3 children, Mr.
Ackeman and wife, w L Watkins. 325 9TH
ers In the steerage.
Memoranda.
The Mail Steamer Sonora, R. III. Whiting,
Commander, sailed from Panama. Sept. 18th
at A. NJ, with U. S. mails, passengers and
freight, brought to Aspinwal per steamship
Star of the West, from New York and New
Orleans on the 9th inst. and arrived off the
Heads at l P. NJ. this day, 3 days, 4 hours
from Panama. There has been but little rain
on the lthmus, and unusually healthy. Rail-
road 10 fine condition; passengers crossed at
Panama without detention. Left in port U.
). sloops-owar John Adams and Decatur, u.
). frigate Wabash, and Ii. b. NJ line-of battle
ship Brunswick were at Aspinwall. The crews
OF all these vessels were in good health.
Inc Sonora brings 537 passengers, all well
but little sickness on board during the pass
age. Also, 300 bags U. S. mail, and $50
packages merchandise, on freight. On the
ZOth, at $50 P. NJ, passed the Company s
steamer California, bound down, in hat. loo
"a n, long. $50 so w. Arrived at Aca-
pulco on the 23d, at Pm. Received coal
and supplies, and at | A. NJ. on the 24th pro-
ceeded to Manzanillo, where we arrived on the
10Th at $50 P. NJ. There being no treasure.
were detained but short time. During the
passage, experienced mostly calm and pleasant
weather
Parting of the Atlantic Telegraph Gable.
By the following extracts of official reports.
you will see that the Atlantic telegraph cable
parted, when 335 miles had been paid out
After leaving Valencia on the evening of the
9TH Aug. the paying out Of the cable from the
Niagara, progressed most satisfactorily until
Immediately before the mishap at the junction
between the shore and the smallest cable
about eight miles from the starting point it
was necessary to stop to renew the splice.
This was successfully effected, and the end of
the heavier cable lowered by hawser, until it
reached the bottom-the buoys being attached
but short distance apart, to mark the place
of union. By noon of the Sth we had paid
out 40 miles OF cable, including the heavy
shore end.
Up to four o'clock P. NJ. on that dav. the
egress of the cable had been sufficiently retard
ed by the power necessary to keep the machi-
merry in motion at a rate a little faster than the
speed of the ship, but as the water deepened,
upon it, by applying pressure to the friction
drums in connection with the paying out
sheaves, and this was gradually and cautiously
measured from time to time as the speed of the
cable compared with that of the vessel, and
the departments of soundings showed to be
requisite.
BY midnight, S5 miles had been safely laid.
the depth OF water being then little more
than 200 fathoms. AT O'Clock in the morn
ing, we had finished the deck coil in the after
part of the ship, having paid out 12O miles.
The change to the coil between decks was
safely made. By noon we had paid out l36
miles of cable, aud the depth of water having
increased to 4lO fathoms, in the evening the
speed OF the vessel was raised to five knots per
hour.
| had previously kept down the rate at from
three to four knots for the small cable, and two
Tor the heavy end, next the shore, wishing to
get the men and machinery we'll at work
prior to attaining the speed which had anti
clpated making. Bv midn;gbt 100 ro;los bod