The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-09-02


TO which IL sunk have presented obstacles to its
telegmphic working until the final disaster occurred
messages flashed with the most perfect along
$500 miles length of WIRE portion of which sub
merged to the depth of very nearly two miles In the
Another point relates to the rate at which the
cable he paid out IL has been conclusively proved
that there Is obstacle TO laying it down al ae rate Of noe
miles per hour ia the greatest depth Of iater that ess, The
proposed le Of sibnaest0 betoa ayd and Newfoundland
The principal defect appears to be In the paying out
gear, the machinery by which the cable Is delivered
from the ship deck into the Another difficulty
to DO overcome in sinking cable of such length to
depth geata difficulty which has probably been
fully demonstrated by the results Of this experiment than
Il could have been by previous calculatons the great
force of the under-cturent While the direct Of
the Niagara only about $50 miles the expenditure Of
cable about 3sO-a difference which PRIOR could
scarcely have been calculated upon In the next venture
every circumstance OF this kind will be taken fully into
calculation the mechanism for passing the cable into the
water will doubt receive all those improvements of
which 1t is susceptible, and If the time be fortunately
chosen to three weeks of favorable weather Ia
circumstance by means imnlaeria there be no
reason whatever for despairng Of ultimate success.
The London Star says
The real Of accident to the Atlantic cable appears
to have arisen from of skill the part of the
man in charge Of the brake. There two
board the Niagara who had charge of the brakes in turn
under the superintendent of Mr. Bright, the engineer
The first and best biakesman had retired from his task
and the man who succeeded him did not sufficiently
count for the pitching of the vessel and putting the
''dead nip on and when the stern of the Niagara
In the trough Of the the suddenness of the reco
broke the cable. 1t is thought that in any future
experiments relays of brakesmen will be necessary,
to avoid the chance of their being overworked be-
coming exhausted 1t Ii estimated that the outside loss
the company will sustain in consequence Of the failure
viii be f25O00. The experiment. an experiment has
given general satisfaction 1t Is fully expected that at
least one-half of the 1886 miles in the Atlantic will
be recovered All that is within 400 athoms will be got
up but that part in deep at TOO fathoms will in
all probability not be recovered it is considered that
the strain put by the friction of the water will be
greater than the cable in the deep could bear This
cable WILL it is understood be forthwith hauled up
THE xurIxIEs IN INDIA.
The following correspondence appears in the London
Times
BOMBAY July l2.-The British forces in India are in a
pecarous position every day in consequence of the
extension of the dsafeced spirit to number of regi-
ments hitherto passive, and the concentration of muffin
troops two three important points Delhi, the
only British arsenal of magnitude in Central India being
in the hands of the rebels General Barnard has been
placed under the obvious disadvantage of fighting against
well provided enemy with short and inadequate sup
plies of ammunition The siege train which he took with
him from Philour furnished with limited quantity
of shot and SHE'LL and strange to relate,
panied by arlerymen enough to work the guns It was
found necessary, at the latest moments to draught
number of gunners from the various stations of Lahore
Ferozepore Ioodanah and other places with the pain
full certainty that lives precious cannot for the present
be replaced in Of loss by wounds sickness The
necessity for economizing ammunition has not been con-
fined to the artillery but extends to that of small arms
now also likely to short. The enemy, aware no
doubt Of these DEFICIENCIES have haassed the beseging
force by daily salles, knowing that when repused
they infictng incomparably greater injury upon
us than we can do to them. Nor is this the only
danger under which we labor at Delhi The regiments
which mutnied at distance have reached the ground
in the vicinity Of the city in large numbers and taking
up positions in rear they render still unsafe
position already full Of dangers To meet the ex
haustion of numbers by DEATH have now at |
Delhi little nothing to fall back upon, after the juno
ton of the Punjaub forces and wing of the Bombay
European flsiliers which marched from Mooan to La
horc on the ed Of June All that is known respecting
reinforcements to General Barnard that wing of her
Msesys 6lst foot left Ferozepore the 18th of june
Loodianah the 18th, Umbaa on the 23d, and have
doubtless arrived at Delhi by this time that the LIST
Punjanb irregular cavalry 500 sabres under Col Hughes
left Ferozepore for Delhi the 26th that Brgadier
Chamberlain now acting adjutant general of the army
had passed Kurnaul with his force and reached the
of operations the Gath that further reinorcemens
had passed through Umbala that the LIST Panjaub in
fantry had reached Kurnaul that the Kumaon battalion
from Rawul Pndec had started for Lahore which it |
might expect to reach the 4 of July that the 4th
regiment of Tnniaub infantry which left Bunnoo for La
hore the 26th May, had reached Atock the 10th
of June and that wing of the 18th irregular cayaly
Joined by wing Of the 9th irregular cavalry, had left
Lahore for Delhi, the latter reaching Umbala the
25th On the other hand, the movable column under
Brgader General Nicholson, at Philour, paralyzed
by the disarmament of the 33d and 35h native infantry
on the Gath of June whilst another movable column |
under General Van Cortlandt was busy in pursuit of
corps of mutneers through the sandy deserts Of the
Bkaneer Rajahs territory
Whilst our European army is thus likely to be but |
eebly reinforced from the northward and circumstances
at present render aid from the southwark impossible the
mutneers gained considerable of strength
from all quarters They have despatched letters in every
possible direction calling their brother sepoys to aid
them.
When next write hope to tell you of the fall Of Del
hi spoke Just of the resources of the mutineers
Gnd from excellent authority, that they have been
firing 24-poundes for every 18-pounder of They
have the largest arsenal in India, 200 900 pounds of
powder millions Of percussion caps and hundreds
Of thousands of rounds of ammunition Their practice
has been good ours If not better We have been
very short Of artierymen One day party Of the 9th
anccr attacked and took of the enemy guns
worked them for the rest of the day. bringing them into
the camp in the evening amid loud and well deserved
cheers.
PARIS, August IA private letter from Calcutta
from French source, dated the 4th of July mentions
that the opinion entertained there that the siege ope
rations against Delhi would lie longer than supposed
that General Barnard army barely sufced to maintain
its position that 1t had repused several sores, but
not strong enough to intercept the communication of the
city with the exterior The bcsiegcd receiving
focements and had raised works. which they Ind arm
ed and which must be taken before the preaching batter
les lie erected Though the English force is numeri-
caly weak the writer nothing could be better han
died than 1t Is by General Barnard but that the enemy
could not be prevented from fortifyng themselves He
also adds that doubt whatever is entertained that Del
hi will be taken by the English but repeats his opinion
that the siege will be longer than at first supposed