The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-20

the appear only as fresh as when they entered
Upon but are ~ vi sorous AND much interested as
they we're shareholders in the company The day di
vded into watches OF -four hours and there are about
hts men on each watch they required 10 work only
sN houre out OF the tweot' four -,
visit 10 The when all aands engaged In pack
ing the cable, ami when II coming down "a ougn tne
hath into the CIRCLE OF circus that prepared ,os Tvs re-
cepou is full Of in crest To make your way success
fully into that part Of the ship Is no easy TASK ana not
acquainted with the ropes one must expec, 70 receive
many a knock In the head or legs, by running foul Of
plarks or chains or rDgbo, and twenty other things
the names Of which kno~n only 70 the initiated.
self in the lower hold Of the vessel, looking
over the little wooden wall that bounds the
circus and keeps keeps the 10. outer part Of the coil
st right be sohdided tar with rising In the
tire Ike miniature representation of mountain peak
Thirty men, with backened hands, blackened feet and
clothes, that are rapidly changing to deep mourning
COLOR are standing In circle about half way between this
same cone and the outer edge Of the coil There
who s constantly walking round this circle with
what of the eteady Jog trot spead or old mill horse
and who In his revolutions, out the cable to each
man as be passes him. he just gives him Sufficient for
his share for II he give him foot the
amount required the separate coils would be unevenly
Laid great delay would be caused by having to 70 over
the work again If be walks fast therefore, he obliged
to pay out in proportion to his rate of speed but both
waking and ing out nicely proportional in this
mistakes.
This the sim pie precess coIng the csble-the
mechanical part of the work, and nothing can be
more duh or monotonous-or stupidy unnteresting II
has, however socia aspect which would be unjust TO
overlook The thirty operatives who cit around the cone,
sometimes inches, and ut other times twelve thir
teen feet from It. moi automatans but men, and
good Jolly OF fellows they are, with the ready joke,
the quick reEaree budgets bursting with yarns and rid
dlee and ccnundruDs, and Joe Mlerisms, mixed up With
of mother wit that ndiv
dual woud mmoraze him forever in the annals of the CO
mic and humorous There Is one who stands high IN
pue the particular watch to which he belongs and
whee fame has spread 10 such an extent among the other
watches that they would raise subsc pon to buy his
time for their especial He is prince Of
good elowsa regular Jack Tar-well stocked With yarns
70 a! leave even me inventive powers OF Auncnausen
OF meat-provided 1t be good one, which makes
all tthe difference in the world 80 far as the accu
racy OF the comparison Is regarded. Bot with all
their jokes and riddles AMI yarns and oonundrums they
do rot negZt their work, for while in their merriest
mood the cable is packed gay with much rapidy
silent a congregation ut prayer meeting. They Gail
themselves the telegraph watch and Ia with no little
Feeling Of pride they regard their position golfers The
superintendent sho s placed to that they do
not neglect their work and who in that little box out
side of the circle has occasion to display his authority
for they willing and active, and 80 quick and
so eaTuet too that there is really necessity for bis
pervision. He may and then throw in word by
way OF showing that he Is In his box but his occasional
requests celebrations to the men 10 abe lively now"
entirely they both active and lively,
and he knows ii as well as a man ever knew any thing
with which he was thoroughly acquainted. He has HIS
part TO PERFORM however, aud when he tells them about
ooce every half hour the thing that he has been
telling u EN- since the first yard Of the cable
taken board they know that after all is only matter
Of form, and no insinuaon hint that they al
teoaing ueir WORK Ibey KNOW 700, tnat ne Is st
good fellow any OF their number, and that
he enjoys joke well those inside the circle. After
all the cuness and monotoDy Of the work. there dul-
ness about the workmp aud the time passes rapidly
with them that they someti mes astonshed when
fresh telegraph watch" comes 10 their relief
Grea. operations being made for the celebration of
the sh and the captain and all the officers have been In
vited to dine with the American residents in Ii yerpoo
The of the Niagara here the work in which
she engaged will give zest TO the celebration that will
sgnaize among ali the national festivals that have
been cet braied In this country.
ANAL md Can m liant Nnptb i'm
Todd Lieut. Kennon, DR.. Wash ngton, Mr.. John Hudson
aud slant Engineers Messrs Moore and McEwe
the Manchester exhibition OF Art Treasures
placed the right OF the Queen and royal family They
were treated with marked courtesy and attention. and
regarded with particular interest by the immense
crowd OF spectators.