The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-18
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

TIE ATLANTIC TxL1aRARH.
v~oI~~~~>o>o~oo~SU>~~n
ne SquadEoa On Its Wsy-Gatsrsseang -.
peslmsats N Laying ths Gable ~ g.
Agsmsanon-Usws Hourly Dxpsctsds
Ihe sxsnsiou OF The whole world now nxsd upoa tAs
moveeeas Of Chat small combined ness Of Amssaa 90
Eagihh VA steAmsrs charged with AyAg down Ne ~
anuc Telegraph cable wh;sh this moment, de0hs,
steaming towards Shores and depannng In ths bed
the ocean thai myueoas ohAn which destined 10 ON
vey thought from hemisphere to hsmlsphers ains ~
rapidly - he brain oan conceive H.
Al half past six O'Clock thu evening OF Monday, III
ID inst, the sqUadron-every ship OF which VIZ b~
nsemo able for IL tme-oonsissing q avs magniddsas
steames, N nelly, the American ships Niagara and Sss
quehsnna, and the BfuIh shps Agememnon oiops MI
Leonard, steamed Qua Of the beautiful haxbor u CORK
towards Valencia bay, there to make fAst ths end u s
cabie which 70 connect tbs swo worlds. They were
peetsd to leave Valencia the &ta but ys No han
ntsligence or their departure.
Tho steamer Columbia, belonging to the! Cs,ns dns,
whoh arrived ., this port yesterday morning, len Nvsr
pool On Wednesday, the s;h inst. 81 O'Clock 10 the sr
noon, and up 70 thai ums 10 news x sha
uovsn,ents Of the squadron after II lsft Cork had
beea received. The southera coast Of Ireland from TIE
Old Head Of Knda,e To Dnsis BAy-a point Little 10 the
north OF vaenoa-s marked by projecting hssdlAads md
Shoals which compel besse or largo tonnage kssp w
clear or he land that probably required
.wsrs aoan 10 mako tho voyage from Cork 70 yasnsA
Then would take hours 70 the csbls "a
connecting point on tho coast We learn from Capsais
Berry, Of the Columbia that he made Cape Gear In tv-
~ three hours rom verpool, reaching thai po,ns -
O'Clock A. II. OF ths 9Th, d which time tina wind wA
blowing strong from the westwsrd-ASout west no<shw0
so strong that he THINKS The officers OF the sqaa&r1
would not venture 70 pus 70 sea With the cable.
must be remarked thu, In westerly winds The vsvN
OF the Atlantic beat In VIII .eAendous force sas Ws-
coas Of Ireland Firm uAs time until ssturiay No.
the 18th inst Capt. Be,y had SIR head wind and Q
rough Ill the way. the wind varying from aorA.
west TO ives. southwest euch weather rather wpro-
pnous for laying tho cable and 10 to be hoped thsk ne
feet did NOT stAr 81 the appointed time. Indssa,
II 10 mos, probable that they did not, sr -
there . teesrapao communication - Ear Kiussssy.
leaving only few bours staging convey the news fsa
Valencia % that pHht almost certain TIA, inssgoaoa
Of their sailing would have reached Liverpool bsfoee ~
Ooiun bis leit, had thai event taken place.
The Lord Lieutenant Of ireland and stat had ArvsA =
Kuarpsy on the third Of August therwayso v.asna,
10 waess ss starns Of the squadron. While the vssss
Ry In Cork harbor the Mayor, the High Sheriff and
vera other dsntaes Of that city Invited the directors 81
The Telegraph Company to . banquet Nothing 70
have been left updouo TO render this the mos Impaas
event OF the nineteenth cehufy - imposn8 As podno4e
The entire control and responsibility OF laying ms Gable
committed to Mr.. Charles iston Bright Engineer In esf
Of hs Atlantic Telegraph Company, who 10 beard ~
Agame mnou, together with Mr.. f. W. Cooke, the ns~s
Epsnsh marine painter VINO deputsd 10 sketch the nav
incidents OF the voyage Mr.. Bright occupied ,hs TIM
during the trip Of the Agamemnon from 0resnvs0A -
Cork WITH experiences testing the appliances Tor deposit
ing the cable In the ocean, BY means Of the small snSna
which move them Tho most perfect success stasndsA
these trials
When tho AEamemnon had passed the track OF The Sab
marine Companys cable between Dover and CAan, n
order avoid the possibility Of IT, being Injured By -
laying hauling up OF another line at right angles 70 u,
the experiments oenmsnosd. thlrssu-isch sAsa w.
attached 10 the end Of spare coil Of the Atlantic cAbs
for the purpose OF sinking rapidly With strain upoa
70 the bottam, thsn cast into the sea- Aawtng
After guoscisnt quantity OF slack enable - sahs
hold OF he ground and set The machinery Ia moon.
Tho paying out then commenced n Inc rate Of two thrss
and four knots hour respectively The ship shsa
stopeed and the cable hauled up the bottom Il
tho with great facility, BY connecting the su sssas
to tho ting pinlon geared to the sheavs
when tho END was brought up TO the surface u ~
found that the shell had broken away from the oop By
which had been fastened for the purpose OF lowering n
The cable found 10 be quite bright from the frcua-
The exterior coating OF tar had been completely rubbed
or by bong drawn through the sandy bottom OF The 49,
and attached the Iron ceAlng OF the caos sons
weeds and several small crabs which came up with Va
the surface.
On the following day length OF cable 0ui ana
hauled In with perfect opposite the Isle Of wigss
attached TO puchos The speed increased In ths
TO i've knos During the afternoon or the day
length oui, having fastened to tho end Of Ne
log Of timber and After having been iowed villa mile
and half OF cable was cooled in again with suoosu.
4
ireland another length out 81 the OF ssd
half knots per hour and subsequently, hauled In n
Assmemnoa then s,essed for Cork, al board hng s
taaa -rg satisfod a, he success # u 1supris.
Some highly successful experiments, appears, were -
the time performed with electrical LOO iuveoSsA
By Mr.. Bright for tho purpose Of continuously ascsras-
rg with accuracy ths rate II which the ships ssunG
and thereby Of enabling him TO give corresponding drs~
tons the rate Of PAL the cable prevssA ~
possibility OF any Unnecessary strain being put upsa H.
Ii was done 10 this way Tho log suspeuded 10 Inc
from the ships quarter by line, Carrying within wire
Insulated by suia perchs, which vas, In connection WIN
battery and electro magnet, o,ataipsd within ipd1-
eating insuumen, on deck. This arranged tAss -
each rsvouion Of the wheel below electric ourrs.a
broken, and BY the defecslou o. Magnet which fas1s
par, Of the circuit sssp by aep movement vas comma
nIcaled register which indicated the distance ran 81
the ras made By The vsseL
10 far everything looked fall Tor successful coupsssa
Of the undertaking All the electrical experiments vsss
completed The LIST OF This month; and up 10 thai tine
signals had PANIED twesy ave hundred miles Ne
most tsfactoy and In Lee than second Of uus
Az the Collins and Canard lines have both Agreed In,
their shan keep on The track u the p,aieas
where tho cable 10 10 he, viii very probably Ave
some important Information to the movements AZ ~
squadron by the Arabia, nearly due this port sss
Ian IIxerpool on The sih and ousht az course haxs