The Washington union., 1857-08-19

the small engine board which is connected with them
the sheaves and gearing worked with great facility and
precision and quietly that at short distance nom
them their motion could scarcely be heard.
The strength Of the gders which carry the bearing OF
the entire apparatus and which to the eye OF person
unskled in the practical working of this description OF
machinery seem at first to be unduy ponderous was
found TO contribute greatly to the easy motion and salts
factory seadness of this most important agent IN the
success of the undertaking.
So soon as the Agamemnon had passed the track of the
Submarine Compan cable between Dover and Calais, In
order to avoid the possibility of It's being injured by the
laying hauling of another line at night angles TO IT,
the experiments commenced A l5nch shell was at
ached to the end of spare coil of the Atlantic cable,
for the purpose of sinking it rapidly with strain Upon
il to the bottom and then cast into the ra drawing
after it sufficient quantity of slack TO enable it to take
hold of the ground and set tic machinery in motion
The paying out ther commenced at the rate of two,
three, and four Knots an hour respectively The ship
then stopped and the cable hauled up from the
bottom OF the with great facility, by connecting the
small engine to the driving pnon geared 10 the sheayes
When the end was brought up to the surface it was
found that the shell had broken away from the loop, by
which had been fastened for the purpose of lowering It,
The cable, when recovered, was found to have been
cleaned bright the specimens which have been 80
freely distributed among the friends of the enterprise
and which SO generally known
The exterior coating of tar had been completely rub
bed off by being drawn through the sandy bottom of the
sea- and attached to the iron coating of the cable
weeds and several small crabs which came up with
it to the surface
On the following day length of cable out and
hauled in with perfect opposite the Isle of Wight
attached to an anchor.
The speed was increased in this case to five knots.
! During the afternoon of the same day length was
out having fastened to the end Of 1t log of timber
and after having been towed with mile and half Of
cable was coilcd In again with success.
On Wednesday, about halfway between the Lands
End and the coast of Ireland another length run out
ut the rate of six and half knots per hour and subse
quently hauled in. The Agamemnon then steered for
Cork, and reached Queenstown haroor at A o'clock
Thursday morning. all board being more than ever
satisfied at the success of the enterprise.
Some hghly-successful experiments were also at the
time performed with electrical log invented by
Mr. Charles Bright for the purpose OF continuously
tanning with accuracy the rate at which the ships sail
ing, and thereby of enabling him to give corresponding
directions to the rate of paying the cable to pre-
vent the possibility of any unnecessary strain being put
upon it, The log is suspended in the from the ship
quarter by line carrying within it wire insulated by
guta percha which is in connexion with battery and
electromagnetic contained within indicating instrument
deck This is arranged that at each revolution of
the wheel below electric current Is broken and by the
DETECTION of magnet which forms part of the circuit
step by step is communicated to register,
which indicates the distance and rate made by the
vessel
August 1.-The electrical experiments through the At
lantc cable will be completed to-day The signals have
passed through the 25o0 miles in the most satisfactory
manner. The expedition will sail for Valencia Mon
day at the latest.
rlnor having been circulated that at the approaching
tes on the 18th of August the capture of the Maako
to be represented, the Russian ambassador waited
the government for the purpose of taking exception to
the arrangement when he told that it in
tended to represent such captuethe chosen subject for
representation being the conquest of Kabylia.
The departure of the Emperor and Empress for Osborne
had been fixed for the 5th of August 1t said that
they would only be accompanied by Count Walewsk the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Gen. Rollin.
In consequence of information derived from the ndi-
viduals ordered for trial charge of having consped
to assssnate the Emperor eight Italian refugees of the
working class have been ordered to quit France.
M. Andouille, director of the general movement of
funds at the ministry of finance had been appointed sub
governor of the Bank of France, vice M. Venes re-
signed.
Letters from France say that the silk harvest there
crop.
The new wheat was proving of excellent quality and
bulk and realized one to two francs hecotre upon
old
A good early vintage is expected.
The discovery of another comet is announced by Mr..
Den of the Imperial Observatory Paris, and at the
time by another astronomer at Gotha.
PORTUGAL
Considerable sensation had been created by the dis
covery of extensive frauds in the wine trade Govern
ment had seized large quantity of mistine, brought
from England to Oporto and intended to be taken back
veritabe port VINE About three thousand pipes of
these msnes which comprise bad alcohol molasses and
the essence of tar said to be now in London
A fire broke out at Tarita on the 18th july and
still raging on the ZUth having spread over immense
district of agricultural country, consuming vast quanti-
ties of standing grain, country houses, barns, Sc
AUSTRIA.
The Emperor of Austria had oiciaed at the Inaugural
ton of the Trieste railway, which unites the Adratic
the North sea-
CoNsTANTNoPLE, Aug. 2,--The French ambassador,
failing to obtain the setting aside of the Modavian cleo
tons, suspended relations with the Porte Thursday
last and prepared to leave Constannople To prevent
+ that step the Sultan changed his ministers.
PERSIA
REFUSAL PERSIAN GOVERNMENT TO EvACUATE
HERATWe have good to believe that the intei-
gence of Indian troubles has reached Herat and Te
heran and has had the effect there that might be expect
ed The Indian papers mention that information has
been received at Buhre that the Persian commandant
Heat had refused to evacuatc that place acknowledge
the treaty. y.--Spdh Elder & Co.'S Honaarard Mal
The Globe believes that authentic statement of the
refusal of the Perans evacuae Herat has been re-
ceiyed from any trustworthy quarter
There is nothing later from India but further news
was looked for at any moment by the Australian mail
steamer, via Ceylon o.
Ii is stated that the India Company have made re-
QUESTION upon the government for 900 additional troops
with the view of strengthening the forces Madras and
Bombay, which have been weakened by draughts for
Bengal.
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