Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-10-10
ARRIVAL OF THE SONORA.
Brea,,ins of the Ocean Telegraph Cable

537 passengers, The following summary Of At
lantic news we take from the Sacramento Union
BY the following extracts of official reports
il will h. seen that the Atlantic Telegraph cable
part d when 33j miles had becu paid out.
After leaving Valencia on the evening of the
7th August, the paying out of the cable from the
Niagara progressed most satisfactorily, until i'm
mcdiately before the mishap.
At the junction between the shore and the
smaller cable, about eight miles from the starting
point, II was necessary to stop to renew the
splice. This was successfully effected, and the
end Of the heavier cable lowered by hawser un-
til it reached the bottom huoys being attached at
u short distance apart to mark the place of union.
by noon Of the Sth, we had paid out forty miles
of cable. including the heavy shore end. Up to
=, Nj ON that day, the egress of the cable had
been sufficiently retarded by the power necessary
10 keep the machinery in notion Mt rate lit
tie faster than the speed OF the ship; but as the
water deepencd, il was necessary to place some
further restraint upon ii by applying pressure to
the friction drums connecting with the paying
out sheaves, and this was gradually and cautious
" increased, from time to time, rs the speed Of
the cable compared with that Of the vessel, and
the depth Of the souudings showed to be requisite.
l}y midnight, eighty five miles had been safely
laid the depth Of water being then little more
than two hundred fathoms.
At o'clock A. NJ. of the 9th. we had finished
the deck coil in the after part of the ship, having
paid out 100 miles. The change to the coil be-
tween decks forward was safely made,
by noon we had laid one hundred and thirty
six miles Of cable, the depth of water having in
creased to four huudrcd and ten futhoms In the
evening the speed of the vessel was increased TO
five knots per hour | had previously kept down
the rate ut from three to four knots for the small
cable, aud two for the heavy and next the shore,
wishing to get the men aud machinery well ut
work prior TO attaining the speed which had
anticipated making. ly midnight one hundred
and cighty-nine miles had been laid.
At4P NJ, 10th, the depth of water began to
increase rapidly, from $50 fathoms 10 1850, in a
distance o. ciiIef. Ysp.ts
/ Up to this time, seven hundred weight strain
/ su0ced to keep the rate of the cable near enough
to that Of the ship, but as the water deepcned the
prUpOrtionatc speed Of the cable advanced and IL
was necessary to augment the pressure by de-
grccs, until IN the depth at 100 iathoms the iu'
dicator showed astrain of 1900 weight, while the
cable and ship were running five and a half and
five knots, respectively.
At noon, on the 10th. we had paid out 255
miles Of cable, the vessel having made 251 miles
from shore. At this time we experienced an in
crtasiug swell, followed later in the day by q
strong breeze. From this period, having reached
1000 hthoms water 1t was found necessary to
increase the strain to one ton by which the strain
Of the cable was maintained in the same proper
tlon to that Of the ship At 6 +. Nj. some difficult
ty arose through the cabo getting out Of the
/ shcHves Of the paying machine, owing to the tar
and pitch hardening ia the grooves, and splice
Of large dimensions passing over them. This was
reclilicd by liking additional guards and so(tening
the tar with OIL
1t was necessary TO bring up the ship, holding
the cable by shoppers, until it was again properly
disposed around the pulleys Some Importance
is due TO his event, us showing that it is possible
to lay to In deep water without continuing to pay
ont the cable, point upon which doubts have
been frequently expressed. Shortly after this
the speed Of the cable gained considerably upon
that OF the ship, and up to O'Clock, while the
rate of the latter was about three knots by tho
log the cable was running out from five and q
half to Eve aud three quarter knots per hour
The strain was then raised to % cwt., but tho
wind and sea increasing, and current at tho
same tme carrying the cable at an angle from
the direct line of the ships course, it was not
found sufficient to check the cable, which at mid
night was making two and half knots above tho
speed Of the ship and sometimes impcriling the
safe uncoiling in the hold. The retarding force
was therefore increased At o'clock, to an amount
equal to 80 cwt and then again in consequence
Of the speed continuing to be more than II would
have been prudent to permit ut 80 cwt by this,
the rate Of the cable brought to little short
Of five knots at which it continued steadily until
o'clock 25 minutes, when it parted the length
paid out at that time being 33j miles.
The claim Of Mrs. Cunningham to the estate Of
Dr. Buldell has been decided against her. By
the Surro3ate's decision, the clear title was de-
Clceu TO lne bOOu iclhllNth OIL tHe HHIucTeu HhH
on the ground that Mrs, Cunningham was never
married to him She remains in the New York
Tombs awaiting trial for the bogus baby business.
Mortimer Livingston, very eminent merchant
Of New York, died at staten Island.
Rev Rufus Griswold, the author, is dead.
Gen. Scott aud Con. Jcssup have decided that
the Utah military expedite shalt proceed to its
destinations
Dr. Forney, of Pennsylvania, has accepted tha
post Of Superin tendeut Of Indian Affairs in u tab
Ten companies Of soldiers have been ordered
to Kansas to replace those ordered to Utah.
Great excitement existed in Burlington VI. on
account Of the seduction of young girl, fifteen
years Of age, by the Rev. Wm. II. Sutherland.
The steamer Illinois, with about 600 California
passengers arrived at New lork on the Sd Of
September aud was detained at Quarantine
Some Ia sick persons were landed from her. a
portion OF them were sick when they left Aspin-
wall, and others were attacked after the steamer
sailed from Havana, where she put in after her
unfortunate grounding on Colorado reef
Quite Il nancal panic had existed in New
York for several days previous to the sailing of
the steamer, in consequence of few stupendous
failures, which have resulted in producing nuner-
Gus cases OF bankruptcy on smaller scale.
The Ohio Life and Trust Company led off with
u failure Of seven millions then followed the
suspension of several bankers, merchants, &c
California State rs, rs, were selling at o.
The President had received letter rom Proi.
''llAlA4@u anu ulutIsi lllCluuluS scNNA"i
Divinity, objecting to the employment by hlm OF
the United States military forces to execute the
so-caed laws of Kansas, and assuring him that
they would not cease praying that he might have
the proper course of duty pointed out to him, or
something to that effect.
To this letter the President has replied, briefly
but pointcdly by denying their premises, ques-
tioning their knowledge Of those laws, and after
acknowledging their validity, he calmly assures
them that by the help of God, he will enforce
them in accordance with his oath of office
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