The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-09-17
The OCEAN Telegraph.

The full report II the Chief Engi ,eer III
charge of the work f laying the Atlanf, cable
discloses more part ;ularly the occasion of the
disaster. 1t appeal 3 that the enginee g staff
was completely wes' jed out by a stretch Of duty
too severe for theS- numbers, by the ornine
on which the cablf parted. Mr.. Brig 1t 1.-THE
Chief Engineer) ws5 personally in char .e, but
being obliged to attend to some dutiei in an
other part of the saip, left the paying ut ma
chine temporarily ia charge: of mocha tic who
had been engaged .on it from the con mence-
ment. A heavy swell had been rolling, some
time, and the practice, by which the cor. equent
dangerous strain, @r rather jerk, of tx ships
pitching, had been obviated, was to ,se the
brakes before everS rise of her stern, % as to
allow the cable to splay off more freeE, at that
moment. At othes times, powerful scessure
was kept on, to preyent the cable runnfsg away
with the current. On this occasion, Die man
in charge, from wsnt either Of under, tandine
or of presence of saind, turned the ha. d whee
of the brakes the wrong way, and pu on the
"dead nip" at thesery moment when ne cable
should have been flackened, to prepa.t for the
upward Jerk of the ships motion. TYs conse-
quence was that tie jerk broke tie cssle; and
but for this mans Incompetence, matter
easily guarded Inst for the future Il seems
probable that we Saonld now be in tel graphic
communication with Europe. 1t appe RS to be
universally conceked that the RESULT of this
experiment demosstrate, as fully as s.nything
short of actual success could do, the cractica.
bility Of laying the cable without an ',ccident.
1t is recommends, however, that son visible
minor defects in tse machinery-whit, is now
admitted to be admirably perfect in Cts main
design-be repaired, and that 400 mile. of cable
be added to the frmer supply. The cable is
found to be the right thing, after all ,e strict
ures that have BEEN expended on it.
Although the laying of the Atlantic. elegraph
cable will most Ikely be abandone, for the
present year, tl-s pecuniary result of the
the company. Tae India House, it under
stood, are negotiating for the purcl sse Of q
great part of the Gable, with the view Of its be-
ing Immediately Used for establishing com.
munication FROM Kurrachee or Be, nbay to
Bnssorah, on the Persian Gulf, d lance of
nearly thousans miles; and in case the offer
is accepted, the slea is said to be ee,er,aiped
that the wire should not be unco:led, but
should be carried at once, if an arr; .ngement
can be made fot the purpose, in tie vessels
hitherto employee, or, at all events, i, the Eng
lish one. Nc, br3skage or other cas0 Atty is ap.
| pretended id tie Persian Gulf, a; the line
! would for the 'mest part be laid thrs Ugh shall
low water. SinpstaHeously with this ,peration,
iahu teiegl hpS Wouid De constructed rom
Bussorah to eonstantinople, via the ,Suphrates
valley, and tt complete communication with
England wousd thus be established.
India. ar
The news Ircsn India which arrives by the
| Europa goes fas to confirm our wc,st appre
tensions. TIE English have sustais.d a rapid
succession OF, defeats and disasters, end at this
moment in t e Bengal Presidency arc rather ID
the condition tei sue for than to die, ate terms
| to the despis d Sepoys.
As already aGyised, Sir Hugh WI ,eler, who
was in comm. ana of Cawnpore, had ,een com
PEELED by fariinS to surrender to one of thu in
surgent leaders Nena Saheb, who tire ,cheronsl,
| murdered him and all his comratss, eScep
about hune retf, whom he retained d hostages
| Agra, cap tai of the province of hat mime
about one b, nc.ed and sixteen milo, sout) eas
of Delhi, wivh !, population of son hut dret
thousand, h,d Jso been taken, and he Bfitisl
forced to retire with severe loss o Officers.
Two native eegiments of Seal ,ete, sbou
seventy miles rom Tapjore, have lghted the
torch of insursection in the Purj, ID, thus di
minishing tae hope that the Cove, nnept pro
fessed to enter.siR of reinforcemer > reaching
Delhi by Way 4 the Indus.
If, as there /, now every reason % presume
the garrison al. Lucknow has also zuccumbed
its situation bling at last accounto quite dee