Delaware Democrat. (Wilmington, Del.) 1857-1858, 1857-09-05

The Atlantic Telegraph Cabfe--The Cable
Snapped by Desixn--Why~~xmpra
biiity OF the Proires.

From III. New York Commercial Advernscr.1
The Atlantic Telegraph csbie--The Cable
Snapped by Desixn--Why-~xnapra iea-
bufty ofthe ProJees.
The FIRST intinaton " the disaster Of breaking tha
teleBraphie rable was tiven in teaEraphit DIES
from faentia dated August 18th This operators there
having found all communications with the ls hat
suddenly cat on Instituted ries OF experiments which
al once told them with Singular accuracy not only the
nature q the acct tent but the distance from the coast
at which il oceurreu and the details the subslanc Of
Which has been published in the Commercial W, n.
subsequently, published In Liverpool paper oil tbs 18th
inai; portion Of the account we htre reproduce =
~. NJ y Leopard, Captain Wainwright, arrived at
Portsmouth on Friday evening 18th u August and re-
ports that the Atlantic telegraph cable was broken at
having paid successfully s5 putiea miles u cable
Inc last iOQ miles Of it IL water over two miles in
5e man np s H. knos ~ s a, me rate o rather
dent occurred there heavy swell on th. Niagara
gong az ine rate u tour knots per hour and thr
gineer inund that the cable was running Out IN Tao
great proportion TO the speed OF tic nhip he consider
90 II necessary 70 airet The brakes sppieI NOR
hrny. when unfortunately, 1t parted III some distanr
from the stern OF the ship. The Aganannon Niapara
anu SusquehannH are To remain n short time VIII ~ The
cable parted 10 ry some experiments 10 the deep water
OF that part 81 The sflnticf 2U01 fathomsl which II
y considered Will Dc nf great value to he TeleRraphe
Company, and then all 90 TO Plymouth
The other portions Of the article from which ,ba
above Is extracted comments unou the nubret mi
are only Important as supplying internal evidence
that the whole article was Written by agent or d.
rertar Of the company equally Interested
IN the success Of the enterprise Viewed in The lisht
Of this very evident fact the words we have itnrised
should be carefully weighed. II will be seen IN HE
assigned ofihc accident is the engineers apnli
cation Of the breuks. 1.-THE engineer found that In.
cable was running onl IN too greet proportion the
speed OF the ship, and he considered H." &c We sus.
peel that this statement does not tell the whole of the
uh is not very probable that at any time within
the nrsi three hundred and fy miles or the trim the
regulation Of the spsed Of either ship or cable would
BE- len 20 the sole responsibility Of THE engineer" aud
u IS still less probable that such would be the cas-,
when the ship had entered upon the perour mart
OF the experiment. the deepest part ofthe ocean where
everything would depend upon the utmost cure aud
waiehluness. No one can suppose for moment that
everything would then be left 10 the unalded
and sole responsibility Of the engineer y without
casting reflection upon nil who were entrusted " III
the important and hazardous enterprise THE idea l.
prcpostcrous The account is evidently sided aud
partial
Examining what Ia told IN the isht of eou,non
serse il Is toleraby certain that brake was applied
alter consultation, for the purpose OF swapping the ca
oe anu that thit was htecsssary In order savethe
remainder 1.-THE cable was going at 100 great snend
in proportion to that Of the ship" The ship was eoinr
At the rate Of only four hour Will. the cable
was coursing oil the coil reel the rate Of "more
than five knots OF course II is To be supposed Thai
duciion Of the ships speed had first been tried as
remedy FOR this running away Of the cable and tri ID
IN vain aud the alternative Of breaking th cable WINS
adopted as last resort the plain English and undis
euised truth probably being that strong cross under
ocean current running OH with the cable al The
rate OF hve or sir knots an hour. This view Of the
say rs by the sct that in going the last
ntty-hEe mlcs one hundred miles OF the cable were
erpended-run out.
eesdes il was OMEN announced that every provision
han been made TO render the breaking the cable
no very serious Buoys were to be attached al
certain distances thai the end Of eable could h
recovered and reunion aftht strands effected There
must nave b'rn therefore grayer causes for the abSn
Comment o. ths enterprise than the simple parting Of
inc 1ablc mat per with the preparations
anu eohtritHncss made and adopted in view of thar
anticipated contingency would not have induced gem
ueiei so energetic and committed she enterprise
70 apanunn u IN despair and 10 home It'll the
sAha o. nature stamped upon them. The fact almost
certainly Is that became clear &c ali the rentsnen
engaged IN the expedition fat the great part Of The
eAne would ave been ran away with By the current
wen hah the vessels remained stationary, and that
without some material change of pans all hope Of the
cNne ashng 10 anything rear hs end OF the "trip was
gwen up even fthe cable could be deposited at an