The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-09-03

The Atiaatie Telegraph.
tnNpoS, August II.

tnNpoS, August II.
Her Maisiys steamer Leopard arrived At
tnrismou,h on Friday evening. the lth
nst and reports tina, he Atlantic cs.h. WIS
lost at 3 O'Clock on Fausday morniog, lbc
lth iasl.. aslcr having paid ont successfully
ia nautical Aiisp Of tic caLs. ard lnat over
loo miles NJ u IA water over two miles
ndcpth. and The graA'ey part al this II Tho
rate Of rather mote ,hap five knots an hoar.
At The inc tho accident occurred there
was heayy swell uu The Niaram Nas
going At tiC rate 81 f,ey tents All hour. and
IS tho Eagiircr ;AuvEa' she Cable was run.
ming out n too great peopotson % the
speed II tie slip, he considered Il neceaasry
g. digoct the uIoaiss tu ss applied NOR tirin.
", whon, unfortunately ,ae tatle parted al
son,c distance from tlg stern Of lhe hip,
The AeunenmuD, y niagara ami Susqac-
hanna Az to nmaia sila,t ,lme where the
enhc Nv ed, ;o icy some eAl@f iag,nts 50 no
deep water OF that lurt OF The Atlantic, ttwo
thouanh hlhems.l which !, l. considered
will ht VI great value so the IcIeg aph Com
pany, AMI then al so 10 Plymouth England.
The Cyclops Na4 gent back with ,t'spaiel,.
oSto Valcntil,, aud Was lhen 10 Joia the
Leopard, at Portsmouth.
Although The upnr,unate aeeidNea vii
postpone the completion Of Ibis great an.
dcriakng ior si,of; tIinu, Tbs ssRall os tbs
experiments has isyn Go convince MI thps3
who Il, * part ia Il. cl tho entire praoliea-
piliiy u the enterprise iuf With soma
slight at .euttiots IN the paying out inar
chioc,y, there appears TO be lao grco, ditit
entity IN lay,ug down The cable and i has
been CLEARLY proven that you can Telegraph
successfully through twenty-five hundred
yaSvs'Gi Tsl-f,. fatTr"tr i,u osiatA,-ss;; ~ i;s;
ing i, down al tho rate Of Eve niles per
hoar 10 the creates, depth Of water Oh the
plateau betweeu lrcpsd aud Newfoundland.
TLe experience nnW obtained must be 81
grea, valae TO the Company, and Il IL an-
aeFe,oo,l Mat tbs directors viii decide
whether il 10 lts't 20 have more capie made
and Try again Immediately aiier the equi.
auctial gal,u aye over, er wait as,ll another
summer, 10 Iiyspou an impression pre-
vl.ils thai ano,hcf trial will take place IN
Oetobcr.
A lAyt,ppoI paptt rtpogs tlle asriva! of
the Niagara, susqaahanna and AgameHf
non at rlymotth, on Fri.hy, but doubtless
Z
il wac u mistake.
The following diss,s,,th from The London
I,mes Of the 9Th. gives bfict aecoun, Of
The cable
piyuu III, itth- Evening -~ The u. A.
steamship Negars aud Her Majesty sssraw
steamship Againeunon, entered ihe sound
,his =. NJ. on their return ifom their nnsoc
cessfdl attempt 10 lay the telegraph cable
Oh boprd The Niagara. They report that
at The tins Uf the severance tbs wind was
southcrly, there was soiae ssa, and the rcs.
sA was going from 2 20 las'ls, and The ~.
bic was playing nut from . - . sometimes
I knots. A. tbs quantity Of slack thus ca
pended aag greater than expected al start
Ing. and n,o,n than could In afforded. the
strain was therefore increased 10 a pr,s@arc
OF 800 pounds. aud the table broke
The estra expenditure Vt stock cosnmu,c
c1 on Mobaay evening. when strong
bfecsc anil heavy swell prevailed, and II
powerful under Current WIS experienced. ~
This current forced the wire from the ship
al - considerable angie when the break was
applied viii, i1crcasej power The stern
d The Niagara was down IN tise trough of
IA sea, ard the extra atrs,n created liy lcr
raising Was the immediate eauee ii the ca
ble breaking.
The general opinion Is that the season Ia
ton far advanced ior another cf0ft NOW
The Niagara IL considered too heavy Ior The
puTpose
II II s,at,d hat The wheels ceaasi tn te.
yply whu the pressure Was applied on
Tuesday morning
" ssui aeGg, August 70.
The following are 10 be Board 10 nc
cido upon moicls and plans fpr the steam
si0op 81 war: Commodore Stewart. Captain
P.ndcryri,.,. Conmsnder Iiartsiciu Naval
Constructors Grlcr ienthall ADD Hart,
Chid Engineers Gay, Atchibold aud reYeil,
Jliey meet nest Mondsg
learn that there has besn a very inter
cs,ing correspondence between several Now
England oiergy,acn ara l'respien' bncf'
aaan, Ou L Rasas affairs These ehitesra.
YstrJ rsi,l'tneo, portion o. The original
three thouaaph --d'sl'jng "a 3abble iiitle
more IN poiit'cs. wrDte 10 the President in
regard ~ lhc cDuyse Of isog. Waisrr II w
gad that the rply Of Hr. E1chanan y a
mastery paper, and our very proper 20
sepd 20 these nfddliug PGrons.