The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-25
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the laying of the FIRST cable across the Gulf Of S. lawrence

the laying OF the FIRST cable across the Gulf OF 81 IAwreDce
which have been laid in European waters
To form tho core or conductor the erteut OF copper
required timer the length OF tho wnoie eane,
II 500 miles, and II TO this DO added the eighteen
strands OF iron wire which s used pIote ;ton or
outer covering OF the cable, and each OF which consist
Of seven miles we have grand total of 332 900 miles
The manufacture OF this cable has given employment
TO some 800 men, and its total cont Is estimated a.
about one million hundred and hfty thousand
dollars According 10 the con'ra-t entered into with the
telegraph company, the work was TO be finished by the
Goth of june a. was supposed that would require a hat
time to accomplish IL But The expedition with which IL
was conducted gave the contractors large margin Ia
their favor The remaining half OF the cable little over
hundred miles OF which has yet 10 be made IN the
tablifhment Of Aessrs. Glass Eot Co., al Greenwich,
win be completed within three weeks at the very latest
As the portion which has been manufactured can be put
board the Agamemnon at the shipment Of will
not interfere with the making the hundred aud odd miles
which necessary to complete hi, half BY the time
you shall have received THIS between three and hun
drea miles Of will have been lied that vessel, and
own ship Will be taking on board at the rate Of two
hundred and fty miles n week. This is the calculation
which made but is thought that they win be
enabled to all coed in -four weeks from the time
the operation is commenced The company anly
using their utmost endcavor to expedite the work. and
from what has been done at this port in the way Of
pairing ship for the caSle there il every reason to
suppose that will not be deaned nere more IMAM SIX
seven daye al the fartbest
Tbose who were on the Niagara before she left New
York last April would be astopished at OF the
changes undergone within the last two or three
days The ocers wardroom has been broken uto tnree
Of their staerooDs each side Of sken down. ana the
deck completely removed The open space which extandcd
outside OF This apartment, away beyond inc seefages
called 'be country" among the saors but the barrier
once removed tho officers wariroom may now properly
be said part of the rural Districts and the whole
will enjoy all the pleasures OF rusticaton Tor the
three months They have sacrificed whatever
convenences they had to the Of the enterprise
have cheeriuy abanoo ned their berths for hammock
turned out Of their satero0ms that there might be
sufacien, space for the coing of the cable, which
ia spread a large tract OF "the country"
The moment the carpenters and other workmen made
o n NM
whose quarters invaded which, on a small scale,
might not inapy be compared to the frs OF May in New
York Iooknggiasses entrusted to the hands or
careful walters and slowed away places of safety little
libraries down from their shelves above the berhs
and packed in trunks for the time being then followed
OF the civilian, the cooked hats of the officers in
three cornered japanncd boxes, all by themselves and
the othc citizens with aud without boxes the three
or dozen shirts and the five six dozen coiias,he
abundant article OF dress in the wardrobecArried
az carefully the ouretched OF the walters If
they were many born babies; India rubber over
COATS India rubber overas and India rubber boots form
ing mpervious against the rain combs brushes
ra7ors bookacks, hat brushes, pin cushions needles
scissors and all the other great and little things with
out when domestic establishment can be carried
on either on ship or ashore Various coniIvances were
the ngenoy which has been exhibited under the crcum
stances would astonsh lapdsman Here s little cor
which was set apart for water ar but which has
been converted into OF dressing chamber The jar
has been removed and In t5 stead basin stand erected
| while upon q little hook above hangs towel, and the
whole three cornered is enclosed by curtain
formed Of canvas behind which lis possessor performs
his morning sblu0ps and arraBgcs his toilet The oil
pet furnished by Uncle SANS agents (and ts very poor
AFFAIR." taken up yesterday the bukhesds torn down
and The s,ancbeons win share the same late but in
their stead will be placed strong iron braces, arches,
support the immense beams which extend under the spar
deck, from side 10 side OF the vessel in some places
while the saterooms have been torn down just enough
Of berhs been left 10 allow the occupant 70 lie
upon side, making Il absolutely necessary for him
to get up altogether before he turn on the other
bu, after all the inconvenience and annoyance which al
tend these alterations, there Is novelty in the change
which gives OF attraction. The carpenters make
tremendous when nj work. and the confused sount
of hammcrng saving and fling Is anything but pleasant
but II is nothing compared TO good strong patriotic de
mocrsic meeting in the Park, Oh excited, bcigs
| rent and pugilsiic crowd in Tammaay Hall
| To hasten departure for Liverpool all the men wh
can work ship been employed, and two gani
been engaged within tho past three davs night M
day. There is nothing very inviting or attractive 10 re-
der longer stay in this duh and stupid place dcsrabi
and will not be the fault OF those the Niagara II 81
detained here longer than IL absolutely necessary