The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-25
THE CABLE IN EUROPE.

THE CABLE IN EUROPE.
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DsspaAehes frem Vsleusla-O enanunSostAsn
Whtn NewfsuadIand-G' ashlc 0ep0rt ~
the Cruise 81 the ARame mnsa-LnnclsnG sue
Isish lind 81 tne Cable rhs News sent Es-
pseAalIy % Qucen vsssssAa nc Casrboasg-
Scientific speoulatisns The sessk m EAg-
land. &c., &c., nc.
Our es by the Anglo saxsn contain the lssesi reports
from England eoncevnDg the wsrEps Of the Atlantic tee
r Dh cable u the Irish station, with notices Of he pro-
ssss Of The joyous feeling which pervsdsd ihe public
mind Great Batain the sScsrssful achievements Of
lay ing The wire.
Surgeon M,nsnsd, R N, furnishes highly interesting
detail Of the trip the AsausmDon when Performance
Of her portion Of the great WORT which Than u Gay
me fsveYsh anxiety ~ 70 nnal which pre-
vailed board the Niagara, experienced b. every
person In the AsamsmpOu.
Queens messenger took the ne 70 Victoria ct Cher
beu's, and snnounced to her Majority and Napoleon
= trey a. sa.Qus'ns on soa'd shs French ship Of
TIE LATEST DssPAruHEs FROM vALEsrA.
(vslenta (Aug g. despssch) 70 Daoln FfeepaAs Jour
The signals stl oostiDus 70 be psrfsssly made ssssh
any event q importance tahs place viii I'm neAiAssly
telegraph The facs 70 you.
Iron the London Post, Aug. Of
The following message bee beeo recelvei by telegraph
at the ofRoes Of the Atlantic Telegraph Conpasy:-
Merchandising continues TO send 10 sasp signals - d.
rectSd until their irsnuTens for speaking can be gol
ready Communication has thus been 1, This nOdr MAN.
tanned regularly.
From the London Star (Ci,y A r,icIe) Aug 81
Tho following despach Was received u The offices Of me
company yesterday morning
Newfoundland su answers votaic currents only; not
beng ready, apparently, 70 con mup icate otherwise
VAIsrT1A, August 10 A. NJ
NewSuupdand has comu,eDced toe use and adjustment
Of their epeoAl insxuments for speskrg
Last right q Il:i6 p We received coil currents
from them At the rate Of forty per minute psr ec,y Rhes
seIdbg usual letters for adjustment OF instru-
mepts, and have received from them tue words IRE
peat, pleaae," and "pease send for present."
spet FULL they have also SEMI the sigssl for "repeat
VIII aa %S e'
distinctly
forward by this post the slip Of signals 6s. .rausmi.
tod and received scoss The Atlantic by the compAnys In
me speed at which the letters come on. seems faster
han those as Ksyham and currents are apparently a.
strong
rHB AGAMMNoN LAYING uKh END OF THE CABLE
No qe,.td account OF the 70! age OF the AZ
having yet aOpeued, the folio ing letter medi
cal officer board Of her during operation OF lay
ing the cable, will be read With interest,"
A the task proceeded the excemsnt Of those engaged
would have caused aooher failure the engineer ia chief
watched the progress Of things with perse which
can scaroe DO Appreciated by any one not present II
sccioert had taken plsre would BE- enYreparsp e
spce there not sufficient supply Of cable 70 make
anoaher atsempt possible Perhaps the knowledge
Of ,hs acs mat rendered every hand employed in paying
out the line additionally cautious,
h obvious from the Communication OF Mr. Mansfield,
which b extracted from the Cork Er1min'r. shat Mr.
Bright and the crew OF the Agamemoon deserve the hgn
est pSaee for The zeal, amounting 70 eothusasm, with
which they performed their srduous duties
In point Of fact the fol,o.ins letter Is history IN
peruseo with Aaension:-
HW S. vAIoRous, vAIEyrIA, Aususs 8, 1863
Sn-Beipg, think the only officer connected with the
ships ths expedon who may feel interest In your
local paper bsstsp 70 send you hurried sketch ofns
our last and successful aemps lay down the Atlantic
telegraph, in company with Der Majesty steamship Aga
mennop Being The nrst ntlmssbon Of the trio you pro
baby have reesved nay nOs DO devoid Of interest %
fore many days, have more minute Information on the
subject
eaxy part Of So nrosy, nth July ult
We (vaoroos( reached the rendezvous, lat 81 deg
min M ss 81 Go e:s AMIN :n1 w. On the s,n .a m
26th, ooh and 2sth respectively rhe Niagara havisg
sailed from Cork bsrbor on The evening Of the day
Our boats having conveyed The end Of csole from
Niagara % Aeameunoc early on 29sh was splcei and
lovse INTO The "depsss Of ocean" q 6 tobssrv nms),
The ships steauine apart 81 1.25Ph.
w& found on bard AsausmDoo that II vss neoss-
sap 70 stop isk N order 70 dninsh q much =
Was Alowed 10 run easily out In safety.
An announcement had been made 70 the effect that
run on, from bosh The Niagara and Agamemnou We we're
al 70 return 70 rendezvous And Intense aoxety
accordingly felt - the critical tune was approaching
That hosever was passed 10 The comfort OF A when
215P the aoth, the Asamemnon Suaed that her
allotted portion had been PAID oot In saesy-a similar
suit being obtained ~ 30 n. In Niagara
Hitherto nothing could have been grst,fypg than
The calm stsse Of the and weather and we're
sa.s o. sSoCsss 70 high sssrss vhsn towards evening
midnight II ble~ half . gale from IS e very heavy
swell setting up, and causing violent pitching molten 70
the chip.
Great fears were ensrtaped for tue safety Of the cable
oil night. but In tho morning was SIN secure, having
brayely withstocd heavy strain rns strain Continued
until 90 August when u commenced 70 diminish add 10
be lees fet a. the wind shifted 70 w. on the day be-
fore, and vas noe favorable.
We passed from the deep Unto the shos water, e.,
from 177b faihoms Of soupdioss into $50 fsthons at
p. n on the "a lost lat 81 deg min N, Ion. l6 deg
min a. and g noon ys,ss ,'s
Last plight nj nine O'Clock, being lees than forty miles
Ell We left the Agamemnoo proceeding ~ 70 make the
anchored after daylight, the Asamenncn coming up nj
ak O'Clock tbig morning.
We sschared in Doslu. Bay, outside vsleous hsreOr
ard The cable lsnded by our bosie uaasr the CON-
mand OF Lieutenant Richmond Moore (senor Ieutensnt Of
Der Msiestys thip yAiorous), ut Write strand Bay OF
Dou usB Boy, IN the forenoon, smlts, the greetings snd
welcomes OF all who assembled 10 reoeivs H. There
we're not however, very msny present, ~ our arrival
could not, Of course, have been anticipated.
Thus, the end OF an unparalleled undertaking has .
last heen attained after many combat with storm ID
ses spd bard struggling against apparently iosarmounta
pays the greatest expenditure Of energy IN ia achieve
ment
rhe cable has boon laid down At tho .es.ou recon-
menced By Lieutenant Naury Ii D. though the res,ner
nj The end OF June, when the last attempts made,
v0 decidedly the most favorable, and evidently you'd
have succeeded had there not been mechanical defects In
the cable itself
wrh regard the per cenAse Of cable laid the
distance gope-the greatest amount &sf5 n this
vas only occasion during the hesvy swell the
sist Of July, In 29o fa'homs seundings and win half
gale from SIS The general average has been about 80.
the ontrc distance The speed OF the ags
nemDon has been knots never sxoseding e1. wbils,
the greatest rate a. which the cable paid Itself out
knots; the least wss knots PER hour
The greatest angle that the cable boon observed 10
mahe with the wafer. 2es-the least IA deg 80 min aud
the strain which The cable exceeded s0lbs
never was less than 1,oollos, bong nversely me
angle, and not In direct ratio.
These quickly put down from some hurried notes.
not yet arranged, believe TO be mainly correct; but
should you find any slight difference between them and
those which viii be duly and officially published and
sequenty with mere mnutcncss, you will, aur-sure,
kinoly mako allowance.
Hereby the simple act OF mar are hemsphe bound
toeether-tbe Old World materially united 70 the
New, and this communion e6tcscd through the extre
ordinary medium Of slender thread laid beneath the all