New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-19
THE OCEAN TELEGRAPH
ARRIVAL OF TIE
STEAM FRIGATE NIAGARA,
Cyrus W. Field at Home.
HOW THE CABLE WAS LAD,
Mr.. FIELDS JOURNAL COMPLETE.
DETAILS OF THE ENTERPRISE
ITS TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS
RECEPTION OF THE NIAGARA
ITS TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS
RECEPTION OF TIE NIAGARA
NEW-YORK JUBILANT.
BROOKLYN ABCAZE.
GRAND OVATION TO CAPTAIN HuDssR
One Hundred Thousand Spectator

The non-agrival of tie Niagara at this port an
rearly six days abserce from st. Johns. Mp
had excited many fears IS to her safety. Bu, a
Tuesday afterfoen, the Saxcnia reported that al.
passed her under sail at o'clock the prsv,us d.v
about three hundred miles ea.t Of SaMg HooI
All sppret en,ops of her safety at oucs csssed.
This announcement led the officers Of Ae Ca.
toms, the Quarantine officers, and reporters Of In
TRIBUNE at Staten Island, to report her arivaS
Sandy Hook yesterday morning. AT an early Au
the telescope waS brought into requisitiou, N
about o'clock, as the fog lifted, threensst.
steamer was seen looming up behind the point \
Corey Island. She was pronounced 10 bs tAs M.
ssara by many, but doubts were raied q h hw
identity, because Of her appearing to have IN,
smoke.stscks, the impression being thsttls y4
ara had but ore. At the same time the Nwas
Telegraph on the bluff at Fort RiclmsM
gave the sigral Of steamer in the ofiiug. II M
soon apparent that che lay at auchor, which sa.
fiIped the belief that she wM the NSsn waiting
for high water. As the numbers Of the people d,
creased about the ferry landing, the fnsats,
arrival was announced, and hundreds OF eye
esgeIy ecanned the horizon TO recognize in th
faintest spsck visible at distance Of twenty mls
the vessel which had been instrumental In hs
achievement Of 90 great triumph Of human eassf'
prise. But if any doubts remained OF the identity
of the steamer, they were removed about u O'Clock
by the arrival at Guarantee OF the ssssn4V
Achilles, with Mr.. Field and Mr. Eversk Eagi.
neer Of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, oaSsea,
Mr.. Field having chartered the tug to bring 6n
up. Awaiting himself of Mr.. Fields invitation, NJ
Of our reporters came up with him on the tug b
the city.
Mr.. Field reported that the steam frgste Nasm
passed Fire Island Light at 2 o'clock that morass
and Sandy Hook at o. m., coming to anchor until
high water. She was detained BY foss and % H.
adequate supply of b.d coal. AT Ga m, Mr.
Field left her in the steamtug Achilles TO come 10
town. He was accompanied by Mr.. Matthew d.
Field, w. E. Everett, Engineer; Ne. Woodhouss
Engineer; Baron BOye, aud Purser Eldridgs. T~
Niagara, he said, would be up about O'Clock n@
afternoon.
Mr.. Field is looking well, although nearly Won
out by the toll and excitement which he hM undsf
gone. No doubt be will be overwhelmed WI
oyations aud congratulations, but he long @
quiet ard repose. We hope that to- lay, dIax
in accordance with bis desire, he msy be vo~ed
to enjoy the society Of bis family uudsturbed no
has been absent now from them FOR eight mona1
On his arrival at the Whitehall wharf, nsW.
soon became known, and an eager crowd pro-
toward the carrisge to look at the man whose nsa.
and fame have now be 20 ne " familiar ss houseasA
" Words He drove of as soon as possible, r'.fs
Ing home about . O'Clock, and immediately spp'S'
himself to the completion of his journal, for ns'F
mission to the Telegraph Directors in London
HOW THE CABLE WAS LAID.
Mr.. Field describes the feeling which Per'aa"
sll on board the Niagara while the cshe
being laid, as ose Of the NEST intense ex'itemsA
Every man e1erted himself to the utmo"
achieve success in the work. Throughocs "'
six and q half days the most perfe:t silence S'
attention pervaded the meD, lest a single Nv
ment Of negligence should destroy tho cs'"'
On the irst day after the paying out began Hw
fourd that the cable was being paved out sts ~
which, in proportion TO the distance run, wooH'
have Dictated the enterprise. Ihu Va
owing 70 the fact that the cable on the Niagara
caused 90 much local attraction M to seroaa
.erange the compares, rendering II imp'~"
10 steer the ship. Next day, Commander Ds5pS
Of the Gorson being apprised Of the TACT, .
ahead of the Niagara, steering in tho IN )st dIsH
cour,e for Trinity Bay. This be continued Ds
day and night until they arrived, never lssfH
the deck except for few moments, aud verdjH
bis position BY repeated observations Of tAss'
moon and stars.
When hls arduOus tack WAS accomplstsd'
eyes were swollen and sufFus.3 with hlod fO'
oDg loss Of sleep, aud be was almost fso''''''
from tie immense fatigue wb;oi he hM rsdefe0~
Without his assistance the cable would have "
exhausted long before the Niagara reacssA i''a,
to his agency, therefore, sSe success e'':hs "'"
ment is laJgely Indebted. a
On Wednesday morans August y 81 go. ..
land appeared to the n. W. abou. $ mhss 1.
An hour later the LgsmemnoD Hgnslea =. ~
had paid out 926 miles Of cable, being pres
same quantity as hat laid frsn the NiS.
q p. m. ber M,;est,'s steassr PorcuP's M
tight, and Capt. Otter, aer commander roug
for some week. been engaged in 'ur''y'ssa ~. n |
Bay and the Bay Of Bulls Arm, soA'
sssra to pilot her into the ksrbor. 30 nms
Capt Otter reported The telegraph ss'.Oa 81
of. Tier, had been paJed out from the Nv
uisA II fathoms. ~. s,s, 1
A i. would have ps,isd the ss''" "