Litchfield enquirer., 1858-08-26
ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGAI

navy hotnihs5 to oinsh Tor ID theseOmpaffSQn. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA The United States steam frigate Niagara arrived off New York harbor at 4 o'clock "Wednesday, d. M She was signalled from the telegraph station at seven o'clock, under sails and steam. Tine steamtug Achilles went alongside at six o'clock, and tookAoff Mir. Cy- rus w. Field of New York Mir. Mullaly. private secretary to Prof. Morse; MT. W. E Everett, first engineer and Mir Woodhouse second engineer of the Niagara B ron EoYe, Mr. Matthew D. Field, Newfoundland, and Purser Edridge. of the Niagara The party were landed at Whitehall at llalfpast o'clock, | bringing the first news of their own arrival ill 1 the city.
 1 Mir. Field took carriage and drove imme- .iiately to his house, No. s4 East 2lst street, stating that he must fora few hours deny hi,n- self to the Press and everybody else, as he had important despatclies to prepare for the steam CT which sails to-day. He has been absent from his family eight months
 Mr Field describes the feeling which perva- de:i all cn board the Niagara while the cable was Icing lad, as one of the most interse ex- c;tement. Every man exerted himself to the utmost to achieve success in the work Through out the six and g half days, the most perfect silence and attention peryadtd among the men, lest single moment of negligence should destroy Inc cable. On the first day after the paying out Of the cable began, it was found that the cable was being laid at rate which, in proportion to tle distance run, would, if continued, have defeated the enterprise. 1 This was owing to the fact that the cable on the Niagara had caused So much local attrac- ton as to seriously dcrange the compasses, rendering it impossible to steer the ship. Next day the commander of the Gorgon being ap- prsed of the fact, ran ahead of the Niagara, steering in the most direct course for Trinity Bay. This he continued to do day and night until they arrived, never leaving the deck ex- cept for few moments, and varying his posi- ton by repeated observations by the sun, moon and stars. To his agency, therefore, the suc- cess of the achievement is greatly indebted. 1 Mr. Field landed near the telegraph station, 1 Trinity Bay, at 3 o'clock in the morning, and walked to tue house, half mile distant, thro' the W wilderness, not 8 person being visible on the beach. At the telegraph house he found the operators from London fast asleep not one of them expecting that the enterprise 1 Wot'ia ouISCtt. idu uUI uiiiHtEk- ed their trunks, anticipating that in week or two they would be ordered back to London.
 The reason why signals and not words were sent through the cable as it was being laid, is that on the previous attempt the clerks ndul- ged in irrelevant conversation, which distract cd their attention from duty at a time when the faintest obstruction might be fatal to the work. The Directors therefore ordered that signals only should be sent through the cable from ship to ship.
 The Niagara came up New York harbor Wednesday afternoon amid cheers, and con- gratnlatons, and salutes As she passed the Battery, twenty-five thousand people were crowded there to welcome her, while the house. tops in New York, Jersey City and Brooklyn were crowded with people, all eager to sec the return of the finest vessel of the American navy, from the grandcst success of modern times She finally dropped anchor at the Ma " Yard. The New York papers are full of glowing accounts of the ceremonies and de- monstrations of rejoicing, in honor of the event.