New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-19

nn..v.,,sd for dsylight before reaumins opo,'
-. a.. steamer was kept right on through 'ne
n;,ht Capt Otter who is skillfui pile'' IL '''0 q
- n,udent man. Anticipating that the Niaeha
,n;sbt arrive in the night he had caused oos's 10 %
stationed up the bay, along the course ,a'. ~. O'
her, and at signal the men In them Aiuu'eu O'IN.D
torches, and people along shore ngo'eo nus0 '0"'
6res TO guide the mariners on their way.
The Niagara. guided by her careful plot s'eaned
slowly nm the bsy. and at u o'clock on the morning
rf Thursday. Aug. 5, she came to anchor close %
sbs .bore in II fa.homs Of water, having succeeded
IN her ,bare of the great undertaking. She bad
n,,sd ont 1,OI3 miles, and teegraphic signals were
.or.t,ntIy flowing through the entire length.
Mr.. Field landed near the Telegraph Station,
Trinity Bay, at O'Clock in the morning, and walked
10 the Station House half amle distant, through the
ulderness not person being visible on the beach.
At the Telegraph House he found the operators
from London fast asleep not one Of them expect
ing that the enterprise would succeed. Indeed
they bad not uDpacked their trunks, anticipating
zhat in week or two they would be ordered back
TO London; the station house was unfinished
work upon il had ceased and none of the nstru-
ment. had been prepared for use. The astonlsh'
mept Of the operators, when they learned that the
cable wa, laid may be conceived. at 2;45 q. IN.
. signal was received from the Agamemnon stating
that she had psyed out 1,0l0 miles of cable. Mr.
Field then telegraphed to the Associated Press the
glad tidngs Of success.
When dsy broke, tho boats were all lowered, an
300 fathoms Of cable were carried ashore. Fire,
Lieut. James H. North handed the shore end to
Capt. Hudson, who placed it on the beach. pro-
cession was then formed, headed by Capt. Hudson
ard Mr. North, followed by the officers Of the Nj.
agars, captains Of the Gorgon and Porcupine, their
officers crews, and the crew of the Niagara. Each
taking hold of the cable, they marched up from the
beach to the Telegraph staton-house, distance of
half q mile, where they deposited the end of the
cable. Capt. Hudson then offered prayer and
few remarks appropriate to the occasion, when the
ceremony of landDg terminated. The officers and
crews then returned to their respective boats, reach
ing their vessels at 6 o'clock in the morning. The
Gorgon and Porcupne carried the American flag at
the FORE the Niagara the English flag at the FORE
and the Telegraph hsg ct the mizzen.
The Agamemnon telegraphed at ] p. m. on the
same day Thursday, Aug 81 that she had landed
her end Of the caJle. On the announcement OF this
fact, the Gorgon fred salute of twenty-one guns
and her crew, manning the rigging, gave three
hearty cheers, which were as heartily returned
from the Niagara. All hands then went below to
rest frem their labors.
In conversation with Mr.. Field, we learn that
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 INDUCED in irrele-
want conversation, which distracted their attention
from duty at time when the slightest obstruction
miaht be fatal TO the work. The Directors there
fore ordered that signals only should be sent
Through the cable from ship to ship. Both vessels
had Greenwich time and the electric current
oIayed TO and fro between them for ten minutes
each way.
The signals showed that on the first day the speed
of the Agamemnon slightly exceeded that oil the
Njapara. but on the succeeding days they Went al
fhe same rate there never being more than twenty
niles difference between them. When the cable
xys, landed at both ends Mr.. Field applied his
fopeue TO the end and received the cheering nior-
NATION that the insulation was perfect, III SHOCK
that nearly threw him over. The reason why
messages were not transmitted earlier was the
fact that all the apparatus at both ends was new and
utried and required great deal of care and skill
TO adjust. r,.
Mr.. Field states tina. there is not the slightest
doubt that the cable is an entire success, as great
or greater than its most sanguine friends had
looked forward to. By the Persia yesterday he
wrote to the Directors to prepare another cable az
=. hat tho praaant which
will in short time, he believes, transmit messages
as rapidly as q, aerial line will be entirely nsuti-
cient for the business which will flow to it.
Until the lst Of September the line will be closed
10 all messages save those from the Governments
pf Great Britain and the United States. Darine
that time Mr. Field will keep the public advised OF
all matters affecting the success of the cable
A WORD OF CoNnIENDATIoN.
All on board the Niagara unite iu giving the high
eat praise to Mr.. Field, whose determination and
energy of character under tae most duc)uragne
circumstances, was sufficient for 80 formidable an
enterpr,e To Mr.. Everett is due the credit OF
1eysipg the machinery, without which the cable
would not have been laid. He was also unre
mittirg in his attention TO the engiaes OF the
ship regulating them at all times so as 10 mee'
fhe exisencies of the occasion. Capt. Hudson
md bis officers and crew are entitled to the highest
honors for their unwearied labors in the good work
"There was but one man on bosrd the vessel,
ssid On officer "who was ssnguiae, or even con
'.66ent of succsss-and he was Mr.. Field. he
"seemed almost certain of success, when none
"others dared to hope lest they be disappointed"