Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-28
THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.

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anticipating that in n week or two they would be
lrdercd back to London the station house was
Inlini shed, work upon it had ceased, and unne OF
he instruments had been prepared for use. The
lstonisiment Of the operators when they learned
hat the cabl1 was laid, mayebe conceived, At2:
Is a. IN. q signal was received from the Agamcm'
ION stating that sho had payed out l,0l0 NILES of
Mr.. Field then telegraphed to theAssociated
Press the glad tidings of success.
The Agamemnon telegraphcd at | p. m. on the
anne day Thursday, Aug. 81 that she had landed
his fact, the Gorgon fred a salute of twcnty.one
Guns, and her crew, manning the rigging. gave
hree hearty cheers, which were rs heartily re
urned from the Niagara. All hands then went
below to rest from their labors.
In conversation with Mr.. Field, VIC learn that
he reason why signals and not words were sent
through the cable as it was being laid. is that on
he previous attempt the clerks INDUCED in irreley.
INT conversation, which distracted their attcn'
ion from duty ut n time whom tho slightest OBJ
.truction might be fatal to the work. The Dircc
therefore ordered that signals only should be
sent through the cable from ship to ship. Both
Gessels had Greenwich time. and the electric cur
rent played to and fro between them for ten min
each way.
INC SlSudls tiONOu llub Ou luG uls NhJ WV
speed OF the Agamemnon slightly exceeded
of the Niagara, but on the succeeding
days they went at the came rate, there never
being more than twenty miles difference between
When the cable was landed at both ends
MIR. Field applied his tongue to the end and re
ceived the cheering Information that the insulation
perfect, in q shock that nearly threw him
over.
HOW THE CABLE WAS LAID.
Mr.. Field describes tho feeling which pervaded.
all on board The Niagara while the cable was be-
ing laid, rs one of the most intense excitement
Every man exerted himself to tho utmost to
success in tho work. Throughout the six
and a half days the most perfect silence and at
ten.ion pervaded the men, lest q single moment
of negligence should destroy the cable. On the
first day after the paying out began it was found
that the cable was being payed out at a rate which
in proportion to the distance run, would, if con
tinued, have defeated the enterprise. This was
owing to the fact that the cable on Sthe Niagara
had caused so much local attraction as to serious
ly derange the compasses, rendering it impossible
to steer the ship. Next day, Commander Dayman
of the Gorgon being appraised of he fact, ran
ahead of the Niagara, steering in the most direct
course for Trinity Bay. This be continued to do
day and night until they arrived. never leaving
the deck except for a few moments, and verifying
his position by repeated observations of the SUI,
moon and stars.
When his arduous task was accom- lished, his
eyes were swollen and suffused with blood from
long loss of sleep, and he was almost prCstratee
from the immense fatigue which he had UNDER
gone. Without his assistance the cable would
have been exhausted long before the Niagara
land. and to his agency, therefore, the
success Of the achievement is largely indebted.
A WORD OF COMBINATION.
II --l II VI. r.to 60. ,.,,r thn
highest praise to Mr.. Field, whose determination
energy of character under the most discour'
aging circumstances, was sufficient for SO for
an enterprise. To Mr.. Everett is due the
credit of devising the machinery, without which
the cable would not have been laid. He was also
unremitting in his attention to The engines OF the
ship, regulating them at all times so as to meet
the exigencies Of the occasion. Capt. Hudson and
his officers and crew are entitled to the highest
honors for their unwearied labors in the good
work.
"There was but one man on board the vessel"
said ON officer. "who was sanguine, or even conf
dent of success-and he was Mr.. Field. lie seem.
cd almost certain of success, when none 'others
dared TO hope lest they be disappointed"
A0f Mr.. Everett the same officer said Given
he had but little confidence Of success, but to him
IS the triumph DUE" Without his skill the cable
must have snapped."-M. Y. Tribune.
TIE CONSEQUENCE OF THIS EVENT, is spok-
of by the London Times as follows
Nor can any one regard with Indifference the
position in which the Atlantic telegraph has plac-
ed us in regard to tho great American republic.
1t has half undone the Declaration of l776, and
goes far to make us once again, in spite of our
selves, one people. To the ties of a common
blood, language and religion, to the intimate u.s.
in business and a complete sympathy on
so many subjects, is now added the faculty of in.
communication, which must give to
all these tendencies to unto an intensity which
they never before could possess.
We are most happy that it has fallen to the lot
of this country to carry out an enterprise in which
human nature is SO deeply interested in concert
with the only other nation on the globo in which
the flame OF science is famed and kept alive by
the breath of freedom. Let those who are assem-
bled at Cherbourg to celebrate another develop
nent in the art of destruction, and to tte the in
luguration of q fortress a~vowedly designed to
the independence and prosperity of these
Islands, reflect on the true nature of the enter,
prise which has thus been executed, and turn
from Tie contemplation of science degraded into
the handmade Of slaughter and devastation to
her legitimate Office, as the conciliator, the ben.
and the enlightener of the whole human
race. A military monarchy has created Cher,
Dourg political freedom and commercial enter
Prise have made tho Atlantic telegraph
md they have nothing to blush for in the
comparison.
Immediately after the success OF the Atlantic
telegraph became known in Liverpool the union
ack was hoisted on the town hall. At the Elk
change newsroom also a similar demonstration
was made.
A Disciples MEETING AT SALINEvILLE.--The
in attedance at this meeting, on Sabbath
asst, we have heard v~ariously estimated at from
5000 to 1000. The day was pleasant, and all ma
ure seemed to ~conspire to render the time and
place both pleasant and profitable. AT the II
o'clock sermon, preached by that old veteran of
he Cross, Rev. Alexander Campbell, the spa
,ious canvass-l00 feet in diameter-was filled to
,verfo wing, and the dense crowd were chainedlto
heir seats for nearly two hours by the great pow
,rs Of reasoning and eloquence of the aged divine.
the sermon, the sacrament of the Lords
supper was administered to about two thousand,
N a most solemn and impressive manner PREF
vious to which. however, the congregation were
requested to keep their seats after the observance
IF this ordinance, as the brethren had provided
would distribute refreshments among all who
would partake of their bounty which to the