The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-09
The News.

Vne NeWss
Or dispatches from Trinity Bay, respecting the
Atlantic telegraph cable, are in the highest degree
satisfactory The electric current passes freely be-
tween the stations at Trinity Bay and yalentia the
arrangement Of the Geographic instruments is near
" completed, and in few brief days messages will
lie transmitted along the submerged wire. Mr..
Fields diary Of the voyage Of the Niagara, trans
cript Of which is given in todays paper, is a sim
gu!sriy interesting paper. II is daily record of
az the important incidents that occurred in con-
necton with the laying OF the cable. As is well
known, the feet sailed from Queenstown on the 18th
Of July The cable splice was completed at one
O'Clock on the afternoon of the 29th, and the wire
sunk in $50 fsthoms water. The same evening the
electrical continuity ceased for several hours but by
the application Of proper tests it was renewed and no
further difficulty of Ike nature experienced. The
weather throughout the voyage was of the most ia
vorsbie character. The progress of the ships after
their separation in mdocean would seem to have been
regulated by some agency other than that of human
intelligence. They run nearly the same distance
and paved out nearly the same length Of cable day
by dsy and on the 3dof August we find each vessel
reporting the same depth Of wster-two hundred
fathoms The calculations with regard to the length
q cable required are found to have been wonderfully
exact, as the following will show
Isryta Ct cable on each shp.,...-...... 100 miles
paJec cut by the Niagara .,.............. lol6
Ps,ed out by the Agamemnon. ............. 1910
Distance run BY the Niagara. ss2 p"
Distance run BY the Asamemnon. .......... si3
The Niagara viii leave Trinity Bay today for st.
Johns. and after taking in supply Of coal will
proceed to New York. Her arrival may be looked
for on Saturday next.
The steamship Arago, which left Liverpool and
Southampton on the 2sth ult, arrived off Cape Race
about Eve o'clock on Thursday afternoon, and will
probably reach this port this afternoon Her advi-
ces are bat few hours later than those brought by
the Prince Albert, which arrived at Halifax from
Galway on Thursday. A Geographic synopsis Of
the news by the Arago, including the latest market
reports. may be found elsewhere in our columns.
The screw steamship Prince Albert, from Galway
9th ut via Halifax arrived at this port last night
Our files Of papers received by her contain no
Of Importance that was not given in our telegraphc
summary Of the intelligence published on Friday.
Tie Prince Albert experienced strong head winds
for the first three days Of her passage, but nowith
standing, she made Cape Race in six days and ff-
teen hours. Dispatches from her were placed on
board fishing boat of the Cape. the captain of
which, however, neglected TO forward them.
our correspondent at Kingston, Jamaica, writing
on the 2eth ult says The situation of the plant
ers was never more precarious than at present as
regards labor. Slavery is prohibited, and the non
arrival Of coolies has fairly changed the minds and
positions Of planters. Soldiers demand ratons AID
pay. which the planters grumble at paying. and the
discomfort created will afford abundance Of work
for the Secretary Of the Colonies to concoct aud
carry into effect. The crops are abundant, weather
favorable island healthy; but taxation on the plant
a. IA. grown 20 pitch which savors much Of sepa-
ration or revolution.
Advces from the city Of Mexico to the 9th utimo
inform Us that the editor OF the Mexican Erfroor-
oinars.a journal published there in English, has
been fined one thousand dollars and prohibited from
giving any more political intelligence in his columnA
Tins ftar Of publicity, on the part of the Zuloaga
government Is indicative Of great fears of an early
fail
The bark p. c. Alexander which arrived at the
lOve Quarantine yesterday from Cienfuegos reports
The death Of one Of the crew. named John Smith. at
sea The second mate, Stephen p. Morrill,, of Pc
nobscot died al CienfuegOs on the 22d Of June On
the ia nst when in the latitude Of Cape Hatteras
sbe spoke Bremen ship bound from New Orleans
Tor Europe, the captain Of which wanted ssamen.
lie was understood 10 say that he had only three
men able TO do duty.
We publish a resume Of the late disastrous voyages
a the ship Sparkling Wave, Of Boston reported in
Che HKsALp yesterday-this morning. chronicle
Ccal record Of the dates on which she was vstedby
the sickness ~ well a. of the occurrence Of the
& s,hs on board s given from the log book.
lodge Mccarthy, Of the Marine Court has within
a., .,.' few days, heard and decided eleven suits
W .,rc brought against the Mayor aud Corpo
tt.o Of Sew sopk, az arising cut u the late Street