Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-08-13
tn. Atlantic c.b,.-rh. As.msmao..

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subjoined account Of the arrival in Queens
towa Of the Agamennon, for whose safety
some fears we're sntained:
"At "a late hour yesterday evening her Ma
Agamemnon in the laying Of the Atlantic
telegraph cable, arrived in Queenstown, and
at late hour Of the forenoon { this day the
Agamemnon herself entered the harbor and
steamed up to between Haulbowline and the
Columbins quay at Queenstown, where she
cast anchor about half-past twevlc o'clock.
"As has already appeared from the jour
mails Of the Niagara, the expedition sailed
from Plymouth on the 10th Of June, and for
the first few days they met with very fair and
favorable weather. About the 10Th, howev-
er, it began to blow a stiff breeze, which in,
creased to a terrible storm, and this lasted
until the 22d, the gale being at its height on
the goth and o1st. The ship rolled very
much, and some fears were entained that the
coil of cable on the upper deck, which was
333 tons weight, would get loose from its
fastennGs and 90 over the side, in which case
it would have carried with it masts, rigging,
and rything that came in its way, and the
ship would probably have gone down. For
tunately, :he cable was well secured and did
not shift in the least; about dozen flakes of
its coil on the lower deck were indeed dis
placed and got entangled, but no danger arose
from this circumstance.
The ship, during portion of the gale,
rolled at an angle of forty seven degrees, and
the Goals that were slowed on the main deck
broke adrift and went bang down into the en-
gine room, causing some confusion and iucon-
venience there. The ship also strained con-
siderably, and some of the deck planks part
ed, but no lives were lost, as had been report
ed. A few slight accidents only occurred,
one man having received some injury while
engaged in arranging the portion OF the cable
that had got shifted, and story is also told
on board Of another man having lost some of
bis fingers in rather curious manner. In
consequence Of the rolling of the ship in the
height of the gale hardly any one could keep
was holding on by supporting beam of the
deck above him. In the straining of the YES
sci an opening took place between the beam
and the planks which were laid on it, into
which his fingers got, and Immediately after
the interstice closed again as tight as before,
and took several of his fingers clear off All
the men and officers behaved admirably du
ring the storm.
The vessels having met in mid d-ocean, af-
ter the cessation of the violent weather, the
splice was made on the 26th of une, at 2 80
Greenwich time, and 1920 ships time, but
when they had paid out about three miles
the cable broke on board the Niagara, in con-
sequence of its having got foul of the scrapers.
They steamed back again and made second
splice on the same evening, about $50 Green
wich time and $50 ships time. The Aga
memnon then ran about 29l miles, and had
paid out about 37I miles of cable, when the
continuity or electric current ceased-it is
supposed in consequence of the cable having
broken under water. The vessels according
ly returned and made a third and last splice
on tn. evening Of the 28th. The Agamem-
non steamed east, and had run about lis
miles and paid out l46 miles 500 fathoms of
the cable, when the coil ON deck was exhaust
ed The speed of the vessel WAS then slack
ened in order to allow Of the cable being
shifted with safety to the lower deck, where
the other coil was, but while this was going
on the cable snapped, without any percepti-
ble reason, about six fathoms outside the
stern of the ship. At this time the dyua-
mometer indicated a strain of only 2,2OO
lbs, while the cable is contracted to be able
to bear a strain Of 6,40O lbs, and on several
occasions previously 1t had borne strain Of
4,400 lbs. without any accident occurring.
The examination of the broken end that
was made on board did not show that any
flaw or weakness existed where the breakage
occurred, and the only probable cause that
can as yet be assigned for the accident is a
sudden jerk which might have taken place,
and which might have snapped the cable be-
fore the dynamometer had time to indicate
the additional strain. The arrangement be-
tween the ships being that, if any accident
should occur, unless each vessel had run over
one hundred miles, they should return i'm
mediately to the rendezvous to splice again,
and the Agamemnon having run only one
hundred and eighteen miles, the captain judg-
ed that the Niagara could not have run much
over one hundred miles either, and he there
fore returned TO tho rendezvous in the hope
of meeting her there. A thick fog came on,
which prevented them from seeing nything,
and the Agamemnon and her tender having
waited, according to appointment, for eight
days, they steamed for Queenstown.
"As there is still sufficient cable on board
the two vessels, they will proceed to sea for
the purpose of recommending operations as
soon as the Agamcmnon has coaled, which
will be in few days."
Carrying Deadly Weapons.-The Balti-
more American has some judicous remarks
on this subject, suggested by the recent oc-
currsncs in Baltimore, in which young Far
low met his death. Here were two lads,
both provided with pistols, both reckless in
the use Of them, a dispute occurs. and with
the means of death at hand, in the heat of
passion one kills the other, destroying the
peace Of the family of the deceased, tortur-
ing the hearts of his own friends, and con-
signing himself to the horron of jail
How little" justly sxclaims the American,
'can the law do to remedy such wrong
Admit that the perpetrator is nunishad hx