The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-30
event Of hss ship being disabled and requiring be ,,Asn

W new ChDe ma 1uiacturel - supply tn9 doltbucy
caused b. the accident OF last year and ais, % supply
tho addte nal amount required tbs ,oof a1smps,
nine bunnred mites altogether. This Is male OF uni
form thick with that hrst Anura,tured, and last
a. perfect In point Of strength and electrical continuity.
capable OF resisting strain equal wephs 0 nve
tons IN the mle and can bs paid out with mn ID
and freed from kinks the twenty u1re1 mich
was from the shis last November and shioh
hes been lying In coils In tight tack all wioNer
Let say here that reports whicu w,e cirsassed
In regard is imperfect entirely uafoundd
and that The statement continuity was lost last
year and never returned up to the time The cable
parted, utterly untrue The conductor
stopped about two hours by weak brtefy, return
cd Immediately after the force OF the battery bad BEEN
increased No fears need therefore, be entertained on
this point
The machi,sry Is now in process OF erection the
Agamemnon aud Niagara, and will be put mp 10 about
ron viii be ready 10 starr On the tr. ro lime ABOUT
the LIST OF june which will be ak days later than
the time rst decided upon The details Of the expedition
however, will be much better arranged Oh this occasoo
and there will be difficulty regard 10 the rules rsgu
atons and sailing signals for the fsst Wnlle all these
preparations are going tho telegraph department have
been thrown into terrible OF copsterpson by the
operations Of Mr.. Hughes, who hes been woudersuy
cessful with his instrument in teesrsp,iog through
less than twenty nine hundred mi es cable IL
must be admitted that the spirit In which Nc Hughes has
been received and treated here ung suer rus I'M
courteous aud beral, aud that Dr. whehouss the chief
electrician Of the company instead OF ding him every
facility MS that company desired and directed has thrown
every obstacle In his way. This aposreos II ors
that became matter OF ABSOLUTE necessity that the
company should be applied TO- but the Interference Of The
company eventually turned 10 be Intellectual and a.
though II evident that Mr. Hughes could get two words
and half per minute through the cable with his unm
proved and unadaped Instrument and that with suon al
teraons required by the under
which required 70 work. he could attain speed four
rap became sssn necessary to cali for the n.srpo
siton OF the comp&uy. Mr. Field, your correspondent,
and Others present when Me- Hughes sent two aad
half words pioute through the iuctor and YET
that same morning testing Or. Th,mpsons instrument
or appliance vas found that he could not gss single
word through IL in any time. As for Dr. watehouse he
did not submit his machine TO any experiment,
alleged being that he could not do yhnS than he
bad accomplished "a word minute, or, IS he himself
showed by experiment Mr. Hughes three letters and
two hfths OF letter. until he eot his nov astrusens
down from London. What this instrument will DO, mo-
body knows but Il must do grea. deal . sustain tne
Doctors sinking reputation The folio wing letter and We
extracts contains tells the whole story Ia regard 10 The
opposition which has been exhibited towards Mr..
Hughes
sR-The interviews with which favor By
directors Atlantic Telegraph Compsny ana kind
have sss9y y for on sable
mind WIN .hs conviction tbs. ar:esor.
present ,ompsh Of latter.
assured me hat our prss,scs sih'ash .hoat ,ns.aos
S.: mot BY them n e,s been s,emid sru ;s :..s my
Of Stating hat up to ts. time rro,es:or aasS.s
minute Ss hoaqS % S ss hen s aS
sso er Ssos Se Of he ss
should be equal divided between Ms..rs rhon hise
ssq;
a%s sns 5. s day
and whitsfouse On Monday IL ws uuders GOD that NJ.
Hughes called upon make the ars trial The moment
so ss. had sSas Sa
found sr and g he s,s he
dimeuly priauns reliably two add s,f words ninu.e
could &c, one word : mos,e through sa ml.. :
receive this morning from Prof nash.s Of sscs he
are s as AID se ass. .s s. sss
but fO sosrs since You . y;n,sy morning u, loh Inst;
ship signals H. sod therefors cAono have any
cable nov and must maize our IN &c ordsn
VIII ne sIDsr. me-. already ssned :,
TO ne is6S1 t coils and n.sd By Pr, Witt
take The serty Of stating hat Prof Hughes hes sssa sis
own mind from ssperimsns .ie viii Sun al mssnets
rent by Prof whl,sbouse a,ss rather rom he
Gle IN DE cable aud hs ise Supposed great Of
ns % e pra o n 10 u. s.sa .a a
The instruments for testing The same.
ns,rumsn, the cable 70 w iis c.pasl,e. q
currents proiased BY he eeei-esn Of hs con 5sny
felt would be prssumpu1ns hsvins bad no erpsr-ace On
mp,oyem.ps 20 tho means Of Increasing the rlpiy Of Cur
feel d"'y 10 say %at v.sy mere s.oS ss ~ sSosS n
anticipated BY Prof Hughes. The nscs.ssy spps
creased 10 r.ody vii he Hughes prns pen
feoty AMI reliably am. sir, your obedient servant
crnrs W. y.rLp General Manager of Atlantic Telegraph
The gentleman by whom this letter was wrssed is Mr.
Hyde, one ~ The purchasers OF Mr. Hughes psient liza
aed considerable surprise and excite msnt ant orders
Immediately issued 10 Dr. whilehouss directing him
70 place the cable at the drposa Of Mr. Hughes ouring
air portion % the tire which We, remains before the
departure Of the fon ros will be eight hours Of
,csy $500 p5o,.s.o, Tno 1lr .no n, VI
ard 10 10 be presumed that the doctor will devote his
gsaniym 70 the making Of shps signals Ihsve no d,ubt
vhatever that Mr. Hughes not again inter cred with
that he will succeed IN teIsgrsphlns at still higher rse.
The company unasrsAnd the value OF his operations in
they will zee that he has fair play. In
conclusion ! should state thst there Is an error
In the which the London Times give. Of
the 13th. wherein says tha, with this mshine (speak
ing Of Mr. Heneys, gentleman Of much dstpction In
se, broasb me s.s. n ~ pps,.o, sapsar I'm es
be well here 70 remak that ct time eight words
sen through The whole cable, and that no instrument
patent can attain more than one half The rate which no
bas sccompshcd-and even INA, highly problemstIcAl
SUBMARINE rgLKGRAPHs.
The time for Recommending the operation OF sinking
telegraph cable the Atlantic being close
hand few remarks on the subject, which gean from
aramphct jus, pubnshed-the "Eisments De TDgraphis
SOUS mdyine'--re without interest The author n.
Delsmarche, first photographer 70 The French navy
and has had the advantage OF being practically engaged
magnitude the laying of the cable between sriioa
ana Algeria 10 -nch he cursofily allndes In his work.
pointing out the causes which rendered soortive va,
the voent swsyng Of the cable aud ia meeting with s1b
marine peaks Delamarcte, IN a. uJfpg " the we'll
known fac that minute portion Of tho lost IN
mittrg despatch through . cable, while In
the o., wires In the open the ,rs1smision in
Simultaneous, explains n by remarkr tnst the s'mos
phere, being bad conductor % elect city, opposes ~
self 70 the dispersion Of the fluid. whhe sea vser,
beng charged with salt, and thereere COOL condoc
tor, favor the dispersion, so tbs the whole
system in point OF fact reduced N the principle OF
Lsydsn phiaL Nov the submarine cables ~ yet laid
dos Of very considerable length so that tue time
lost in transmission not more than about one tenth of
sesond But consider sable Of 1000 tomercs,
Ike the Atlantic one. ~ 1oooklomeres lac that
10 Alberta but " stuck with the surface OF
such an immense Ieyden far, sod with the effects which
may be prodused by the electric ept and the apps
ratuscs and this point we utterly In the dark
having any experience 70 guide Mr. whtehcuse who
cn6sent that the laying do~o OF the Atlantis cable win
be crowned With success, has erperimented q subma
rine cable OF eco kilometres, and subterranean Of
the length, and has found fourth OF ynd's
difference sgsnst the funer. Nov the loss Of be
proportional TO the length, the total will undoubtedly be
small ou, -al no, The lss o. tine IN rease in much