The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-06

oS mile The hour When we has paid out two miles
and forty fSsnops ehosn by iuacssor che cable
berg haplec IN the wrong directan through toe excite
elcssness OF Of tho stationed o. II,
caught and parted In TIE NsgAsa's macoinsry heavy
Ne tcrsura!e epougb, however, TO ges toeetbsr
sgain short time, splice, down tbs cable aud
separate from each osnsr before stated. The Nj
arAs speed ahors gSlie the hour, and
ouGlly increased 10 two knots six fshoms to
O'Clock r. and the oAols beng paid out shree
hali kpots hour; and from tus. till mldagnt
uniform speed was maintained Of three .nd half mules
the hour the cable paid out 81 the la
oicato or four and hail miles the hour Our machinery
working we'll ~ could desire, cable running
from the cois and going over 1t with ease ana regularity
when 10 our great SURPRISE at fifteen micues pass one
O'Clock A n the 9th Sunday the electricians
ported that there hAd been no signals from the sgsme
for the last ten minutes.
We KEEP, going on slowly, as previously agreed upon,
until 40 A. M Tin the slime the electricians tested
the cable ship ported the contiouty and asu
IasioDs perec), when the ships hesdwsy WAS entirely
slipped, and We commenced heavng IN with macniasry'
by the indica.0r, AZ miles BOO atnoms
Of CABLE started for the rsndez vcu" whre on Non
day. the 28h the Agamemnon and Niagara Sera secured
together the epice made lowered cown toe ships
rated, has been slroacy ceacsbsd at 80 T. Our
speed for the nrst hour was only thee quarters CT
nile second hour, ~ miles, third hour, miles aud tSe
fourth hour 3k miles From that time unfiiteu minutes
after O'Clock tuesday evening, the Z9,h when We
ceased TO get signals from the Agamemnoo aot tue on
gns sowed down) the speed Of the ship had been four
and hall pes the hour and the cAo'e paid odt hve ana
q half miles The hour, as SHOWN BY the ,ndcs:or.
IN measure by the cable until twenty minutes after
midnight when parted, the indicator sho wing loss
this occasion of las miles $50 fAhos OF the cable Our
electricians again thoroughly tested oil cable board
ship and found the and coniicuiy all perfect
AND there wss but one opinion among geoeD ~,
that the caUle parted at the AgAmsmo~a which
shall ascertain when she arrives ~ tnn pert ill up
her coal.
An arrangement had been made when the ships sepa-
rated 28h ipstart that she OF any accidect
10 the cable before either should run one
miles We were the rendezvous, ca
BILE and make another effort to lay out; bsyo0d that
distance the proceed to Queeasto Va, oil
On tho Niagara bad oil the coal tnst We required for
doubts, however, ran forther. or any distance be-
You'd the one named whether tho AgsmemIon's ccal
would hOc out without any expenditure In getting back
10 the rendezvous and leave her enough 10 insure steam
ing back TO vseuta Bay with the csoe, In the even, OF
further cas usl'y tn 1t on the way ihera
Nj Ecerer's machinery has pad out the cable With
apparent and uniformity 0; strain, and We find
admirably adapted TO the work IL hss 10 perform Ia all
its parts.
Her Nses,y's steamer Gorgon, which accomplished
arrived here with the NisgTs We nov aEairihs Ar
rival OF the Agsmemnon ard Vklorous, when hope %
be o again for the rendezvous Ia eight DAYS,
under favorable auspices OF weauer than we expe
rienced IN the month Of June.
Il affords pleasure 10 report tbs continued good
health Of the officers ana crew.
have the honor TO be- respectfully your ODE iiect ser
want, WIN HUDSON Gap an.
Hon. l. ToucEY, Secretary Of the Navy, Washington.