New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-27


yai,o.e OF airing she ED, eu: i, vac ste IN me
.iterooon before tie procession Of oo';s te't 3e
ship, ander . salute Of three rounds Of smsn q ns
.toui he detsshmsnt Of MArinee on board the Aga
rerlnon, u der the command Of l. eu. Aorrs. 40
progre Of the end 70 the shore very SLOW, In con.
sequence Of he very att wind which blew st the tine
but at about O'Clock the end was safely brought oo
ehore az knigbtstown, taerts, oy MI. Bright and
N.Y. Canning tie chief ard second Engineers, ~ whose
exertions the success Of the undertaking is arlbuts
bic. ard the Knight Of Retry. The end vas innei-
s.sy laid IN the trench which had been dug 20 receive
Il lille royal salute, making the relyh boring rocks
and mountains Ievsbe announced taat the co1l
pupicstion between the Old and the Ns~ World had
teeu INFLICTED. TIE ED wss Immediately tsken into
the electrical room BY NJ. Wh!tshouse, sni atsched
70 eslysnoneter and the fret message wss received
throu yh the ert.e Length.
Toe much praise csnnot De bestowed upou ootl the
officers snd msn Of the Aganerlnon Jr the he.rty
vsy 10 hich they have assisted 70 the Srduous aud
difficult service they hsye been engaged n a1d tue
admirable manner in which tse ship wss navissted by
Mr. Mor;srty and Mr.. Libby, the first and second
masters reduced the difficulties o. the compsny's
operations. l, will IN al probability De nearly Tort
night before the instruments are connected g. he Two
terIDini for the uans,n. sson OF regular ssnas.
unnecessary hers 70 eXpsts.e upon he msgntlie OF
the undertaking which hss been lust completed, or
upon the great political and socia results which are
likely 10 scctue from t. but there can be ous one iee-
ing OF universal amIato fer the courage and perse
yersuce which have been spayed by Mr.. Bright sad
manifold difficulties which arcse " their path at every
step.
REWARD TO CAPT. PREEDY AND HIS CkEN.
Fron The Ie1ds- Tines, Az. II.
TIE other day, when our French leighbos were
pouring forth voley ster voey from the forts OF
Cherb5urs quiet steamer stole into the harbor uu'
noticed amid the thunder Of the artillery. she brought
the ,ididgs OF an achievement. performed by BRUSH
hsrds il comparison With which Cheroourg aud its
fortinC atoms SAL almost into insiguitcance. True,
those batteries were nans wts the threats OF Con-
tnentsl Lu.ope agalns. these Islands Cnerbourg, as
completed, was the visible realisation of Napoleon
Bopspsrtes dream. hsi be Possessed such port on
the Chsune., and such ships oi.wsr as might be now
collected behind It's breakwater, the demonstration
against Eng and in the beginning Of the century might
have assumed diiIerer. proportions Times, however,
are changeif there are increased sciles OF st'ack,
there are powers OF resistance world goes
on ard England has westiered msny storm. lt
was, however not little singular that, stthe very
moment wnen salvoes from the great guns Of Cher
bourg were announcing 10 the world thst tne great
naval and military lodgmept or the Chapne! was Just
efec:ed Intelligence should be received that England
ard the New Wolld mad been at as connected by the
electric chain. new page Of policy has been opened
British statesmen vii soon be made TO feel that they
have muck to learn and much to forget. The 9 10
great nations o. the esrth which uphold the principles
OF political and personal freedom as the CONDITION OF
tier exf ence have been al length united by bond
from which they could not extricae themselves they
would. The slender galvanic current winch hasned
with the speed OF lightning beneath the waters OF the
Atlantic and informed the signalman at Naents that
his collie ague was speaking with him from the other
eide OF the CREST ocean, was more than an saswer to
the rosring Of the Cherbourg guns had they Ged the
sir with a tentolt din.
And now what should Eng snd do for those by whom
this great service has been carried out. Oftoe share
holders in the Telegraph Company and of their SER
wants we cay nothing. They had their own ends TO
serve, and nayng carried their enterprise 10 success
fu completion, may lock for their due reward There
s, however, one man who has been principal instru;
mert in the execution of this great work, and whose
claim seems already forgotten now tlat the work is
done. We speak Of the Captain Of the AZ msmnon.
Henceforth the problem is solved. The egg has been
placed ts end, ard any child could repeat the per-
formarce. We cannot however, forget the uuwearied
diligence, the professional ability, the patience, the
high courage which the officers and crew OF the
AgsmemI displayed in the rst unsuccessful attempt
There are, we believe, very few instances indeed
even in the glorious chronicles Of English seamanshp
in which such risks were run and such dangers over
come as during that terrible cruise Of the Agamemnon
when night after night she had TO hold her amid
the fury of the elements and yet 10 preserve the pom
derous coils of cable with which her decks
beIed. Nothing but the most coDsummste professional
skil could during those fearful hours of storm and
darkness have saved the Assmemnon and her precious
freight. This however, but the first psrt OF the
service performed by the captain of thst noble vessel
snd her crew. Undeterred by their first failure 81
though not in human nature TO forget tnat they
had but Just escaped from the avs OF DEATH they set
out second time with constant minds TO execute their
appointed task. This time the elements dealt with
them more amcaby, and in short time the work
was DONE and well done. Now, would it not be worthy
of the British nation If some reward were bestowed
upon the Agememnons captain and upon her crew
1t is no doubt perfectly true that other officers aud
other would upon similar occasion have dis.
played equal zeal and equal courage; but i. was the
AgamemnoLs company who actually did the work.
Looking thep to the dangers so CALAMITY aurmounted,
to The of the enterprise, and to the enormous
Importance of that 10 the human race and to
this country in particular Hght not especial
ward 20 be bestowed upon the brave and skifu sea-
man who performed the service There can be little
danger OF establishing evil precedent in such case.