The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-08-19

Greenwich time, ,mperiect Insulation oi ms
cable was detecte in sending and reeelvins
signals from the Z ,smemnon, which contlnue
until $40 A. NJ. hips time, or S.4O a
Greenwich time, " zen all was right sgalh. IT.
fault was found to pc in the wsrdroom, or );
about 60 miles fro the lower end, which va
immediately cut on [ and taken OGt Of circuit
Tuesday, Aug Lat 40 II N, lon. 49 %
W., distance run I; observation in the last q
hours, l47 miles psyed out l6l miles 81 fat!S
oms of the cable, o a surplus of IA miles OF
fathoms over the d. stance run, equal to 10 pts
cent. Depth of ter, 742 to 1927 fathoms5
Wind N. N. W. Gather pleasant. The Gos
gon in sight. =
Total amount of gable payed cut, 795 milea
300 fathoms. Tot distance run by observS-
ton, 672 miles. 1stal surplus cable payed O,
over the distance q, 1873 miles 800 fathoms-
less than l9 per ce I. Two hundred and tes
miles from the Tel graph House. ;.
At s.26'A. M, e iished paying out the coz
from the hold, and commenced paying out frolr
the ward room coil -305 miles of the cable re-
manning on board / noon.
At ll.l5 A. M. 81 Ups time, received signal
from on board the slgamemnon, that they ha !
payed out from he 1870 miles of the cabls
During the afternot q and evening, passed sew
eral icebergs. :
At $40 P. M. sh pc time, received sgnE
from the Agamemp IN, that she was in water g
200 fathoms. (
At 20 P. N. 81 ip's time, the Niagara ws
in water of 200 fatt inns, and informed the Az
smemnon of the sa ie.
Wednesday, Aug 4-Lat. AZ II N, lon. g.
AZ W., distance run by observation, LAG miller
Payed out l54 mile l60 fathoms of the cable,
or surplus of n lies $50 fathoms over th2
distance run-equa to per cent. Depth Ct
water, less than 20t fathoms. Weather BE- al
tiful, and perfectly talm. The Gorgon in sigh
Total amount of cable payed out 949 mile !.
$50 fathoms. Tota amount of surplus cabll
psyed out over di lance run, l3l miles 66t.
fathoms-about l6 per cent. Sixty four mile
to the Telegraph 81 use. =.
At noon, received signals from the Agameu
non that they had aged out from her $40 miles
of the cable.
Passed this morn ng several icebergs.
Made the land of the entrance to Trinit,
Bay at A. M. Filtered Trinity Bay at IL 81
At 2.20 p. M. .sb p's time, stopped sending
signals to the Again smnon for the purpose Of
making splice; sSld at 40 P. NJ, ship'f
time, commenced q aiding signals again to the
Agamemnon. II
At P. NJ, saw ,r Majesty's steamer Por
cupine coming to u, At 7.30 P. NJ, Captain;
Otter, of the Porcr zine, came on board the
Niagara, to pilot US o the anchorage near the
Telegraph House.
Thursday, Augu&i Sat As A. NJ, the
Niagara anchored. Distance run since noon
yesterday, GA miles Amount of cable payec
out, &c miles 353 ia ,oms, being loss Of lest
than per cent.
Total amount of able paved out since the
splice was made, ,0i6 miles 900 fathoms
Total amount of dis ance run, $50 miles. To
tai amount Of cabf. payed out over distance
run, l34 miles and 6 ~ fathoms, being surplus
of about Is per cent.
At A. M, went ashore in a small boat, and
informed the person, in charge of the Telegraph
House-half mile from the landpg-that the
telegraph feet had arrived, aud were ready to
land the end of the cable.
At 2.45 A. M, received signal from the
Agamemnon that : Q had psyed out / ,0lO
miles of the cable.
At SIS A. M the telegraph cable was land
ed. At 6 A. NJ, the shore end of the cable
was carried into TIT Telegraph House, and q
strong current of eectricity received through
the whole cable from the other side of the At.
lantic. Capt. Hudsn then read prayers, and
made some remsrks
At P. M 81. NJ. steamer Gorgon fred q
royal salute of twentss.one guns, and all the day
graph company.
Friday, August 6-Have been receiving all
day strong electric s.ynals from the Telegraph
House in Valentis. =
Note.-We landed here in the woods. Until
the telegraph instr. aents are all ready and
perfectly adjusted, O. nmunications cannot pass
between the two CT ltinents. but electric cur
rents are received f. ely. You shall have the
earliest intimation aen all ia ready, but it may
be some days befos, everything is perfected
The first telegraphie message between Europe
and America will t> from the Qaeen of Eng.
land to the Presidetko of the Uni'e ed Safes, and
the second his reply CYRUS W. FIELD.
The Line to Trinity Bay.
The length of tks telegraph line from this
city to Trinity Bay +. about 1000 miles--n
ly the length of tlr.t Atlantic cable. In the
course of the route Esere are submarine wires,
both of which, howJ,er, have always worked
admirably. !
The line traverse, Maine and New Bruins
wick, going round tie head of the Bay Of Fun
dy. 1t then takes the northern shore of Nova
Scotia, and crosses the Gut of Canso. Here is
the FIRST section of submarine telegraph. 1t is
only two and half miles in length, and serves
as the connection between Nova Scotia and
Cape Breton, touching the western coast of that
island. From the western to the eastern shore
at Aspy Bay is q vide space of territory where
the telegraph stations are few and far between,
and great difficulty is necessarily experienced
in repairing any break.
At Aspy Bay commences the second subms-
rine line. It is 76 miles long, and connects
Cape Breton with Newfoundland. The first at
tempt to lay these wires was made in 1855, but
it then proved unsuccessful. In 1856, the effort
was renewed with success, and for the last two
years there has been little, If any, interruption
of the magnetic union between the two islands
The cable is quite large, composed of three
strands, and has three conducting wires From
Port. an. Basque, the cable station on the west
ern part of Newfoundland, the telegraph ex.
tends directly across the island to Trinity Bay.
The distance is not far from 400 miles, through
a wild country, and for the most part an un-
broken forest, where the trees had to be cut
down to make room for the telegraph posts
There are FIVE stations along this whole distance
the territory is sparsely inhabited, and it is
easily perceived how hard it must be to discov.
er and rectify any occurrence which should
tend to destroy the communication on this SEQ.
ton of the line.
The telegraph IL owned by three different
companies-the American Telegraph, the Pro
vincial, and the Newfoundland and London
Telegraph Companies. Being under such diff.
ferent management, the line, IS a whole, is ex-
ceedingly inefficient. Over portion of it there
has been a small amount of business, and NO
inducement to keep il in good working order.
On the island of Cage Breton, for instance, tel
egraph operators inform us that the wires are
sometimes down for half the time. In the fa.
ture, if the Atlantic telegraph is permanently
established, these mishaps will be remedied.
An accident to the American division of the
telegraph is speedily repaired; but our Provin.
cial neighbors are long time in finding out
any trouble, and are equally long in ita corran