New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-07-26
Particulars OF the Breaking OF the TeIe.
graph Cable.


From-the Boston Courier, of the 18th inst, we ex-
tract the following interesting particulars respecting
the failure OF the attempts to lay the submarine tele
graph cable:
Our own reporter visited the Alice Munroe at Quar-
antine-six miles down the MISUNDERSTANDING to
the city at an early hour this morning. bringing the
following information procured from the first mate
Mr. John Richards:
The Alice Munroe left Liverpool on the 18th Of
june three days later than the date of the sailing Of
the Telegraphic Fleet from Plymouth. She expert
enCed almost constant southery gales and was forced
to take much more northery course than she other
wise would have done. Being very staunch vessel,
she rode outOf the storms with entire ease and safety
and was subjected to no injury.
On the morning Of the 9th, about o'clock saw
the frigate Niagara lying to in lat. SO 05 min long,
33 l5 min, and shortly boarded by boat from
her containing Mr.. Cyrus w. Field, Of New York and
lieutenant Of the Niagara. 1t was then foggy but
the weather was very calm. Mr. Field and the lieu.
tenant desired Captain Cummings to take certain let
ters and papers relative to the telegraph expedition
to the United States, and wrote two letters on
board the Alice MunrOe during the hour or more
they remained on board of her They also COM
municated to Captain Cummings and Mr. Rich.
ards statement of their dOngs for the past fortnight
They stated that both vessels, the Niagara and Aga
memnOn experienced the most violent southerly gales
from the day they left Plymouth and were driven as
far north lat 81 . much higher than the fendez.
vous thus delaying their operations for several days
The Niagara behaved in all respects like a thorough
storm. The Agamemnon, on the contrary, suffered
| severely. AtsQne time the commander Of the Aga.
memnon informed the first officer that he had no
h0pcS of saUng his UeSSe tyo hours longer so great
t1as her stFaining But the storm subsided at last
and the Agamemnon rode out the gale. A most utl-
fortunate accident occurred board however, caused
by the breaking loose of the cone which held the
cable 10 It's position on the gun-deck The cable 'g0t
adritt, and was pitched about the deck undoubtedly
much to its damage. Two hundred tuns Of coal also
got adTiit' on the same deck, and caused infinite
trouble Two seamen were injured by these accidents
one Of them having an arm broken, and the other
| having leg broken.
The two vessels and their tenders finally arrived
on the ground, and on the morning of the 26th
| connection OF the cable was efected-the weather
being then sufficiently calm. The paying out of the
| cable had scarcely commenced before the wire
snapped. Alter few hours detention another splice
was made and the steamers started-the Agamem
non and her consOrt for Ireland, and the Niagara and
her companion for the American coast Signals were
kept up between the two fleets constantly a message
being transmitted every fifteen minutes and all was
gong on well till abcat forty miles had been paid
out, when the electricians board the Niagara dis
| covered that the current was broken This was at
| l23 O'Clock, A. bl on the 9th. The Niagara was
Immediately put about and she had already reached
the mid ocean rendezvous when ut 8 o'clock she was
first seen by the Alice MunFoe. 1t was believed on
board the Niagara that the cause Of the second
| breaking was a kink in the Agamemnons wire
caused by its disarrangement during the gale, but of
this there Is no certainty. Nothing was said to MIR.
Richards about the working of the new brakes-pro-
baby there had been nc occasion to put them n use
Mr.. Field could not conceal his evident down
heartedness; be certainly had occasion for much
foreboding. The theory that June was the most pro
pSous month for carrying out the enterprise was en-
trey destroyed the Wanting boasts of the London
Times as to the superior capacities of the Rgamem
non, was put to rest by the narrow escape of that
vessel from going to pieces without the aid of rocks
or cebergs and the two breakings of the wire the
very beginning of the trial-these were certainly
enough 70 dismay the stoutest confidence.
The Alice MuurOe parted from the company Of the
Niagara shortly after Of the 27th and lost sight
Of her about O'Clock. The Agamemuon had not
then COM in sight The Niagara had hoped that
| her consDrt would arrive in season to make another
trial that day; but the weather was foggy though
calm it is hardly probable that anything was done on
the 27th. For two days subsequently the weather
was quite calm and favorable but after that there
was another succession Of heavy southery gales and
the weather on the banks, as experienced by the
| Alice Munroe, was exceedingly rough.