The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-13
The Atlantic Telegraph.

RENEWED ROPES FOR THE CABLE-GooD REVERSAL"
CURRENTS FROM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HENLEY
BATTERY AT weRK-rHE INJuRy SUPPOSED TO BIZ
NEAR THE IRISH SHORE
fyalentia tScpt z4) correspondence of London Tmes
Since my last communication NO Improvement has
taken place in the electrical condition Of the Atlantic
cable, indeed until within the last few days have any
Operations or experiments tue. oha Those tue results
which have already been aacateu) been undertaken
the nature Of tne LEAKAGE IN the Cable, or thc
possibility Of working through IN It's present condition
Up yesterday ever! thing r, ained IN Sra quo During
each alternate hour the rega succession Of signals
vousy alluded 10, despatched, and during the inter
walls gsvsnouceIs OF Professor Thomson watched
for some indications VI currents from the other sdc bu
these, unfortunately are seldom seen at all, aud still more
rarely can tnase slght DO depcnded
rcuts from Newfoundland. However there still this much
cause tor sasactun that the fault Goes not get worse
any time, while occasionally Tor tune improves, con
aIfd distinct "Ievsrsas' from Newfoundland
being dscernibie. The opnlon prevalent among many
here that the principal aG ia the cable q comparatively
mar shore duly gains ground and though Pro 1hom
% = oIauo directly opposed % sch su,gDosiison, can
mol help thinking that there Tediys more ~ aaa 'oas al
frg supposed for the given IN my last letter
,ber. s no doubt fault existing in the cable upon the
bank which divides the shore water nom the depths Of
fault without the existence OF several MINOR faults
shore would account for the ota Interruption oi the
currents seut from either teinnL All that Professor
Thomson, Mr. Henley Mr. Nai.y eau shy respecting the
fault H. that gives resistance 10 the electric current
cssiai TO $40 miles VI the cable. But II does not
therefore fo.,ow that the interruption Is 3Jo miles
away for BIZ passing the current through a few
wards Of nnc wire, basin at salt water, the very
same amount Of resistance can produced Thougn
distant fault may tend To interrupt the su, portion of the
electric eurr.at which passes The nearer sa-, yet, v
lhcsc accessible ones were repaired tue opinion
II many here competent 10 Judge q the matter that the
supsred hoes e insulation cot 81 would not materially
affect the working v the line The more recent adyccs
from Newfoundland decdcdiy tend 20 strengthen the
OPINION msin interruption Is Close 20 TINS place
Mr. Cyrus fcli, M writing IRON America, says that mo
messages have been received from Ireland since the LIST
inst though tho insulation tho cable perfect
New according TO tho experiments Of Professor Th'mp
and others has been .-certned TIA, o-s ct ~.
sglaon 500 mics from either SHORE would affect the
rents sent both ends equally, whereas II the detect
were close either riore tine ss "a insulation would only
be apparent ~ tire terminus nearest ~ H.
Avery similar defect 10 tho present occurred short
time arc the North sea cables. Mr. Narley and
otnss scientific gentlemen tested the cable, aud pronounced
~. dsst 10 ba I,O mites on IN. cable accordingly
uuasrrrn cut distance u ~ miles from the Shore
when /, was found that the defect much ami
after variety &c ohec experiments had been tried ne
fa.lly Ias ia e cals discovered .as ca AZ ga AZ all,
Dat actually u, ths portion tae CATE buried IN nc taea
correct should the authorities of the Atlantic Tcc
graph Company not TO pronounce ,hcif scheme failure
until The theoretical experiments twhlch are but uncer
tain guides matter how ably cOnluctcd) are verified
in some measure by practical ics's.
Tho practical tests cannot he obtained without under.
running cutting tho cable or sumo distance from tue
coast This operation will undoubtedly require
aae weather to render , certainly sSS'e, ,n.,.
has been very little thus year upon the coast
Is almost over and people down nere already begin
10 the commencement 81 thoc v0lcat storms
hch render these parts Of the Irish coast exciting not
amusing places OF residence during the winter time,
During October which here well ia other parts Of
the United Kingdom IL usually ac month, much might
be done towards UNDERMINING and repairing II least
ns the damaged portion OF the cable Thcrc Is certainly
no time 10 every week that the cable
nj tho bottom dminshcs the chances " IT'S beng raised
from tho more considerable depths should be deemed
The Cork steamer, which arrived hero Monday
last brought Mr.. Henley gigantic magnetic electric ma
rhiucs which as they were landed were put
toecther and got into operation on the following day.
The machines are a slight modification OF the magnetic
electric machines when place Of batteries are used
for working over all the telegraph lacs in Irelan1
though OF course on gigantic scale pchg the largest sni