The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-09-09

ArxAr4c Tunanxx-Ihe -4esnemnen apd
- - Ve7oyoss. md the Wto9uya and her
~ .Goreos. ailedgtom Plymouth ON che 10Th
q: each of the great vessels earring about
miles Of cable, With . new and posed APP
y for paying il out, which Il va calculated
have allowed for any strain or unequal motion
shios. As the very speed ofthe Vessels regulated
somafic arrangements the rate ut which the coil
I he discharged Af1er having been three days
the expedition was overtaken>by a fearful gale.
co,tipneI without infermission for nine days
= seventh day OF this heavy weather the ships.
continued TO keep together, had to part com
and the -4ganepaon was Obliged to scud before
nj for thirfy-six hours; her coal got adrift, and
III the cable shified. 80 that her captain for some
,,ertaiued serious appreheDsions for her safety.
,v the immense strain her waterways we're
.,ep- and one Of her rorts was broken. Two of
klors were injured. and one of the marines lost
49,, frpm fright. Yet such was the ~consummafe
nod seamanship. and ~intrepidity Of her COM
C.ptain Praede, that he was enabled to
,s- TO the appointed rendezvous, lat, So deg. 2
eng. 33 deg IL Mn
yTagara rode out rho storm CALAMITY, having
~~;sd axay her jihboom and one wing Of n&e
sad. the great American eagle.
H. vessels having at length arrived Mt their
noiut of junction, the first splice Of the cable
l. ON the 18th. Amer having paid out two
aft miles each, owing to an accident on board
cara, the cabE parted
.b;ns having again met, the splice was made
nj they commenced to pay out the cable q
time; but after they had each paid ont forty
was reported that the current was broken,
comm hon could be made between the
rnforf 81. in this instance the breakage
70 o.cuy[<d nj the bottom, rs the electricians,
. 6ne calculations which their sensitive instru-
How them 10 make, were able to declare such
hssn the fact, even before the vessels came
again.
.ast off this loss, they met for the third
4 recovered the connection Of the cable on the
Fhsv then started afresh, and the Niagara
raij cut over $50 miles of cable, all on board
neil the most sanguine antcipations o fsuccess.
L fatal announcement was made upon Tuesday,
\. at nine p. ", that the electric current
sed TO flow. Al the necessity of abandoning
ect for the present was now only too manifest,
considered that the opportunity might as well
ed Of 10 test the strength } of the cable. Ac-
IL this immense vessel, with all her stores,
allowed TO swing to the cable, and. in addition,
of four tons was placed upon the breaks, yet,
IL was blowing fresh at the time, the cable
~ If she had been ut anchor, for over an
zen n heavy pitch Of the sea snapped the rope,
Niagara bore away for this port. Before
an arrangement was made that, should any
occur in paying out the cable before the ships
ave gone one hundred miles, they should re-
their starting place in mid ocean; but that
he distance should have been exceeded before
|ualty should happen, they should make for
pwn In accordance with this understanding,
Irara. having made one hundred miles before
40. returned to this port. Upon her home
= he must have passed the -9gamemRon, but
the heavy fogs which prevailed for the
portion Of that time, she missed seeing or
any tidings of her.-COrkR Rep