The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-06-23
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WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY. MORNING. JUNE 3. lsss
hAsfsa TIE Atlantic TELEaRApH c.BlE-Th
se'esfaph yesterday announced that the seiegrapl
ueet had 'etthe shores of Great Britain. TO ia
oo"n 'he cable. The sAgamemnon and Niagara
are oououess to day, speeding opposite directions
,n the completion Of the great work. and by Mon
day next, we shall have heard the result Of .b
u'ai. Il would be useless, therefore. to .pecnIat
upon the subject; but the following account of H.
| experiments made previous to undertaking tn
great work, will probably help individual, 10 mat
up q toierably accurate opinion oftbe difieult;a
TO be encountered 1t is written by one Of the ,ar
ties comprising the expedition, on board Of IN,
| Niagara - se'l' N@' " WV
The fleet proceeded to the Bay Of Biscay. LAT A.
oeg; " N: Ion. 30 deg. 81 W., when signal wa.
s, maas oy .nis snip to the Gorgon to sound Imme
aiateiy her boat was seen In the water engaged in
complying with oar request, and in abont twT
nours the depth was reported at $3.50 fathoms say
about Two miles aud three quarters. This heinz
| ae.pe' & .nau any water on the route between Val
entia, Ireland and Newfoundland, the spot was =,
once selected for the experiments Accordiry,v
she sierhs OF the two paying out ships were con.
nected oy hawsers, at the distance Of about Goa
iron eaen other, aud the end of the wire cable
was sent by haulngline from the Niagara ~ ghs
agamemuon, where! it was spiiced to the end oi
| ners, and both ships commenced paving ont Al
| though the wire used was piece of coudamned
Gaoie put on board to be expended, aud was very
detectve In many parts, yet it reached the botto,
va perfect safety. and was wound nm afrerwards
nearly to the surface Of the water; but the ba
connecting the vessels having mean while parted
o.. %, course the wire was broken when stretched
taut between the ships-both machines windina
mp az the same tine. This was regarded as hiob
encouragiog The experiment was made AZ
my h,sa.: nnaer disadvantages and with the old Gu.
Dae 700; me machinery performed its part both
ih paying-out and winding up admirably. T,ls.
graphing was constant between the shins dpr;ng
the process. APPS "ai Jug
The second experiment was with portion of the
o goea wire, ine Atlantic Telegraph cable proper
Ihls was splieed in the same way ma ed on eonai
" well to the bottom, and mess oes sent ,brnnch
1900 miles. '0N' ''.'o"s'
The wire hung at the stern of the ships. sustain.
ing lis own weight in nearly three miles of water
lor an hour, electric communication beinu kant n n
~ tne meantime through the 1900 miles when the
hsamemn made sigDal "wire parted 1t broke
near nel stern, from the long continued tension
ana ehafe from the motion of the shin. On hoard
shr, ho slssara ,he cable was wound up to within
soort distance OF the splice; where it had been bro
Ken second time, 1t is supposed by dragging Mt
the bottom, while being wound up ihis wire was
bearing strain at times of 5l00 lbs as shown bv
'hs oy oynamemeter-and whtn it came in over the
wneeis, was so kinked and curled, twisted and un
laid, as to be entirely unfit for further use. In
one place was twisted into half dozen hard
knots all together.
The third aud last experiment, which deserves
mention, was the trial of the buoy
The splice maze as before described the
catIe Deing the " condemned" like that in the
hrst experiment; the hawser between the vessels
was cast OF, and both steamed away in opposite
hrectisns Agamemnon soon made signal cable
parted" Niagara kept on and maid ont az miIes
then attached the large buoy and small watch
Duoy, dropping them overheard, steamipp away
rom the buoys and paying out She had not gone
bao, snsn oov yards, when the wire parted the
Wheeis, from its own defects. The Niagara then
returned 10 pick up the buoy, but, before she
reached it, 1t" topped over showing the cable 10
be detached On examination, it was flund that
the wire had cut through three and a quarter
men rope 10y which it was attached to the buoy
In 40 minutes time, merely by the undu,atiops of
as follows: "'0 .
Ist. That the machinery is perfect.
"a That by constant watching, and by puttinc
on the least possible retardaion the sbips GOING
or seven Knots the cable can be laid
',h' lhst any attempt to buov the cable In deep
water VIII be time, cable and buoy lost. This has
been much insisted on-this buoyipg q: but il ia "a,
the general opinion that under no circumstances
would the cable fail to twist off in few hours.
tth That any long stoppaee Of the ship by acci-
dent TO ship, engines or by repairs of defective
parts of cable, will be fatal.
TIRE QUARREL BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND THE
CIVILIANS IN PARIs.-0ne of the English paners
says:
serious degree OF alarm is felt In Paris at the
proportions now assumed by the quarrel between
the military and civilians At the military en,er
tainnents OF Hyene and his seconds the toast ..Tc
the total snnihilsti0n of journalism and iourna,
lists throughout Europe" WAS drunk Ds Pene wa,
completely exhausted by an attempt to take his de
positions on Saturday
The Heralds Paris correspondent saws several
hundred students have sent round robin o Figaro
ana other newspapers, conveying q Challenge e
the subaltern officers of the army The authoritie,
have nteTfsred.
the military and bourgeoisie took place last eve
Uing at a cafe in the Rue de Bondy The militar,
expelled carpenter from the cafe, but he returned
with some of his fellow-workmen, and the troop.
were IN their turn expelled by the Peguins.
DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN BELGIuM terri
bie railway accident occurred recently la Belgium
on the line leading from Mons to Manage, by
which twenty persons were killed and fifty-twc
wounded:
The train was conveying a large number of pas
sengers, who were returning frcm ducdsSe or ru
raj tete, aud, while proceeding at it's utmost speed
came IN contact with two wagons laden with coke
and a third filled with merchandise The shock
was terrible. The locomotive was thrown on top
OF the wagons. the two carriages which followed
we're smashed into pieces, and the third greatly
crushed aud broken. Several of the wounded
were horribly mutilated, and wholly bereft of rea
son. Mdlle. Dupont du Fayt, daughter of one OF
the most distinguished merchants in Belgium
was severely cut on the head. Many families
were plugged into mourning by this horrible ca.
tastrophe.
HORRIBLE DEArH.-A letter speaking of the late
destruction of the Pennsyvlvsnis by explosion and
fire, says:
gentleman and his wife who occupied room
| forward of the cabin division died most horribly
having been burned alive. In the fall of the rub
bish caused by the explosion, they were csuyht
nnder heap of ruins of the fallen rooms, and a
cate them, and offered all he was worth. The at
tempt was made. but it was impossible to save
them as the boat Was then on fire,
RETURN AFTER FORTY SIX YEARS ARsENcE-The
Newburyport (iass Herald says that the old res
idents of frat ward were not little surprised on
Thursday last by the advent In their midst Of Mr.
Peter Fudge, after an absence of forty-six years
1t was supposed that he had long since been an
inhabitant cf the spiritual spheres. In 1912 Mr
Fudge sailed from Newburyport in ship belong
ing TO the late Moses Brown, since which time no
tdngs were had of him until his return. His wife
was married twice after his departure, and died
several years ago.
A CENTURY AGo-The Boston (Mass) Gazette
and County Journal, OF July l7th, 1758, contained
tie following: Just imported from Africa, aPd to
be sold on board the brig Jonney, VIM E: cry. com
mander. now lying at New Boston, number OF
likely negro boys and girls, from I2to II years oil
age. Inquire of said Ellery, on board said brig
where constant attendance IL given. N0te-The
above slaves baye all had the small poy. Treasu
rer's notesen New England rum will be taken as
pay
RECOVERY OF STOLEN MoNeY.-Tho 81. Pani (Msn
nesota) Pioneer of the 10th instant says: As the
steamer Metropolitan up the river. just above
Prairie du CHEN. Wis., IN the vicinity of the island
upon which the river pirates were found secreted
the body ofone Of the Fubbers of the Hudson City
Bank was taken out of the water, and gold to the
amount of some $4,000 was found In the pockets
OF his pantaoons. The robber had endeavored 70
escape from the island by swimming ashore aud