The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-07-22
FO R E IGN.
THE MAILS BY THE NORTH STA
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CARIF

| The ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE
FAILURE OF THE ENTERPRIsE-THE CABLE PARTED 4
| THIRD TIME-RETURN OF THE FLEET TO QUEENS
! TOWN.
The Niagara and the Gorgon had returned tc
! Queenstown, after three unsuccessful ATTEMPTS tC
lay the cable. They reached that port on the morn
! ing of July 3. The Agamemnon and Valorous had
not arrived, though they had two hundred miles
start; The squadron experienced very severe
weather during their cruise. On the 18th of june
| heavy gale sprang up, during which they were
separated, but all met again at the rendezvous 5000
lat, 33o olS lon On the first attempt aboutten mile,
OF cable were lost, on the second about 12O miles
! and on the 2Sth the cable again ioined and
! about $50 miles were paid out, when communica
tion ceasing to be received, the cable was parted
| and the Niagara and the Gorgon proceeded to
| Queenstown. =
The second edition of the Cork Reporter of July
has the following particulars of the cruise:
The Niagara and GorgOn attached to the SQUAD
ron for the laying the Transatlantic CABLE arrived
in Queenstown at an early hour this morning. We
regret having to that the object of the ey
pedition has for the present failed and we shall now
give our readers such particulars of the event,
which occurl ID in the course of the undertaking
we have been able to collect. The Agamemnon and
her tender, the Vaorous, and the Niagara and her
tender, the Gorgon sailed from Plymouth on tbe
10th of June, each of the great vessels CARRYING
about 500 miles of cable, with new and improved
apparatus for paying it out, which 1t was calculated
would have allowed for any strain or uneaual mo.
ton of the ship as the very speed of the vessel
ulated by automatic arrangements the at which
the coil was to be discharged. After having been
three days at sea the expedition was overtaken bv
fearful gale which continued without intermission
for nine DAYS. '
On the seventh day of this heavy weather the
ships, which continued to keep together, had to
part company, and the Agamemnon was oblired tn
scud before the wind for 36 hours; her Goals rot
adrift; and coil of the cable shifted, 50 that her
captain for some time entertained serious apprehen
sions for her safety, and from the immense strain
hAp prnt ntnttt,- fD
ports was broken. Two of her sailors were seyere-
y injured, and one of the marines lost his reason
from fright Yet such the consummate skill
good seamanship, and intrepidity of her cammand-
er, Captain Priddle, that he enabled to brine
her to the appointed rendezvous, lat. 500 q, long
33o 49,. The Niagara rode out the storm gal
lantly, having only carried away her iibb6om
and one wing Of the tigurehead, the great Ameri-
can eagle.
All the vessels having at length arrived at their
central point of junction, the first splices of the ca
BILE was made on the 26th. After having paid out
two and-a-haf miles each, owing to an accident on
board the Niagara the cable parted. The -sbips
having again met the splice made good, and
they commenced to give out the cable a second
time but after they had each paid out 40 miles il
repor ted that the current was broken and NO
communication could be made between the sbins -
Unfortunately, in this instance the breakape must
have occurred at the bottom, as the electricians
from the fine calculations which their sensitive in
struments allow them to make were able to declare
suc TO nave Deen tne lact even before the vessels
came together again. Having cast off this loss
they met for the third time and recovered the CON
nexion of the cable, the 2sth They then started
afresh, and the Niagara having paid out over i51
miles of cable, all on board entertained the most
sanguine anticpations of success, when the fatal
announcement was made upon Tuesday the 99tb
at 2. NJ. that the electric current had ceased TO
flow.
As the necessity of abandoning the project for tho
present was only too manifest, it was consid-
cred that the opportunity might as well be avaiIed
of to test the strength of the cable. Accordingly
this immense vessel, with all her stures &c.. WAS
allowed to swing to the cable, and, in addition.
strain of four tons placed upon the breaks vet
although it was blowing fresh at the time. the ca
BILE held her if she had been at anchor for over
an hour, when heavy pitch of the sea snapped the
rope, and the Niagara bore away for this mort
Before starting, an arrangement was made that
should any accident occur in giving out the cable
before the ships should have gone 100 miles.
they should return to their starting place in mid
ocean; but that in case that distance should have
been exceeded before any casualty should happen,
they should make for Queenstown. In accordance
with this understanding, the Niagara, having made
100 miles before the mishap, returned to this mort
Upon her homeward way she must have passed the
Agamemnon, but owing to the heavy fogs which
prevailed for the greater portion of that time she
missed seeing or gaining any tidings of her.
As the Agamemnon has not vet arrived althouob
her destination was directed toward this shore II
is conjectured that she might not have delivered the
arranged quantity of coil at the time of its failure
and may have consequently returned to their Mace
of meeting, which will unavoidably protract the
suspense which must necessarily be felt. as until
she be spoken with, nothing definite can be learned
to the occasion of this disaster The two nrinci
pal electricians, Dr. Sanity and Mr. Lawes, on board