The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-19

n,y Of any TIE long stresoer which disp ed from
our main truck hapss az,y assnsi the rnsst and
the dog which tells from which quarter the wiod
comes, says nothing upon the suojsc. Il ID indeed
de.d calm, snd but for that cessng
swell, which nas rightly been dsnomnaed "ths
motion,sss "a painted ship upon painted ocesn" The
smoke which comes up from engine ores through the
huge chtmneys rises ike pillars, and spreads out In
broad canopy over the masts. "rhere comes . breeze
dead ahead" gays Of the salors pointing in the drec
ton Of the bow, and the clear and distinctly defined blue
line which marks the horizon seemed 10 indicate the ap
peasance OF wind in thatquarter but hour has passed
since then, and still the dog remains unnaoved the
sesmer hssgs Idly against the msst aud the canopy OK
smoke becoming denser The clouds have changed, s
true, but wind will COME from them. The human face
has been into the head Of eagle ard those
banks Of white alver cumuh very slowly cha tying
their appearance 50 thoroughly has the cain affected
everything and everybody IN and about the vessel to
throw sort OF dreamy repoe over ALL II s impossible
70 get up . conversation on tho most interesting
topic, and you would imagine that ship had
ceased 10 be part Of the great world In which she moved
and hat her living frsish: had nothing in common with
the rest OF humanity but belonged the unreal creations
Of drean land. And yet this the very ocean, and wa
within few miles Of the point where that terrible
gale burst upon us aud hosehuge angry waves buetei
and tossed about for eight nine days This settled.
dreamy calm las rested for four days, which
are closed by sunsets gorgeous any every seen
der tropical sky. The whole heavens sufased with
the golden glow ftoa the descending sun, and he dis
appears below the horizon turns 10 deep crimson
which is reflected in the unruled ocean until there sp
peas TO be but sky, and the ship suspended in
space The silver gray of evening brings back again
to the world; the golden glow and the deep crimson
hama y,ntt oDlcu
and Will continue with us long 10 leave but small
portion of the twenty hours the night In
nights these nigh htitudes hardly entitled
the name and what between the long twilight early
have scarcely time enough TO get rightly dark
We have now been i've days out, and we have only
ordinary luck will certainly be near the precise
point which marked by dot the chart of the North
Atlantic, about half way between Ireland and Newfound-
land. Tomorrow evening, Friday the 23d Is fxed upon
the Time Of arrival, and everybody 10 INDUCING in
speculatlons TO the Agamemnon being there before
In this all absorbing question everything else
gems to be forgotten. We longer hear Of the
prospects Of the heroes aud herones Of the and
novels which have Furnished topics for animated oscus
sion for days past and 70 wheth
or the hard hearted father has has not been strus
with remorse, and consented to make his lovely
ard sm!able daughter superlatively happy By
marrying the man Of her choice me dark designs Of
tho schcmer who bsed by the superior abilities
OF the lover oyers always avery superior class Of
men, although generally poor,) have escaped that con-
domination and sentence which all vrtuous aud high mind
ed readers supposed to pass upon such Characters
and even his terrible fate hardly thought OF In the
great question which agtaes the minds Of al board
our ship.
We are about ore hundred and thirty miles from the
rendezvous and at the rate going shall be
ut post evening, 20 that may commerce
the work Of laying the cable the following morning by
dsybreak.
Throushou, the whole Of Friday every one was on the
lookout for the Agamemnou, but the best telescope
board failed to discover that ship, and lay as near
that imaginary point called the Rendezvous the wind
and surface current would permit. saturday morang
arrived but with no Agamemnou ard by
seven o'clock Saturday evening We again made
the Rendezvous having dred considerably during Friday
night To be brief had no better than the
day before ana - . somewhat restless ANIMAL we
both restless and impatient In desire 70 begin
work. The weather, which cannot be too extensively
eulogzed yndcst for cable laying, and the baro
meter gave the strongest OF s continuance
Had see arrived Sunday would be useless, as
the religious scrupes OF captain iuterpose nsu-
perabe obstacle; And 20 must patiently wait till Mon.
day, the 26th was however, somewhat consoing to
learn that the vacrous had arrived the morning Of the
18Th although che had neither heard OF the long
expected ship. She wss 1rst at six O'Clock,
hut she along under sail alone abe did not ap
proaoh near enough 10 exchange signals till nine.
Ihope you are all weu," wm the purpors Of the sig
nal made BY our ship.
every well, thank you,' was thu reply.
"Bave you seen the Agamemn asked the captain OF
Tho valorous.
"Ho,n replied Captain Hudson, and then asked in TO
turn he had the Gogon put TO this he also recsved
q negative response.
And after this brief interview and still lacouic
cor yersatioo two ships separated. Monday afternoon,
July 20, the vaIoross was In sight, and the
calm M VIC had ye, observed H. calm 70 the words
Of one OF the crew. that would be chds play N
lay the cable under ruch circumstances About O'Clock
Captain Ashsrn and one o, bis eucuane psi friend
" VISIT aud remained shout hour. The 9th was,
far ss the weather was regarded, perfect counterpart
OF the 26ln. This day were favored with an
ether arrival though not that had first expected
The Gorgon deserted abou. two O'Clock Ia the aer
noon coming from the eastward, and fe~ minutes
after Eve wben she cane up Nov a. two ships can
hardly come together tho high seas without having
souethps 70 say 10 each other, h not 10 DO
expected that the Niagara ard eorgon wcokt pass
other without induging in remarks And 90, Captain
Hudson and Captain had the following brief bu.
vthy dialogue
CAPTAIN HI hope your arc all veil on board
CAPTAIN D.-An well, thank you-hope you are the
same
Captain H.-(Noddlng an Affirmative, and aushus the
ress o. the sentence by word OF mouth Thank you
Captains a. and d. (ogethcr)-Hsve you seen the Aga,
mcmnonf
psus, and the question Is repeated By Captain Hud-
son alone.
r.Ds.,n N Ma nat sncs VIC usrted Havo Won any
coal 70 spare We have had head winds all the way out
Captain H.-None at all We have also h.d head winds
think the Agamcmnon could svo you some she can't
have burned much siSce she ler-
thus ended the Conversation and the Gorgon passed on
10 pay her respects toe vsorOus, which about two
miles of our port quarter Towards evening We observed
both vessels had hoIsted their snrgns, bu, the
weather had become overcss, and we could rot
dlscern anz oiher shin We also dlallaIei