Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-19

break occurred, and the vessels returned to
Queenstown, Ireland. In this last trial about
290 miles of the cable were lost, in about E.
quail portions from the Niagara and the Aga
memnon; yet there still remained about $500
miles. The news of this last disaster soon
reached this country, and was generally re-
garded as the harbinger of another, and per-
haps total and final failure of the scheme OF
obtaining telegraphic communication between
the old and the new world. AS soon as the
news reached London, the stock of the CON-
pany fell fifty per cent, and indeed it was ur-
saleable at any price. But the body. soul and
spirit of the enterprise, Mr. FIELD, was not
yet overcome. He still retained confidence
under Providence in the success of his efforts.
The distance between Valentia and Trinity
Bays was only 1860 miles. He had on board
his ships $500 miles of cable. His orders
were to coal the vessels as speedily as posi-
BILE, and to TRY again. Nj desperand,m,
muItum optandam. 1t may have been the last
desperate struggle for a fortune, otherwise
lost; for fame, otherwise shame. Or it may
have been calm and mistaken reliance in
the eternal and interchangeable laws of God,
and an undying trust in their blessings to man
when rightly understood and applied. Who
shall say? At all events, on the morning of
the 18th July, that same feet left Queens
town for the rendezvous. On the 23rd the
Niagara arrived again at Lat. $3.50 Long.
1927, W. One by one the others came plow-
ing the deep. On Thursday. July 29th. they
were all in sight, and in mid-occan, with no
human eye to scan, none to applaud, none to
express distrust, nothing but the waters,
against which the grand struggle, beneath,
and the protecting Almighty above, at l
o'clock P. NJ. the splice was made. and the
ships parted company-the Agamemnon with
8l3 nautical miles before her to Valentia Bay,
and the Niagara with S22 miles before her to
Trinity Bay. Twice, in the course Of the voy-
age, the signals between the ships were inter-
rupted; but these proved to be temporary
being attributable to kinks in the cable OIL
board. The days passed without accident
The storms and tempests of old ocean seemed,
for once, TO be awed into silence; and at Las
A. NJ, of August 9Th the Niagara anchored in
Trinity Bay. At 2.45 A. NJ, same day. sig
nal was received from the AgamemnOn that
she had payed out 1910 miles of the cable
and was safely in the harbor of Valentia. In
the language of Mr. FIELD, as used in his di
airy, "At 5.l5 A. NJ, the telegraph cable was
landed. At 6 A. NJ. the shore end of the ca
bic was carried into the telegraph house, and
strong current of electricity was received
through the whole cable, from the other side
of the Atlantic. Capt. HUDSON then read
prayers and made some remarks;" and in that
of his despatch to the United States, THE
CABLE Is SUCCESSFULLY LAID"
From the above history it appears that this
unparalleled achievement is American in its
conception, and mainly so in its eXecutiOn-a
fact which cannot fail to be grateful to the
popular heart of America. And while the
world at large is celebrating the event with
bonfires and Examinations and rcjoicings, we
may justly experience a feeling of eXultation
which can reach the hearts of no other peo-
pie. Already has America given to the rest
of mankind most of the inventions and dis
cOveries that have revolutonized the com
merce OF nations, quicked the intellect eleva-
ted the social nature, liberaliZed government
and accelerated the course of the world in all
the wonderful avenues of progress. And
now she sends the electric fash. as subtle and
rapid as thought. along the bed of the ocean,
to the ends of the earth. Whatever may be
the immediate effect or the Interior tendency
of the Atlantic Telegraph. there can be no
question as to its stupendous magnitude. and
its brilliancy as triumph of science and hui
man intelligence and energy over the ele-
ments of nature. 1t forms an era in the
course of time that will illumine the page of
this days history with a splendOr and mag
nifcence unapproachcd by the Past, and prob
ably unapproachable by the Future.