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


All We want nov 10 continuance Of the fine weasher
have had nearly the whole Of this mouth to lay the
cable for still feel convinced OF the prscicashy OF
the work despite the uuexplsnei break OF ,nnuiy and
fracture Of the wire
CEREMONY OF LAYING THE CABLE.
PiHsr DAY--JuLY %.
We were right In our surmses that there must have
boon for the Vaoyous and 0oFgon displaying
their flags, and hopes that the Agamemnon hsd q:
last made her appearance though invisible 10 in
sequence Of the fog prevailing " the .ime was now
fully realized. About aveociock this morning the mist
began to clear away aud ten fifteen minutes
ater our sitter ship ocult be distinctly seen between
tWo snd three n.ilss OF our port quar.er Mr.. Field
had offered . reward 70 tho man who would first dis
cover her, and as may DO supposed tho crew were
thoroughly Wide awake, and on the lookout for ths
expected vessel. Two three days before she came
there were reports innuuwSbe to her having been
seen, and at aimost every point Of the PASS The
smaAeat speck Of cloud barely visible through the set
telescope board erted into smoke by those
who were determined tn zee her, even she hun
dred miles away. "rhss certainly must be hsr,p said
one Of the quartormasters pointing at ssne ina.
ginsry object with the telesco7e, which he hal
just taken from his eye "Yes, that's her, and mic.
take this time"
"where9" asked dozen anxious querists all at oa,s,
and ell eagerly stretching their hands For ne tee
scope
"rhere, thcre he replied, looking towards the cloud
less horzontherel don't You sec H. right there the
stsrbosrd bow, about three poiuts?"
tho msn who had been mos. fortunate in securing the
glass first tcck long observation at the point thus nd
Gated end after scanning three four times announced
in tone of disgust that there smoke and That ii
rally translated, signifies "nothing!"
The more energetic and enterprsng would occasionally
run up the head of the topgallsnt snd take
view Of the horizon from tina. elevation but with no bet
ter than those who, Of less aspiring mind
NAMED on the deck kept their lockout from the FORE
castle poop Never greater interest manifesto in
any sho than the preferred reward created In that yes
sci; and yet not the amount but rather the dis
tnction which the discovery would confer upon the
by whom il should be made Then there the excite
ment of the thing ITSELF aud hst alone would be sufficient
To arouse the feelings Of tho mos. Indifferent Ony
those who have been at sea TO- any length o.,
time fully appreciate tho value CT this word,
or how little takes 10 get up excitement lat sea-
where life ID but constant round Of mono.o-
nous Incidents which follow each other regular Euc
cesson the hours dial Tho "rewsrd, }" therefore,
grew into all the magnitude OF important question: and
with the addition Of whales which oocssonslly
duged In spoutipe, served TO make the time pass some,
what less heavily on our hands.
The arrival Of the Agamemnon overoppei all other sub
jects and Knocked into cooked hat the various opinions
whchhad been circulated regard 70 her engines having
broken down. "Tncrc sbs H. sirn said the delighted
sailor to the ocOr of the Deck when he observed her
heavy looking hull slowly emerging from the mist which
still hung over her mass like veil "rhere she s sir on
our port quarter" And there she certainly wasno mis-
take this ume--there the two while strcaks, tu.
Still more conclusive Than thsthere the cable who'd
over her Stern the other her bow twas
the Agsmcmnon ten dsysout from Cork having made the
rendezvous the evening before, ss We subsequently
learned.
As has been stated she was between two and three miles
OF our port quarter when first observed and there wa
no indication of either smoke or seam We concluded tha
she had been saving her COAL and had sailed the greater
part the WHOLE oftne This after wards found
TO be Incorrect she had consumed two hundred OF the
FIVE hundred with which she started and that she
had during the passage 70 mid ocean met with head winds
she had also repetition, small scale, Of the bad
weather we experienced during The mouth Of June,
but m lasted only twenty four hours and % the wind
DID not freshen into . gale there was no ground for
alarm. Ono Sea- however, made Ia way into the ward.
room and broke some OF the bulkheads But for tho
scorer, and thus given the advantage Of the Gne
weather with which we have been 90 wonderfully
favored since We LEI Queenstown, and, in fac.
from the tmc tho squadron lett mid ocean In June,
up the data II 70 appearance the rendezvous
this month. Here nj last however, ready 70 com
operations more, and determined sccess be
possible we will make every Effort 70 secure and deserve
t. Whatever ether charges may be preferred against the
enterprise by the dssai,hed cannot be said that those
who are engaged in have shown any wan, Of perse
energy Although they have met with failure
After failure, and that would have dscourssei
almost any other body OF men, they have exhibited
de,ermrsou that Ia deserving Of all praise, and hope
funess that disassers could subdue Preparations are
being n.dc 10 the work and although there
many Who think useless expenditure Of time aud
money, yet there others who sanguine 10 the
result There no want OF energy certainly am,ns our
men, and yen could only witness the hearty assent ths,
ir given n the following inscription which has been made
In chalk the outside OF Of the cable circles you
would cay there no want Of enthusiasm IN them
"The wire viii be laid, and we viii 70 10 New York"
About half past nine O'Clock the Arsmemnon havlng
got up steam observed slowly approaching u.s. "a
IN somewhat lees than hour AFTER she crossed bow
previous to taking her position stern A. to DO
ready for splicing All the preliminary preparations had
been made board The Niagara, and everything was Ia
readiness for the OF the work FAR rs she
was concerned. The at their posts by the ma
chinery the shoppers oil arranged, the electricians
we're watch in the long vacant Office the TAR tubs
pu, In their proper places the scrspcrs adjusted,
and nothrg left undoue that human foresight could
rrcvido for within the boundaries Of the rope ths,
clcsed the machine none but the privileged few were
allowed 10 enter and II any did through ignorance,
The inscription which was pos.ei corspcucusy In front,
ard which resds az follows, warned him against further
Intrusion -
"rc one here ercepttSe engineers wsish"
This Was certainly ssonc but Il 4 vas MT sfopi FOR
the purpose TIE marine who stood close By informed
him that he must leave. This was not all, however,
for under the impression that be was al liberty 70 ssk
70 INC operator IN charge q the dynsmome'cr he was
soon made aware Of The sbsurdiy OF such an idea by
another notice. 70 the enect thai 10 Conversation was
allowed with that particular Individual. Then, In adsl-
zion 10 all this the ocer in charge OF me platform, ~hian