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

length Of cable than aid before We hardly
dare AK ourselves shall lay the line the whole dis
tspce-n too much 70 hope for-and we dreai TO
bnk the future. We count the day pot by hours but
BY minutes and retire at night to sleep, but to think
through the tedious and weary moments OF the all absorb
subject The sound OF the machinery has become as
familiar TO US that OF our own voices aud when /! is
drowned IN any other noise we listen with eagerness TO
hear Bgaiu.
The barometer is consulted hourly snd It's variations
sscaea "isb Jealous eye Tor we can now Sppreciae
hsve been ssy favored but who tell VIVA! another
cay may bring forth ard the weather wise insist thathe
barometer fails so lov without gale The antic
patton Of such thing certainly not calculated TO get
ones mind at rest beeasuered as is by The fear that
rome oward accident may happen to the Agamemnon
which would cause the rupture Of the cable.
At twelve o'clock to day we're in lat 81 deg min,
Ion. 3s deg % min, having made the folio wing run:
Distance made good by observation .............l37
by snp Jog .'''''.'''.''''''''
by engineers log.....,..... liza
while the length Of cable psyed out during the precsd
g twenty four hours 1863 miles s4S fshoms showing
& surplus Of % miles over toe distance run, which
is an expenditure Of seventeen per cent. The
depth of wster varied from 1857 to 1850 fAthoms
Wind east by southeast The Agamemnon Informed us at
quarter to three O'Clock P. NJ by telegraphc signal
that they had payed out three hundred miles OF cable
FoURTB DAY-AUGUsr L.
Confidence is growing stronger and there is consider
able speculation tue time we shall rea,h Newfound
land The pilot who is to bring into Trinity Bay
In great rspute, and Is becoming . more import
ant parsonage every day His opinion 10 solicited Il
gard 10 The weather. he supposed to know something
about it in these attitudes, and he particularly catechsed
the navigation OF the bay and the formation and charac
Of the coast We really beginning 10 have strong
hopes bis services viii called into requisien and
At in the OF few days viii be in sight Of
sud. Tbe night has passed without accident
meter is rising and the wind has gone round to the
vest sure indication that will have clear weather.
But the sea not Ut all SO smooth the day BEFORE
in fact rough to favor the belief thai there
rave been gale short time since in these lAu-
sudes The wind is also very peroeptby increasing, and
there are serious misgivngs that going TO have
Shat threatened gale The condition Of the vessel
such to alarm greatly for the safety Of the CABLE
Should TO blow very hard, the large amount
already paid out aud the quantity Of coal consumed have
gbtened her much render her rather uneasy In
heavy The barometer Still rising and rising very
opioy but the wind increasing and although hes
fresh the present unsettled OF feelings
IL 10 not bead wind however and that s greatly In
isvor Bob wind and sea are nearly abeam, and
strain the cable which gives rise 10 the most
pleasant feelings The sea, too, to be getting
every minute and strikes the slender wire with all it,
force. Every surge Of the ship Affects H. and
through each wave II makes small white line Of foam
its track The sight OF that threacke wire bat
tlps with the sea- produces q feeling somewhat akin TO
that with ~h,h VOC would watch the struggles drown
irg whom you have not the power assisting You
only look on and trust either that the wli 20
Gown that the cable DC able resist the force Of
,he waves successfully or Tie former there very liz
tie prospect, but OF the latter there every for
hope The struggle has been going nos Cor several
boure, and there no more sign Of the cable parting
han vben y commenced The electricians report the
continuity perfect and the signals which received M
intervals from the Agamempop show that thai vessel
se,trg along with her part Of the work in
admirable style. What DESIRE Yes thsre
something more; for, although doing o, well ve
unreasonable enough 70 wish doing better
rather 70 wrh that had done altogether, ana were
safe In Hay Aft he We rcsfii
unreasonable 70 wish that stea ming up
The hey " New York and that After this terrible CONTEST
among fricpds-at home 10 tell them Of all we have
ssen and all we have done-how We have failed or
s s |. rroyidsooe only can dsssru.ne We
and, although some Of us have suffered mucn from
anxiety and watching hardly tell what excess,
among us. But ihls s anticipating what may hap
pen FOR, although we have been successful thus far,
who can cay we will continue 20 the cndS
II would impossible that where there
~ no much anxiety and mental unoasncss, Tho
roe, ludicrous affair could excite even a smile
An incident Illustrative Of this aiOroed this
afternoon, just about dinner time.
preaching some Of hs associatss well, IL 10 done al
last"
VIA, i. copeg' said half dozen, with the mas, m.
Pat, nj haste; " What In done The cAbley'
:. The cablef No, dinner done - he replied, with
tone OF dssus, that showed however bis might
regard his remark, be certainly did not Intend ose.
They laughed boFsver, A. much a. N Il were nlensea
Tor one probably because bis expanauou relieved
their minds from the apprehension that really the
cable ne spoke or Hoseyer impreoaUle u msy appear,
thore who 70 think less OF their live.
than tney do OF the arrcf line running over tee
ssoFn, aud theYe few WHO would not their OVa
safety 10 that Of the cable. Tbs IL paramount,
AL otner cc1sid xiions and every feels that IL 40,
fro N the apps Esice Boy up 70 tho captain
@e have maze better run 70 day han during any
~ eniy four boss since We stsrtei. Al Il O'Clock
were 70 lat so ~ long Al IS, bsvnz male from l3a TO
10 taes. n shown by the following
AZ "A on 4
ships log ....................l3 9
Engineers cg................142
Patent lns ..... .............. Ia 10
10 running this distance have paid out i64 miles
osj isihoms OF cable, shi,n sbOssa sufp OF 10 miles
o.. fsttoms over the distance b. Ooscrvatou, or
about IA Ter cent Tie depth o. The varies from
2t4 " POO isih pms ana the wind, which bie~ from
y. W, frcshencd very cODsiderahy. II aii not nov.
ever, attain the force Of gaze aud what Ftli more
rratGyrG, began 70 fa niSni approached whlo toe
barometer continued T.sins
FIrTH DAy--AUGUsr 2.
A. seven O'Clock this m,rnugs steamer rsporei
coming from tho westward, and steering directly our
course. What vessel could Il be- Not the P0rcaphe,
which TIE British governmcni despatched 70 Trioily
Hsy 10 looS out for the Nagsra Der arrival No IL
could not the Porcupue she would NOT come out