The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-07-22
THE TELEGRAPH CABLE BRO
KEN.
or THE 4Cc7DENE-RETERN
OF THE NIAGARA TO ENGLAND-AN-
OTHER ATTEMPT TO BE NADE

PARTICULARS or THE HE4Cr1DENE-RETURN
OF THE NIAGARA TO ENGLAND-AN.
OTHER ATTEMPT TO BE KADE
The steamer North Star, which arrived at New
York Tussday morning, brings AZ foreign papers
with The Particulars OF the last mishap to the ca
BILE, already announced by telegraph. The follow.
ing article from the Cork Reporter Of July 4th,
tells the tale
ron for the laying Of the Transatlantic cable arriy.
ed in Queenstown at an early hour this morning.
We regret having to anuounce that The object Of
the expedition has for the present failed, and We
shall nov give our readers such particulars OF the
events which occurred in the course Of the under
taking rs we have been able to collect. The Aga
memuou and her tender, the Valorcus. and the
Niagara and her tender, the Gorgon, sailed from
Plymouth on the 10th OF June; each Of the great
vessels carrying about 500 miles Of cable, with
q new and improved apparatus for paying 1t out,
which IL was calculated would have allowed for any
strain or unequal motion Of the ships. as the very
speed Of the vsssels regulated by automatic ar.
rapgemeuts the rate at which the coli was to be
discharged.
After having been three days at sea, the expedi-
ton was overtaken BY fearful gale, which con-
tinued without fntermission 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 obliged to scud
before the wind for SO hours; her Goals got adrif
and coil Of the cable shifted, 30 that her captain
for some time entertained serious apprehensions
for her safety, and from the immense strain her
waterways were forced open, and one of her ports
we're broken. Two of her sailors were severely
injured, and one of the marines lost his reason
from fright. Yet such was the consummase skiil
good seamanship. and ibtrepidity Of her comman-
der, Capt. Priddie. that he was enabled to bring
her to the appointed rendezvous, lat. SO deg. m,
long. So deg. Is min. The Niagara rode out the
storm gallantly, having only carried away her
ceys,,. q <faG bad
American eagle.
san the vessels having at length arrived at their
contral point of junction, the first splice of the
cable was made on the 26th. After having Iad
dent on board the Niagara, the cable parted. The
ships having again met, the splice was made good,
and they commenced to give out the cable second
time; but after they had each paid out 10 miles, it
was reported that the current was broken, aud No
communication could be made between the ships.
Unfortunately, in this instance, the breaking must
have occurred at the bottom, as the electricians
from the fine calculations which their sensitive
instruments allow them to make, were able TO de-
clare such to have been the fact even before the
vessels came together again. Having cast off this
loss, they met for the third time and recovered the
connexion of the cable on the 28th. They then
started afresh, and the Niagara having paid out
over $50 miles of cable, ali on board entertained
the most sanguiue anticpations of success, when
the fatal announcement was made upon Tuesday,
the 10Th, at P. NJ, that the electric current had
ceased to flow.
As the necessity of abandoning the project for
the present WAS now only too manifest, 1t was
considered that the opportunity might as we'll be
avaied Oft test the strength of the cable, accord
ingly. this immense vessel with all her stores &C.,
was allowed to swing to the cable, and, in addi-
tion, strain of four tons was placed upon the
breaks, yet, although it was blowing fresh at the
time, the cable held her as if she hsd been ut
chor fer over an hour, when heavy pitch Of the
sea snapped the rope, and the Niagara bore away
for this port. Before starting, an arrangement
was made that, should any accident occur in Civ
ing out the cable before the ships should have
gone 100 miles, they should return to their start
ing place in mid ocean; but in case that distance
should have been exceeded before any casualty
should happen, they should make tor Queenstown.
In accordance with this understanding, the Mag,
ara, having made 100 miles before the mishap, re.
turned to this port. Upon her homeward way she
must have passed the Aganemnon 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 yet arrived, although
her destination directed towards this shore, it
ia copjectured that she might not have delivered
the arranged quantity Of coil at the time Of its
failure, and may have consequently returned to
their place of meeting, which will unavofdably
protract the suspense which must necessarily be
felt, as, until she be spoken with. nothing definite
can be learned as to ths occasion OF the disaster
rhe two principal electricians, DR.. Sanity and Mr..
Lawes, on board the Niagara are Inclined to be-
lieve that the accident occurred on board the Aga
memnon, hich. as it would only implcate faulty
arrangement of some of the apparatus, would still
leave hope of the ultimate success of the under.
taking, Whereas If the separation has occurred at
the bottom, its effects will be greatly to damp, if
not deter the enterprisng spirit OF the directors
from perseverng in this gigantic project. Should
nothing be heard of her consort, the Niagara will,
after coaling, proceed to her ocean statiou having
still board about 800 miles of the cable, which,
supposing that the other vessel has retained
similar amount, would Sill permit of the junction
being completed, and allow 80 per cent for casual
ties In this last trial some 500 miles of the rope
lost and when 1t is calculated that it is rough
Jy estimated that the value of the cable is about
tl00 mile, it will be seen that the sacrifice up to-
the present has not been so extensive as might at
first sight have been supposed"
The Liverpool correspondent of the London
News says:
This Information was received with universal re-
gret on the Liverpool Exchange, but owing to the
uncertain nature of the intelligence it had little
or no effect on the Stock Exchange. The weather
In the Atlantic and Irish Channel has this year,
most unfortunately, been the toughest ever known
in June, and for some time past fears have been
entertained that the squadron would meet with
disasters.
W. Field, Queenstown, to the Directors of the At
iantic Telegraph Company, July 5: The Niagara
and Gorgon arrived this morning. On "Wednesday
evening, June Goth, when we had l42 miles Of ca
pt6 pdyeu out, anu I'll Ou UOATu tue NidBAIh was
going on perfectly, the signal from the Agamem-
Do2 ceased, and, from the tests, the electricians
say the cable must have parted at near the Aga
memnon- advise your meeting here as soon as
possible
Prof. Morse, in letter on the subject, says that
a cable will unreel more readily without
kinks than it will unwind from coil, it should be
all reeled on a single vessel-the Great Eastern
and then laid from this side Of the water to Eng
land. 1t is also stated that Tai. P. Schafner has
secured the right to run line by land and sea from
England, via Greenland, Ireland and FarOe H.
lands. to America.
HUGE Saw FIsH--A saw.ishs about Is feet long
with saw measuring four and a half feet, was
caught up Newport River to-day by Mr.. Asa Pive.
and brought to town. The saw has fifty four teeth.
me of them about an inch 10 length. He 10 =
trightful looking monster, and naturally created
quite sensation on his arrival. This is the lar.
gest nsh of that kind that has ever been caught
about here In several years Beaufort( NJ c. Jour
nal