The daily Butte record., 1858-08-17
Arrival OF the Golden u....

LAYING OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH
CABLE AqAiS uSsUccEsLvuL.-The general
Telegrsphic despatch contains the folio wing
information from the expedition engaged in
laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable.
We have reliable news direct from the At.
lantic Telegraph feet. Capt. Cummings. Of
the ship Alice Munroe, which arrived of
Boston ou'Friday, from Liverpool. report.
falling in with the steamers Niagara and
Gordon, on the 9th ult . in latitude SO
degrees minutes north. end longitude 80
degrees and 10 minutes west. Mr.. Cyrus
Field. m officer Of the Niagara boarded the
Alice .Munroe, and stated that the squad
ron had experienced very bad weather from
the time Of its leaving port, and we're six.
teen days in reaching their destination in
mid-Ocean Two unsuccessful attempts had
bcen made to lay the cable. The second at
tempt was made on the 26ih uIt. They had
payed out upwards Of forty miles of cable.
and we're going along finely when. about
one o'clock on the 9th. the electi ic commu
nication suddenly ceased. The Niagara
and Gordon then returned to the starting
point, and were awaiting the arrival OF tn @
.agamemnon aud Vaiorous. when new
eplice would be made md the attempt 10 lay
the cable resumed. All we're we'll on board
the Niagara. Her machinery works admi.
rably Mr.. Field was sanguine Of the sue
cess of the enterprise.
HER MAJEsTY's SERVICE.
QUEENSTOWN, july 8, 1868.
To the Directors Of the Atlantic 7eie-
graph Company.
The Niagara and Gordon arrived this
morning On Wednesday evening, June
2gth,h. when we had 142 miles Of cable pay
ed out, ard all on board the .Niagara was
going on perfectly. the signal from the Aga
memnOn ceased. and from the test. the elec.
tricians say the cable must have parted al
or near the .Agamemnon,' 'and advise your
meeting here as soon as possible.
tSignedl CYRUs sw, FIrLp.
The following is from the London Times,
QusENsTowN. July 9th. 1853.
The Niagara and Gordon arrived this
NOR ming. Three attempts have been made
TO lay down the cable. The .fgdmennOn
and TaiorOus are expected hourly. The
squadron exrerienced very bad weather du.
ring the cruise.
On the 18th of June. heavy gale spranq
up. during which they were separated, but
all met again at the rendezvous. 81 degrees
2 minutes. latitude 33 degrees l8 minutes
long. On the first attempt. about 18 mile,
Of the cable was lost; on the second, about
one hundred and twenty miles. On the 28th
the cable was again joined, and about 25O
miles Was passed out, when communication
was ceased to be received, the cable was
parted aud the Niagara and GordOn pro
ceeded to this place Much to their surprise
the Agamemnon was not in before them; as
they had more than 200 miles the start
The Agdmemnon is reported to have suffer
ed much damage in the gale. From the
London News Getty artic!e,) July 7ih. ro
new facts Of importance huve transpired
with reference to the Atlantic telegraph ex.
pertinent
1t ,s stated that the attempt TO lay the ca
bio will certainly he renewed this year
perhaps almost Immediately, but the next
operations of,he company seem to be invol.
we'd in some unce' tninty. Probably the
, .Agdmtmpon will soon make her appear
ance at Queenstown. and the real position
Of affairs will then be more clearly under.
stood The shares were more enqnired for
to. day (Tne.day) and were quoted from
G3C0 to 4400.