Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-29
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THE ATLANTIC CABLE.

%" THE ATLANTIC CABLE. = e
In consideration Of the great public inte.
rest which must necessarily be taken in this
great enterprise, we make the following ex-
tract from the London correspondent Of the
New York Herald:
heicoiling Of the cable on the Agamem-
non has commenced, and shout one hundred
miles Of it have already been placed on
board Of that ship. They have abandoned
the idea Of putting the whole 1,450 miles
which are to constitute her half Of the deep
sea line in one coil, and for good reasons.-- =
On the last expedition 1880 miles were
were placed in one part of the hold, and this
weight, although it did not seriously ipjqre
the ship, strained her SO that it was feared at
one time she world be hogged, and some ap;
prehensions were entertained in regard to
her sea worthipess. The division of the
cable into three coils. this time will prevent
the possibility Of any accident arising from
such cause, and will make. the vessel much
steadier in a seaway than she was before
The Importance of steadipess in the laying
of the cable can hardly be overestimated,
and the change 10 this respect, will gofar to
secure the success of the undertaking. 1t
is not known who will be appointed to the
command of the Agamemnon, in place esof
Master Commander Woddall, who went on
the last expedition, and who it is,to berre'
gretted has not, been detailed for the same
work this year: Rumor says5 that Lieut..
Dayman, of the surveying steamer Cyclops,
will bs; assigned the position ;.sand .kneBL
edge. Of the oceanic telegraph route would
certainly be o strong recommendation in
favor of his appointment. This'is the gem
tleman who surveyed the great plateauAon
which the cable isite rest, and whose sound.
iugs oorroborated those made7by Lieut.. Ber.
ryman undertake order ofathe United States
Governments Then it is also said that
Captain Wainwright, of the British war
steamer Leopard, will have command Of the
AgsmemnoD; but these are, after all, merely
speoulations- It is to be hoped, however,
that some one Of t..etJ gentlemen will be
appointed, on account Of the experience
which they have had in the great work
The Leopard, you may remember, acted last
year as the escort IF the Agamemnon, while
the United States steam ffriigate Susqdehan-
ma, or as she is called here, the Suskewhan-
ma, as the escort Of the Niagara. It is a
singular coincidence that both Of these YES
sells should have subsequently met at San
tJuan, where they we're looking after the
movements Of the illibusters, and where, I
believe, they are still stationed. The Sus:
quehanpa is expected over herein the course
of four or five weeks, to take her old place
in the telegraphic squadron, as it is presum-
ed she will be detailed, BY our government
for the purpose. There was a report that
the squadron would be accompanied to mid
ocean, from which the laying of the cable
is to be commenced this time, by the Chan
mel fleet, but it is exceedingly problematcal
whether the; British Government will in the
present threatening aspect Of affairs in
France leave the English. coast in such "a de-
fenceless condition. A squadron sof some
Eve or six vessels may, however, be detached
to go out with the telegraph ships, but 1
doubt if even this,WiI be done
The machinery is0not quite finished, that
is, all the details are not completed yet
Every attention has been bestowed upon it,
and as the success of the enterprise largely
depends upon its adaptability to the work,
it will be subjected to the most rigid tests
beforeit is finally adopted. A great deal Of
the heavy and cumbrous work which was
put on board the Niagara last year, and which
numbered up the deck to no purpose, has
been dispensed with, and the whole will be
as simple in its operation and as free from
complication as it may be possible to make
it. All the attention of MI. Everett and the
other engineers has been given to this i'm.
portant point, and think there will be no
reason to complain Of any defects in this i'm
portant particular In the meantime, the
electricians have been hard at work in their
particular department, and have succeeded
in telegraphing a word a minute through a
length of twenty-five hundred miles Of
cable. This is great advance, when COM
pared with the comparatively, slow transmits
sion Of signals previous to the departure of
the. expedition last August In fact, the
rate of Transmission hasbeen 80 farimproved
that it will more than double the receipts of
the Atlantic Telegraph Company. This is
one of the most important features of the
enterprise, not merely as matter Of pecu-
mary interest for the company, but for the
increased working value which it will give
to the line when, laid. Considering these.
points, the public attention gill be more
earnestly enlisted in the success Of the next
expedition than it was in that Of the last
Everything that human foresight can pro-
vide for has been done to secure the &C..
complishment. the great work, and never
were the prospects Of a triumphant accom-
plishment more cheering and promising
Both the Agamemnon and Niagara will make
a trial of the machinery in the Channel be-
fore their final departure for mid-oceau,
which will not probably take place previous
to the first week in juno next. The whole
length of wire to be coiled on board both
ships is about twenty-nine hundred miles,
which will allow surplus of between twelve