The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-30

20 clear rs 10 the minute OF time aud as 10 the electrical
sl shosiIg nos merely LEAKAGE Or defective insulation
on which 70 rest mopens doubt OF the certainty OF
his most disheutenng fact Tina. OF ad the many mishaps
Connected with the Atlantic telegraph this the worst
aud mcs dishearteniug Is certao since proves that
kter all hist human skill and science effect 10 lay the
be some fatal obstacles TO success al The bottom the
ocean which can never be guar led against ne
nature Of the peril must rays remain a. sece ssd ua-
THIRD ArT8MPT TO LAY TIE wIEE-THE BREAK
AND ExcIrEMENr ON BOARD raE AaAaEMNoE.
No time was Lost, after NE vessels reJoinod @seng
tho third and lsst splice, which wss Covered over inso
1900 sthoms u O'Clock by ships time the
same night Before stesming away, % the Asauennoa
had expended some hundred miles Of cable between
nem, agreed that the wire parted again before
nsa gone oscn one % .nos .le
and as the Agame was 70 sail BACK, the Niaga-s
Was decided, was 70 wa eight days Tor nsr resppseI
been exceeded the ships wers not 10 reurn bat each
make the best Of way to Queenstown. With this
been agreed on both vessels would b able 70
with perfec. accuracy, the ships again parted and with
the wire dropping steadily down between them the M,
the cold raw fog which had hung the rendez
ever since the operations had commenced.
could have been moro regular and more easy than the
working Of every part Of the apparatus AT first the
ana shrss and hail. with strain Of 500 pcuads, the
horizontal argyle averaging as low rs sevens and the YER
veal about sixteen By and BY horsvsr The speed was
Of 1900 pounds, and an angle Of from twelve 70 fifteen
s rate kept up, with trng variations, throughout
Anoet the Whole Of Monday night and neither Mr. Bright,
xr. Canning Mr.. Clifford ever quilted the machines
for an Instant
Towards the middle OF the night, while the rate Of the
ship continued The same the speed At which the cable
payed out slsckened nearly knot sn hour, while
Ne dynamomets. indicated rs low - i'Soo pounds
Won that the water had Swallowed 10 Q considers, ole
extent, and that the vessel was, in fact, passing
an interval Of about an hour the strain and OF
progress Of the cable again increased, while the in
s.s 1ne to TN. the
vas variation throughout Monday night CT, indeed,
through the next day, Tuesday. the upper deck coil,
heavily po IL q ii ans Ss
stoIms was fast disappearing, and by twelve midday
sumss Ike xV miles progress Of e
AL seemed 10 promise most hopefully, and the only
eause that warranted anxiety Vas that was evident the
night, when the would have TO pass in darkness
Along tne great loop which formed the muuicaton
mcss tortur ate, bu. the operation hal been success
fully performed 10 daylight during the experimental trip
the Bay OF Bncay snd every precauion Wa now taken
Al nine O',iocE, by ships time, when I4s miles
had been paid out, and about ia miles dis
lance from the rendezvous accomplished, the last
fake but one Of the upper deck coil came in turn
70 be Used. In order to make easier In passing TO
he nam cell the revolutions Of the screw were reduced
gradually by two revolutions 1t time from 80 TO 20,
While the paying out machine went slowly from 80 to %
sGis rate he vessel going three knots and the cable
three hall the operation continued with perfect
regularity the dynamometer indicating strain Of 100
ponds Suddenly. without instants warning, the
l. he cable parted The gun thai again told toe vsiorous
his fatal shap brought al on board the Az Auneron
,GshDs TO The deck for none could believe tie rumor,
sood the machinery, silent and motoness, while the
fractured cad Of the wire hung over the Stern wheel,
sspeDg loosely and FRO IL seemed amos, impossible
realize the fact tia. accident instantaneous aad
sremedsole should have cccurrei aod OF course va
riey q ingenious: suggestions were ms aouy a'ss saos
have broken
Into these reasons however, the length 70 which the
catering; Therefore reserve furhsr comment for day
or two until the result OF investigation which will
nsanty take place into The cause Of ne fracture on b'.rd
pend having al the causes which have led 10 these
failures placed fully and fairly before them Bat, per
factory feature Of the case s that very little explanation
required 70 show where the au lies when cable
Ss1 ~ nse
circumstances 70. i being safely submergei Is the ex
pednou d MOI cfsen likely to mest with. There was
from FIRST last the Of the expedition had been
uppermost in the thoughts Of ALL and al had abored
ma sd
dayt with earnestness and Devotion Of purpose
that is really beyond all praise.
CONSULTATION ON BOARD THE AaAMEMNoN-sHI
MAMs THE RBNDEzvoUZ.
Immediately after the mshap brief consultation
beld BY those in charge board Agamemuou
row ~ Uurssg %es sad 'U that Ssps
sl cable board the two vessels than the
amour, with which the original expedition last year
CON epced determined TO Try for another chance
70 the rendezvous sailing there OF course for
Mr. Brown, tbs chief engineer, ultra xsaous In the
cause az board OF directors guarded the coa bunkers
M very dragon icst we came 70 pay ing out the
cable again We should be short Of steam and eudanger
me success Of the whole undertaking For the nth time
tha IA venta and
twenty days 81 she again began beat up against the
Wind for The rendezvous 70 Try possible, 70 rscommsnoe
strongly from the southwcst with mist and rain, aud
thursday, July J. gave every one the most unavorsSc
opinion sno sa %.,ss ~, VINO anu aet
scarcely see the masts' head while the damp cold
really biting. Altogether IL was an atmosphere OF
which LoDdontr would have been ashamed even in
November. Later ia the day heavy sea 90. on, the
VIVID Increased without dssipa,ng the leg, and Was
double ssd ,O., aSS PsSG Ss 'Sa ss a; s, DC
gore the Azsmeranol ives buoysSi rfO5oai, aud
20 cared bow mush she took 10 cSlvs about though
the cold act FOG was miserable nuisance penetrating
every where and making fthe ship ~ vs r-de
vhst naie tbe matter worse was tses q a. weather
fhe ian iuie e., when cable lAynE W. h,Ye gore
wholesale Ia order n aycit sucb o--ps aoi also
afosn se ysiorogs Of our shsrssss' ssns we're arei
"a bells rsng aoi le blslsr stAs,ls4 osssr5 70 ware
se OhGr vtsseis o. our vicinity Iri,T tho oro Of
TbasssAy and saturday worse tass b,.s oseher for
aiEos, blew gale, aDa lhore Vas tsssy ses on. Ga
sunday ue ih 10 cleared sd tas ssaaoinno, for tho
drst t curbg the whole cruss rsscss ths actual rcn
dezvsus and fe In With the vs3rous, wach had been
I'M 70 sroe Friday the % but TIE COX must have been
sy hi ker there tban elsewhere for abe bad scarcely
petu herEelf much less anything else, iil 5lnjay.
During the remainder Of that day ard Monday, when
the weather very clear, bob shirs cruscd the
place Of meeting bu, needless 70 say that neither tho
Niagara Gorgon was there though day and night the
lookout FOR them wss anxious and ncesssnt Was EVIL
dent then the Niagara had redly bu, most unforu
ustey adhered 10 the letter Of the agreement re
fardiug the 100 miles and acr the last fracture hal a.
uuoe turned back for Queenstown
THE AGAMsMroN lrURSzD TO QUEENSTOWN.
On tuesday, the 9Th, Was agreed between the Va'o
rous aud Azauiemnon 10 return the
devious. But the fog thick that The whole Amef
navy might have been cruising there uuobserved,
search was given no, and s eight o'clock that night
ships head vss turned for Cork and under all sail the
Aesmcmnon At last stool home rards The voyage home
az made with and swifsness considering the sh,
rers Of the wind the trim OF ship and that che only
reamed three days. ami this morning nj half past twelve
tho Agsmemnon cast anchor In Qnecnsown harbor
ing met with dangerous cs4ler and encountered
more mshars thsn often falls h. the LOT Of any shlp IN