Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-08-21
CYRUS W. fU,LD AT HOME.
Interesting Tel ef :raphic Details.

The unitel States fri gaze niagara anchored off
the Battery mt New i~tk Wednesday afternoon ut
) o clock, and was gree te with saluics.
Cyrus ". Field cam o passenger on the Niagara
lie describes the feel ng which per,adrd all an
b1nrd the Niagara WI lille tho cable was beng laid
says the New York Tri buncl as one OF the most
intense excitement h sery man excried Inn elf
10 the utmost to nehi success in the work
Throughout the s,A an "A halr days til, most per-
feet silence and ate l, ON pcr,aicd the men. lest
single moment of NJ gligence should destroy the
cable. On the fir It day after the paying out b..
gan, it was found ',hft the cable being laid
out nj rate whiet IL proportion to the distance
run would if cor tin ucd, have defeated the enter
prise
This owtig 10 the fact that the cable on
the Niagara had " used 80 much local attraction
TO se;pusly lie age the compasscs, rendering it
imp 's,,blr Ia steer the snip. Next day the com
nandcr OF III" q ri Jon, being apprised Of the fact.
ran ahead OF the iagnra, steering in the most di
rect course for frl nty Bay. Tins he continued
to do, day and III gh,, until they arrived never
leaving the deck except Tor a lew moments, and
VERT sing his p0 st on by repeated Observations of
the sun, moon. am stars. To his agency. there
fore, the Of tho achievement is greatly in
Idehted.
MIR. Field Land ed near the telegraph station.
Trinity Bay. nj O'Clock in the morning. aud
walked to the hon Sc. halt mile distant. through
the wilderness. II ot n person being visible on the
ratnrs from Lond' III fast asleep. rot of them
expecting TINT the enterprise would succeed. In
deed. they had moi, uupacked their trunks anici-
pa;lng TINT in " eek or two the, would be order
ed back to London
''rhc reason by Signals and not words were
sent through the ,ablc il being laid is tina,
on the previous NJ tempt the clerks INDUCED in ir
relevant conversa tion which distracted their at
tent,on from duty ut n time when the slightest
obstruction might he fatal to the work. The d.
rectots therefore ordered that signals only should
he sent through he cable from ship To ship. Both
vessels had Gree lwich time. and the electric cur
re- ,',r"d to an Il fro between them f,t ter min
Il each way.
The signals bowed that on the first day the
r,ocl OF he Ag.imemnon slightly tx 'cede Ia,
Of the niagara, nut On succeeding days they went
at the same pace. there never hc,ns more than
twenty miles Il. fl renee between them. " ncn the
cable was landed mt both ends, Mr.. Field applied
his tongue to tho end, and received the chcrrn.
information TINT the insulation WAS perfect in u
shock that nearly threw him over. The reason
why messages we've not transmitted earlier was
FROM the fact that all the apparatus at both ends
was new and uDtri, vi and required II great deal of
care and skill to AL lust.
Mr.. Field states that there is not the slightest
doubt that the cable is entire success. IA great
or greater than its lost sanguinc trends looked
forward TO- l,v Tho Persia to-day he writes 10
uic Directors prep, re another cable nj once. ~
~ Is e' lden that the present one. which Will in
short time transmit me ssagos rapidly as an erin
line will be entirely Insufficient for the business
winch will flow to It,
II ntil the LIST Of September the line will he
closed to all messages 81 we those from the Govern
ments Of Great Britain aud the United States
During that timo Mr.. Fold will keep the public
advised Of all matters affecting the success Of the
cable