The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-26
LANDING THE END OE THE ATLANTIC
CABLE,
[ From the liverpool Albion. ]

From, the liverpool AIbon
At dawn on the morning of the 5th instant, the
anXiously expected Agamemnon and her consort,
the Valorous, vert sighted, standing in towards
Nalentia, and at A. NJ, they were anchored in
Doulas Bay. The two large paddle box boats from
the Nalorous were shortly after dispatched to the
Agamemnon, one to receive the large DanielPs bat
teres and electrical apparatus the other to take in
sufficient cable to reach the shore at Knightsuwn,
where the cOmpanys station has been established.
The swell at the time rendered the process of coil
ing the requisite length Of cable into the boat
work of some difficulty, and squalls coming on, and
the position OF the Agamemnon being such that she
might have to put out to at any minute, the
honor of landing the end of the cable was left to
the of the Valorous, that ship being in better
trim and in a protected situation, and,
consequently able to await the return of her
boats without m mapRrehens,i9n or neonvenenge-
ters towing the paddle box boat CARRYING the CABLE
and being preceded, after passing Church Island
where they became more exposed to the tide, by
the other paddle box boat, which had discharged
her cargo of galvanic batteries and apparatus.
At the end was safely landed by Mr.. c. T.
Bright, the chief engineer of the company, on the
strand at knightstown, amid the enthusiastic cheers
of a not very large gathering of the natives, and
the echoes of salute fired by the Valorous No
thing could show more pOintedly the doubt or dis
belief in the of the enterprise which so mi
versaly prevailed, after the former failures than
the difference in the concourse of spectators when
the Lord-Lieutenant was present at the OCCASION
flags or bonfire greeted the consummatiOn of one
of the most marvellous ana glorious achievements
that the world has known; and even LARGE slab of
slate, inscribed 'success to the cable' which has
been prominently reared above the entrance to the
slate works, was taken down and half hidden be-
hind pile OF stones. After length of cable had
been coied on the beach, adequate to reaching the
Telegraph Office, the boats returned but neither
the Agamemnon nor the Naorous Quilted their an
chorage during the night, though the weather made
thelr position with an exposed and inbound bay
a very unenviable one.
The electrical tests were then applied to the ca
ble and signals were again exchanged with the
Niagara in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, but that
vessel having to land her end had to discontinue
the transmission of currents for awhile; this be
ing resumed all was found right These tests Will
be continued for few DAYS. by which various neces
sary standards of electrical status will be arrived at
and the large instruments which are now being
fitted up in the stations at knightstown and at the
head of Trinity Bay will then be put into opera
ton. After these have been adjusted and pracuceu
for while and all other arrangements are T1 Tuni-
pleted the line will be open to the PuoIc', mus
has been concluded the first step IN new phase oi
~, com on,nnication which will probably over
snread the whole earth before many years are past
~ ~ T-o,.,, distant island, every part where n
Iioan c,U will be supplied with the means of
imsttontI- conyersing with every other portion OF
tho Irorid win Her Majesty decorate the men
Who have achieved this gigantic undertaking,
or are such honors only for military and naval he
roes?
Dr. Banks who was recently suspended as Sutler
at Old Point, charges that he had sold iquor TO
the soldiers against the rules of the Army, has been
restored bv the Secretary of ar after careful IN
yestication of the charges in the course OF which
his innocence was established.