Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-21


we shall be able TO carry the gospel to all parts
of the earth. We have been simple instruments
in Hipher Hands to bring about the accomplish
ment of this enterprise. There Is one higher
than US. and to Him should be given all the
praise. / hardly know how to speak But
YOU would not expect much from sailor,
and therefore you will not be much disaP-
pointed.
Mr.. Field, and Mr.. Cooper, were also intro
duced to the multitude, and made brief, feliei-
tous speeches. The enthusiasm was unbound
ed, and the whole affair passed off in the most
satisfactory manner The Tribune says Mr..
Field is locking well, although nearly worn out
by the toll and excitement he has Undergone
We add from that journal very interesting ae-
count Of
HOW THE CABLE WAS LAID.
Mr.. Field describes the feeling which perya-
ded all on board the Niagara while the cable
was being laid, as one of the most intense ex-
citement. Every man eXerted himself TO the
utmost to achieve success in the work
Throughout the six and half days the most
perfect silence and attention pervaded the men,
lest a single moment of negligence should des-
trov the cable On the fra day after the pay
] ing out DtEAlA II a. AoAAA4 AA1N NIc SADaN
/ being paid out at the rate at which, in proper
ton 10 the distance run, would, if continued,
have defeated the enterprise. This was owing
to the fact that the cable on the Niagara had
caused so much local attraction as to seriously
derange the compasses, rendering it impossible
to steer the ship Next day, Commander Day
man of the GorgOn being apprised OF the fact,
ran ahead of the Niagara, steering in the most
direct course for Trinity Bay. This ne contin-
ued TO do day and night until they arrived, new
er leaving the deck except for few moments,
and verifying his position by repeated obserya-
tons of the sun, moon and stars.
When his arduous task was accomplished, bis
ewes were swollen and suffused with blood from
| long loss of sleep, and he was almust Prostrated
/ from the immense fatigue which he had under
gone. Without his assistance the cable
would have been exhausted long before the Nj
agara reached land, and to his agency, there
fore, the success of the achievement is largely
| indebted.
On Wednesday morning. August 4th, at
O'Clock land appeared to the n. W. about 35
miles distant An hour later the AgamemnOn
signaled that she had paid out 926 miles of ca
BE. being precisely the same quantity as that
laid from the Niagara. At7t p m. her Msjes-
tvs steamer -ROEenRias hozs IN sight. and Capt
OSteEs iior SoEaiEaaiadeFs VII IL = =
been engageu ID survey iuS Aiihlsg Jay anu ~
Bay of Bulls Arm, boarded the Niagara to pilot
her into the harbor. At p. m, Capt. Otter
reported the telegraph station 10 miles OIL
There had been paid out from the Niagara 995
miles, II fathoms.
As it would have periled the safety of the
cable to have waited for daylight before re-
suming operations, the steamer was kept night
on through the night Capt Otter, who is a
skillful pilot, is also a very prudent man An-
ticipatinp that the Niagara might arrive in the
nigbt. he had caused boats to be stationed up
the bay, along the course laid out for her, and
at a signal the men in Them klndled bleZIng
torches, and people along shore lighted huge
bonfres to guide the mariners on their way.
The Niagara, guided by her careful Pliot,
steamed slowly up the boy, and at Il O'Clock
on the morning Of Thursday, Aug D, she came
TO anchor close TO the shore, in II iathOms Of
water. having succeeded in her share of the
great undertaking She had payed out LOIS
miles, and telegTaphic signals were constantly
flowing through the entire length
Mr. Field landed near the Telegraph Station,
Trinity Bay, at . O'Clock in the morning, and
walked to the Station-House, half mile dis
tapt, through the wilderness, not person be-
ling visible on the beach. At the Telegraph
House he found the operators from London fast
asIeep. not one Of them expecting that the en-
lterprise would succeed. Indeed they had not
unpacked their trunks, anticipating that IN a
week or two they would be ordered back to
London; the Station House was unfinished,
work upon It had ceased, and none OF the IN
struments bad ossn prepared for use The as
ltonishment of the operators, when they leaIned
that the cable was laid, may be conceived. At
2:45 A. n. signal was received from the Aga
memnon stating that she had payed out l,0lO
miles Of cable Mr. Field then telegraphed to
the Associated Press the glad tidings Of sue
cess.
When day broke, the boats were sill lowered
and 800 fathoms Of cable were carried ashore
First Lieut. James II. North handed the shore
end TO Capt Hudson, who placed it on the
beach. A Drooessio was then formed, headed
by Capt Hudson and Mr. North, followed by
the officers Of the Niagara, captains OF the Cor
gon and Porcupine. their officers, crews, 9nC
Inc crew of the Niagara. Each taking hold o.
, the cable, they marched up from the beach tc
the Telegraph station house, distance Of hal
mile, where they deposited the end OF thu
cable. Capt Hudson then offered prayer anc
0 few JetsaIks appropriate to the occasion, whel
c the ceremony Of landing terminated. The off
GERS and crews then returned to their respective
boats. reaching their vessels at 6 O'Clock IN tn
=. morning. The GorgOn and Porcupine Carried
the American flag at the fore, the Niagara th'
g English Gag at the foFo, and the Telegraph fla!
Z at the mizzen.
l., The AgamemDon telegraDhed at ! P. m. 6i
. the same day Thursday, Aug. 81 that she he,
landed her end Of the cable. On the announce
: ment of this fact the GOrgon fired salute o
twenty-one guns, and her crew, manning tn
= rigging, gave three hearty cheers, which ver
=, as heartily returned from the Niagara Al
hands then went below to rest from thei
labors.
In conversation with Mr. Field, We learn tha
the reason why signals and not words were sen
n through the cable as it WAS being laid, IS tha
n on the previous attempt the clerks INDUCED II
!. Irrelevant conversation, which distracted thei
attention from duty at a time when the slight
a est obstruction might be fatal to the work
q The Directors therefore ordered that signal
e only should be sent through the cable iron
e ship to ship. Both vessels had Greenwlcl
e time. and the electric current played to and fr
= between them for ten minutes each way
The signals showed that on the inst day th
speed Of the AgamemnOn slightly exceeded tha
of the Niagara, but on the succeeding days the,
:. went at the same rate. there never being NOR
+ than twenty miles difference between them
m When the cable was landed at both ends MI
r Field applied his tongue to the end and receive
i the cheering information that the insulatiol
4 was perfect, in a shock that nearly threw hin
4 over. The reason why messages were no
4 transmitted earlier was the fact that all the ap
h Darztus at both ends was new and untried, an
ra,uirad a great deal of care and skill 70 adjust