The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-24
REPORT OF TIE EHGHEsRs ON BoaRD THE UNIFIED
STATES F-IGAT~ NIAGARA.
UsTED STATES STEAMER NIAGARA,


We sailed from P's mouth in any wh tho steamers
sssue mnop, Vsorous and Gosgop, on Thursday, Juoe
10th met but do MT rleet the Agsmsmuou ct the 40
pointed rende zvous stuts 50 o. longitude 90 uni
ire 26'h inst moot OF the ego had been u
npuous ple and the vesselo we're upabo 10 keep of
each other At l2h Is %. local time the splice
ne cab es OF tho t~o snips mai bsen inside ana
Deprsd psyiog on. At In. 45m she ling par. VI
the cable into the adjopiog groove in tho
Deot Of rss starting, while 10. sg to pa; I, in she
Scper groove, was thTo sn comp ets.y or he sheel
ana was parted on toe .ooe or the ta- s-nosr Two
mi es and forty fshoms OF the cable had paid
Tre splice vas again mate s1d cJnms lCsd Osy ng
out at Oh pom. PM, the sho g,ing slowly Ehesd, ard
toe caoe nrg o. tue rate OF toree ana knps
per hour until seven O'Clock, waco the ships seed Vas
increased 70 three kuos from this gradually 70 three
and three quarter koos, sad tue csoe was os our from
four arc bali TO five knots tho stain from 90
20 800 pounds At III. 40m. (27th) Mr. Oe5s1.y, tho
electrician, reported thss DO signals ha1 ossn
ceVed fer the past quarter Of bur- and va, from his
tests nc believed the cable han uarte at ooosders ,e
us'snce from The shp The sups speed was reduced
much az p1ssibe order pay tbs least OK
cable practicable, while electricians msde further
pennepB M4:to A the electricians having given
40 unqnsloed opinion that the cable was parted
cuso sutmpt hauling In. rheeDgines were sc,ei
ano about one hundred fahoms recovered chen cable
isIteo lear the surface of the water Tue wiud
hpndreo aihont bad been psyed out running Of
the cable nom the coils and the mechanical srraa semens
for paying " out had been perfectly saug acto-y
On the 2SIh soon after midday ships sgau met Il
the rendezvous, when Mr. Everett visited tbs Arsmem-
mon 10 confer with the engineers and asce't.ued
they had supposed bad been broken board the Nj
sgarA II s conclusive tina. the cable have pared
some distance from either ship bu. from cause or
the precise place, have moaus OF ssoer,aioiog
At 6h. I'm. p. N. the splice again and lower
cable a. before until sieh. O'clock when tue spesi vas
Increased TO three knots aud further Increased to iour
knots by midnight
At twelve O'Clock r. (29tb) by observation, the ship
bad run sixty miles, and had psyed eighty
nne miles and three hondred scd sixty fAtho Of cable
During the past twelve hours the OF snip mad
averaged about four aud half knots aud ye and har
kpos OF cable had been out Dor hour Nearly she
ssmo rate OF speed Of ship and cable csicrs so
sasin reported 70 have fsie1 by she eecui-
cicps. The ships speed resuces, sod the cabs
paid out very slowly. eleven o'clock the sec.sSaus
addressed . note-[s copy OF thz ,otsned In our
oorrespopdcnts reporl-ana determined 70 s,p pay
out ana to let the ship ride BY the cable Until parse1
Although the wind quite fresh cable ned ship
for ore hour and forty ave mnue before breaking AID
notw hrapdpe strain Of four tons. By sountings
chart TIE water was $50 faihoms.
Tue ship had her 100 miles. asd l42 miles
2e0 faith inns Of cable had paid out, thirty
ance Ell ter miles at least must be made for the Of
cable paid out iumeoistly after the splice made,
which will reduce the per csntsse Of s 70 about twenty
one per cent. There had been Of .
upon the cable since the spl,e last made and the
angie at which running out varei from svtive TO
Din etsen degrees with the horizon. rpe paying Gu.
emery worried perfectly, and we have NOT had the
slightest dicnlty In any department; and up 10 tee tine
confidence In the ssul OF the entcrpviss
ftere now remaining 10 tho fho 100 miles Of CABLE
or about Thirty per cent the dsssnce 70 Do
we feel copnden. there is sufficient snip
to meet the requ emsnis are ready 10 70
as the ship has obtained The necessry sugpy ?, c,ss
W. H. wooDHOUsE
yLEcrRIcI.Se' RseoRr.
AT SEA, on BOARD Z : srEAN FIuGArE NIAGasi,
ExcTPclAns' DEPARTMENT J,iy 2. tsbs
To THE DIRECTIONS oF THE ATLANTIC tEIEaRAPH CoxPAyy
GEsIiEtS-~e beg 81 submit W yia the folo~ing
stat neo. Of the PROCEEDINGS Ia department daring
the expedition OF the tel Srsphc squ rou from the sail
Ing on the Iolh 20 the ntn u Ca passage
rendezvous pfactsrd the stsn OF gusns cerks
In tho working VI tue they we're Tho
roughly prohcisn, In M The iostruu IN cr.
cut were battery OF $40 .lsments Of coppe enc
reversing Key, mssbesonetr ordinary gasan meter,
Professor fuonsops marine gavsoonetsr sod fodr olag
switches 10 COZ 'ormtv vi Jour directions sad sys-
tenn OF signaeg authorized by your Board DO the .6,h
ui., at los r. n GreenV'cn tius, tas NiAsarss and
Agsmempons cables havicE been uuited On cuard to
later ship. vo conmencsd ssta sg through the cable,
exception OF about one hundred miles that hal been cut
out OF circuit for the plrp~e OF esrrg there being ar
insulation IN part OF ~ We cnpil ied sguaog
ue ubie IN the most perfeci gtd salts kctory psWo-
1nii 32s 2. n. Green tine, the cab parted
on beard this chip The telegraph ships thea redrsei
The rendezvous, aud Professor 90 beard
this ship exam Inc our record u sgnAIog ard testing
Win BIN. We arrAnged signals t1st did rot
mstesiauy alter the sysicm satnoriz,o by you, Dos
wnich creased our list Of signals 10 meet
siole VIZ signals 10 be ussd In csse o. tue
reoesRIty Of cutting and buoypg the cable, Aad FOR
any temporary stoprsge that might occur
The tw, cables were toen s2lis,d. aud 81 6BPk.
Grtep ~ich ime we commepoed passog sgsale 10 and
AfhIemuor A. NJ
on the 27h, at which time -e ceased recev,as sgosls
nom tie AgAmemron. Amer sarng fifteen minutes for
the tiRnals ana geips nore, 90 informed Mr. Everett
thereof Cd applying all the dsrept eect zeal tests In
our power 70 The cabe found that there "desd
earth" upon u, and nfo med gnssrs Of the fact,
the cable board cut 81 ABOUT 100 miles from
the bottom end and sesieu, found perfect Another
cut was made leaving sbou. 100 miles in circuit board,
sno tbs part Of The cable v found perfect tnisd cot
vas made 10 ibe cable, leaving oniy twenty mes In cir
cult On board, 10 ADDITION 10 that paid ovs The short ind
carried 10 our testing room and tested All the cable
nd r.xfsr4 tn all
bot the applied cable pad showed
eectreay broker, and that there "dest earth"
upon rno Nisgva then again returned 10 the render
VoIs, and on Monday, June IS bavng joised the
Agsnsnncn, At M. Bvsrett's request Mr.. Do ssasy
essor thomson and compare the RECORDS The signals
NC tests Al s.2t Greenwich Lme, the ASsmem.
tns ard Nsgsras cables having been again united, vs
omtnenced sigma lima TO and iron tue fbe
snse perfect mar ner, until N "a ~ Greenwch time,
m the zsh. when, during The time sere receiving
isnss from the Agsmemnon, they suddenly cease and
cutting the OsAe 20 ~ Ia only about senty miles
circuit IN addition N thai paid out, ssun< u, 20
Quad "deai eArh upon t. me sisssrs tlsn .o1eoed
aging out sosy for short time and rnAy s,oppsrea
he cable until 2b7 A. ~ During this time We KEGS
uay testing the cable paid OUT and every test showed
hss ras electrically broken great distance from ths
We speak highly Of the system u,ed for sig.
Ealing, and suggest alteration Improvement
'e we're not in the slightest degree embarrassed daring
&c Whole time thsi The cable wAs beng sabm-rsei.
We are also very m ac pleased wan the ~ay which
be Dpasing CLERKS; viL,-ae<sis Smith, eerhari.
irwin and Lipde, and ssssrs Marray, AcFsslsad and
sorrhon attended 70 their dues. fhsy did everything
equred OF them most che eruily aai rsady and gave
. every assistance 10 their poser We are, s.atIs-
hen, your most ooedieni servants. c v DE5tUfY
J. G. LASS.
From the Cork Consultation, JAY 7
Whether the Aeanenrop vii purs1s the sane c1urss,
TeinrB 70 Cfk or she,her sne sii rrmun md orsn
~ The rsfurn OF the Nsgsrs IL no, vst xnosu pu, the
MFR surposNicn "a the mre r-ocsnie, snd me Aga
lennon nay, therefore BE- looked for Day Or I, nor
ov A. 70 ,he Cause of the present failure pcthine csn
. known Until the receipt Of oommuocsions from tho
mncn, the srrfvsi of which looked for gard
iib rnch snyie'y Shoulo turn out ~ sppr.h-uded.
81 the stoppas. vaf, Ike the end, vexpssbs
I'd without any apparent the result rcuf % such
interfere greatly win the rrchs ,e ~ the
oertsk ug II supposed BY some ina, the cab mar
ave landed upon the ni,s Of t~o hgn proisc tsx
snd thsf berg Unsupported In the c-ntrv rave
lay ~ weight Otners surmise ths, nay nave
BY sharp ledge Of rock, By u
shsik or c,ber ronser of the dcec o. crurse these
" merely suesres; but any of them should he tie
nth, wouli be oiffcut 10 see how fnturs falurrs
nul dhe gnsrded sgapst AZ all events sesms 70 DO