The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-07-21
From Boston.
BosToN, July At.

The Courier of this morning publishes
the following statement, from Mr.. john
A. Richards, mate Of the ship Alice
Monroe.
The Alice Monroe experienced almost
constant southerly gales, and was forced
to take q much more B~ortherly course
than she otherwise would have done
On the morning of the eth, about s
O'Clock saw the frigate Niagara lying to,
in lat. 81 deg. 05 min, lon. SO deg Is
min., aud was shortly boarded by a boat
from her containing Mr.. Cyrus w. Field
of New York, and u Lieutenant of the
Niagara.
1t was then foggy but the weather was
very calm. -,
MI. Field and the Lieutenant desired
Capt. Cummings to take certain letters
aud papers relating to the Telegraph ex-
petition to the United States, and wrote
one or two letters on board the Alice
Monroe during the hour or more they
remained on board of her. They also
communicated to Capt. Cummings and
Mr.. Richards q statement of their DID,
ings for the last fortnight. They state
that both vessels, the Niagara and Ag
amemuou, experienced the most violent
southerly gales from the day they left
Plymouth, and we're driven as far north
as lat 81 deg, much higher than the
rendezvous, thus OBTAINING their OPERA
tions for several days.
I. The Niagara behaved in all respects
| Ike a thorough sea going vessel, and
was mono the worse for the storms.
Tue Agamemnon, on the contrary,
suffered severely. At one time the
commander of the Agamemuon informed
the first officer that he had no hopes of
saving his vessel two hours longer, 8,
great was her straiHing, but at last the
storm subsidized, and the A. rode out the
gale. y most unfortunate scciden: &C.
Cured on board however, caused by the
breaking loose of the cone which held
the cable in its position on the gun deck.
The cable got adrift, and was pitched
about the deck. undoubtedly much to
it's damage. Two hundred tons of coal
ais got adrift on the same deck, and
caused iufnite trouble. Two seamen
were injured By these accidents, one hav
ing an arm and the otter a leg broken.
The two vessels and their tenders
finally arrived on the ground on the
morning of the Goth. A connection was
effected, the weather being then suf-
fciently calm. The paying out of the
cable had scarcely comm>nced before the
wire snapped. Af.era few hours de-
tentiou another splice was made, and the
started-the Agatnemnon and
her coDsort for ireland, and the Niagara
and her companion for the American
coast. Signais were kept up between
the two fleets constantly and n message
being transmitted every Is minutes, aud
all was going on well till about forty
miles had peer paid out. when the cleo
~triciaus on board the Niagara discovered
that the current was broken. This was
at half past II o'clock p, NJ.
The Niagara was Immediately put
about and bad already reached the mid
ocean rendezvous, where at: g O'Clock
she was first seen by the Alice Monroe.
1t was believed Cd board the Niagara
hat the cause of the second break was
a kink in theAgsmemnon's caused by its
disarrangement during the gale, but of
this there is no certainty.
Nothing was said to Mr.. Richards
about the working of the new brakes;
probably there had been no occasion to
put them in use.
The Alice Monroe started from the
Niagara shortly after noon of the 9th,
and lost sight of her about four O'Clock;
the Agamemuon had not then come in
sight. The Niagara had hope that her
~consort would arrive in season to make
another trial that day, but as the wealth
err was foggy though calm, it is hardly
that anything was done on the
Two days subsequently the wealth
er was quite calm aud favorable, but af
ter that, there was another succession Of
heavy southerly gales, and the weather
on the banks, as experienced by the
Alice Monroe, vas exceedingly rough.