The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-31
THE DISPATCH


AYE0nAGntG9No AWA ~stss0 49,
lamttc cable.
Tn. London Tss,s, Of March IL, has long art
cis in reference 70 the programme Of the second
aad, aud - re trust, the fnai attempt to sup
serge the gigantic line Of electrical eommnnics
sion between the new and old worlds. We MAKE
the following extract:
The attempt to lay down the cable viii bs "sae
this year At much earlier Per -, sbs nsces
sary apparatus and appointments are s.oseu
on board the Agamemnon sna N'as -.a",s
wtit be xboat the beginning Oh NAY .Sese's
~iii leave ier short trip .ns1 80 S mad WIN ,hs
-, as out paehiaery, aud TO ASCERTAIN pracucaliy
n al, ,i,ffieaitiss exist la tue proposeu pau I9t
sah,nsrytos tue wire from the centre OF the htian.
"a. rhs.a 81 periments will DO brought 70 an enc
=. ts~ 1lay, and any alterations which Their re-
.as,. n,a sugsest in the machinery or manner OF
paving out the wire having been adopted as soon
- sable the expedition viii hnAiiy start ebout
tbs uein1ing u June. All the beet authorities and
n, at sxvsrieueed seamen have been consulted on
behalf u the mpany IS to tho state o! the wealth
.r in tho Atlantic To the month OF June, and we
beiieve the result Of an imm. nse mass OF testmo-
nv xs to prove that tEere some i've or six con
.sent,ve DAYS Ia that month during which gale 10
the Atisutic was seldom or never known to occur.
The expedition will leave these shores so as TO
arrive Ia the centre OF the Atlantic at about the
commencement Of these haiyon days, ana toe oD-
I~et viii be- of course, to get over the deep sea
mart of the undertaking before the weather chan
res The line will be joined and paid from the ecu
ire Of the ocean, the Niagara bringing her END to
Kugiand and the AgzmemnoI conveying hers 70
America Communication by electric signal, will.
of eourse IL the wire holds. be kept up between
the two vessels the whole way.
All these uew arrangements and precautions are
tbs result Of the experience Of last years attempt
and Ut course, all improvements conduce towards
the chances Of ultimate success. But it is no eI-
agsrasiou to say there IL one portion OF the appa
ratus upon the htuess and proper management OF
which the success non-success OF the whole plan
must ultimately depend, snd thar 10 the upon the
psying out machinery. That this machinery was
bad last year. and that il was made still worse by
the most absurd IN anagemsnt, no one now denies
bat we trust aud believe there is Chance OF II
repetition this year Of such bluuders
How the new machinery is constructed we can
not at present say, further than that new self
acting brake has been devised which 10 said to be
perfect; that all the alterations have been made
under the superintendent OF Ar. Everett the
Chief Engineer Of the Niagara. aud Mr. Appold,
and that Mr.. Penn, Mr.. Lloyd and Mr.. field havs,we
believe, been from time to time consulted about H.
So far then 1t ought to be all that can be wished,
but We hope to be able 10 speak more positively on
this point in . few days. Our readers nisy recol-
iect that when the attempt failed last autumn $50
miles of the cable were safely deposited at the
bottom of the sea. Stree that time, to the aston
tshment OF all who know the west coast OF Ire
land aud the depth of water in which the cable lay,
IL has been underrun, and no less than 50 miles OF
1t recovered When the last mile was raised it Law
at depth Of 900 fathoms, and AZ IL WIS In that
depth that IL broke away, the Remaining $50 miles
are still In the bed of the Atlantic where they will
stay till the end Of time, a permanent source OF
wonder aud amusement to It's marine inhabitants
1t may, perhaps, be worth mentioning as an
instance of the credulity of human nature, that
there are persons who think that this $50 miles
IL still to be recovered and utilized again. IL 49,
however, but fair TO state that these persons arc
In no way connected with either the company or
al. l.kNE Is. l,Ap, hasa - fna
much experisnce in tsese matters ever to enter
tain such hopeless idea. The portion OF the
ssble recovered was In as perfect state as when
frst laid down. regarded its electrical conditions.
1t, however, showed signs OF the outer covering
Of spiral wires having stretched considerably,
though by no means to an extent to affect the
Insulation Of the conductor.
"BrTs OR BE DAMSEp."-A writer in the Alta
tic Monthly, speaking of New England ministers
gives the following anecdote of Dir. Belamy,
which some preachers at the present day would do
well to profit by:
young minister, who had made himself con.
spicuous fer a severe and denuuciatory style OF
preaching, came 10 him one day to inquire why he
did not have more success "Why man." said the
dJctor, "csut you take q lesson of the fisherman
How do you go to work, If you want TO catch a
trout You get = little hook aud fine line, you
bait IL carefully, and throw IL In gently as pos
sibls, and then you sit and wait and humor your
U60 Till you Ret ulnh NOW ybu get Sfedt
cod hook aud rope line, and thrash 1t into the wa
ter, and bswl out: Bite or lie damned
lad of sixteen, named Geo. W smith, was kill
Cd iu Butler Co., Pa, the 18th by the pre-
mature discharge Of gun, while he WAS In the
act Of blowing in the muzzle to ascertain whether
10 was loaded.
Mics Ann Cross was instantly killed on the 18th
inst, while returning from Church at Potersville,
in Butler county, Pa, by the upsetting OF q buggy
while the horse was running away.
Daniel Young fell down, while walking round n
tree in Medina, Ohio, to get eight at a squirrel.
when bis rife went of and shot him in the neck,
sevsriny the jugular vein and causing his death
Immediately.
Considerable excitement was created in Column
bia county, Arkansas, on the 9th nit, by the sud
deu appearance OF genius named Ben Jones, from
Harrison county, Missouri, III balloon. to which
thirty wild geese we're harnessed- He said he had
been travelling In mid heaven for nearly 80 hours.
when he thought it about time TO come down to
fodder" The story reads like hoax but is tes-
titled TO rs truth. by respectable witnesses.
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