The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-19


"a she never rolled before, ana - We had hardly
coIs1tred her capable OF doing The cable, no Seseg
,ts 70 syn o. parting, and ran out q IN sns
greater than the eighteen hundred pounds which had been
put upon the brakes AS for the machinery ITSELF nolhinS
oinid be moIe perfect than the way II worked-nolM
rrF, 10 rresulary OF motion, but everything in sne
about WAS steady and perfect operation ~
clock work 1t has been running four days altogether,
AZ juft reliable when 1t sci 10 motion
Nier TIE splice lowered In mid The tar wnico
pressed out Of the cable passes the groovei
~lch tie wise Mr. Evsrs. provded prevent
from sccqpyussing In the wheels and clcggng their
actor TIE brakes have sever once failed, and peger
the weights They properly called self re,essipg and 81
hough they can by means Of additional ~sEnN 70 ma1e
70 increase the pressure or strain upon the cable y nn
VII boec ghts still further ncreased, 10 mpossi0ie
to that strain In aRy other way Whether are
successful or not fault be found with the machine
that Is bad eroughbut 1t is not the least affected BY
her motion. sno pays out "a steadily aud o easily in
neayy swell as there net ripple on the SEA- The
cloud of steam which rises from IT, and which occasionally
envelopes the operatives, how inds ,ensAosthe
Of water 10 In working tie brakes the heat pro
would char ant burn up the elm blocks In very
short time Several gallons Of water are consumed
daily by TIE friction or the brakes, and threwn
of IN clouds OF steam, sometimes as dense Is that
which is blown off by q locomotive. Large QuAnti.
tee Of tar are pressed out Of the cable as it
left the machine for it, receptacle or this stuff
couple OF ordinary sized barrels full collected each
day end thrown overbord. u all pervadng. and be
everything about II within distance Of twenty
feet The course Of the cable Is marked by
one continuous s black line, and small iea'hsry
looking fakes Of are whried through the
parts Of the ssip look Is heavy shower Of had faI
en and in others has become bard as accumulated,
and formed into little mounds The front OF the tyna-
moneter has char ged its original green color and is
almost entirely black while the operatives at work at
Of TIE ' same color Yet W With Iii s.asvsosasss
would be difficult matter TO get along without the tar,
for has proved the greatest preserver that could DO
found for the cable.
tave said that despite the bad weather and heavy sea
the rayng cut process going WE'LL but during tho
night the continuity again Affected and although 1t
restored and became strong as ever, yet in
for about three hours very unpleasant Affair. IL was
found that the difficulty was caused oy de-
which cut out In time 10 prevent any serious
quences. There only few board the ship, how
ever Of the occurrence until aer the defect
removed and the electrical communication
aoshed between the two ships. Both Mr.. Laws
and Mr. De Sanity the two electricians on the Niagara
were Of the opinion that the Insulation was broken In some
n coll mo On s h me- osu %r , tue
sas about sixty miles from the bottom Of that coll
and between three or four hundred from the part
which as,, on PAyMs oI. anS s,1 sc
a deck coil Of ninety miles. which II was
intended to reserve for laying in shallow water, and
tnereore Aep. lor niy by. ADoos our CLOCK IN
VS.. going On A. Yell A. nosh;ng hsa n dstrh
the Confidence felt in the success the expedition
neon We were IN LATITUDE AZ b2 Longitude 40 u, and
inw, N' " "''s' A'' N'e' "AN " W. 90 '0'
By ships log. 144 miles.
BY engineer iog.... ................. i4i6S
sna, ~ c:, r:;a 3 u ,,a. 10 sO,no,
for the preceding "a hours which surplus Of % miles
leo fahons over the or IL per cent The depth
., "stsr WAS Mo% $50 !" LOW Lannon'S VIM" nor.n'
memnon inform us that she is paving out
q! the rate Of seven and eight miles an hour,
from which we derive the assurance that shc has fine
weather. and that Ike ourselves she 10 making the most
rising, aud although the vessel still rolls considerably
We hsve had experience enough 70 ell Us there nothing
70 be feared from this motion II s however impossible
throw the feeling Of uneasness BY inter
rupton Of the electrical communication, and those OF us
who have more nervous temperament find difficult
matter to sleep The writer tried hard for something Ike
four long hours 70 get into that state OBLIVION bat
II was no use was impossible TO think Of anything else
passed ed the Of the light WAITS % he 70
the machine the stern OF the ship and the electrical de
partment
SIXTH DAY-ArGUsr ,.
This Ia TIA snnivsysarv M the aav nm ~n,eh
r.,---,s .---N. - =. a. - 49,
COLUMBUS discovered Americs-n IL 10 DC sui further
seuazed As one OF thoae on which the work OF
the Old and Tho Nav yyoysy y.s u.ov.r
gr,,, ,h., No .,,,s,., e.. 49,, ,,''.
presumption to hope. And Jet there strong under
current Of confidence that to be the of
..... .,,s.,~, - -. ,,n -. g., .,-.- -,
success, s'noosn W." sun aoou' TWO nundfed miles
from land and kick IN tho cable, or hole running
through the percha the
49,, So -, =. - g.. h.,. -. ...,.-.s.
"noh you 0"uiu no' " en i''oo ronaor inc
labor OF years utterly unavAlng, We are 30 confident
now that we are calculating on seeing land 10 morrow
o-,rr .or,.,,r,o shou, ~ o,,,oct a. ,na oh.o,,,,
o' 'e ' ~ Va -, = ' ~ A
which was taken " noon 70 day shows that nos more
than one hundred and lfiy miles of
n. r.., -o~t ~ ,.,s r,o~nnu -. A.. ch.nu. ,.u.
ise $500 :" ~. N Ing vas 4'' eA~.s' rum
tne lore nod COZ 70 tsAt IN he wRoroom, winch are al
least hundred feet apart This took place al eight
o'clock in the morning, and the time known 10 all
On board, there even a larger crowd assembled 10
witness Il than observed any Of tho otner changes
ID was considered most critical ume and Although the
operation turned out 70 be very simple was anticipated
by some with considerable uueasuess The splice be-
tween The two coils had been made some hours in al
vance, and men were stationed all along the limo oS ia
course from the hold 10 the wsrdroom Mr. Everett and
Mr.. woo,house were bosn hand, the best mon had
been picked out TO Pass up the bsht, or bend,
whtn tho Last turn should be reached, and one
man, named Henry psine, a splicer, was specially an
pointed 10 walk forward with Tho blight 10 Tho after or
vard room coil. A the last flake vas about 70 be paved
Out the ship slowed down, and by time the last