The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-24

termination 10 'tqussh" them the nepttnsy
appearance shi's me =. s:nsrsrs WOO ok stssr ~.
laaes that none OF the black Ana sun
our stuff sha interfere with 10 progress Everything
gong veil; all appear 81 be doing their bsst towards
The promotion OF tae undertaking; ana having nov laid
sene twenty Ave miles successfully there sppsar 70 10
DC ss ns why should not lay twenty i've, or thou
'aua more with equal success And 80 with this copou
sve Egnmept We retire tor the Dsnt and alter thrDng
orr tnoIb TO 90 10 sleep, last aud dream
cut cable laying, the terrible ELECTS great 0
strain, IN the colored boy thomas sakss us With 'he
| an oour breakfast will be on table.
| TUESDAY, June 20 The FIRST question which every
ore axis on swskenipg - sb,ut the caole, and on
| be gets his breakfast when It Ia pe presumed ne
| is sull more sarsfed Sach question, however, ia
| entirely sppei1oous II the individual hangs up mia
hammock any where within the sound the deighsful
harmonious music made by the ma:nins Hs
can hear for himself and II he should happen to ask
| It's simpy that he may have the pleasure OF beios
| inform ed OF wbs. he knows already, like moa, men
often Every thing seems favorable at present for the
the expedition the weather never looked
propitous and the barometer upso hgn that appears
az II fixed for the remainder OF the summer. THO lae
ssle evidently the oosug OF the windy season,
shch ID these lseudes renders navigation rather an On
pie ssant occupation Had tho poet VINO Sas 81 anxious
| ior "lne on the aud home The rolling
deep" been With in that eight days oio~ he wou
have been perfectly sasned AID perhaps little more
desireus for f1ed babi'aaoo. We not little
asobthed ut its durstiOo when We remembered that
Sss IN the mild and bamy mouth Of June which Lent.
Maury informs The for las log the cable gales
alone aIeto re s es into toe account HIS CALCULATIONS,
bowever have proved IN our case 70 be terribly ashay
been partly he OF tDe expediin saiiug
In this month Hsd but Known mat IN store for
ana that by delaying our dep5ture TOR two or three
weeks would have escaped the most severe weather
we have yet experercco certainly would rot have
called before The latter part Of June toe commence nent
H1"ever ss Da BEEN ssssG We Is ~ last
o. uld be desired. l. very sedo during the dag tea.
ne sun visible and he tos one ,iour most frequent
cable this ,me ana all there little annoy Will soon
be forg. tteD.
Al en- O'Clock this morni the lepgh or cable paid ont
about eighty miles ana tho whoe amount ~ Emerged
between the two ships at least hundred ana
sky. This ia certainly doing well, ana there
ia apparently nothing 70 prevent us from doing
this ~sy all the time, confidence "a revlving "a
pdy The continuity ,n", sun perfect ana toe
the ships very salts acory. No messages are
transmitted, as was sgrced before starting thai
ebould cent The obi OF this .s to preveot pos
sbiy Of those which might arise from imperfect
manipulation OF the operators difficulties tbs. might
than Ia required merely for the transmission Of
sgnss. by adopting the present plan, tins eec.rcaos
have not only prevented the occurrence or mistakes from
sush cause, but they have succeeded in securing the
most perfect way OF ascer'antg the electrical alton
Of the conductor Novns merely necessary TO ook q,
te needle 10 be assured that the continuity perfect
that The signals are passing through the whole ergth OF
the cable. great deal Of interest centres around the
electricians Office, and although there are few any,
who scennc enough TO understand the ope
that going therein there
disposed 10 undervaue their importance. TIE door
amoet slw.ys shut aud the eieclricans pursue their
work undturbed but: mpo ssibe 10 exclude that spirit
OF INQUIRY which will satiate is tnirst for Information
even through keynote me oiice which Of the mos.
limited oipeDsops his been nted up aoDgsife OF tho
coll and that part OF toe top Of tao col which
overlook affords complete view OF the movements OF
the electricians and Of tho instrument which tells them all
about continuity. The slender piece Of steel wuich
attached 70 the centre Of the dial that stands the little
bench before you, fails Indicate the condition OF
the conductor there DO current passing through tbs
cable the piece Of steel perfectly motioolees out the
moment wave liz sent through the conductor exhibits
unmkeabe signs OF activity and refuses TO return tots
former quiescent state I'LL the subtle current ceasee 70
pass from ship to ship.
Various reports are current among the sailors in regard
to operations Of the electricians and the mysterious
performances which are supposed 70 De going 90 In tue
little ,hce. The continuity IL somothing thoy d,u's
scuy oDoersand hui they are FUZZY aware OF It's mpor
taDoe know ~ ~el ~ the moss learned ina uhen
aone The further lay Ing OF inc cable rs ouly ioss
time and q useless ,xpcr diure OF money. rher ateres;
the work appears incrs1o every day, aud snougn
t6oy viii be the least gamers D, i.s success they
noLe zoe less ANXIOUS witncss triumphant ternas
ton The cable Suardthat is, the body Of By whom
the cable coiedsppear 70 have taken the whole
ierpfise unoer their special charge, ana wnen sno1g
their Gates no ROT 50 o-tgnEto as - have be
ennssd the service spOss IN the oos Of Sir Oracle
upon ever ing conrtcicd with tee subject 70
ssrded By some Of Their mssamates 90 undgpuei slho
riy there arc certainly tose on the so9 more slIus
90 ehsever requii ed OF tue and noGe tpai snyud
DO substantially remembered By the AtaDtic rele
graph Company. Tnsy have performed the hardest part
and loDs there foot OF cable
be coed they always ready As the paying cut
process does net require many their number
reouoed from over g hundred 70 about SIXTY aad ths
greater cart Of ,hese engaged on the COILS siog ouE
Tor kiuhs-ceriaDly task compared with that
sb,ch they were formerly employed There they sNns,
watching the cable A IL 10 wound at the I've
an six miles an hour, and passes out the
its way 10 the paying out machae Turn alter turn
wound, faster than wa X, until not
more fakes left The superintendent OF the crl
calls out 70 tho who al the speaking tube winch
oxteLds 10 the engine room 10 Ego slew order no
msoa,ely repeats torough tho the spgnees on
watch. Tho speed or The snip ~ cable
IN paid al diminished rsle. tho last nsks goes
up and tho Of the c0wbere per-
hsps six times less than near ts crcdmference-is
reached the dagger Of kinkDs Is entirely ooysted rhs
process Is performed every time new nszo In com.
epoed, the rate OF pcy out from the censre~here
turns no, than eiso, feet n diane
iercaorot, OF course be carried on saey vi the
rapidhy those points where the diameter OF he
trI varies from ten - forty feet Tue Gull already
reduccd 10 one bali s sDa size a,aug what ~as
paid on, :, The fatal alton Of The scoosd sssmo,
hearty hundred and thirty tons Of cable have been
probably be paid out between twelve and O'Clock 70
night, should accident occur. Then mere gill be an
exciting time, and the commencement on new coil viii
be watched with intense interest," tor the transfer from
csblc another circle operation wncn 10 some
times sitendei Win risk. All he preliminary ptepsrs
dersand The OF the operation and slmos mpos
sibe for accident TO lake place As there oooscer
able anxeiy, however, exnoed In regard 70 ~ success
there son'i Dc much sleeping until IL Is all over
Although The machinery working perfectly and the /
n be spprehenced from the strain, The elec,r,cAns
{ fnce watched with an ureasy feeling, and the
nents q The eleoians tns mseves are eagerly olose
A. their very thoughts could De read therefrom. WELL
MI de saay Of the most anxious Of tho cable
syen-"~sii, how the continuity nosY "Csp iAi aod
the signals coming out In grand STYLE be repes and
sdds al hope they vii continue soa hope IN winch
mozt nseolcsA 10 every one INDUCES The weasel
going aoOut four niles and halt hour q.
O'clock and the expet oitfe of csole IL about q mile
more, tie s'ran being nineteen hundred pounds, or 10
tie than fourth the amount the caoc csouatei
Nine ocock has strucS snd your correspondents
las just In tf tho Little rooms Of the ward
M the occurrences OF re Gay IN his note
book whom he hears bssiy stso ou,sidc scsoss the
aoor snd some ore asksg In hurried, nervous manner
icr NJ. laws rhsrs sOre,hirg N both thss ies him
all tot right and ia few mibuSs more hm worst fears
realized Tie continuity RUre again, although tho
cable st gees cut e atefu IN tne esme style, sad
there ~ 10 Indication, go Tar @ Arfcars from |
The operation Of The machinery that there anything
sTcig Bot the little magnetic heed . IN The elecriciaa
tictlo UBcrrDg Indicator Of the cltctrica condition o.
The csbe-reiuste 10 move, and the electricians, sfsr
goirg through AL he tests have a. lset 10 s1ccamb NE
conitAy gJue, and they hud impossible restore IT,
oil houth hey nay the appliances OF the wonder.
al man hauy 1