The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-01-11
rHaaenrY - eho Dispatches sent ever
the At1am1tc Ca0l0s

New York, Jan. ;.
The Efforts commenced come three months
axo 70 iniure the credit Or the Atlantic cable,
by denying the authority ofthe dispatches trans
mitted through il, having been recently reuv-
Cd with great virulence By The friends Of kin
dred snteTprise. We have gone TO the trouble Of
searching the 6les Of the American papers and
the London Times respectively, for the purpose
Of satisfying the public in matter 80 important.
A careful inspection Of the various cable ois'
patches q they appeared in these journals. to-
gether with thorough collation. and veriica
ton Of the statements - they were published
on one side Of the Atlantic, with the facts and
dates % they occurred on the other, has salts
hed us that In no single instance has there been
any deception practiced on the public Or any
attempt made 1t deception. Our research ex-
tended over the whole time during which there
was any pretence that the cable was in working
order, and we here give the result, seriatim:
lst. The collision, of Cape Race, between
the steamships Arabia and Europa occurred on
Saturday, Aug. l4th, and was published m the
London Times on the 2lst. Here lapse OF
seven days is seen between the date OF the dis
aster and the announcement in London.
This delay is particularly accounted for BY the
fact that the news did not reach New York un-
ill Tuesday the nth, and that tie dispatch to
London was sent on that day, from this city BY
Mr.. Cunard. When, however, that dispatch
reached Trinity Bay, they refused TO transmit
it, alleging as an excuse, bis peremptory orders
not to transmit any private business messages
until the line was fully opened to the public
On learning this fact, Mr.. Cunard made applica-
ton to NJ. Field to induce him to use his infau-
ence with the directors tor the suspension OF
their rules 80 far IS to meet the exigencies OF
the case. Mr.. Field did so, aud the result was
that Mr. C.'s message was resent from New
York with Mr.. Fields endorsements on the even
ing Of the 18th and was published in London on
the goth; but there was another Dispatch con-
nected With this collision, the transmission Of
which over the cable goes to show that At one
was almost perfect.
When the news Of the collision was first pub
lished in London, which was on Friday the goth
of August, the information conveyed was deem.
ed too meagre, and therefore . Dispatch was
transmitted from that city asking for further
particulars. This dispatch lett London at
o'clock on that evening, and an answer giving
the particulars asked for was received at half
past seven on the same evening. This fact is
explicitly y0uched for in an editorial in the
Times, which published both dispatches in full
on the 2lst.
On Monday, August 23d, the London Times
published the Queens cOngratulatOry message
to President Buchanan, following which is the
Presidents reply. The Queens message CON-
plete came over the wires to New York on the
18th, and the Presidents reply was transmitted
over the Cable on the 18th, and published in
London OF the 23d, as above stated. The Times
of the last named date announces for the first
time also, the fact Of the treaty Of peace with
China, which was received in London the pre-
vious day by telegraph from ST. Petersbnrg.-
The paper containing this news reached Valen :
tia on The 2Sth, and this important intelligence
was transmitted thence 10 New York, and was
published here on the afternoon of the Goth.