, 1860-08-15

Interesting Report Of Attempts to
Raise tho Cable.

After repeated attempts to raise the cable W
gra?nelliDg. IN order to te,t ,ts electrical coz
di,ion, ana with view to land it a. New Peril
est. as instructed By the Board, we regret haT-
ing 10 report That, although We have On many
occasions ben able to r1tee the blight, and so
Get on board, at diff: rent Tunes, pieces Of the
cable, in all amounting to ah1u: scvcn miles,
We 1,ngr invariably fonnd it broken again 4 few
miles uI. The leg, which Captain hell will fur
plsh, VIII give tae details Of the proceedings in
full.
"a bad ii 1t Erapnellng operations were imprac-
ticab:c, and even while writing, il cold and I'M
settled, the season hero having been unusually
late and bo!s.erous- On the l7th ofJune water
was frozen in the pals during tho night; the
noon following, however, Waa orprts, ,lse'y hot-
C,la dense s. a.d etro2g winds have been
frequent occurrences. The plan Of opeFat'ons
was Rs iolinHs:
On the 12:h Of June Captain kell succeeded
in fishing up aud buo.lux the end after reco'-
eri, = three quarters OF mile efcablc.
Oh the 14:h operations we're resumed, and
three miles and h1If Of cable recovered, when
the cd faul', the fracture already reported TO
YOU BY Captain kell, came Oh board, 1iag buoy
was anchored At the spot, where the sans
came up.
On Tie oo.h Mr. Varley arrived ut New Peril
can, srd Captain kell tlso. i consultation was
immediately he'd on this and the following day,
when it va, unanimously agreed that the assls.
tauce OF steamer and e1srG men should be %.
tanned. C.p,ain kel;, having refittrd, started
tor Bulls Arm, and nr Farley lett 'oE s.. Joah's
on tue olst.
o. ti.e 23d the cable IVES hooked in 80 faith
oms. and parted bo,h ways, tie blight und
shert psice Of cable conng on boHrd:
o5tli. The cable YVES hooked agan, but parted
VIXEN within Is fathunls OF the surface, as It had
done On several previous occastcns-
af,h Mr.. HArl-Y ufriTed steam tug. E1Y-
ing during The previous night, on bis passage
from 1t. JoLn's, encountered tuch heosy Eae
TINT they had to take shelter.
9Th. The steamer lett nix IIarbor, in dense
roE nu0 tttH u11<Lr, u eAnas.s.- L~~ys in n0Rl.
ton. While out the weather suddenly cleared
mad moderated, and tho SCI Gained by the
d5encliug rain. Grapueliug vas resumed IN
ia fathoms; tho cable WAS hooked several
tiues, aud with enc exception parted before
reAching the surface Lare wGs taken to buoy
the SPOT tie moment the cable broke, and by
grapaeilirg fsem quarter to hall mile east
Of the tunf we hoped to succeed in rAlsiEE tho
blight, nud did at last get It on baard. va
testing ths cab!e towards Ireland 1t was fon.d
to be broken very short d,stance from tne
vessel, tbre1-quarters Of mile Of cable being
place "
consultation was held as to tie best mode OF
proceeding, aad 1t w.s resolved to 90 further
out ut onse, hoping thereby to avoid tho rocky
ground auo the bad state Of the cable.
further east; soon after getting to work, tue
weather snjdenly changed. and tie lea ran 60
! high ihas We had to run into haEbor.
:0:h. Rscormenced operations with steamer
and toa's, in calm but tense'y 1oggy weather ;
the fog just cleared IN ioug enough to deter.
lniae our position the Industry was accofa'ng,
| IL auc- cr.d in $50 f:shums ~ q beacon, ano
Grapnciling performed hv the steamer; the ca
bic a. hooked at lcas. three times. aud proba'
ely mere, durirg the day, but broke before
reaching the su1ia1e. At last bight came on
bo.rd, tic cAb'c ct this spot being unusually
good for about 90 ya'ds; the outer end wa:
found to be broken ubaut two Lundred yards
CT About two miles Of the inner end were re-
covered, when it parted again at a weak place
where there was nothing but the gatta percht
covered wire lett; this, howeveF, Was just all
to bring the cable to the surface, when I
snapped before it Guild be secured bv a stopper
The poin. where VIC last gr1puelled this day
was u little east Of straight line joining
Tickle point and Copper island in 1lo fa:homs
Although mud is ehown Oh the cha:ts, thert
nre most unquestionably rocks also, as was toy
plainly Indicated bs the state ot the cable, rock
weed and sen cain.alculcs adhenpR TO and sur
rounding il in many places, showing that it ha
been suspended clear Ct the bottom. Ihe ca3'
WAS iuyariaaly kGpl.d in by hand TO asoid un
necessary strain. The recovered cable vaTie
| in copditi3n very much, and what is most i'm
pcrtant ia, th.t even these portions which cam
out Of the b ack mud we're SO perlshcd IN nr
me1ous patches that the outer covering parte
but for the dextezity nad courage Of the men !
se:zi3g hold OF it beyond the break, where III
iron wires stuck out like lunches Of highly
. | sha1pened needle points, We should not hay
known 30 much OF its condition. In word,
wns evidently sometimes imbedded in nut
1 A$+%x<k t,aa1f fF]
! soneuMes On small stones, foae&'mes ha'l III
: bedted, au1 tometimts wholly exposed ovt
. rocks, Is was apparent, from the condition I
the ou:cr covering. Tnc iron wires in man
i. | places often appcGrad s3upd; but, on nltnu
inspection, we're found eaten away aad rot.ez
the sewing was also decayed. In some plsca
the iron wires were Coated with meta.ic copp'
and much eaten, they having most probao
rested on .Ae copper ore, fo- tnere arc veins ,
it in Trinity Bay- The gu:ta percha and col
per wira are, however, in as good condilit
US when laid down.
, The general rugged, precipitous, aud ro:l
character Of tue au, rounding land evidently t
r tends below the surface OF the wAter; the Il
.veuntss Of our soundinga and cocditson Of Il
cable indicate this most p!aiufy. We accerdtn
:. | II decided upon leaving the ueiRlborhood
Bulls lslund altogether. as the cable in its pre-
!, | e1t state ct that part Of the bay viii not rep
T. The cast Of recovery. We agreed A,1nuitsneot
~ | " to st;emut 70 raise the caole CIT Hearts Co
a ten, and ascertain It's coudition there, this
u lag the most pro1 lang part Of the bay from
u information We have been able to collect
cord.n1ly, on the LIT OF July, we sa'ied to y
Per}ican, and maae preparations to start Al thl
4 u. on MONDAY morning. On the 2nd Of il
o. We ssiIed from New peracan s. 1hreu L.
- upd prapuced for the c4,Ie in L smooth .
i. AT L. Il. we hooked in 143 1ataoms water IL
th s.ra'eht lire joining the north point OF
Johns Harbor ant tue south point Of New
l,cap, At distance FROM 1he latter Of abou
uAata.
Having taksn bearings. grappelli.g v.s
= Trini., Ba7, aud the cable again and az
hooked. u ID tins abou. half mile nsrth Of
previous tua. The cable was during the d
,, hooked at lehst four times, NC believe more.
sometimes lifted ii the ground hetore part
as mu1h as fol. ; fa:homt, sometimes onEy Is
for no instance did it come near the turf*cs Of
water. On tso occasions tho iron Stands Of
Ing cable lett uo.& uumiataka able impressions on
IT, | grapuel, aId iron rust, resembling thu; usu
tound on she cable, adhered To its clawa.
:. bottom consisted Of green mud and light~co
z. ed clay, the latter very compact, and in conf
ency not much unlike the biue clay ot Lons
socae pa1ta of the bottom wers Of stone.
Having found it qui.s impossible to Esiss
cable, We concluded, after careful considers
n to make laa: bat hopeless triHl Of Break II
-. Point, a. tbs mouth OF Trinity Bay, and It IN
~ a1S eesstui to take the steamer aud men to St 10
,ns to avoid further sxpeuse. On July Sd, the .
'st. aer aaiisd from New Perlcan, q {. E. .
asy l. %. Ws sra21elled for ths eabls from q
o a. r,ilss of, in l65 fathcms water, to vi
= | II n,iex of the point whsrs tbs water wes
oYer 100 fathonas. We did not succeed in
ipR it, and had re do1e 10 ths Atlantic roll
ting into The bay wa&1o hesTy and tbs cul
to, running ont 50 strong that we could cot P
as, b!v have raised it to Tho surface, but only
hoT .4u