The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-10

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Business Cards. FIVE DOLLARS pei month or rITgY Do
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graphic colors, represented by rosettes
Of red, white, aud blue, made ana pre-
pared BIZ Lady Capel 5iolyneux, deco
rated the coats or hat of those ilnmedi-
ately Interested in the enterprises and
ont Of the three orfour hundred employ.
ed on the boats and Shore to assist in
hauling the cable In, it is scarcely neces-.
sary to say, no two figures Were attired
alike The high-col,ared swailow-tail-
eu blue coat, new, perhaps, before the
electric telegraph was Invented, anu
sadly soiled end thread bare now, work.
ed side by side with the ragged non de
script garment which had been fustan,
buthad reached the stage OF hurdly-kept-
together tatters. Shirts which blusled
darkly at being exposed, jersies blue,
red, and brown, caps and hats OF every
variety anS shape, bare heads, bare legs
and feet and arms, made up the line
The boats were similarly manned, and
continued this line from the stern OF the
Caroline, some seven hundred yards off,
so that the cahlewas passed literally from
hand to hand from ship to shore. The
| appearance OF this long row of boats was
very striking, and when, with true Gel
| tic impulsiveness, their crews let the ca
| BILE slip prematurely into the sea, that
! they might cheer and wave their hats ut
| It's having been brought safely to land,
and the bridge resolved itself intoa little
| feet, the whole bay Sc G ned animate with
| life. This rather irish incident delayed
| the proceedings about an hour, as 1t was
not until the bridge had been reformed,
and the cable fished up and restored to
| the men in the boats, that the paying
out could be recommended. Meanwhile
Mr.. Canning continued his earnest SUI
pervision, and one or two enthusiasts in
the cause, stripped TO their waists, plung-
ed bodily into the sea. Strict injunc-
tons not to shout were fairly observed,
until the Knight of Kerry, spoken of as
the " best of landlords, andimmensely
popular throughout the country, was
recognized on the cliff, when the re-
pressed enthusiasm had to be again
worked off, aud the call for three
cheers for the knight" elected, despite
| the deprecatory hand-wavings or its pre-
| sent object, another hearty burst. The
| accompaniment, however, was this time
restricted to one hand, and did not inter-
fere with work. The knight of Kerry
who, alpenstock in hand, made his way
down the cliff TO the shore, was himself
a picturesque addition to the already
picturesque scene, and his presence was,
moreover, q manifest encouragement to
the supplemented and affectionate race
laboring at the coil. Sir Robert Peel
descended with him, and joining Lord
John Hay at the foot of the cliff, re-
manned until the paying-out was stepped
for time, and the cable was pulled up
the cliff, and its end placed IN the test
! ing room Of the big hut or office of the
company This was done in procession,
| the peasants carrying the massive coil
| with u certain tenderness, the old wo-
men and children, who had not ventur-
ed down the stee pand hazardous incline,
pressing forward 10 touch it as II il were
charm, the two Catholic priests head
ing the company and bestowing by their
presence taeit blessing on the work.
Thus was the. shore end Of the great
Atlantic cable reverently laid to earth
in the trench cut for it, and running
from the edge of the cliff TO the instru-
ment room. Had this been mortal flu
neral with q rousing wake TO follow,
there could not have been more joyous.
ness and buoyancy. Mr.. Glass, Lord
John Hay, Mr.. Edwards, Sir Robert
Peel, the Knight of Kerry and other
gentlemen, were there to receive it, and
appropriate congratulations and good
wishes were exchanged. The Caroline
then slowly steamed out to sea, towed
by the Hawk, and co(ipleted the rest of
he twenty-five mics of the shore end
at late hour last night. The work of
landing the Cable commenced at about
seven a. NJ, and lasted until nearly one
P. NJ, and the solitary untoward circum-
stance connected with it, save the half
Imaginable delay have named, was the
impossioility of communicating by tel
egraph to England. There was. some
hitch in the coil near killalney-s
sequently found to be due to an impul-
sive Irish COW, which had considerably
knocked down q post and some wire the
dav beforehand no messages could be
transmitted until late i'll the afternoon.
| Officers oftho company remained at the
cable all night, and continued to
test the wire as IL was icing raid out
The Geographic o11iee at Valentia town
was thus informed Of the number OF
miles laid, and of the perfect condition
of the cable, at short intervals, and
every soul in it, from the directors stay
| ing at the over crowded hotel to the car
drivers, fishermen, and hangers on
about the,streets, was practically in COM
muIiication with the Caroline during
the whole Of Saturday. The little place
is. of course, full, and every available
bed it occupied.
The Great Eastern has been tele-
graphed for from l:eerhaven, and is ex-
peeted in sight every moment. Five
A. NJ. was the hour named last night for
the departure of the Hawk and party to
| witness the splicing OF the main cable
with the shore end, and to convey the
one or two gentlemen still here who pro-
pose making the tripacross the Atlantic.
| But to send message twenty miles in
this part of Ireland involves time, and
the morning will probably be well adj
vanced before the Hawk starts. Afterthe
splice four hours will be allowed to Mr.
de Sanity, electrician on board the big
ship, for thoroughly testing the insu-
larity and working power of the con-
nected wire. This pronounced salts
factorily, and assuming the weather TO
remain as favorable as it is now, the
Great Eastern sails forthwith, and ex-
4 changes the quiet waters aud romantic
sca,,, cry amid which she has heeii lying
since " 'ednesday night, for the surglng
A tIantic a,,d the excitement OF arduous
AN nnn, 9n work, will fairy COM
anu cohAuuou-, r1ndartaxino IN which