The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-23
The Loss Two Hundred Thou
sand Pounds.
Further Operations Abandoned
Till Next Year.
Possibility that the Collins Land Line
May be Completed First.
From tho London Times, August II


From tho London Times, August y
The failure Of the Atlantic cable and s severance from
ihe Great East may be considered certain and no
commercial mlsaaventule u VA o.s @ ,bn Hs
r,'ea NOR. s, miIe sieas,or ~ 49, ' -"
almost nal'ona os'S'ei'
THE BATTERY CURRENTS OF THE OLD cABLE-wHY
THEY ARE ABSENT IN THIS.
A few still hope and almost believe, that the ship has
yet hold Of the cable and may haul back and repair
The FAULT Their reason for entertaining THIS expectation
is that yet battery currents have come to land
yaen,a IN Almost every ease wnere rn'
irudes beyond the broken gutta Npricha cnd, anu
comes IN contact with the outside spiral IRON
wires ine ACTON OF the s'i. wa'er ,stan l n,aM.
battery 81 the IRON auu copper, anu "o"o 'nshiV
VIA ih9ai aimost DC mislaNeh ioI We,N ssus 70 .o
ins,rumentsat Va'ent' inese are cliea mlae'y CUT
rents ana none OF these nave com III nu Iase " no
old Atlantic cable these battery s9nas kept nope awe
ioi weeks after the eaoie was sone, or my 49," ee soe
smes so distihct upon tue heeues a. ,oss ~ speIi
words, ana day after aay noutea tnc oe'c ,iat tne
ian whatever Il was mad heated .se,l ana .oit mes
RACES were coming But the construction OF the Two
cables is 80 widely different as 70 leave tte ground FOR
hop from TIE absence OF IN SO currents now, ine oid
cable covered vita one hundred aud twenty SIX fine
unprotected wires woven into eighteen strands OF seven
wires each The present caolc mas only ten strands OF
stout wirc each of which is carefully insulated by
good thick covering Of arred hemp and these enclose
thc gntt percha core When thc old cabe broke there
lore metallic contact was certain 70 DC az once SET up
~hereas e present cable might easily be broken at the
bottom OF the sen without any battery currents arising
A. us outer wires are almost Insulated by the hemp
, ,uro,,vs Avn, co,,,rr,.n,s
~, 100 ~ innU lie, .,,,; N $3.50 .,',. .
- Va ..' ~ a. mp. tn u a ~ ,h y,n et c a
sn h1 nS ne ,h ~ 'i do,hs hrL @ -, nbI
me oeneht OF their douos 70 SHARKS, some 70 wnais
rome 10 ar Dunoes IA 'he gul'a peieha ana o'hers
""e" "ion '"o iAoi"oo" VI ''''"' "J"5'
now THE CABLE PROBABLY PARTED-A GOOD
GUESS.
II appears almost certain that the fault did not mani
60 ,,s a,a 'ros hnroare n1 To-, ,crcd NV ,Jo.n ,p
board Tho great ship iii tho faulty portion had been left
some twelve miles astern What occurred at Vacna-of
which have full details-slows almost with equal
Eastern she was probably at once stoned her head
rot round, and the cabe passed through III,
~ the rome was wound in again II IL imnosiblc 10 .,y
b seems elmo cerfcn hsi Il. tts fnct c9od DC oa6e
.ras b., k utsid ne shin md ,cea al oncs 10 he lot ON
10 wind in a rope having such hold the this
hemp covered cable must have had would haze been
'a me essen 9 no sudden Su
mari IN al once The old Atlantic eabe which was of es,
strength and had greater weight m Tho water than Tho
pres mt cable was it is true wound in from depth Of
two thousand athons in the Iay Of Biscay This o,ers
tion however occupied nineteen hours, even thoush lis
wire covering had half tho friction through the
water which the hemp would have in the rope which
has now been partly lost Il has been suggested by
gram 10 Vaena showed the Great Eastern been
paying ont very fast indeed If this conjecurefor
vet il II only "A conjecturc-s correct il will, doubt,
be explained by the fact that the ship then meeting
hcavy swell, which required INC orakes 70 DC opened
~" '"e o""e e' '"n d '"e ""''' '"'p' "'''"
WAS 1T THR MAGNETIC STORM THAT STOPPED TIRE
Al yaena ON Wednesday last the signals up 10 n,ne
" we're comnc with Wonderful d,st,nclness and
reg alay bu about that time violent ma ynetlc storm
al in M ,nsnla nm OF n srhmar No cnbe is ever SO
tho am
pbenomena which corr spond in somc particulars 10
k.nns ~ a., n,d,narv s,,nsnhcra ,heir d,recon cepp
rally being from easi and wes, Thelr acten is imre-
a;a,a,,r ce,,,,nnra,aI % ali condr,ors or c.ctr,fy
ma s,rngc1e cor mn hot roep di natural cnrront aid
IA, usea sTacjsIv in sendng messages This magnetic
&C., agoc,od aroyv ,.tl, IN Tho tinIon,
a, srno ,lo ,res yar. M Ii .cl.s and hc.yec, Va
1en,,a and Killarney The 1a,~ral current towards
,he wcst vas .o strong ,tong the land lines
sha, ~ rcoui,eJ an ,ddiinn az Ave ,inncs
beyood The ordinary halter mower tn overcome
a tn r,ag,etir sor,n 1r,ici, ceased n, two n a.,
nS fV,,, ~ :; ~ ,g, ~ ' u
u. " "n VIM Ia, ~. canals Ton ne ann
80 49,. .oceJ ,,g = y,,;', r. "onrsa liz
c,csence ~ Tho ,nacncc c,rrcr, s noc.n m those
- Vacntia and dne nIlo,ranre ,ys thereoco made or
,a.nua anu aue naioN"n.e "'s, ,nsI o'e ,h"e oi
n,ora sla;sn.ng syn,n,oms Lo,yr.er .oon nr"e,'tcd
lhemselvos 4 rayid los OF insulation became EVIDENT
The tw entv cells .ed ON b, The Great Eastern had no
.cwer a. ''sirnaI Al eIevsn ocock A NJ 4 yyns scen
that this batIerv mower was con lcraby increased and
fom eleven A. i 70 twelve NJ il was cvdcn, Thai re.
70 send mes-aces nv he code gnals None q. me signs
nsel however wer, sunicirniiv perfect 10 be read With
ccrtaniv Al twelve noon they became a mere cr,v,l II
feeble signs bcfors % The magnet currents had
resumed The mastery; aud when the ell cca stoim was
oVrr Inc tests NJ we have said saye dead Garth or
severed wire almost al the very SPOT where the inst os
~ insn,e,ion Vyas detected - -
"
,, rhohAhILlir lhAf Ut "A7 THE STohS'
Few oil our readers can pretend 10 have known much
taneonsIy over large r"r,n of the yoSe or @a,th
cnrrons ar naguetir deae.,in, "a st,nr as a, orar
@ ~ ., h , 1s"tguon 80 son. as 70 over
Ne are learning c,crv d,r and for onr rar, , " ,,.
ready 10 hail any accession 10 -ccnce even in an neon
xeIs.ni form W. aid snrro.e i'm orr ,rnnr.n,e ,ta,
tbe copper wire once cop,plctely minated in mia
percha would be proof against ii. ma ,netc ullrrn ,s
exccpt those which the peror chose 10 give M the
two eNtremes and uncss be a very stormy p,..sue
of the earth current from one extremity 10 he other
VIE tanpo see what il 10 Interfere with tho regular mas
SAGE o1 ,gna Bn, II 1ht he w "d y eycry v pc
however insulated i liable 20 be- nuodcd 20 TO speak
with earth current and disabled Ior human puro.ss
here s fresh source error ana pcfpcNv We had moi
rerkoncd upon. For example on hi- suggestion n j.
possible thai the present dis ter may have been as FOL
lows
The supposed earth current having thrown the cable
unite out OF order the operators on hoard the Great
Eastern may have .rce ed HAT disorder hat may vet
have been quite nj a los huw 10 n,cuuut for H. The
electro ans and the whole acunuae World Of England
b.. La, ,rtf ma ne4