The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-27

gloom for some time spread the ship; but the cleo
tricians worked away in their dark chamber with unhag
ging zeal II was finally determined BY Mr. Canning 70
send tho cable the stern having first secured Its
end 10 hawsers made fast from the bow, and carried
round astern and then take 1t In over the bow till the
fault was discovered The operation proved difficult and
tedious and whom the end OF the cable was hauled In
over the bow after great delay and drifting Of some
ten miles TO leeward found that the boiler intend
ed To supply the engine for hauling in the cable could
not keep up a sufficient head OF steam to work the
chnery with effect The strain on the wire rope secured
when tho machine began to work. the utmost
care and nicely were needed to prevent the cable
sf ing s sss over tho four hndse Sss
OF iron and copper wire which hung from Its bow TO the
bottom The operation Of taking up cable rom such
Eastern and the of in the apparatus added to
ordinary sources Of tediousness mile an hour was
rss over mile and half an hour while il now and
fcn 70 Az the fault was supposed 10 DO near
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with pleasure AeaiAims Mr. Sanders, Of the staff
of electricians, who had devoted much time TO the
deal OF experience In that department. OF electrical
science arrived at the conviction that the injury was
not more than ton to eleven miles away; but he could
not express with certainty state any precise groundc
for the deductions he made from his observa All
tho land but it appeared as il an imp dment existed TO
distinct understanding between gentlemen working at
each end OF the cable. In the evening Mr. Canning
sent message to Mr. Glass, the Managing Director al
Vaena to despatch the Hawk TO tho Great Eastern and
the Caroline the spot where tho seaward end Of the
shore cable and the andward Of the cable wore
spced intending return in the Hawk to ascertain II
the defect existed in the shore cable and not to make
new splice and sacrifice for the time the portion OF
sition as could DO ascertaned latitude g. ong
tudo IL Sphinx busy In sounding all round in depths
varying from four hundred TO four hundred and eighty
fathoms In the of the evening message was
received from Mr. Glass that the Hawk should start a.
soon as she had coaed tho Caroline The Terrible
her first lieutenant Mr. Prouse, board 10 she
could render any assistance and displayed every desire
to be OF service In tho emergency, and the Sphinx ex
hbited similar sympathties Fortunately tho weather
continued very moderate Towards midnight the opin-
ion gained ground that the fault much further
than MI Sanders supposed, and the work Of picking up
the cable was Continued very cautiously and slowly dur
ing the night Th8 DROPPING from the rope showed
coating Of ooze of gaysh drn color In which, it Is as
serted, there we're many microscopic Shells
At an early hour the morning the Hawk was OBJ
served coming up from the eastward being prudenty
determined to send her from vaenta without delay
instead OF keeping her to coal the Caroline The picking
had gone on all night very slowly aud at
Greenwich time Y miles Of cable had boon recovered
favorable and wind and were low. The Great East
ern stored beautifully and the monster SHIP hanging
the cable, seemed TO take II up deicately
elephant lifts straw in Its proboscis There we're
further indications OF the position of the fault but Mr.
not far distant from the ship, had to be
satisfied with tho soundness OF his judgment In which,
have seen, MI SANDERS PARTICIPATED A second cut
Of the cable was made, but the fault still in the
sea. Alto A M, when little more than ten miles
Of cable had been picked up TO the great Joy Of the ship
anxiety delay and expense, piece of iron, about
two inches long, rather crooked and sharp the end
diameter Of straw which had been forced right through
the coating Of the cable and the grtta percha till came
IN contact with the wire No one could give an idea Of
general impression that the mischief the result
Of accident, and that the scrap having fallen in
sequen ats 50 as to travel out with to tho paying out
machinery whore in passing through the wheels was
agine, when the injury pronounced how the tests
variable However the great satisfaction caused
BY the discovery oyercame any tendency to indulge in
that the fault had been found, and tho Terri.
bio sgnalled back 81 congratulate you" disposition
TO cheer everybody prevailed at breakfast and prcpara
lions for making splice were at once commenced
deck First the splice mado Of the cable between
the after and fore tanks and then the communication
effected between the end OF the seaward cable and
the topmOst coil Of the after tank the ten miles Of cable
tho deck some Of il good deal strained BY the pressure
The spcings and jonngs took some time TO mako and
test ana tne hawk resuinsa 70 vaien,a
passed aft and at rather critical moment the testing
suspended in order TO make the splice between the
put her head to the west and the cable
her storm with satisfactory indications that nsua
when somewhat more than one and half
miles Of cable had dropped slowly over the shore end
became mute, 70 the CONSERVATION Of the operators
Not signal not sign The news spread from end
to end OF the vast ship Faces moment before radiant
became suddenly as dark night Heads were shaken
in wise dependency and gloomy forebodings; anxious
groups gathered the test house. and watched the
count OF the officials who won't In and out
mUlassd into an hour and The cable stl remained dumb
feeling OF utter disbelief In Atlantic cables no doubt
prevailed in the breasts Of sst men. Ata quarter past
three tho cable between the tanks again cut and
examination was Of the end Of the various wires
ascertain whether there might BE- some mistake in
to transfer the end Of the cable from tho stern to tho
bow, and TO rec0mmence the drcary work Of Penelope
with the single thread Tests for fore and main tanks
found 10 work satisfactorily, but the
ward cable lay in sullen silence and the CON-
paratively unimportant brsakage Of the wire at
box gear a. II was passed from one end Of the ship
the other increased the Of misfortune and il
luck which we shed on all. Even Mr. Cyrus W. Field,
apprehension that the dream Of his life chimcra
Picking up againl Men looked at each other with a
eyes Of wearied and worn watchers were s,rainns
through the darkness Of the little chamber In which Is
was solicited to do her spritng ever gently for the
smallest sign OF obedience the faint light which had
long stood fixed on the index began to steal like ghost
the pale ray Yes; there be doubt OF It
The shore speakng for the index light talks Ian
guage here all understand II tells In lanest
that all fears groundless Communication still
exists with shore The signals increase In strength. Mr..
De sauy comes out oyously and calls Professor Thomp
for TO the bow where he Is preparing the picking up
apparatus The exchange of currents between ship and
shore and vcs becomes strong and regular they
only few miles apart The cable Is paid out wit
increasing velocity Once the Terrible and Sphinx
in much perpexty long time because Of the fresh de-
lay, appraised Of the good At AIS r. NJ COM
munIca alton 10 reported call right; the ship proce eded
her course through the night at the rate OF six to six
and half knots an hour till after midnight, when the
wind and a little, and II considered prudent
TO diminish speed 10 Ave knots hour II is impossible
determine here the Of this extraordinary deen
tion and error but impression prevails board the
ship that the cause mss exist 10 the station shore
WEDNEsDAY, JULY 20.
During all last night the cable was paid out uninter
ruptedly, and at eight A. NJ. the good ship was
one hundred and fifty miles from valentia The
loss OF cable paid out GO miles per hundred
making total distance OF cable laid OF hundred and
sxty-one and . half miles, including shore end The
morning was haxy, and the wind from the northwest
with rsRg sea; but the Great Eastern did not feel II
more than Thames steamer does rough jogse in Che