The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-10

quietly hove TO- Tho vas calm, and even IN
throb5iag swell Of the Atlantic had died away INTO TN
fore was barely pereptibls 70 the feeling, and coul.
certainly ncf be ete ted by the sight, sage by watching
then dcscriSsd Tho whole accident caused delay o.
nearly twenty four hours durngwhich the drift Of The
vessel waacsnost nothing.
Hercdt generally regarded as assnos gratifying fact
and one augurang well for tho success OF attempt thai
ot cav a., fauk b. disceps ed AZ but its pace
di1atd he cre AaSd IN a0atW, asd the pisce repairsd
or Mt fhs evening signals wepe received from the
thsn tso hundsd knots from land gsng into one thou
sand fath0ms Of water The cable paying out at the
Of ocary knots an hour end the signals "a
the Shore both fer paying out aud messages,
clear az oniy sent from two miles distance The strain
on the dynamometer in sinking the rope less than
ity of the cable or other words OF
hemp has suioenbuOyancy TO balance and almost keep
up the weight Of ts copper conductor and outside iron
w,res
THs GREAT EAsrERs BEYOND REPORTING DssrAScs on run
\ 27rn UT.
Before twelve hours more are ont the Great Eastern
will have run into 500 fathome, s0heR any ishap
occurs she viii hdue to bring back her ocn inge for
NO signals under suoh circumstances can scach her
From this time forth sAereore the public must depend
ON the messages forwarded from the vessel ITSELF and
sohe" hese es1ges esase, wH te a. tbst ~ eois tre
ne Of soivs disossns1 Monday put an a. 10 COM
mSRiocoS cia Va3esea She compression Of sAe water
Improving he miles M Aavs oses ssnk and il ali should
happily 60 well, he wire ssM ccstinsse improve b ne
The Excitement Created by tho First
Failure OF the Insulation.
Valenta correspondence OF the London News, July -
II the reported fault In tho Atlantic cable had been
premeditated hoax II could not have completely
dumbfounded all who interested IN its II Il
R OF Of aa aa snis' oou
not for the time have created greater annoyance and
anxiety is curious fact that the Arst Of Il
received telegram from . friend IN town, asking II
aught had happened TO the Great Eastern. Rumors
were aoat on tho Stock Exchange that something was
wsong and an authoritative contradiction was not
nnpaturaly desired Up to this moment no whs-
per Of defect and no suspicion Of misfsrtune had
reaahed Valentia An hour or twO later the sup
posed canard verified, and II learned from
telegram received from the big ship that dcfeet In the
or the aice had been and bad causd her to
heave TO- At tho same time the signals at the receiv
ing b0use remarkably distinct and clear and while
e0nAdeny felt that the hitch, whatever It might
prove 70 be- would involve serious consequences
the enterprise the Of there being hitch all gave
rise world 0f conjecture and little constsrnaton
Tho Hawk MAS immediately sent out TO the Great
Eastern the Caroline was ordered under weigh, and the
neighb0rh0Od scourd for recruits to put the
aary ballast on board. kilograms announcing the fault
the cable sent to town, and the little village
thnswn into state Of abnormal excitement the
horses and men were heard through the ordinarily quiet
streets and by the water sde for II imperative that
given number Of loads Of ballast should be on board be-
fore the tide ebbed, and the Caroline prevented
coming alongside the little pier
Early yesterday morning Mr. Henley the owner Of the
% wa 'oue.u . ~ os '. l,s ~ .hn ras,,. % G III; ~
combination Of forces that the Caroline duly started
after nearly running aground and losinH tide for the
pons wnoae sne spoc naa peen 'sIe WIN - a. & ~
to proceed to this spot-twenty I've miles from shcre-
e .sas ~ ~ 1Ssoctvn nun anu anu Gy
make splice, and to then wait for signals showing
tne 'au" W pe realta!eN sn" .!a' ~ was VIGIL
TaE rAuLr EsMEpiEi
gagged In stimulating the aborers into working at double
their usual speed, the Caroline had got steam up and
had gained the channel leading 10 the mouth OF tne
harbor another message was received from the Great
Eastern, announcing that the fault IN tho cable had
been discovered that the part affected had been cut
WOULD ss sy ssf
was at once oroereo ana the next was 70
relieve the minds Of a interested N INC Atlantic caoe
luck would have T. sSs line between hsIs and Killarney
nS ai tbonSn NO
naa peen ,rM1v aytying 70, bst s ssssvs
80. E,.. was ,ennnr.r,sv mso,ass :" "a .s d,.,es
Correspondents were concerned Mr. Glass took infinite
was sent on to Karnev with instruments for
woSns The wires directly the wbcresbouts Of the bresL
down was discoverea and the officers here and At Fo
The hone oT es,9b,isbinc commnn;cat,on with DnbHn
fondon
MsKs
Meanwhile the cause of the bitch remained mystery
though the fact of signals having been made M 10 the
time Of its annouuccment made the fact Of ms having
heen on hoard the Great herself
undorstood n II be remembered that there are some
two thousand four hundred links in the great cable aud
that fhe sIlabtesf defect in the wire or Joining Of anv
cne Of these that the fanest puncture OF the gutta
psrchs coating or the least Jaw In the testing process
on,d he shown nv the sensitive wire Il viii Be- rssdIly
Understood that decue nslotiou .ioM eosilv oCraar
.;lo.S a. ccbJ. 80 ssys,, nGsrd n s Mi enc 81,
mat these ioins are mechsncay perfect thew must he
ncrfct too and the
stonna0es for which science cannot account IL one of e
mot snnovns NJ The difcnlties arsinst which subma
rine tsieoranSv hss hsd 10 contend However, there
ear be no oneson that the fault In the Atlantic cable
WAS trivial and both from the rapditv With
witch n vas rsmsdtsd ana from the disnctne{s and
r.cs,on ,sh vhicn sIsrs vera ovsn sv"n Al ta tirs
H. S The ~ shn announcino n And ssrins
that Ne Hcvr shoHE ~ ssnt ont Arrived -
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