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

MAIDEN IN mysterious caverns beneath. Length few
after length cog wheel and drum III tne roh warm
ing with work heated last as to convert tns water
thrown upon the machinery into clouds OF steam The
time passed heavily ind ED All life had died out IN the
the wire cable the wheels the bows The mos apa
thetc and Indifferent would have much 70 nave
and esteemed il the most CRATE I'll in the world
The electricians closed; all the subtle appara
suIphurous currents in the darkened chambers The
jockeys had their and reposed In their IRON sad
dies The drums beat 20 ORE ~ ons which hsi
been broken could give no breath TO breaks, ana mas
Stunned the region where all these mute witness were
testifyinR to the vanity of human wishes. Away new
the wire strands length after length ocean was indee4
Unsuitable 'More and ''more" cried the daughter q
the rope descended. 1000 fathoms-1,600 fathoms--
1000 athoms-hundreds again mounting up, till at last
boms or Is 600 feet the srapnel reached the bed q
the and set 70 Its task Of finding and holding the
cable Where that was Of course beyond human
was Just sort Of head shaking surmse that the grapna
might catch -that the ship might feel tthat the Iron
soross II mghthere was the most hazardous hitch a
sl-might come up without breaking But $500 hath
Om .oav than her Grand the Great Eastern having
cleared away Of the great buoys and got over hes
bows " ss mps down the manay line
beneath which the cable had sunk TO useless rest
THURSDAY, August g.
Throughout the night drove the Great Eastern over the
Atlantic dragging In her the grapnels and i've
miles and half length Of line with which she was sh-
ing for the lost cable. When morning came ana whoa
abe was supposed TO gone beyond the track OF hoe
nrev several miles the watchers of the line. who had
once ere dawn been joyousy agated by the news hei
the grapnes were holding and as y paSvSa
a. 40 A. M Greenwich timc the picking up machine,
reinforced by the capsan eventually was set 70 WORK q
haul up the line which bears strain OF ten TONS Al
FIRST il came % easily the dynamomeer showed only
of IS but the resistance OF tne rope
Increased till II reached point indicated by " cwt
1.1E A N huu drod fail recovered.
1925 two hundred fath0ms, the strain increasing 70 %
cwt At A. NJ three hundred fathoms were u, ana -
became evident TO all board that the grapnei was
holding on and II ting ''somehng from the bot.
tom And what could that something be but tbe CABLE
determined it could not be rom the wire rope and Crap
mel solely. and could only be inferred, then, that,
bottom of the Atlantic is free IRON rocks an
with the supposed soundngs II had really grappied ns
prize At 500 the spur wheel OF tho pickingu apps-
DANGEROUS as well as lcult for it flaw M Al haAs
with such force IL 70 knock down those near it, and one
of the most valuable o. dE Ca9nings staff received
severe cut on the cheek and aIeIher nad an ugly nu
inflicted his face from that cause. The weather.
which had been very thick and hazy, now settled qown
into dense fog and we lost sight Of the Terribe ~
the conviction that the cable was really once more at
tached the Great Eastern matter how precarously
and matter how far of, afforded too much matter foe
congratulation conjecture and suspense allow much
room for other thoughts There was o chance, Just
chance that the cable might be dragged up from the
deep and every hundred athoms OF hawser handed over
ditiona step in the march OF the fororn hope The
hawser oled and pulled as i were living thing and
stuck out at considerable angle from the bows
as il were towed by some giant force under:
meath and away FROM the steamer. When five hundred
fathoms board the most skeptioal admitted the
cable must be the iron hooks, and anxiety and sus
pense higher Just the probability OF recovering
the cable became less wild But at S2o ships time "a
few round rapidly the tail of the rope foushed In the
air few board and with light splash the Other
end dved into the Atlantic One Of the iron swves had
yielded TO strain The rope used divided int
lengths 100 fathoms each having sacke at the end
with heavy iron swivel The head of the bolt OF one q
these drawn right through the iron collar 80
fathoms had been secured Not moment was lost II
what 70 sr. a Was Tho es =
abruptly concluded; for 1t was demonstrated that TIE
grapnei could pick up the cable In more than zoos
fathoms and the only preston whether the wire
rope cable itself would bear tho purchase and weighs
of hauling up from such depths There wire rope
enough left to make another attempt TO save the cable
Il resolved that the best course TO pursue would y
to DIR II TO point couple Of miles to the westward q
be- So a. 70 avail ourselves OF the slack caused BY The
endeavor to get on board and was calculated that
would be necessary 70 get the cable up from that enc
and that the insulation would probably DO perfect east
Of the gapne the ship would be ct the valentia
side of the fault which had caused such disasters Cap
tain Anderson prepared to run or 10 miles back and
drift nearly possible the line Of the
cable described but the wind was not very favorable
fred gun to warn the Terrible she was moving and
after time distant sound through the fog made
us nn s Ssr he
blew fog horns and steam hstes, and red more guns
she steamed away and after time IL was thought We
had lost sole but rather distant companion No Oh
servation could be had and our position was master 81
surmise but when the Great Eastern had made her Is
miles engines were stopped and she lay 70 FOR tho
FRIDAY, Augusta
Drifting by means exciting, but still necessary, -
had other Of getting at the very unrecog
nzable locality where we were to begin operations The
calm, and we had observations Yesterday
line patched TO take soundings and bottom We
touched 800 fathoms But OF what the bottom wa0
composed there means Of judging, for the line
deck The Terrible found US out early in the forenoon
One of her boats after pull Of some two miles came ~
wha. we intended 70 d. The one was more easily told
than the other but general result he was ipiorpe4
We meant to keep pesging away" as long q 80 had
tackle left. At observation was snatched a.
which gave position lat 81 de- "a min 30 sec long
y eeg 8 ps showing vel We had drif!ed q nilss
which, With II miles steamed, made 10 miles from our
raft, on which TO place buoy, to slip with *
miles Of the cable itself attached mushroom anchor
The Sy s
Great Eastern arrived ut the place estimated dropped the
buoy and anchor, and steamed OF again, at 10 r. NJ
Greenwich time, TO drep across the cable next
morning. s.Sess~
SATURDAY, August g.
Another night of drifting looking out for our buoy.
The weather thick we could neither nos
horizon and the navigator left to the of
internal consciousness to calculate position. As We
were soon In dense fog In the body corporate and In
the mind maritime patience became not much virtue
undesirable necessity II would alleviate the
ignorance Of the world In which having our
being Of not moving very rapidly The Terrible was loss
TO sight and when last seen as distant as Bunsby
himself of "Cautous Clara could have desired bus
when least expected she did q service In tho fore
noon the only break In the mono0ny Of floating thu
gray Atlantic In gray sky was afforded by ehoal %
porpoiscs and grampuses which found too slow for
their tasks aud abandoned for lively timber
ship After midday the haze lifted and there lay the
Terrible the horizon our port beam. Al 2:3o
she sgpaed that the buoy three miles distans
and gave US bearings The Great Eastern steamed up
and passed the buoy at 3As She sgnacd 10 the Terrible
10 remain by the buoy during the night, and then
steamed northwest by north for six miles, intending -
drift and put down the grspnc, IL the wind changed
SUNDAY, August g.
night OF fog and drizzIng rain was followed By .
morning and day OF very little better weather Tho
Terrible was seen early in the morning through broak
In the pail OF thick gray clouds which foatd the
water but lost sight OF short time and OF oouse
the buoy invisible There has been good obssS.