New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-17

remembered was couched in almost the same words
and we are still in the dark TO the means successfully
adopted then for the remedyng OF the iau Inc Only
progress we have made since yesterday s however hc
substitution of certainty for uncertainty OF knowledge
instead OF suspicion ofthe form Of disaster Inc wording
Of The first message from Vaentia which lea 10 the report
of " dead earth" having been returned SO carry as
Thursday was certainly open 10 another construction
Ii ran thus: mo communication with snip. strong
earth currents both east and west from sfre; ana II
was confidently hoped that the latter half of the mes
sage applied the land lines rather than 10 the Atahlc
cable itself Now, however there Is no longer room ior
doubt The cable is broken cut, OF damaged ana ne
only open TO those here who are interested IN s
success is the not very profitable one OF suggesting
hypothesis as TO the profitable result III through
mace-and that there IL precedent for TINS form on
wickedness the records of our law courts show-tLe
wire has been wlfully injured before leaving the
ship By some person on board. the chances OF re.
covering it are hut small 1t has in that case most
likely snapped during the paying out or soon aiter
its immersion, and fishing for the broken END IN
water more than two miles deep wond be something
like weaving ropes OF said. III ls' on inc olher
hand, possible that il has been, for one reason or
the other-stOrmy weather, the discovery OF nav,
stoppage in the machinery, or what not
cut and buoyed and that there has not
been time TO seal il before setting 1t adrlt In
this case interest ccnters on the probability OF q
buoy being found which has once commenced
Of Atlantic exploration on us own account.
This as has been Justly remarked would be an opera.
ton of considerable difficulty, the result oil when
would be doubtful II is. however, satisfactory toearn
that in the opinion of those experienced IN caoie
Bile world be buoyed calculated 10 inspire confidence
The gigantic ocean buoys-la it, high and in diameter
with which the Great Eastern is provided could be
easily discerned distance Of four miles The Terri
be and the Sphinx well as the big ship would each
set TO work describing series Of circles OF ~ miles
directly 1t was sought to recapture the buoy and. after
taking into consideration the steadying anchorage.
power of the cable itself il is held with great show of
reason that its discovery would be fraught with less
difficulty than at FIRST light appears In lsJ- when the
North Sea cable laid it had TO be cut and bnoyed
and was found and picked up without serious delay and
at without 1.-THE Of the attendant advantages the At
antic expedition commands On the occasion referred
to- the vessel employed in cabeaying sailed IN squares
Of given number of miles. first TO and
from the four points of the compass and finally trans
versely across the same space. This operation was
repeated until the bnov seen, and though 1t woui
be absurd indeed to compare the North Sea TO the broad
Atlantic those disposed to be sanguine VIII give ia
weight TO the precedent. and 10 the careful provision
made by the managers Of the present expedition fOr
such m emergency as has unfortunately arisen.
while, therefore. the present condition Of affairs Is
dspriting enough, II is remembering Sundays hitch
and lis reparaiion far from being hopeless. As 10
how much how little coincidence should be felt IN the
ultimate of the present expedition 1t would OF
course be dangerous 10 hazard opnion stil up to
now the although unfayorable not OF char
acter 10 justify absolute despair.