Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-09

were good and the weather fine
TIE LANDING OF THE SHORE END.
A Valentia correspondent Of the London
Times gives the following account of the
landing of the shore end Of the cable: "The
landing of the shore end of the cable was
begun soon after o'clock on the morning
OF the I'D, and the sight was as Interesting
rs picturesque From the stern OF The Car
oline, moored some 600 or 500 yards from the
shore, an unbrokcn line of boats was formed
on the beach, each manned with crew OF
picked boatmen from all the neighboring
harbors and inlcts. These were under the
direction and guidance of experienced men,
who, in detached cutters and gigs, proceeded
M and down the line The first few lengths
we're SO on got out. but thence, drag
rlng its ponderous mass along the line
of craft, was slow, laboriOus business, and 1t
nly came out foot by foot. Though 300 or
100 powerful men were pulling on it, IT took
nearlytw hours TO pass 1t over the ring OF
boats, and by that time all the rugged ellis
were covered with pcasantry, who not only
thronged the steep, dangerous sort of zigzag
mth which gives access tn the head of the
imy. but were perched on little juts and
points where any fOOthOld was to be gained,
and often the stand was 50 precarious that II
startled one TO look ut them. As it happened,
the interest Of the islanders was rather pre-
maturely evinced Not only had the cable
| TO be landed, but quite mile in excess was
| to be hauled on shore, to pass up the cliff
and across q couple of fields which led to
I the telegraph house.
"No sooner was the first atom of the end
| Of the cable run near there, than wild hur
rahs from those on land who saw it coming,
with the contagious characteristic of popular
enthusiasm, passed rapidly downward from
those on the cliffs to the groups on the wind
ing path, thence into the cable boats them
selves, some of which joined in the shouting,
and, seeing the end SO near the land, and con.
GLIDING, their work we'll done, at once pro-
ceeded to hcayc the massive rope into the
sea- Every fathom, up to the stern OF the
Caroline, was thrown over. The result Of
this enthusiasm was. that every foot had to
be underrun, preparatory to the whole op
Grafton beginning again. 1t took some time
To effect this, during which the Irish were
silent and disprited enough. and promised
to refrain from cheering until all was done
"a promise which they kept faithfully.
| when the cable had been underlined,
hauled into the boats again, and the shore
end really began to come on land and was
slowed away at the foot of the Gill, the
scene was one really animatng. BY IL
O'Clock the cable was well up the groove
which had been cut in the face of the cliil
for its reception, and from this point the
work Of carrying its massive coils across the
meadows to the receiving house beyond was
soon accomplished and at a little before l
o'clock the end taken over roads, hedges,
and bitches, was safely housed in room.
Here batteries were at once applied, and
showed that both conductivity and inslla-
ton. to the last fathom in the hold Of the
Caroline, we're perfect. No sooner was this
fact ascertained than the Hawk took the
Caroline in tow, while the rest Of tho cable
was paid out to sea. Amid the most earn
est cheers from the crowds, both vessels
started on their short course and at the
same time, in the testing room of the recciy-
| ing house, the Knight Of Kerry and Sir Rob
ert Peel offered their warm congratulations
| to Mr.. Glass on the success SO tar achieved. y
The same correspondent writing on the
oath, says: "Thus it was after O'Clock d.
m., " hen the last Of the tests were concluded.
Ali signals from end to end fthc wire came
wonderfully distinct into the room of the re-
ceiving ht use, and at 4:3O the flags on board
the Caroline and Great Eastern were hauled
down to show that all was ready By that
time the Great Eastern, which had always
kept moving at intervals, had forged ahead
1 ul the O3EOiiEC SOIAC IVY VI tliitc Niles,
|paylng the cable slowly, only TO flow bv.
while one portion Of the wire was
kent above water The instant the flags
went down. the last fastening which hell il
to the Caroline were cast adrift, and with 4
great splash the final joint of the Atlantic
telegraph and the first thirty miles Of its
length went down slowly into the blue waters
and were out Of sight Long before this, Sir
Robert Peel and Lord John Hay had re.
turned on board the Hawk, which ut once
steamed away. When the splice was turned
adrift to ovcrtake the Great Eastern, this
was not easily done; for, while the latter was
barely steaming five knots an hour, the for.
mer was running fourteen. AS the tender
came near, the narrow rope Of the cable
could be seen passing overthc stern and sink.
ing gently into the foam, with no strain Of
anv kind. as it seemed for moment to float
slowly off before it disappeared under the
swell that kept rolling deeply in.
"The Great Eastern fired two guns from
her hows nj $50 to mark the commencement
of the Journey, and Sir Robert Peel mount
ling to the quarterback OF the Hawk, mark
ed the time; while three small, but earnest.
cheers, given by the company on board to
the success of the great enterprise, in return
came back, swelling the hearty roar from ali
on the cable ship, as with the last salute Of
waving hats and Aandkerchiefs the tender
dropped astern, leaving the Great Eastern
dropping slowly, bat steadily. ahead. 1t the
rate Of about six knots per hour: