New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-23
The Atlantic Cable n Failure.

The failure Of the Atlantic Cable ana is
severance from the Great Eastern may now be con,
ilcr,d certain and no commercial misady.ntuTe OF
modern times has excited more widespread III
tcres and deep regret than this almost national dbAs'
ter Even as late as yesterday evening IoP,s VIZ
ontertaincd-hopes moi altogether lilonhd'd-hat rig
mails would be resumed. That une however, mas p''A
oycrp.s and The wire remains rs dul and useless as IL
has been since Wednesday. with the Only difference
hat during The interval that has elapsed The most
elaborate and careful csts have been apped 10 TIE WlF
and the result of these experiments submitted 10 tuc"
electricians have the largest experience IN ieshE
submarine cables. Tic almost UNANIMOUS Nc!ulri oi
these gentlemen has been that the 20 niles pald oht
is lotis severed from the ship. aud now lying useless
at the bottom Of the Atlantic. W say aMost uhHlh
nous opinion. for q few still lopc. ana almost
believe, that tie chip has yet got hold oi NE
cable. and may haul back and repair Tie
fault. Their reason i9r cntei'alnLk ms M ''...
tion is that as yet battery currents have come 10
land 10 NacutlI. In almost every case NheTc sud-
marine cable pats beneath tie sea MS copper conductor
protlud,s beyond The broken gntta lc.cha end. and
comes IN contact with tie outside spiral IRON wires.
Tie action 0l tEc salt water instantly makes uMt'il
Of fine IRON and copper and would transmit Nhdt Alell
0rot Doe mistaken ioI Wcdk si'as To iAc lHs. unehis
al Naleutia. These aro called b.tiCy currents. ana
none OF these have in tie case 81 tine old Allan
c hle these battery signals Kept nope awe i weeks
oltor me cable sgs gone Tor they sometimes sp
distinct uron the needles almost 70 fpcl words nrd
day acr day induced tie ichei taat the iAui' Wllt
e,or u was lad healed li, nnd tnat mess ages we've
coming But the construction O. The tNo ca'les ls 20
dcy different 10 leave Little ground or hope from
tie absence OF these currents now. Tie OLD cable vas
covered Wl.A l-0 nnc unprotected wires woven 1910
~ strands of wires each. The pT's' No clnic ins
only 10 strands Of stout iron wiIe. each Of which
is carefully insulated by good thick covering 81
Jared bellp aud these irclo.c the gu.ta peicia
core. WL.n De ola cslc broke therefore. mc.l.c
contact was certain o. De a. olcc set ~ between s
conductor nrd ragged strands Of iron wirc WAor'af
tie ITe.ebt c'n'e hlA. ta.! '' DI..'h "i '' uo."'
oi tlc .et without any il'i.y ,'l,.'' ".'.i" 81 '
outrr NlIc- gIc almost Insulated tr tie hemp Ills g.
unfortunately. strong n.i ihi' 'e.i.-i tA,.c |to
or. that ilc Grat Eastern fas . ro' Che end 81 tAc
cr 'c ard BE- undertaking ~ fo cf n.t O." mats but
unfortunately. 800 stronger a-r I-Ni 4ria..r ID.
lowing o.. vide margin .o. fAe ffc OBI. 0 ration 'i
.. Pa. m tlc f0lr FROM .Icl 'ic '.oeu' .i.a "oli"
c.,unv and f.,tirr .u..il % d. luIIs i.. tll.eg
oclirlluos. stii tle Great J.. tern should have
reached t.e ilult ai r. m Sc icidry afternoon ti-
s.rn.,. would ave cO4e through h"i,Tc OBJ. evening".
N.ae laye como. bu on ihc contrary. -l iD g. Oh are
considered by electricians o.. showing rnnclft u ti
., Io rb.. .11 miles ffs limitation aud ,Untuc.t .fy
o. the line ars Absolutely perfect audfh.f w-thil f.w
nns lcr1.d ttat distance - s severed ana YinF DO ic
bottom o. ilc ocean. Tie h1 Icc oi ctaoace end OF c!
'uthe opinion poinis 30 o'G"len...is t-.i li1,'
trors I,-"f tat - aoW Wel.aI til.'. oi 30 Tcpi1t
dol tt % cou.c. de most cNllcftnuy theories nr4
SUN ..cs a.f Ie as 90 tc cause ~ tic arci. az. some
give the be- CT a. ilcr aolD.a 90 ri-.. ' some Ia
whale. SOHO to ISL. b., h.rs h. &c rtia rcieba. add
Others dwell upon Gle likelihood e.! m-l.col. injury. IL
appears almost certain that tlc lut did LOT manifest
itself slt rls therefore not Gei' o''i - nose o board
Tie great ship tllfnc faulty portion BAD been lft some
u niles r-ttrn. .ft occurred 90 EllsH'r. of which
We have uow rl Details shows almost With equal ccr-
taniy vArt would ilcu tale place GA board thc Greet
got round ngl fLc ca. passed tloaFa faH winding n
machinery fixed forward. low mucA Of tie rope Was
wound u again d s impossible 10 .ly. h.t 10 seems
almost cert ln tL1t 80 tls Atal th,-t tAc clule was
] broken outside Tie tiIp ana went 10 once 90 tie
boston. 10 WIND 100 IoDc having ouch toiq on tlc
water ns til. Aeur-coytred c1o'c must have lad
would .1yr been haT.ltogs In the extreme from
. tIc ceTf.Ilfy that ans movement On the vessel
giving 10 sudden pun would pat 10 40 once. Tic Old
Atlantic cable. which wa If lees strength, aud l9d
greater Weight 10 tLc water uan ilr pIefcnt cable,
ives ID ls rue. wound iu !ion depth oi .,oUJ htAoms
lr tue boy Of Biscay. This operation. However occu
ped 40 hours. though its Wire covering had
Ihalftae Fiction through DE water which tie hemp
would have IL he rope which has now been pl, lot
10 has been suggested by some Lat o he umc the
cdcnt happened the telegram 70 Valcnlil showed the
Great Eastern 10 have been paying oct ycry list in
deed. u this con ectu4nuI gs yet h is only con.
iociurc-is correct u VIII DO doubt be explained ly
tlf iaci mat tie emp was icr meeting heavy swell,
wlcn required the brakes To be- op,nod aAd tic cable
. lct IGl ag fhe waves swept at Tr.
At Na.eAiia Oh Mcduc day last the signals up Ia .
a. NJ were coming VITA wonderful dsiiac,ncas and
TesL.aIy. but about that time "A violent magnetic
storm set in. No Insulation of submarine cable is
ever 20 perfect nt 10 vlhtand tie influence o. these
certrlcI phenomena. Which core pond iu pr.
lcuais 10 storms 4n the ordinary a'uO Qicrc their
direction generally being from a. and west Their
acoI is i .cdineiy comt14ni ltcd 90 MI conductors
Of electricity and struggle sci lp between ihe natural
current add tAa aa'G nii!hciay ~ sending messages.
Ills magnetic storm. which was announced ia Tie
TDe. Of IhuIaday affected every ,cceraplc station 10
The Kingdom. At some tic wires were Lii rly useless
AM bel wecn hacaia and Killarney the natural current
toward the west 20 strong alole The land
!.ucs inft j CURED an addition Of five times
beyond tie 01oIncy battery power 10 overcome 10.
Inns magnetic STORM, which ceased ~ . n. H.. on
, rcay was Instantly pcrccyi.bie in the Allan.
tic cable. and a ahc1t 10 q. H. on Wednesday
the tl@nas ilta tie O. q Eas.en became cDufu ed
ana indftilct OF course, tho presence Of the mag.
HtUc currents was Blown 80 those mo Nacn . and doe
allowance was therefore made for insulicicncy Of
. siCha's coming eastward. Other aud more alarming
iyn29m'' However soon presented themselves. A
RAPID loss "a n.ul1ilOu lcc4me evident The 20 cells
used on hoard tc Great Eastern had no power to sig
nal AT II O'Clock q. m. u seen that this battery
power Mas considerably increased and from IA Ia IL a.
m II was eliGeni That repeated attempts we're being
MADE IRON he NIeu Eastern to send Inessage by DE
cole sen.ls. None OF tie signs used however were
suincieutF perfect 20 be read with certainty Al ~
noon they became mere crowd q. feeble sigma before
u =. III. the magnetic currents had resumed the
mastery, aud when tie electrical etorn vos ov,r
/ tie iesis, have said gave dead earth -" ar a
covered vnc, almost az the very spot where the frat
loss Of insulation was detected. Since that lime
with the single exception of the absence of battery
currents, when we have already described not Sign
has been wanting % show that the cable h rerled The
Great Eastern is expected 20 maze her nurrber off
Nalcn.a about noon ou Wednesday She il not iilriy
TO be preceded by either Of hen guards of hororte
Sphinx OF the errb!cas both tie latter vessels after
tier long cruise on acna, Likely 10 Ice short OF
coal Tie great shin, however has c,al cnorrh IA
communicating iy signal with Nalcntia She win 90 70
PotlanG-tlc only harbOr whore she has room and
dcnth Of water sufficient 20 swing 10 a single anchor
TIE loss which has been sustained by this partial failure
Of the expedition If estimated 10 about 600 OD1--a
Tors which we are glad 10 say, may be COusl leraly
reduced bv undermining and recover ~ muen Of the
line laid from Valcnta. We believe that neither The
directors OF the AtIanHC Company DOR its share.
lodeIs have teen dtbeaicaCd Nv tie IToeent unfotu.