Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-08-19
Tha Atlantic Cable.

The London Times Valentia correspop.
dept gives the following in reference to the
accident TO the cable on the 29,h. 1t was
not defective insulation which was then
discovered at Valentis, bat total loss of
insulation. La other VOL ds either the cop
per conductor had been stripped Of its out.
side protection, aud was communicating
With the water, or the cable had been cut
or broken, The Admiralty chart OF the
bottom of the Atlantic, constructed from
soundiDgs especially made TO forward this
great undertaking, shows the distance from
hand, where the Great Eastern then Icy,
TO have been 1900 fath0ms Of water, that
is allowing for slack little more than two
miles. The enormous pressure of friction
on the saturated hemp covering the line at
this depth would render il ficult mat.
ter to wind in This length, as 4 could not
be done al all in less tbua twelve hours
II is mos, certain that il could not be done
OF all had the cattle been SO injured as to
leave its conductor bare A tunlt could
not have occu ed is sufficiently evident by
the fact that the fault, whatever it was,
was repaired in little more than half the
.ime that it would have taken TO haul back
the cable, suiposing o current 10 have
occurred to the porticn submerged, aud
even close at hand. Ii Is therefore con.
jec,ured, with the u'most appearance oi
probs sbili,y, that the fault was cau.ed by q
kipk, which having been seen to pass iu
paying out OF the machine, the vessel was
instantly stopped, the kiuk extticated,
and piece cut out aud q new splice made.
This theory is borne out by the fact that
,he time consumed in reparing he accident,
" hich is the known cessation Of Signals, is
almost TO the minute equal TO the time ,Ea'
would be rtqnired 10 make a test OF snch
splice on board The Great E IS ern. These
in cta'ge there knowing sll was right be
hind them aud that time was OF vital i'm
portaDce, would not be likely TO waste J.
/ by putting seve-al ends Of wire in comma.
nicaton with the instrument at Vuleuiia
while electricians ut the latter station cou'
send no response through The cable, but On
the contrary there was total 10 8 of il,L.
lation.
The intelligence we pnblih from the
Grea. Eastern TO day is more hopeful for
the success Of the undertaking .han appears
on the face of IL. Nine hundr,d d miles
have been paid out. which means no. only
that the after tank isemp,y, which kept
her too he,vily down by the stern and 80
seriously inpeded her speed, but that the
progress Of the cable fr, m the stern ,ouk
to iba' TO ward hes been successfully &C.
compish,d d and il now fast llgh ening the
.>o,r,, also the Of er most tank held $50
miles Of cable and $50 tons of weight. r.
The Heralu's special from Hearts Con.
tent. IA h, say: .l u., . H., s.
The Captain Of the Terrible informed
The Captain of the FIRST Fruit that The
cable purted on ooh, AID that buoy was
The ma'k'wb here the cable was seen. The
Captain OF the schooner was rot certain Of
be location OF he buoy, having had 20
observations for several days. We do not
give ny the expedition Us a fau e, os when
last seen she was endesvoring 10 discover
The location of the buoy. showing they ho d
not abandoned all hope of eventually lay.
ing The cable. Mr.. Mickey ,Superint tendvnt
OF The ewfoundlsnd limo, is ye. hopeful
that the Great Eastern will arrive in u few
days with the cable oil right. / cannot
describe the deep feeling of dsappoin. menI
WHICH prevails among people in general -
The general feeling is that the Atlantic
cable is thing never 10 be successfully
| accomplished.
| Al the time Of the cable bre king, it was
500 miles distant fiom the coas, Of New.
fouudland, and his vessel, which arrived q,
llarbor Grace last Friday, reports ,ha,
she saw. four days previously. q large buoy
two miles distant from The vessel. The
cap ain Of The First Fruit reports that be
asked the Terrible whether they considereC
The cable recoverable. The answer Was
Gould no, say" ....... s., h.