, 1865-08-10
TIE ATLANTIC CABLE.
It4 r. obabie Failure After Pny1nE 0ua
ENO fstlss-AccaunS OF .thu Es2rEt DIs
n<ttr 10 The Cable, md how 1t vras
tkepalr.d.

SANDY HcoE, y. T.. Aug. 9.-The Rofal mail
steamer Cuba atrlyed OF here at SAD this mo,n'
ing. bringing da,es OF the seta and soth ult
l1yEE ErooI, july 81, tia Qaecuetowu.-sayen
hCrdr. mites Of The Atlantic cable were paid out
orc Hundred. md aity mica yeatesday-wher
the tnsulAion was Lost Cause unknoTu. Fur
tier particulars had not transpred.
New YaRk- Aug. 0.-Tha Valentia correspond.
eat Of the London 7tsnes, Of the 9Th, gives the
lo!1oefnE account of The nrst defect In the At
lantic cable, when about eighty miles of land:
with dead calm weather, the ship Golu: elx
ktcts. and the cable running oat sotiy as silk
ROPE, tie usual tests being H.dc, VIXEN suddenly
bath lhose TO and from the sbore gaze most ssri.
Gus indications Of faulty Insulation. Thn utmost
alsr.n wts felt On the discovery. Tho coaIec.
tions Of the instrument were cs,efanI re exam
| obrezsed, In the faa1 tssts, al.
gave the esrne result. and Whit was
etl1l mora ce1fqtn ard omnibus, the proof Of &c.
,urz currents from TalentIs showed au equll
| !crs. Notice Wis Instantly given II Mt. Gaming
| and Capt. Anderson. and the speed OF the Gfea.
| Esstern, which was then IN $40 Athonaf, wa To
| duecd to almost 4 stand still. All the efg Ls
| we1e sent and received throuch ths whole length
| Of a,7lc tailcs OF MARI. Vaeot!a IVES tn.tant-
| il communicated With, md the whole elec:rca1
t etaE .tet to work 10 ascertain bJ resistance
I
tie ship, OF In the eighty .nl1es
| tist hid brer psid out. Trllls Of deliclt: u.s.
tuIf, Of such vial importance to tho success Of
the undertaking. were conducted with the mos.
riEtiz.t c1utiop, II calculations INSIDE md reosde
to eyinee a certainty of result. 1t was tia uutu[-
| zDous dee1e,on OF all that the fault WIS not oa
hosrd, Int IL the elshty miles Of Eu,r1crged
uixr- When thIs- -dec1slcn had heen srziyea ut,
the cable Al once cnt On board tho Gres: East
and len ~ Nv
| Saunders with wonderful skill. His tests at once
localized the rpot where The fault exi.ted, els7eu
El1es from The ststn Ot ths shp. ard wathtz y
qas1tsr OF u mile Of where it aetns'iy was,
lutt7ntty pfep1ta1lous were made ICE Fcttirr
| tic Great Eastern around, and employing the
winding. In apparatus hxtd 1orwafd spccta!1J to
be us- In of tneh 'n1ahspa. 1t was hoped, Of
coprtc- that Its use would never be required, and
vcr5 urny believed that whether required or not.
would never Acc3np ts1 what WAS INTENDED.
The remit proved 'hs tallaeJ Of 10th hopes and
it.st. The eeyered portion Of the cattle wal
p..ecd ito this machine, and the Great Eastern,
| stssmtng batk over the ropes eonrse, tie work
CT ree!i1c IL at once began. Th. cable CANT n2
With Eng uaE ease, strtfn on the dy1A uomete' Of
tic machine never exceeding 1.s00 weight, which
was nothing to the cable, a. 1t vas guaranteed not
| to break under eeEen tons, and equal, fom IT.
specific gravity, 10 supporting eleven miles Of it,
weight in water.
Withla quarter ct mile Of The Hpot Indicated
By Mr.. saunder', the tault VIE souad. As 4 length
cf The wi.e, Of 100 or 80 miles, manufactured
nt Gins s L,liots'f, It wss tsteu dowu ii bssgcs
and tctlcd AWAY IN ta1ks On the Great Eastern.
Each, a. It arrived, was epttced up t3 that which
had preceded 1t, and this was ol,en done in the
tsnk. themselves. The operation Of Ep!fctr9 was
rot only the means Of joining the conductor, but
also Of joining tie outside Wtres the junction ol
tie latter being made at different lengths, The
| bits Of wire cut cut being thrown away. One o!
these atoms about two INCHES long and dick
as a stout darniog needle fell On the coll IN
rct.ced y, indeed. who wousd notice 1t Or for a
moment think Of the consequences which lts dis
regarded presence, in 1uct spot, might EUR 'lJ
oecAssor, The we,ghsy lsyess Of the cable ia:I
above this fragment, ~ insignificant Il
lehsvtEgs In cafpeLter shop ptsta
ing 1t firmly into the tarred hemp
with forms the outside covering Of tht
c:bJe. TO this 1t adhered. While In the tank i
d'd no harm but when this portion come to bt
1shee1a, uhtcb gave acce.s to the paying out ma
chiue, End weight Of The jockey pullcys orel
tho*e which keep the Eops In Its place. bent ths
etaut iron wire 20 sharply thai It passed be.weel
the heEp, pierced the quits pescha through a
ieast two or three Of it's fous fold, and thrre re-
mAlteJ. In this state 1t Tas fonat
and 1nst1:t1y recognized az the plec'
cf wire from the spliee jo1At. The short 7enEtf
Of cable WAS At once cut out, new splice Wa
made, v1gtIAntly tested, and gr1dually eunk
When On the bottom, 1t WIS again resested 10
some hours, and signals shown to be absofu 'e1,
perfect Dining Ill this time the Greet Ea.ter1
remained quietly hove to-. The Aea vas calm ant
even, and the throbbirg ewcil Of the Atlarh
hid died sway into 1nere und1'at{ou Of wavcs tn
I motion Ct the ehip wss hardly percsphblc t
,he feeling, md could not csrtAiIly be dctcctet