The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-04
TEL z g A 3 T. e.
Preparations to Lay the Shore End Of
the Gable at Valentia.
The Prospects Of Success as They Ap-
pearod on the 10Th ut.
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The Great Eastern Off Valentia
Harbor.
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ARRANGEMENTS AT HEARTS CONTENT.
The Galatea and Margaretta Stevenson Await.
ing the Coming Of the Great Eastern.
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REPAIRING THE NEWFOUNDLAND LINE,
&c., &C., &c.
ARRANGEMENTS AT HEARTS CONTENT.
REPAIRING THE NEwFovNDIAND LINE,


Our Va1cntia C0rrcsp0nde nee.
vAIESnA, Ireland, July 16, 1856.
am not able TO report any additional progress in the
telegraph cable undertaking. We still continue in
disageeabe state Of expectancy and impatence To be
sure feelings have somewhat relieved by the
appearance Of the Hawk tender belonging 10 the Con-
struction and Maintenance Company which came into
port yesterday, after experiencing very severe and
dangerous gale on her passage from Plymouth this
coast She brought the balance Of the electrical sta Of
the Atlantic Telegraph Company, instruments and
other articles pertaining to the cable But che has not
single inch Of the shore end or the deep cable board
her presence does not affect in the slightest the advance
ment Of the great work.
GREAT EASTERN
was 10 have left the More yesterday noon mme-
dately proceed 10 this place. hut, gale
doubtless raging at the hour 6xed after many post
ponemen's Of her departure, it is open question
whether she rased her anchor Captain Anderson
too good sailor TO risk anything by pashng the
face Of tremendous gale of wind and heavy following
sea- As the weather has materially moderated and tho
winds changed TO favorable quarter we hope that
the great ship her way and will be OF vaentia
bay on Tuesday morning
AJFAiRs GREAT EASTERN.
Everything beard Of her in just the condition
the directors could wish The cable immersed water
which fills the tanks, works with extraordinary and
most gratifying The conductibhty Of the w,o
Is almost Absolutely perfect and the einneniy
satfsctory On that score. The recent tests have
been for speed Two or three inventors have testsd
Their Dsruments and valuable results have been oh
tanned.
vAhikYs Ih'hnvEAKHT TEoMsoN's oALvsNOMnER
believe that an Instrument mproy en- nj designed
by Mr. varley the Old gavanoeter Of Prof Thomson
likely TO be adopted, although the final decision
k.os
sent through with care, but speed beyond that stAss
accounts, the electricians have been able attain
However experience will suggest means To acceer-
ate This rate Of transmission II must I've porne IN mind
slso considering ibis subject, that the cable presents
is In the anks than when submerged Ut length in Tie
deep sea, and tlst word per mnrte will doubt
ess he sent through When the cable IL paid out II the
conducubiy or the wire remains uDmpsired they
poet TO send through eight words per minute One Of
the conditions imposed upon inventors and electricians
used under any circumstances The old theory that by
immense power aone could the cable be operated
ploded That the rock hich the old cable epit
rather destroyed. All sorts of experiments were
tired upon IT, before aud after subegence and the cable
was nearly ruined before IL was placed in the water and
subsequently received its coup de when the i'm
mense batteries we're placed upon and the conducting
wire destroyed. The great wonder that the old cable
worked al all and yet is confidently believed that
the electricians had attempted tu work the cable when
down will low power II would have been successiu ul
All thess mistakes have been caref lily guarded aga nst
and will not again No foolish or absn rd exreri-
nents are attempted, and the wire will go down the
watr, no accident O curing, in perfect condition.
The steamer Caroline chartered by the Construction
and Maintenance Company belonging to W. T. Henley,
Esq, the celebrated telegraph cable manufacturer at
Woowch left that place nearly ten days ago with the
shore end bosrd but has encountered nothing but I'D
verse winds and and yesterday finding refuge
IN IN Falmouth from tho heavy soathoriy gale that seems
Irish coasts. She s very deeply laden and of course
not IN condition TO face the fury of the gale. 1t
hoped however that the change in the weather will
able her 10 put out day and make her this port
she should reach here TO morrow night Tuesday
Ing, and " the weather Is fine, Immediately Commence
the work of aynl the shore end, which ought TO I've
completed In tine not to deain the Eastern q mo
men She has some hna preparations to make, but
they can he completed while the shore end ig being
landed and made secure. Whereupon she will
ont at the rate of three four miles hour
merge the entire length
al tmmensy strong and heavy anair, erht inches in
circumfIrn aud weighs nearly twenty tons 10 the mile
is entire weight Is about Eve hundred and twenty
All the machinery for paying out the cable can be
worked by siran, by which the cable he paid
out or drawn In al Will II N perfect In It's wav The
ship has just completed the laying down OF cable be
tween PRUSSIA and Sweden for those governments
the Baltic. The Inter cable mar red
and laid by Mr. Henley, and furnishes three conduct
ing wires II " complete workinr adm rably
Every preraraon has been completed believe 10 re-.
ceive the cable aud n, once connect the shore
with H. 10 begin the series of signals through the cable
that " 70 continue until the ship reaches
know precisely the headway made by the ship and
whether any accident has befscn her. No messages
gress will through until the ship reaches New
foundlsnd when desIaich will he sent by Mr. vsrey %
.ne dirs'ors nrre, ann,snc'ns 70, result, ana reply
sent from the Queen TO Pres dent johnson, aud his
answer returned af, which The line will doubtless be
opened 10 the public.
rms fssrRrsEsTs
now used on the cable are the invention Of Pro
fessor Thomson and the old style Of galva.
nometer, with mirror attached They work very
satisfactorily, though al a slow rate, through the
entire length Of the cable with only four celz
gf haf n h4Ii ilNa lsnF Fsla mar
been sent through with accuracy aud ease with this
etrument Mr. Varloy's instrument has done somewhat
patent for bis invention " for sale al an absardly low
ngureone hundred and nfy thousand pounds sterling
hnc chance here presented 70 American inventors
III they invent an instrument by which hsh rate of
speed be attained In transmitting through the
cable, with low power, fortune Is a, once made An
Improvement the Morse magnet by which u can be
made 10 work by delicate current Is the thing needed
All these complex machines must be done away with,
and simplicity and certainty combined IN something
better
nrtux oy rKfscRArHrRs
There is quite an influx here OF people connected
with the different telegraph interests IN the kingdom
and others coming.
Mr. mcBARp srwoop orA~,
Managing Director A Of the Telegraph Construction
experimenting the preparations here. His com.
pany constructed and are 10 lay the Atlantic
cable and turn u 10 tho Atlantic Telegraph
Company IN working order The electrician aud
the electrical staff In charge of the cable belong 10
my control na se s wire s. company n
the head Of the late 0rm II Glass, Elliot h Co. the
celebrated telegraph cable manufacturer has given hs
closest attention TO this great undertaking. and brings 10
his aid high scientific and practical knowlege and an
experience not enjoyed by other IN the world
nc Is man Of middle age foil Of energy and en,hu
OF the hrt order Probably has or laid
20 many miles as he and no better fitted 20 earn
great success M the present undertaking than he His
cable N the best made II NJ much sipe,or to
the old Atlantic cable which viewed in the Iiq of sn0
sequent eior,s wac a mopi crude and mperfes "a, \,
a fug - h..