The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-18

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and had paid out 500 miles of the cable.
The signals were good, and the weather
fne
THE LANDING OF THE SHORE END.
AValentia correspondent of the London
Times, of July til, gives the following
account of the landing of the cable "The
landing was begun soon after eight O'Clock
on the morning of the 22d, and the sight
was as interesting as picturesque. The
stern Of the Caroline was moOred some
600 or 800 yards from shore, and the un-
broken line of the boats was formed to the
beach, each armed with crew of picked
boatmen from all the neighboring harbors
and inlets. These were under the dires-
ton and guidance of experienced cable
men, who commanded up and down the
line. The first few lengths were soon got
out, but thence dragging its ponderous
mass along the line of crafts was slower
and more laborious business, and only
came out foot by foot. Although 800 or
400 powerful men were pulling on it, it
took nearly two hours to pass over the line
Of boats, and by that time all the rugged
cliffs were covered by peasantry, who not
only thronged the steep, sharp rocks of the
zigzag path which gives access to the head
of the bay, but were perched on little iuts
and points where Any foothold was to be
gained, and often the stand was so preca-
rious that it startled one to look at them.
As it happened, the interest of the island
ers was prematurely evinced. Not only
had the cable to be landed, but quite a
mile in excess was to be hauled on there to
pass up the cliffs and across a couple of
fields which led to the telegraph house.
No sooner was the first atom of end of
cable run near there, than wild hurrahs
rose from those on the land, who saw it
coming. With the contagiOn characters
tic of the people. the enthusiasm passed
rapidly downward from those on the cliff
to groups on the winding path, and thence
into the cable boats themselves, some of
which Joined in shouting, and seeing the
end 80 near the land, and concluding their
work was done, they proceeded to heave
the massive rope into the sea. Every
fathom up to the stern of the Caroline was
thrown over. The result of this enthusi-
asm was that every foot had to be under
run, preparatory to the main operation.
Beginning again, it took some time to effect
this, during which the Irish were silent,
dispirited enough, and promised to refrain
from cheering until all was done, promise
which they kept faithfully. When the
cable had been underrun and hauled into
the boats again, and the shore end really
began to come inland, and was slowed
away at the foot of the cliff, the scene was
one of real animation. By ~ O'Clock the
cable was well up the groove, which had
been cut in the face of the cliff for it's re
ception; and from this point the work of
carrying its massive coils across the mead
ows to the receiving house beyond was
soon accomplished, and at little before
one O'Clock the end taken over the roads,
hedges and bitches, was safely housed in
the coiling room. Here batteries were at
once applied, and showed both by conduc-
tivity and insulation that to the last fathom
in the hold of the Caroline the cable was
perfect. No sooner was this fact ascer-
tanned than the Hawk took the Caroline in
tow, while the rest of the cable was paid
out to sea amid the most earnest cheers
from the crowds The Knight of Kerry
and Sir Robert Pee' offered their warm
congratulations to Mr. Glass on the sue
cess 80 far achieved"
The same correspondent, writing on the
Oath, says: " 1t was after four O'Clock in
the afternoon when the last of the tests
were concluded. All signals from end to
end Of the wire came wonderfully distinct
into the room of the receiving house, and
at 4:30 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 Of
the Caroline some two or three miles, pay
ing out cable slowly, only to flow by, while
one portion Of the wire was kept above the
water. The instant flags went down, the
last fastenings which held it to the Caro-
line were cast adrift, and, with q great
splash, the final joint OF the Atlantic tele-
graph, and first thirty miles of its length,
went down slowly into the blue waters, y
and were out of sight long before this.
Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Hay
had returned on board the Hawk.
which at once steamed away, when the
splice was turned adrift to overtake the
Great Eastern. This was very easily done,
for, whie the latter was barely steaming
i've knots an hour the former was running
fourteen. As the tender came near, the
narrow rope of the cable could be seen
passing over the hausehOle astern, and
sinking gently into the foam without
strain OF any kird, as it seemed for a mo-
ment to float slowly off before it disap-
peared under the swell that kept rolling
deeply in, The Great Eastern fired two
guns from her bows at $3.50 to make
the commencement of the journey, and
Sir Robert Peel, mounting to the quarter
deck of the Hawk, marked 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 all on the
cable ship, as, with the last salute Of
waving hats and handkerchiefs, the ten
der dropped astern, leaving the Great
Eastern dropping slowly but steadily
ahead at the rate of about six knots per
hour.