New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-28


dross from which he was seeking aurum potable or
philosophers stone. But then what wond they say In
England If not even an attempt, however desperate
had been made. There were board who had
picked up cables from the Mediterranean full /. 400
fathoms down. Thew weather was beautiful. and even II
there no soundings and the depth beneath US was
matter OF confidence. it settled at last that the
Great Eastern should steam 10 IL miles to windward
and eastward of the position nwhich she was when inc
cable dovn6u. with the grapnels and wire rope
aud drift down the course OF the track IN when
the cable was supposed TO be lying. Although all Ut
terance Of hope suppressed and no word OF CON
fdence escaped the ps the mocking shadows Oh pD.n
we're treasured in quiet nook OF the fancy Inc
doctrine Of chances could not touch such contingency
US We had to speculate upon. and now came iorih'
THE GRAPNELs,
tuo armed anchors with iukes sharply curved anu
tapering TO an obque toohlike end. the hooks with
which the Giant Despair was going to fish from the
Great Eastern for take worth with all us Deiohgngs
more than a million. The ship stood away some - or
IA mile. from the spot where the accident occurred aRd
there lay in smooth water with the Terrible IN com
panv The grapnels, weighing cwt, shaekled ana
secured to length OF wire buoy rope Oh winch .eae
were five miles board (brcaking strain calculated AT
10 tuns, brought up to the bows. and at 3o shPs
time was thrown over, snd "whistled thro the sea
prey to fortune At first the iron SANK 1ut sio",y Is
great stress on the pickingup machinery when was
rendered available to lowering the novel messenger
with warrant Of search tor the fugitive hidden IN mys
FERROUS cayerns beneath Length flew after length, over
cog wheel and drum till the iron. warming with Work
heated at last to convert the water thrown upon
heavily indeed All life had died out In the vessel and no
noise was heard except the dull grating OF the wire cable
over the wheels at the bows The moet@pathetc ana ~
different would have sacrificed much " nave nearu 'no
rumble Of the cable again and have thought and es'
teemed 1t the most grateful music in the world Inc
electrician ciosed-all their subtle apparatus
stood functoness and cell zinc ana copper .ne" r I
superiuou- currents in the darsened ohainoer' lpe
Jockeys had run their race and reposed IN ther IRON
raddles-the drums beat no more-heir long fe'riie
WAS ended at last in the muiied roll OF uea'h-,Ia
h.tf aau Ir,i- ulK
and Stunned the region where Ill these mute WI.
nesses were testfying the vanity OF human wishes
Away flew the wire strands 'sns.n a aa,,' me-
cried the daughter Of horse leach from the pa,h hg,
of waters and still the rope descended one Thousand
fathoms fifteen hundred fathoms two thousand iath
oms hundreds again mounting up till ut last at 800 p
m. the strain wa, diminished and at 800 fathous OF
Is 900 feet the grapnel reached the bed Of the Atlantic
and set to IL, task OF finding and holding the caDie
FISpTSG THE LOST CABLE.
Where that lay Of course beyond human knowiedse
but as the ship dred down across It's course thete
was lust sort Of head shaking surnlse that TIE grap
mel might catch tthat the ship might feel that the
iron rope might be- brought up again. ana nat Ie co
across II mieht-here was the most bHsruou' n.Sn VI
nll-mght come ND without breaking. But 2'Vv i"th.
om. Alas and 80 Ia the darkness OF the nlght-nOt
more gloomy than her efrand-the Great Eastern nav
ing cleared away Of the great buoys anu eo ~ Owe.
her bows was le as a sport to the Wnd ana dFileu ~
the rate Of 20 feet minute down upon the immagnary
line beneath which the cable had sunk to rest useless
The ELEVENTH. DAY.
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Eastern over the Atlantic dragging in her course inc
grapnes and miles and hGli length OF line Win
which she fishing for the lost cable When mora.
ing came and when rho was supposed TO have gone
beyond tie track Of her prey several miles the wach-
err Of the line who had once ere dawn Deen Joyous!
agiated BY the news that tho grnpnes we're holding,
and a. It proved deceived prepared 10 hau On Is WIZ
rope and seek .heir fortune.
TIT CABLE FOUND.
At 60 o. M Greenwich time. the picking mp
machine REINFORCED by the capstan, eventually
7 Ia. W To
a strain of ten tuns. Al Irst II came up eash!,
and the dynamometer showed only a stiaih oil II
cvt but the resistance OF the rope rapidly Increased
iii II reached IA point indicated by 20 cHt Al 10
a. 10. 100 fathoms had been recovered Al 80 y"
fathoms-the strain Increasing to 20 cWt AL a. m
30 faihOms H. and Il became evident 10 an on
board that the grapnel was holding on and ming
something" from the bottom. And what oonld that
something be but the oablef The scientific men cal
cnIa,ed the strain and determined it could not be
from the wire rope AID gapnei solely ana II could only
be inferred then that a. the bottom oil ire
Atlantic j. free from rock, here, and rs the depth
from which the rope began TO resist agreed win
the supposed soandihgs 1t had really sfapp'eu 'he
pFi,e.
AteOp the spur.wheel Of the pickins.up apparatus
broke and tie operation Of taking IN the rope
became dangerous well os difficult for II new up ~
times with such force n to knock down those mar
and IL the most valuable OF MI. canning stiil
received toe check. and another had an
ugiy injury inflicted on hi- face flOm that cause Inc
weather which had been very thick and hay. now
settled down into dense iog and We lost sight OF the
Terrible but the conyloou that the cable WAS suteI
once more attached 10 the Great Eastern no matte
how prccariousy. ard no matter how fir on Afforded
too muck matter for congratulated CONJECTURE anu
suspense to allow much room for other thoughts. There
wa- a chance. Just a chance. that the cabe might Dc
dragged up from the deep and every hundred nthors
of hnwser hauled IN over the bows was loyousy re-
corded and marked as AN additional rtep IN W.. mnfch
of the fOrorn hope. The hnwser tohod ana pulled az II
IL living thing. and struck out AT considerable
angle from the bow us II IL towed b. some giant
! force underneath and away from The steamer "hen
go iaihOms on board tie most sceptiem admitted
that the cable De- the iron books ana anxiety
and SUSPENSE rose higher Just the PROBABILITY al re
covering the cable became less Wild But at 3:2o
ships time all tears aud hopes were abruptly ended.
/ MORE AND CREATE ACCIDENTs
The drum flew around rapidly. the tail OF the rope
nourished the air II ew on board, aud with bgLl
splash the other end Owed into The Atlantic One Oh th
iron sylyeIs had yielded to the strain The rope used
was divided into lengths Of 100 inhoms each having
sbaeke at the end with heavy iron swivel. Inc head
OF the bolt Of one Of these had been drawn fSh lh.oubh
the iron collar as 9O0fithoms had been secured Not
moment was in deciding what measures to pursue
1t was ruiher encouraging than the reverse to have
made tie trial 80 abruptly concluded Tor IL was demon
stratcd that the grHpne could pick up Tue caDe IN more
than . 600 fathoms and the only question now was.
whether the rope of the cable Itself would bear tho
purchase and weight oihaung mp from such vast pins
ANOruKg EFFORT.
There was wire rome enough lett 10 make another
attempt 10 save the cable 1t rcs0y ed that the best
course 10 pursue would be TO dr to point couple OF
miles To tie westward OF the pace where the cnu!
and grapnel were supposed 10 be as TO ayai
ourselves Of the slack oaused by the endeayor q
get II board. and IL was calculated that II would
be necessary To- get tie cable up from that end and that
the insulation would probably be perfect eastward OF
the grapnel the ship would be at the Naena side
OF the fault which had caused such disasters. Copt
Andersen prepared to run IA or IL miles back and drift
down as nearly possible the line OF the cable
as described but the wind not very favorable. On
starting 80 y. m ships time. the Great Eastern hred
gnn TO inform the Terrible she was moving and after
some time distant tbud through the fog made us aware
that the Terrible had heard the signal S nothing
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