The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-08-07

her unhappy little c%Onsort, the Car
oline, towing astern. Her situation
the middle of the night
was really alarming. Overloaded and
underpowered, with no Storage way
on her, she was pulled through the now
high rising waves with a forcs which
threatened 10 submerge both her and the
shore end at once and forever. Towards
the gray Of the morning it seemed as f
she must have foundered outright. The
Atlantic was covered with a driving mist
half rain, half sprsy-which rendered it
difficult to distinguish where the sea
ended and the ragged wstery sky began.
The waves, too, had changed their aspect
from q low soft rounded olue 30 high ivid-
looking ridges, capped with dirty foam,
which leaped and rolled in wild irregular
array, sometimes dsshlng against each
other and exploding upwards In q c,oud OF
dangerous broken water, but mostly forced
in rough confusion pellmen before the
wind. Against the Great Eastern these
rolled harmless enough, though they struck
her 'sponsons' with a tremendous boom
| that sounded like al explosions or else hit
her on her port bow, and running ssysgely
| along her sides, made her tremole sna
culver from end to end, but this was 81.
With the poor Caroline, however, the case
was widely different. Reeilng hesVlly
through the waters as though siresoy
wrecked, she was toWed, not oyeri ous
through the waves by the Crest Esssern-
She was simply wet fore and ait Livery
wave that dashed over her decks seemed Ss
if it would cover her, as, indeed, II very
likely would nave done but for the crest
Eastern, which, TO do her Justice, II she
often towed her under the waves, more
often towed her up again.
YALENTIA.
Storm and calm thus succeeded each otaer.
In the face of the continued rough weather
it was seriously debated whether the Great
Eastern had not better mSse for this har-
Dor a. once; but eventually it was decided
TO tow the Caroline to YsIentia and leave
the treat EasJern 10 seek DeetL~reh Sets-
wards. Those on board the Caroline will
nave a vivid and painful remembrance OF
that night, as the Great Eastern pulled
through waves, under waves, across waves
in fact, every way but over waves
against the deep, angry swell ofthe Attain
tic Fortunately for those on board the
hswser parted at What seemed to be tht
very crisis of her fate. This was al
five On Wednesday morning, a few
miles off the Skelligs-the wild, des
olate mass of rock on which the Lighthouse
/, stands, and about twenty miles from Val
entia- Into ValeRtis hsrbor the Grea
Eastern slowly and carefully steamed, firms
guns and making signals tOthose on shore
but no answer cxme, no boat was sent Oh
. though it was stated that the Hawk, III
, Great Easterh's tender, could be distinctly
seen inside the bay. a curious contrss
to this seeming indifference wss afforded
n by her Majesty's ships Terrible and Sphinx
a both Of which had been waiting on and Of
& the land for the great ships arrival
I and both of which were almost slOngsid
as coon as it was day break. AS no bOs
came from Valentis, it became n~ecessar.
TO send one from the Great Eastern. Man.
wished to go on shore, but when the dan
+ ger of getting the cutter q Ongside ws
n seen, with the still greater danger Of tryin0
to get into if, the number of candidates 70
o places gradually diminished to the tire
officials whose duty il was to land.
IN BEERHAvEN.
Once these were sent safely sdrift, th
:, Great Eastern made the best Of her wa
q out, for Valentis, with q Southwestern
it wind and q heavy swell, was nc place fc
her. Her mead was put about, therefore
d and all speed made for this port, where 81
will remain at anchor till the sea moderate
8 sufficiently TO enable the shore end of Il
10 cable to bs laid. Then, and not till theI
70 will the ships steam out to meet the shol
d end, complete the splice, and away, wit
- the best wishes of oil, to lay the AtlsnL
telegraph.