The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-10


for aAs seeosx Time.
We have no n sws direct from Hearts Con
amt regarding t1b Great Eastern ana her pro-
gress in laying AeAalantis cable. No news
s.n, hardly be camsidered = this instance as
gosd news, sincorwe have a positive aunounoe-
lnent from Waller 7h bay, via Liverpool, ttaton
NE 10th ultimo, vixen seven hundred miles Of
TIE wire had bee asaaid, the Insulation was sud-
denly lost and csxanunicatSon with me Crest
Eastern ceased. The steamship CuSa, which
brought this ne,Ns. sailed On the day-after that
on which tho disaster oosurred, ind conse-~
sucntly she could. bring po details but she
Goes bring news which gives us reassn to hope
that the disaster TWAS sligts, and that it may
have been eas1t repaired, thougA the nom
arrival of the G. aat Eastern at Hearts Content
Is certainly very~&iscouraging.
It will be renssmbered that when,eighty miles.
of cable had tsen laid the insulation was lost:
but that after asshort delay the cause was dis
covered and tle defective part of the wire cut.
out The COaa brings very interesting detailss
of the origin and repair of this defect, frera,
which 1t appears that the trouhse.dated from.
tho manufa stnre of the cabib; that it.xsas
caused by 10 presence Of a loose piece Of fine.
iron wire, which had, unobsezved, been wannd
under the, outer coatings o. the cabler and
which hss, in passing through the paying. oat
machine. ant through the astta perohay. and;
touching. the core or coppsT wire, inteFfered'
with the Insulation. ElevaA miles Of tins. wire
were resoiled on board oftle Great Eastsrnwith
ALo afac To- Cd RI ax.f, md
subsequently, over six huadred miles additional
were. hid.
The latest news givss.no report Of st0rmss Or
Other natural obstacles encountensdi BY tho
Great Eastern, and isis safe TO paesume that
tho disaster which occurred on Ju3S2 10 b. DO
t,aced 10 some suca, defect as thatwhiOh was
discovered on the ibrmer occasion, and which,
\ is equally safe b, hope, can No. obvia,ed as
easily and as rapidly. The Atest published
report from tho Great Eastern shows that all
was perfect foe the first FIVE hundred and fifty
miles, and thatss seven hundred miles only had
been paid out tho defect in within one hundred
and fifty miles Of the steamer But as the cleo
trical tests are continually kept up the detect
mus. become known "a soon al it occurs, and
consequently the defective point lies within the
short length Of cable which must necessarily be
run out while the breaks are being gradually
applied and the ship brought to- That the de-
feet must have been but short distance from
the ship is shown by the language Of the de-
spatch in stating that seven hundred miles had
been paid out when insulation suddenly ceased.
The experience in repairing the first faulty
piece of the cable shows with what ease it can
be wound up and recoiled on board the vessel,
Had the defect, however, been repaired withia
twenty-four hours after its occurrence, We
should not yet have received the gratifying
intelligence, since the Cuba is the latest vessel
which has arrived from Queenstown. Besides
this 1t has been agreed upon to send NO un.
necessary messages through the wire While be-
ing laid, and the next steamer may bring us the
news Of the repair of the cable without
dcigning any explanation of the loss of insula-
ton.
We think that there IL yet reason to
hope that the next steamer from Europe, or,
perhaps, the arrival OF the Great Eastern at
Hearts Content, will give us Intelligence Of
the repair and successful sulmcrsion of the
cable.