The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-16

the Great Eastern and large ste amer In latitude
81 10 north, Longitude 20 west Al six O'Clock A. n.
on the same dry she saw beacon bsoy, with . nag
marked "Greas Eastern No. g." The ships were at the
time about Ave miles southeast from the buoy, and the
weather was exceedingly thick and foggy.
The captain Of the First Fruit underworld to near the
steamer but owing to oalm was obliged to give up tho
effort.
The screw steamer went aiongside the schooner and
spoke with her The captain of the steamer (which Is
supposed TO be the Terbe Informed the captain Of tho
schooner that tho cable parted the I'd instant and
that the buoy was tho mark where the cable was last
SEEN
The captain Of the schooner further states that he
certain Of the exact position the buoy having had
NO observations for several days
The news caused quite excitement among the fear
full inhabitants of Hearts Content
We had been expecting for days that some dis.
had occurred TO the feet were not prepared for
the actual announcement when It reached u.s. We do
not, however, give up the expedition as q failure, as
when last seen the steamers endeavoring dis
the location OF the buoy showing that they had
not abandoned all hopes Of eventually laying the cable
Mr.. Mackay, the Superintendent of tho Newfoundland
Telegraph line is yet hopeful that the Great Eastern
will arrive in tho course OF few days. with the cable
all right.
which prevails among the people in general
There is Disgusting tho fact that the general feeling
rs after SO many failures, that the Atlantic cable is
thing which will never be.successfuy accomplished.
All thevistors from st. Johns aud other places have
gone home, and the reporters and teegrapheis all
that remain OF the thousands VINO filed the village last
week.
At the time of the cable breaking II was about six
hundred miles distant from the Of Newfoundland.
HEARTS CONTEXT August II, I
VIA Aspr Bar, August Is, 1885. :
AS confederation Of the brought by the First
Fruit may add that vessel arrived at Harbor Grace
on Friday last which reported having seen, four days
previously, large buoy two miles distant from bis
sell The captain Of the First Fruit reports having asked
the Terrible whether they considered tho cable
BILE! The answer was, "Could not say
Excitement Regarding tho Cable.
There were not wanting excitements outside Of Wall
street yesterday. In fact for time It difcut to
decide which had the nrmer hold Of tho public, the
Atlantic cable the gold frauds and tho bank failures
1t probable however that the latter the winners
in the end. There were Immense crowds during the
tire day surrounding the bulletin boards tho different
newspaper Offices, taking notes from the slips posted
there specializing the probable failure
Of the line. And many tho sage comments pro and
CON, made by the spokesman Of these assemblages
party Of five or six gentlemen were converting
together Of the corners the City Hail. when
Of them, evidently from England, placing hs hands
in his pockets and assuming very stunning air. gave
vent to his feelings in the following forcble Style
cav blarst it, gentlemen, the fact is you sec, that
that, big ship with hall them rags, which heverybody
thought the Great Heastren turns hou 10 ave been
nothing or less than a small fishing smack with
the red shirt of OF the fishermen hung up in tho
rigging TO dry and which hall those hapes hat Haspy
bay mistook for the wOya ensign. Aw ha, hal Posi-.
lively demme!"
The Englisher far Of his reckoning he
might have been