The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-08-11
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ros pondent of the London Times piyes the
following account Of the landiug of the shore
END OF the Cattle: The landing of the
shore end of the Cable was begun soon af.
ter o'coxk on the 22d, and The sight was
interesting. Some six or eight hundred
yards from tho shore an unb; oxen line of
boats was formed. Each arrived with
crew. OF picked boatmen from all tho neigh.
boring harbors and islands there under the
direction and guidance Of experienced cable
men, who, in detached cutters and gigs, com.
manded up and down the line. The first
few lengths were coon got out, but dragging
it's ponderous mass along the draft was slow
and laborious, and it only came out foot by
foot, although three or four hundred pow
orfu men were pulling on it. 1t took
nearly two hours 10 pass over tho ring boats,
and by that time tho rugged cliffs we're
thropgod by peasantry, who not only occu.
pied the steep pass, but perched on the lit
tie juts and points where any foothold was
to be gained, and often standing on the
most precarious places. As it happened
the interest of the islanders was rather pre-.
matureIy evinced. Not only had the cable
to be taDkod, but miles were to be bauled
on it. to pass up the cliff and across couple
of fields which lod to the telegraph house
No sooner was the frst of the cable run
near them than a wild hurrah arose from
those on shore who saw it coming. With
contagion characteristic of people the en-.
thusiasm pissed rapidly downward from
those on the cliffs to groups on the winding
paths, and thence into the cable boats, who
joined themselves in shouting. Concluding
their work well done, they at once pro.
ceeded to hcave the massive rope into the
| sea. Every fathom up to the stern Of the
Caroline was thrown over, and the result Of
this enthusiasm was that every foot had to
DO undor-run preparatory TO the whole op-
| GRAFTON beginning egaip. II took some time
to effect this, during which time the Irish
were silent and felt very dispirited, and
promised to refrain from cheering until all
was done, promise which they kept faith.
fully. When the cable had been undor.run,
and hauled into the boats again, and the
end really began 10 inland and was slowed
away at tho foot of the cliff, the sceno was
one of real animation. By IL o'clock the
cable was we'll up in the groove which had
been cut in tho face Of The rock for It's re-
cepton, and from this point the work of
carrying it, in massive coils, across the
meadows to the receiving house beyond. was
soon accomplished, and at a little before
o'clock the end. taken over roads, hodges
and bitches, was all safely housed in the
coilipg room here. Batteries were at once
applied, and showed both conductivity and
Insulation to the last fathom in the hold on
the Caroline. to be perfect, and no sooner
was this fact asccrtainsd than the Hawk
took the Caroline In tow, while tho rest OF
the cable was paid out to tho sea amid the
most earnest cheers from the crowd. Both
vessols started on their short course, and al
ha inn in a ha i;,< - II
ceiying house the knight of Kerry and Sir
Robert Peel offerod ihoir warm conpratu
'ations 10 MIR. Glass on tho success so far
achieved.
The same correspondent writing on the
"a says: 1t was after 4 o'clock in the af
ternoon when the last OF the tests were con
cludsd. All signals from end to end OF the
wire were qnite distinct ints the room of
the receiving house. Al 4.30 the flags on
board the Caroline and Groat Eastern were
hauled down 10 show hat 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, paying out the cable slowly only to
float by. while one portion of the wire was
kept above water.
The instant the flags went down the last
fastenings which held it to the Caroline
were cast adrft, and with great splash the
final joint Of the Atlantic telegraph and
first thirty miles of its length went down
slowly into the blue waters. Sir Robert
Peel and Sir John Haiti had returned on
board the Hawk. which at once steamed
away, when the splice was turned adrift, to
meet the Great Eastern. This was easily
done, while the latter was barely stea aiming
| five knots an hour, and the former running
IA. As the tender chme uear the narrow
sape of cable, it could be seen passing over
the last wheel astern aud sinking quietly
into tho foam without strain of any kind.
and seemed for moment 10 float slowly
aft before it disappeared in the swell that
kept rolling deeply after Tho Great East.
err fired two guns from boats at $50, to
mark tho commencement of the journey,
aud Sir Robert Peel, mounting to the quar-.
ter deck of the Hawk, marked time, while
three small but earnest cheers wore given
by the company on board for tho successful
completi'n of tho great enterprise. In re.
turn came back, swelling, the hearty roar
from all on the cable ship, as with the last
salute OF bats ard handksrcbiefs the tender.
dropped astern leaving the Great Eastern
dipping slowly but steady ahead at the rate
OF about six knots per hour.
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