The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-10

| TUESDAY, III P. None hundred
and fifty miles of cable laid.
"l2 Midnight.--One hundred and fif-
ty miles run. rJ .5. =..s.f ..lt
"WEDNESDAY, 6 A. M.-Two hundred
miles of cablelaid. Signals good. All
isgoing on we'll"
A dispatch from London, July 9th,
via Queenstown, received by the City of
Boston, says: '-a
'"The steamship Great Eastern was
three hundred miles out this morning.
The signals through the Atlantic cable
were good. The weather was fine"
#..1 THE START,
THE SHORE END LAID--A HITCH-THE DIFFICUL.
TY REMEDIED &C., &.
The following kilograms had previous
ly been received from Valentia, con-
corning the operations on board the
Great Eastern, &c:
VALENTIA, Saturday, July 22.--The
shore end OF the cable was landed this
morning successfully the weather being
beautiful. Connections were made with
the instrument room at 12:45 p. NJ. from
Greenwich, in the presence of large
concourse of people. The Knight Of
Kerry, in few appropriate observations
invoked success upon the undertaking
| and, in conclusion, called upon Sir Ro.
bert Peel, who delivered an admirable
address. , Aa.7 4I .a
Three cheers were given for Her Ma
jesty the Queen, and also for the Presi
dent of the United States. Cheers were
likewise giveE for Mr.. A. r. Glass, and
Captain White, of the Coast-guard, who
has rendered most valuable assistance.
VALENTIA, July %, P. M.-The pay
ing out OF the heavy shore cable, TWEEN
ty-seven miles in length, was completed
at 1870 last evening by the Caroline.
The splice with the main cable on board
the Great Eastern was completed at Az;
| P. NJ, to-day, and then commenced the
testing through the whole length is per
feet. The weather is very fine. H. NJ
S. Terrible and Sphinx are in compan.
with the Great Eastern.
.VALENTyA, July PA dispiritin.
| message has been received from the Grea
Eastern, dated 4:30 P. NJ, announcing
some defect of insulation. The mischie
is supposed to exist about two or three
miles west of the shore endo the splice
believed to be caused by the Great East
ern pulling on her end of the cable with
too much strain before the shore END
splice was properly completed. The
Great Eastern remains hove to in lati
tude 50, longitude 10, about eighty mile:
from shore. The Hawk goes away tt
her tonight, and the Caroline is goine
to pick up and underrun the splice, ano
repair the fault. Not the slightest APP
prehension exists as to the c0mpletea'it
immediate repair of the damage to the
insulation. The rest of the cable re
mains perfect, and even now the signal!
to the clearing house are very distinct.
Another Valentia, telegram of the 18th
says: "Cable all right. There has beer
hitch, but all is now right"
VALENTIA, Tuesday, July 25.-The
Great Eastern telegraphs from lat. 81
long. II, that small fault has been dis
covered ans, cut out. She is now paying
out again, and the signaling is perfect.
Weather very Ene.
LAYING THE SHORE. ENp-A GRAPHIC pEscRIP.
BAL from the Lendon Daily News, July Isl
vALlSgIA, Sunday, July o.
The successful laying of the shore end
of the Atlantic cattle yesterday morning
made tableau for an artist. Imagine
the best of the good irish scenes in the
"Colleen Bawn,p or ".Arrah-na-Pogue'
that is, imagine the most lovely scene
ry, themost picturesqe cost tunes, and the
mosteffective grouping, placed in asplen
did natural amphitheatre, with intense
human interest as the motive power
and thoroughly impulsive entL usiasn
as its accompaniment, and you WI re-
alize very fairly what took place ON Sat
urday in Foilhommerum bay. But be-
fore doing this, pray understand the
impediments besetting the journey
thither. To sail in the Great Eastern
from the More to Valentia TO witness the
LAYING the shore-end of the Atlantic ca
BILE does not at firstsight convey an idea
of difficulty, or imply notion of adven-
ture. But wind, weather, the condition
of the coast, the vast size of one cable
vessel, and the very shaky constitution
of another, the amenities of Irish travel,
the lack of cars, and the willy subter-
fuges of carmen, have collectively COM
bined to make reaching Valentia from
the Great Eastern matter of more diff
ficulty than might be supposed. First
Wnen she WAS ueui NuiSutidt III TIE
rough weather, the use of the boat, sent
off with so much difficulty, was restrict
ed to Mr.. Moore, the pilot; Mr.. Canning,
the chief of the cable-laying staff, and
Mr.. Temple, Junior, who acted as his
aid. The waves, though both smaller
and ouieter than we had experienced
during the hours when the Caroline at
our stern was in a.tual danger, were still
turbulent and threatening, and after the
boat had more than once narrowly es-
caped destruction by being dashed
against the big ships side, Captain An
derson wisely ordered her to push off at
once, refusing to allow either passen.
gers or lug rage to go on bpard. The
Great Eastern was then, as you know,
taken into B;arhaven for shelter, and
all who wished to reach Valentia had to
do so from that port. Twenty-Five miles
in an opepboat, and fifty-four more in
the rudest jaunting-cars over the Wild
est and most desolate ports of the coun-
trv of Kerry, brought four of these ira
vellers here yesterday morning, but
some a the directors and their friends
have lot made their appearance UP to
This ime; some are on the big ship still,