New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-17

TO the hypothesis that the coating of the wire has been
rubbed off, FROM the fact that the signals did not step at
once but became ndisnct before they ceased finally.
According to the deep chart Of the Atlantic, the
bottom of the shelves down gradually till some
900 miles or so from the coast Of Ireland There the
bottom sinks suddenly to q great depth. and 1t is
thought there Is line Of submarine cliffs OF great
hight and length stretching from north to south, par
ale with the Irish shore. Now. supposng the cable
should have hitherto calmly reposed at the bottom OF
the ocean, the accident becomes ineligible enough
The wire would Of course drop from the edge OF these
sunkcn cliffs and would swing to and fro, rubbing
against the rock BY the time the accident occurred
200 miles Of cable beyond this reef had probably been
paid OUT and therefore it is easy enough to
suppose that the friction wore away the
outer coating, and thus destroyed the elec
trio current. If this theory De correct 1t seems
almost incredible that the Great Eastern should be able
10 raise up 200 miles Of cable-and even II this were
practicable like would produce the same result
supposing the injury repaired and the cable again SUD-
merged. All this. however, is mere guess-work ana
there are others who will have il that the cable has
snapped. 1t is almost certain that the bad weather OF
the last few days has been very general in character
and it is a noteworthy coincidence that the accident
whatever it may prove to be- happened just ABOUT the
time when the is likely TO have overtaken the
Great Eastern. To comfort u.s. the Astronomer Royal
appropriately named Airy, is out with letter
asserting that at the very moment when the sig
nails along the cable grew indstinct. magnetic
storm Of almost unexampled fury set IN, which
storm, If AT all comparable in violence on the Atlan
tic TO what be reports in England would have made II
impossible remit kilograms through the cable Then
il suggested that the Leviathan was approaching
sio how heau
enveoped by one while some unlacky ship, passing too
close under stern has broken the rope. Thus We talk
with strong proeiyity TO believe the Worst, to shake
our heads aud 10 croak like a whole community Of
ravens. You see the Big Ship has generally had such
il-lnck and has commonly been mismanaged in all
sorts Of ways that people disrust TIC success Of any
thing identified with her. She did MT keep her
original specified time too this last prodigous ven
ture. or she might have got to Newfoundland by the
end Of july and thus escaped the storms But the de-
Law in coaing aud in laying down the shore end caused
loss of 10 days So which has perhaps proved faal
TO the enterprise. Mighthave.beens are. 1 know.
always as detestabe as their postuates Itod yousos
than which any sensitive man would rather hear the
hiss OF serpent or the howl of dog baying the moon
bnt only do my duty In chronicling them. To add to
the enormty of the oenses Of the Great Eastern and
the Atlantic Telegraph Company. didn't the latter
positively refuse PERMISSION to all newspaper CORE
spondents make the voyage How could they expect
success after that speak as one unbiased, having
made no kind Of application IL the cable be failure
its luckless proprietors may now confidently rely on
the smallest sympathy and the largest seryingou from
the pens Of British journalism.
A serious paragraph conclude the subject II the
Great Eastern Is making successful effort TO haul IN
the cable and repair IT, clear renewal Of signals may be
looked for at latest within couple oidays. II. on The
contrary that time should pass by without the cable
giving signs Of vitality tie case must be considered
hopeless as far a. regards success this year. Their,
were 2350 miles Of cable on board OF which. up Il
the time Of the accident. l2-D. or about onchalf
had been laid II is known from the rate OF paying
out and the distance run. that there must have been
at least 30 miles stu in the forward tank
when the mishap occurred The break was evidently
therefore not caused by passing the rope from the for
ward tank TO that amidshps which contains go miles
OF wire Surprising then that tie worst has happened
and the cable is broken at least 400 if not 200 miles
may still be recovered by undermining and hauling Il
in from the shore end at Yalenta. This would leave
deficit OF 200 or roo miles necessary 20 be supplied be
fore beginning the work over ngain-not a vast
amount, certainly. considering what is sought to b
accomplished but quite enough TO put end TO any
chance Of renewing the attempt before e66 In aday
two shall probably possess sufficient rant Of intor
nation 10 ray the general impression Of the total an'
irremediablo failure Of the second attempt TO lay
telegraph under Of the deepest and sorniest sea
in the world. PHncFspretty anciul big cut this week
appearing the very day that the messages ceased
seemed really omnous.
The cable. alas disposed Of turn to another dsma
topic Next In interest. especially for Londoners, II
the so.caled Russian cat,leplaguc Of which you'll
fluid oyermuch in the newspapers For over
month past there has been hideous murraii
among cattle especially oxen, which is as
serted to have already destroyed upward o
1900 head of those useful quadrupeds in The
home districts Hitherto Il close and not altogether
Improbable secret to dishonest butcherswho bought
carcases dogcheap at sixpence pound and retaled
them at thireenpence leaving the risk of Infection and
disease to the purcbaser-the unsayory facts have
now got fully ventilated by n Professor Gamgee head
OF the Albert Veterinary College. According TO his
the state Of things is alarming as
Objectionable. He declares the plague to be conta
gous typhus, epidemic both in the open field and COW
she'd 1t is conveyed directly by herds Of cattle ard
also by focks OF sheep whether the latter be
affected by themselves not. The period
Of incubation OF the disease is from four to
ten days. When affected the animal gets dull
and PROSTATE shvering hts appear. there Is costive
ness red eyes mouth hot great thirst &C. These pro-
monitory symptoms are succeeded by violent trem'
blings peculiar spasmodic agitation OF the muscles
discharges from the eyes and nose, costyeness ana
diarrhea and sometimes the surface Of the bodys cold
These are some Of the symptoms beside which there is
often loss Of power in the extremiies. This stage