The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-26
THE GREAT CABLE.
PREPARATIONS At VALEMTIA BAY
N0N-ARRIvAL OF THE TELEGRAPH FLEET.
The Caroline Supposed to be Delayed
by Stress Of Weather.
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Expected Arrival of the Great
Eastern.
knlgnIstOwn and the knight OF Kerry's
Hospitality,
&c., &C., &c.


yALESTIA, Ireland, July IL, 1866.
arrived in this Wild picturesque locality, Monday
last from Lake Killarney and find that the final prepa
tons for the laying Of the shore end Of the Atlantic
cable are nearly completed. large number of oic rs
Of various telegraph companies are here, aud an un
necessary degree of mystery and retcence their part
is manifested in regard to Affairs The Atlantic COMPANY
is building quite large Office at the bay for the instr
ments and operators, but 1t is sealed building to
one from the other side of the water There is air
deep mystery about Mr. Watlock the engineer, whoa
intellect seems to be quite with tho work h
has before him of evelng the EARTH seeing bitches pro
perly dug and maintaining close vision all matter
pertaining to the abors before him. am, therefore,
unable say definitely what this mysterious ediHce
tains
The wire is up frop Knightstown to this point, and
communication Is had daily with Dublin and London.
All the grounds and conducting wires in and abou, the
building In order and by the time the shore is
laid everything will be completed and in working
tion.
Much to the disappointment Of large number OF peo-
pie, who have congregaed here TO witness the departure
Of the telegraph feet not single vessel has arrived,
and tired of looking out the blue Atlantic
catch glimpse Of the much longed for craft. The
Caroline, which sailed just week ago from woolwch
with the shore end of the cable has not yet appeared
although she expected two three days since. IL
is rumored that she compelled TO put into the Isle Of
Wight to lay out storm, she is very deep and slug
gish saier, She is looked for every day, and
hope that she will be here soon take advantage Of tho
extraordinarily fine weather which prevails upon
this stormy and rock ribbed coast. Such chance should
not be lost II is hoped that the Caroline will be
hand, ready for work, before Saturday.
The Great Eastern is detained beyond the expectations
Of the most sanguin' They have imagined that IL was
easy affair, and the work Of Moment to prepare the
immense ship for the undertaking she has before
her II Is not Although working night and day
with full gang of men, she Is not ready, and will not
be before Saturday which day 1t Is confidently ex-
pected that she will leave the Mere and start her voy
to this place. She will be here Tuesday next,
weather permitting and will n begin her trip 10 tho
westward Whether 1t will be possible for any TO
board her from the shore and witness the splicing OF the
depends greatly upon tho character Of the weather.
it being regarded sort Of jcs to board her from
a small boat moderate II is too much like
boarding rocky cliff through the 7akers to be at all
funny.
The directors of the company pr @ TO limit the
number OF visitors the minimum, Il. der TO prevent
disturbance and trouble Probably but press
and directors will 20 board.
The Knight OF Kerry, who has extensive landed
estate this island takes much interest in the
the great enterprise and extends the elegant hospi
ali;ios Of his with irish openness TO the visitors
to the island. His agreeable and varied hos
pitaty materially relieve the monoony and tcdum o. a
prolonged stay this particularly interesng por
ton of the coast
hope be able In my next letter TO chronicle the sfo
departure of the Great Eastern and my we'll
Knightstown is not desirable place OF sojourn.