New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-28

Of their art in fixing the bear z, and d;staac
Of the missing object They soAroeay differed ma n
steering several courses and short distanSss IN go
1t positive at last that IL the BUOY oated AZ "a
moorngs we were not further than three or four miI
from IL. In reply TO another signal the Great Eastsrn
Informed the Terrible that she going 10 eraDoe IN,
the cable again. Suddenly the much sought for hsests1
discovered from the Great Eastern and other asy.
were going slof TO the fact to the Terrbls
signal from the latter going up her discovery Of
1t and it, position TO the Great Eastern. At44Opm
the Great Eastern was abreast Of tho buoy slowed her
engines and put her helm to sarboard order 20 snv
as close to as possible Our missing friend had evf
IDENTITY put in hard night Of it and had pulled his flag
so tight around his staff that not vestfge Of was
visible except tue red bars The Terrible came I'D aud
kept on our port beam 20 watch the buoy the
side Toward evening the wind moderated very mnoh
and the sea gradually ran Itself down The work sf
preparation went busiy and ut night the decks were
lighted up with forge fires and quiyering under the
blows of sedgcs anys rang ana iron gowed for the
work of The capstan Is TO be cased In iron
and BY degrees most of the picking up machinery
been removed for simpler gear. number of swlvels
have been removed and simple shackles substituted
as to make the grapnel tackle as safe as possible Oar
hopes are rising
TIE EIGHTEENTH DAY.
Lug 1O-The Great Eastern drihed from six -
seven miles 10 the eastward against the wind betveea
O'clock last night and O'Clock this morning. In obs
dicnee Ia o strong current. AT lOp L. m, Greenwich
tine the grapnel hove overheard with 2450 faith
oms wrerOpe and hawscr attached. and at lllS N.
had run out oil the line. The snip then under csnvn
west Of the place where the grapnclne parted on the
9Th Atn:lOa m. ships time. there was some slight
sign OF the grspnel holding On below but the ships
head soon recovered. At noon our position was ak
573 26l lon, So so, heading W. y. W. Az p m hsr
head came three points to the North and tne strain On
the cable which had varied from a. to % cwt went
10 90 cwt; but this was soon over. AT J'J,p ID. Is
was clear We had passed over the ground 1nsucces-
fnIy The Captain had yet no wish ~ take Ia the
grapne line which was up and down. and came IN
Considerably injured. A. midnight i.oo fithons sill
/ as, t,uc
THE NINETEENTH DAP.
Fri1dy Aug. ll.-At $50 a ~. the gr'one. va
hove on board and preparations made FOR anothsc
| attsmnt TO recover the cable. which was rendered
more hopeful By finding that the grapnel had been
hitched by the chain on going down. and could Ds.
have caught our prey as 1t passed over IT. AT -
n m Greenwich time. the grapneL With Loo
/ fatboms OF wire rope 20 fathoms Of maoilla AMI
SO fathoms of hemp hawser, was hove overheard
for last effort. and the Great Eastern drifed down
across the line Of cable. AT $3.50 ?. m, amps
time tie strain on the dynamometer and the Dc.
Election Of the ships head told thas the grapnel
holding. At 40 p, m, the strain increased from
90 cyt 20 90 cw. and at time TO lO5 cw, and he
ships head varied from w. n w. 10 W. bySl
4 The FINAL BREA2AGE AND SEPARATION.
At643 D. M. ships time the strain being at a0ovt. S,-
some time previously. suddenly rose 70 lo5 a.
shackle on the hawser came on board and the rops
parted at near tho capstan es 755 fa,homs had
been got in leaving about 80 fathoms to sink 10 tbs
bottom with the cable. The terrible was az cncs
signaled TO- and has come alongside for orr letters
and the Great Eastern returns TO Sheerness with MI
Field and al the staff forthwith much strengthened
by the convictions that but for the faults in the oabls
the Old World and the New would have been ere thu
united by the Atlantic Telegraph AID anma'cd by tas
irmest belief ID ultimate success.
The second attempt a. graphing vls made on the IN
OF August the third and fourth on the ilth and l'sh
These efforts failed for Of proper apparatus "a
the failure of these efforts the Great Eastern turne
toward England where she viii obtain new material
and return 10 the buoy 70 gr,ppe for the lost cab'
There seems to be no intention to send OUT the Dt
ship until October as the eqa'noctia1 s'orns ~ou'
,orie- all efforts fru,tlss, CGoQUs