Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-30


by telegraph. The cable is in perfect or
der. We have been receiving and sending
messages through the whole cable ever
since the splice on the 18th inst, off Valen-
tia. (Signed) CYRUS W. FIELD.
HEARTS CONTENT, July IS.
Diary of the Trip.
The Great Eastern left Sheerness on Sat
urday noon, June 3Oth, arrived at Bear Ha-
ven on Thursday morning, July 5th, and
received the balance of her Goals and pro-
visions. Other steamers Joined the Great
Eastern at Bear Haven as follows:
The VIM. Cory and Terrible on Friday,
July 9th; the Albany on the eth, and the
Midway on Tuesday, 10th.
On Saturday the 7th of July, the end of
the IRISH shore cable was landed from the
Wm. Cory, and at $50 the next morning
the laying was successfully completed, and
the end buried in 81 fathoms, latitude 6lo
40, longitude l1oOS. Distance from the tele-
graph house at Valentia is 271E miles
Twenty-nine and fourth miles of cable
laid out.
Wednesday, July 11th.-H. NJ. S. Rae
coon arrived at Bear Haven to render all
the assistance in her power.
Thursday 18th inst-Great Eastern,
Medway, Albany, Terrible and Raccoon all
near one another.
Services were held at Valentia and pray
ers offered up for the successful laying of
the cable.
On Friday she 18th, the shore end was
connected to the main cable on board the
Great Eastern, and at 2:3O P. NJ. the tele-
graph fleet started for New Foundland, and
the Raccoon returned to Yalentia. The tel
egraph fleet sailed in the following order
The Terrible ahead Of the Great Eastern on
the starboard bow, the Midway or the port.
and the Albany en- the starboard quarter,
Weather thick and foggy with heavy rains.
Signals sent through the cableon board the
Great Eastern to the telegraph house at Va
lentia, two thousand four hundred and forty
nautical miles, were found perfect
Saturday 1lth, distance run les miles,
cable paid out llG miles.
Sunday 18th, distance ran Us miles, ca
BILE paid out 127 miles
Monday 10th, distance run us miles,
cable paid out IS7 miles
Tuesday II, distance run lis miles, cable
paid out 13s miles.
Wednesday Is, distance run 1O5 miles,
cable paid out 125 miles.
Thursday 10, distance run 122 miles, ca
Bile paid out 129 miles.
2Oth, distance run III miles, cable paid
out 127 miles.
21st, distance run I22 mile, cable paid out
1876 miles.
22d, distance run 1913 miles, cable paid out
IS2 miles.
Esd. distance run l21 miles, cable paid out
1Ss miles.
24th, distance run 121 miles, cable paid out
1S5 miles.
25th, distance run 1l2 miles, cable paid out
$50 miles.
26th, distancerun lbs miles, cable paid out
IS4 miles.
27th, distaneerun 1l2 miles, cable paid out
lis miles, which with the shore end off
Valentia, distance of 81 miles, cable paid
out 29 miles, makes the distance run 1863
miles and paid out 1864 miles.
Arrived at Hearts Content at S a. m. Fri
day July 9th. The average speed of the
ship from the time the spice was made until
we saw land, was little less than five nau-
teal miles per hour, and the cable has been
paid out at an average of 81 miles per heur.
The total slack was less than Il per cent.
The weather has been more pleasant than
/ have ever known on the Atlantic at this
season of the year. We have had alternate
DAYS of rain, sunshine fogs, and squalls.
/ have requested Mr.. John C. Dean, Secre-
tary of the Anglo-American Telegraph
| Company to send you by the first oppoFtu-
| uity. for the Associated Press, IS copies Of
the diary, which will give you in detail an
account of the ups and downs experienced
l in laying cable across the Atlantic. We
have been in constant communication with
! VaIentis since the splice was made on the
/ 18th inst, and have daily received news
l from Europe, which was posted up outside
the telegraph Office for the information OF
all on board Of the Great Eastern, and sig
nailed to the other ships.