The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-08-18

1uU W10tfu OF u4t1Qu1 uepou0 upon coal euu
irun, NOS forgetting Men, more than upon
gold From Smiles lndnstrial Biography.
Ocenn TeIegrnphing.
The London TIMES correspondent on the
west Of Ireland describes the means which
will Be adopted to recoxer the cid CABLE.
He writes. q AL the vessels which have
been sent out TO supply the squadron with
coal have, it il belieEed, already arrived a.
newfoundland. As 5000 - the 0Ffft East
eru lbs teompls ed her work. t1at vessel !,
with the Terrible, AlbAnyAnd Midway, will
At once and with Al speed, working night
and day, proceed to Gll up with fuel. The
Terrible and Albapy win Pscoelsd ~, tnd
start directly afterwsrd for he exact lkti-
|tude and longitude In which the cable Of
last year was broken. When the precise
spot 10 ascertained, marked buoys,' with
which both shipa- are provided, will BE-
moored for guidance IN graphing. The
Great Eastern and Midway viii follow these
ships, but In case Of their not joining their
consorts soon after the marked buoys' are
placed, the Albany win proceed to graphic
for the cable of last year. This vessel,
with all the other ships Of the squadron,
is equipped with the most perfect ha0ling
in and paying out machinery, with an am
pie store Of bnoys, marked buoys,' wire
graphing ropes, and dynamometers to show
| the strain on all parts Of the ropes and APP
paratus used. After the buoys are placed
the Albany will at once proceed to sweep
| for the end of the cable Of 1865. This
somewhat anxious and most laborious pro-
cess 10 effected BY the ships In search Of
the wire carefully towering their grapnels
| till the bottom Is ascertained with certainty,
and then slowly steaming at right angles
across theiine along which the cable has
been laid, ten miles each way to the north
and south of it. On the north side they
would have to 20 more than 20 miles to
lreach the defunct wire Of 1858, and at least
| 80 miles TO thu south of the proper route to
| jeopardize that which Il ID believed here has
just been laid. As, however, all the vessels
sweeping for the wire ara strictly limi-
ted TO q distance Of 10 miles north or
south Of It's ascertained position, there is
little fear of their catching anything bpt
what they are in search OF; for, e$eH In
the deniest fog, Athe dead reckoning OF the
ship and speed of engines would show the
distance run. In case the Albany grapples
the end of last years rope, she is gently to
lift it as far a. possible, and as fsr as is con-
sistent without at all approaching the break
ing strain. The grapnel rope is then to be
moored Ia an immense buoy, and then Sc
cured. She ia again to grapple for the wire
further to the east or English side till she
succeeds in againg lifting it. Thus. again
and again, her labors win be continued all
series OF .bights' are brought near to the
surfac u the ocean, 30 that on the arrival
OF the reat Eastern any one Of these loops
may be at once and easily raised and the
splice m lde. More than enough Of the cable
viii then remain to enable her to continue
or rather we should say, complete the work
Of carrying the second wire TO newfoundland
II, however, the Great Eastern and Midway
arrive before the end OF the cable Is found by
the Albany, ell three ships win ct once take
up their positions and commence {" sweeping
with their grapnels." The Midway il to be
to the extreme west with the greatest lifting
strain the Great Eastern In the middle
with smaller lifting power; anu thu Albany
three miles to the east of the Great Britain
with the less lifting power of all. So, If the
cable is broken by the Midway, the wire hall
way up will be held by the grapnels Of the
Great Eastern, and the strain Of the rope re-
duced by its being partially supported by
the Midway. It is not intended to try to
raise the actual end Of the cable broken last
year, as this is hampered with the heavy
grapnels and heavier wire ropes which were
used in vain to recover It last autumn, and
which, II anything is known with certainty,
of deep. sea soundings, is believed to be lying
in massive tangle over the end OF the rope
"a weight that nothing could raise. Directly
therefore, that the Albany has succeeded in
getting her end of the line, and the Midway
and Great Eastern kave secured their por.
lions, the Albany win steam ahead ct full
speed, so as to break the portion of the line
she has grappied, and leave the END free to
come up nnfettered by the obstacles heaped
upon it in the efforts to recover II. She will
then return, and keep inside the Medw4y,
taking from the latter vessel her grip Of the
wirs, and holding on by it till the Great
Eastern has spliced, If possible, her end. Tbs
Terrible in all Cases will assist in carrylce
messages from snip to ship. She will also
keep ahead Of the Great Eastern, and direct
|her.to alter her course by firing one gun for
sport helm, and two guns for helm J star.
board Three guns are to signify danger
ahead, either in case Of ships or ice. One
gun from the Great Eastern il the signal to
bring all her consorts around her immedia-
telY. 9
TRUE DIGNHY.-The day-laborer, who
earns with hard hand aud the sweat Of his
face, coarse food for . wife and children o
loves, is raised by his generous motives to
true dignity; and, though wanting the ~
fnements Of life. is nobier being than those
who think themselves sbsoived By Wealth
from serving others. sa5ssSsss
During the recent voyage Of the United
States IRON clad Monsdnock around Cape
Hornsto San Francisco, whilst il hestropi6S
great heal Was Developed in several parts. II
the,xSpssD IN Ae ffe room the thermome-
ter rose to las and $50 degrees, and in the
ongins room s0sl % nd 100 deG1ees. The
hIEh terhpeFetltY cx1aod ama1 NE crew
several cases Of active spinal disease, at
tended with violent commissions, but none
terminated fatally.
! Ax.sse ~ 4 TFsslI Ifl LIlfs stated that
in Europe there IL high admiration e.
pResssi feF the recent fine specimens Of
Aheric9nN printing, and upon this subject
IN EuRlish fournat says .sss So Improved.