The New York herald., 1866-07-22

Captain Armytage, Of her Maesty's ship Racoon
tarh the grass line 10 the other side OF the cove and til
had the desired effect Of ke ping tho boats 10 the
southwark and in the prop line from ship TO shor,
This plan of laving tho shore end Of cable first
the officer Of The Coasiguard al tins station The mode
formerly employed was to make raft upon Which the
first part Of the cable paid out and then the raft
was towed ashore: but the present plan has be found
much better Before describing II, IL nredfnl to
that the present cable has been somewhat differently
cOnsfruc ed Mt the shore end from those prev IL laid
Tho thick portion " It, which Is OF immense strength
and might be better described ron bars than wre
is about thirty miles in length, aud tapers gradu-
ally at the seaward end to ths ocean
cable to which it is t, be spllced At point
close to lowwatr mark the very thick part
ends, and the remaining portion, which may be called
the boach end rctch,ns from then the cliff and
into the telegraph house at top is without the protec
tion OF the strong wre and Is consequently much lighter
and more flexible, being simply covered with compare
lively light galvanized wire To show the valve Of this
apparently slight improvement II may be said that it Is
more than probable that the cbh tide of Saturday it
would have been mrossihc TO have got on shore
sufficient length OF the thick cable to have reached mp
the ch and into the telegraph house; but, by this new
arrangement, the whole operation performed in
about half the time consumed in the corresponding
This hin shore part was coilcd up in tho ships boat
and bling splccd To the thick cable which had been
passed over The sheavc tho operation OF paying ont
comm need at quarter past o. 10 k; the cable
was rad out tho ships boat moved and Of tho
hired boats took up her post behind her 10 receive the
next rart OF the cable all the boats thus in coming
coso 10 the ship, and following the first boat, which
gradually neared the Shore hauling on The grass
livery,
ana a most pic rescue when viewed from the north
cd whence manv watched with The greatest interest,
waking the beds of wild thyme notwithstanding
the ran which descended in thick drizging showers
with very short intervals between. the mist also obscur
Ing the views OF the d slant wids
Cuy ron WINS sent from the ront or landing 10 d.
rect tho boas the shore 10 the north side Of the
cove, and at precisely three O'Clock tho thick of he
cable reached low water mark and the thin portion
h?nled on shore Word given 10 10. 90 every boat
dr0pncd IL the side and tho first part of the cable
was laid All hands shore then set to-tho ladies'
pressing forward assist ty seizin the end-and iau ell
bcan dug for it. and where g be the end OF the
csole ol 1868 and the earth limo which also laid
that tine. Everything speedily and srcccss al
accomplished that at twcny msnutos past three signals
wer Passed from the telegraph house 70 the shin and tho
hc'ric1n renrtod a right, insl ation Dni continuity
pnr ect Tho WIN am Cory then prepared TO leave am
Dy ve o'clock having received her orders thro gh tho
cnp was steamng out and laying IL most satisfactorily.
Al af past soy she word that the slack did
cxcee1 Tour per cent, and at ten she had about
y teen miles and was rolling go ii deal; mi
hnes 10 three this morn ng she had lad the cable. o
whicu she attached bnov, aud at four her way
70 bcrchaVeh 70 Sn the Great Eastern, having laid her
thrt miles OF cabo In IN houis- ,ha whole work of
acing the shore end avin Tins been accomplished IN
Twelve hours, less ten minutes, from the first pter-
Mango OF signals.
mong those who waphed the progress OF this opera
IN the KNIGHT Of Kerry and the Misses Ftz erad,
y rplackburne, Captain Needhan, Captain Army,acc,
- - and Lpio Hotham or the populacc. with the
VIE Nrcely haodred and fifty persous present,
' ssn t'tcene especially dlstingushabc from that
| s ss Ar on account OF the total absence OF excite