The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-08-03
PARTICULARS OF THE VOYAGE.

The great work Of the Nineteenth Cen.
tury has been successfully accomplished
Telegraphic communication between ;he
Old World and the New is no longer a
probability--it is fixed fact The Atlantic
Teegraphic Cable has been successfully
laid amid tho rejoicings of two hemi.
spheres CYsus w. FIELD and his coadju.
tors are now the worlds heroes. The Great
Eastern started on her voyage on Friday,
the 18Th Of July, and arrived at Hearts
Content, at 0 o'clock of Friday morning,
tho 9th Of July. The following are the
dispatches announcing the event:
HEAnr's CONTEST July 2s.-we arrived here
at nine o'clock this morning, all we'll. Thank God
the cable has been laid and is in perfect working
order. CYRUS w. FIELD.
SECOND DISPATCH.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 2s.-we are in telc-
graph communication with Ireland The cable is
in perfect order. CYRUS w. FIELD.
THIRD DISPATCH.
HEARTS CONTEXT, July 23--England and Amer-
lea are again united by telegraph. The cable 10
in perfect order. We have been receiving and
sending messages through the whole cable ever
since the splice on the 18th instant oG Talentia
CYRUS W. FIELD.
HEAur's CONTENT July 2o.-The Great East
ern left Sheerness Saturday at poon, June seth.
Arrived at Bear Haven on Thursday morning,
July 9Th, and received the balance of her coils
and machinery. The other steamers joined the
Great Eeastern at Bear Haven as follows; The
VIM. Corry and Terrible Friday, July 9th, the
Albany on the 7th, and the Midway on Tuesday,
the 10th instant. On Saturday, the 7th OF July,
tho ond of tho Irish shore cable was landed from
the VIM. Cory, and at 2;3O the next morning the
laying was successfully completed, and the end
buried in nnety-four fathoms, latitude 81 deg. 40
NM, longitude III deg. 0S min, distance from the
telegraph house at Yalentia an miles; 29k
miles OF cable paid out. Wednesday, llth instant,
H. NJ. ship Racoon arrived at Bear Haven to render
all assistance in her power. Thursday 18th in
slant, the Great Eastern, Midway, Albany, Terrible
and RacOon near one another services were held
at Valentia and prayers offered up for the sue
cessfu laying of the cable. Friday, the 18th, the
shore end was connected to tho main cable on
board the Great Eastern, aniat 2;4Q p. NJ the
telegraph feet started for Newfoundland aud the
Racoun I'D to Yalentia. The telegraph fleet
sailed in the following order: The Terrible ahead
of the Great Eastern the starboard bow, the
Midway on the port, and the Alabany on the star
board quarter.
Tho weather was thick and foggy with heavy
rains.
Signals were sent through the cable on board
the Great Eastern aud to the telegraph house at
Valentia. distance of two thousand four hun
dred and forty nautical miles, and IT was found
perfect
Gable was paid out ll6 miles
Sunday, l5th.-The distance ran was l2S miles
and tho cable was paid out 139 miles.
Monday, l0th.-The distance ran was lis miles
and the cable was paid out 1877 miles.
Tuesday, 17th.--The distance ran was lis miles,
and the cable was paid out 1873 miles.
Wednesday, l9th..The distance ran was 105
miles the cable was paid out l2j miles.
Thursday, 19th.-The distance ran was 122
miles the cable was paid out 120 miles.
Friday, 2Oth.-The distance ran was III miles ;
the cable was paid out l27 miles.
Saturday, 2lst.-The distance ran was 122
miles; the cable was paid out 1876 miles.
Sunday, 22d.-The distance ran was l23 miles ;
tho cable WAS paid out 1873 miles.
Monday, 81 1.-The distance ran was 12l miles /;
the cable was paid nut i3S niles
Tuesday, 2ith.-The distance ran was 12l miles,
the cable was paid out 1876 miles,
Wedn sda :, 2jh,--rhe distance ran liz miles;
the cable was paid ont 1870 miles.
Thursday, 25th. The distance ran was l2s miles;
the cable was paid out 1874 miles.
Friday, 27th.-The distance ran was l l2 miles,
and the cable was paid out liS miles, which, with
the shore end of Valentia, distance Of 81 miles
aud the cable paid out 20 miles, makes the dis
hnce of the run ,6S9 miles, and paid out 1854
miles.
We arrived at Hearts Content at 8 A. NJ. on
Friday July 81. The average speed of the ship
from the time the splice was made until We saw
land was little less than ive nautical miles per
hour aud the cable has been paid out at average
of FIVE and a half mile per hOur. The total slack
was less than twelve per cent. The weather
has been rloasanter than have ever known on
the Atlantic at this season of the year. We have
had alternate days OF rain, sunshine, fog and
squalls,
/ have requested Mr.. John {. Dean, Secretary
nf tho Anglo American Telegraph Company, to
send you, by the first opportunity, for the Associ-
ated Press, twenty-five copies Of his diary, which
will give you a detailed account of the ups and
downs experienced in laying cable across the
Atlantic. We have been in constant communica-
tion with Valentia since the splice was made, oa
the 18th instant, aud have daily received news
from Europe, which was psstei up oNtside of the
Telegraph Office for the information Of all on
board of the Great Eastern, and signallcd to the
other ships.
After taking the coils, the telegraph feet viii
sail for the spot where the cable was lost last yeaI
to discover the end and complete second line be-
tween ireland aud newfoundland, aud then the
Midway will proceed totIy the new cable across
the Gulf of st. Lawrence,
The cable will be open for business in few
days, and all messages will be sent TO Europe il
tle order they are received at Hearts Content.
cannot fnd words suitable to convey my ad.
miraton for the men who have so ably conducted
TIE nautical engineering and electrical departments
of this enterprise so successfully amidst dficul-
ties which required to be seen to be appreciated
In fact Ill on board 4 III telegraph 1set, and all
connected with the enterprise have done their
very best to have the ca6le made and laid in
perfect condition, and He who has raied the wind,
aud the waves has crowned their united effort;
with perfect success. CYRUS w. FIELD.