, 1866-07-26
THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
Laying the Shore End In Foilhum mc
ram Bay

Correspondents OF The London Daily News.l
Fo1LuuxnERAM BAT, [
VALE'1IA, sunday, July 9.
The shore end Of the Atlantic cable Of 1865
bus beer lid with complete success and With
AS last year the heavy cable was to be
brought 10 shore by a bridge Of boats span
ming The wafer between the trench running
up the cliff to the station aud the Cory. This
method was suggested BY Commodore White,
OF the coast guard. to whose indefat1sable
and disinteresled exertfons the company were
also indebted for the discovery ol natural
channel In the rocks near the shore, 10 which
the cable was securely hid. The aborigincs,
who show strange mixture Of simplicity and
shrewdness, and would share their last crust
with stranger while hi!gglipe for the adyan-
tage in bargain for hours, taught by expert
cncc the value Of their bouts, and tie neccs.
sity Of speed, naturally estimated their services
highly. The ships boat had been sent
back Tor fear Of dclaying the proceedings by
Its absence, and it is fact that it was only
afler tue people landed from the Cory had
themselves moved their heavy luggage from
the rising tide TINT a capitu1atlon was arrived
nt and they were rowcd on to Knightstown.
The abnormal demand gave IN artificial value
to labor, and the poor people were shrcwd
enough to act upon what We arc taught are
sound commercial principles. A similar ef:
feet was produced by the call tor coaling-
hands when The GEcat Eastern anchored ut
Berehaven. Five shilllngs per day OF niue
hours, with board aud lodging, had to be
paid to some hundred aud 6tty peasants, who
totfed 1augufdiy aud ate heartily of meat on
every day but Friday, when they preferred
keeping their usual tast-day, aud dining of
biscuit md coffee on the deck. How unnsual
such On inlnx Of specie must be NAV be csti-
mated from the prices asked By the country
people for the articles they aockcd on board
TO sell. Fine fowls at Id and sd. large lobs-
tiers at I'd, aud crabs ut Id each were eagerly
bought up by the sailors and stewards. and
even those prices were reduced later In the
day. At Valentia tie sudden demand for
time was precious. and bargain was speedily
struck. Meanwhile Captain A1mitasc, Of Il.
A. 8. Racoon, stationed here to guard against
Fenian attempts, sent up other men and
boats, and the process Of paying out was
commenced about noon. About one o'clock
P. N. the line Of boats was perfect, and be-
tore three the cable was successfully landed,
and the end brought up into the white hut
Signals were lutcrchaDged between ship and
shore Immediately. Mr. WilloughbY Smith
and Mr. Collet, accompanied by Mr.. Cyrus
Field, who, with characteristic energy, had
seen Glcpsasilie. and hurried through d two
days land journey In ten hours, went into
the testing room, and in few minutes
working beautifully, NIL WE'LL" was an
nounccd Us tlc'messa.e trzm the ship. The
Cory then stood out 10 sea, and proceeded
to lay the rest Of the shore end, consisting Of
some thirty mics of thick and heavy cable.
At three this morning she tesegraphed that
her work was done, and utter buoyins the part
entrusted TO her in 130-tathom water, re-
Joined the Great Eastern at Berehayen. The
whole affair was accomplished before
those on board the great vessel, or those
who were 1ourucying hIther by way Of Glen
gariae, knew II had been commenced, and in
NJ - linn %trr4 H. H.
ference to The ceremony OF last year. Earnest
gravity and decp.seatcd determination to
rcpress all show of the enthusiasm of which
every body was full was very manifest. The
excitement was below, instead Of above, the
surface. Speech.making, Lurrahing, public |
congratulations, anu vnunts Of coutlleace |
were, as It seemed, avoided OF set purpose.
The knight Of Kerry, Mrs. and tile Misses
ft1gerald and few other lea dug local gen
W; ~. and Mrs: Glass, Capt. Armitnge and |
~; lazy w Matham, Capt. Bolton, Air. Cyrus Field,
az. f. nMG;Suglby Smith, Mr. C. F. Varley, and
erasua LEW oaters. stood upon the rocks and huge
a9d i children Of alt ages, and IN every variety |
u lasgea T.. Costume, were perchel ut strange |
anges ~ tne ellis, and studded the narrow |
3inse hoe,. th o. snhloee. The forty boats, each
ooai leuEtn a1art, were first steadied by |
Il ,as1 nosi,Ian "GL Mr re ship, which kept them
the arrangement OF ftrese' mi MI na1e CONSTANT
1rsns :iSa.s Soas se1I 10 Il. to those IN charge
operations the local boatrncnf S commencing
cxhorted not to repeat their e. sa.us9.y ~
year, wien they delayed matters at er,,,nsi ~ 49,
time for nearly two hours, by fling1nr g. "a
bic into the sea that they might cheer ~ 49, ~
6 own success Mt having so nearly laudca;t
Inc 1ait1inl promises they made were duiy
kept, and, with the exception of IN uuim-
portant Misrepresentation OF signal Wh,ch
momentarilT delayed the paying out, tie On.
ble was laid "lthouta single hitch. Stronr
and heavy rs was the shore end Of 1865: tha1
brought from the William CORY vestcrdaT
was more gigantic and ponderpus. The few
hundred yards running from low-wnter mark !
up the clllf into the electrical room were. It
Is true, dwarttd by their Predecessor In Tho |
same trench. These, tiougt, ahu,dautlr
strong, nre comparatively slender, having
been made the same size of the cable designed
% cToss the Atlantic, and for a double reason. 1
First, as they asc to lie buried In the earth,
uninhucuced by tides or weather, it would |
nave been useless waste of money aud ma
Lcrial to manufacture them OF tho samn
IS ths ponderous rope ipleuded to
,rnvc the fury OF Atlantic waves br.ak,ne
lpon the enast. Secondly, mere Wtirht
would have made II ditIicnlt to carry it mn
he cllE L Is the strongest wire cable ever
made, and IL short lengths, Is as little lexi-
dc as stH posts and rails. Thanks to its
mormon. weight, It was paid out almost
:traight from the ship, and did not vary four
per cent. from the lie chalked out for II.