New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-24
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PREPARATIONS AT NEWFOUNDLAND.

The following telegram has been received by heu-
ters Telegram Company from Mr. r. A. Glass, Managing
Director of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance
Company: v.,rx-r,, rolv II 1896
Her Maiestys gae Racoon left this morning to JOIN me
cable feet which awaiting the Oh " rea,ed an
this coast since Sunday last IL - now quite clear anu SCI
calm May expect to complete splice iG%1IIoM av II 1906
Her Maiess ship Terrible arrived OF here last night She
reported having LEFT the steamers Midway and Albany sta
toned at the buoys attached 10 the shore end O tne cao
waiting the arrival of the Great Eastern at daylight this morn
ing No communication has yet Deeh receiver tlIous o
cable probably OWING the dense og which set 10 last night
and still eootues. Weather eolT Barometer using
Splice completed al right Great Eastern commenced pay
ing out Signals perfect through wgT gn'n u '1''e
Juy a-The Great Eastern paving out the cable me
reports from Saturday afternoon from her are mat I'' mics
have been laid and the signals are perfect
RELIGIOUS SERVICE.
On the 18th instant at Valentia me directors OF ne
American Telegraph Go. entertained distinguished company
AZ luncheon Amer which religions service was hed ia
acknowledgment Of dependence Tor success Oh &
tween The Old world and the may be instrumental TO the
continued peace aud propent Of nations anu the true wei
'a'V % "''"' EXPERIMENTS Of THE OLD CABLE.
TIE Tiues correspondent who accompanies me Atlantic
Telegraph expedition says ht not day h!s passed snev @
fracture Of last years cable that its Insulation has not been
almost hourly tested at the Irish end These tests snow us
condition up the broken end, leo mules rom shOe 70
absolutely perfect There is always certain amount o.
resistance to electric current entering cable when Is
cal ed rctardatior ana Is measured by millions oi uhs
submarine wire certain length can therefore always
be measured Off and It's insulating ana eonductve
powers acertained TO within mile 81 lau, ~ We b r
current takes in entering the wire These es as we nave
said have been carried hourly with last YEAR eape sn
the result millions of units has e0rTeonaed uhy ny Jay
in the most remarkable manner. -,-. -,
or course both its "conductyity ana fcssianoe nav
varied earth currents arose or mlsnetc storms eNheui
but nine times OF ten the resistance test has been ne
sane even TO mlanih IN day aier gay ana ,nese ,es
identical with those which would Dc oo'Aheu Ho"
perfect submarine rope goo miles long a., .es ,,o
The readings Of the barometer at The station aso sord we
curous data which until nov have been almost ent
overlooked electrical science as connected WIN inc s.p
marine cables It is foand thai e1aety 10 and
rice rera In plain termp low barometer meant HoOu
cable and high barometer q bad one.
Another curious circumstance which has sometimes oeen
noticed but never carefully recorded tn now is that oetWecn
twelve aud the day and only at those hours the cable
THE snoRr-lSD OF THE CABLE.
The correspondent Of TIE Morning. Star says; -,
There lot much say about the shofceud Q! The eate
but what there will afford general satisfaction AMER inc
cable had been paid between the William Cory ana Lhe
shore. the line connected aitA the instruments MI
onghby Smith, the chief electrician oi TIE copahy CON
Quoted the experiments at tins end INC tes., ~eie sp.
five niButes for speaking The fret speaking message hom
the vessel announced that she was ioGs ECU 49, l,b ~
The reply from TIE shore was an Li1lI. III s'o nSi. "
Mr. Dudley the artist who had been engaged IN making
Tie question How Is Dudley = was promptly sent wan tho
answer Dudley sleeps When The cable hho O'th pa" o..
guage the time occupied IN moving rom charfe 20 i ea 81
and 80 seconds which represents the guest de-
The bnoyng Of the cable does superficial per
sons might think IT, sa'Pen,Sn AssS S. a opS
Of mud rock IA the sheoWcst pifi hesF
foilhsmmcrum bay. 10 l. not ihriy =" b" ,-intee" -
which In other seas have fractured so many eapet
NEWS PROM NEWFOUNDLAND WEATHER fA'ohAbLL-
PREPARATIONS on TIm ADvENI.
ST JOINS. y. T., Friday JOY 20 is"-
The weather here is all that could BE- desired D' wv
Of the Atlantic Gable enterpse-yey clear win hsh'
winds . r. ~. co-,.r,
Her Majestys ships Niger and Lille ef.fr near, on
This morning They are appointed 10 await the Great EseA
of Trinity Bay ,,.-.t., 30 an, aou y,
The steamer " Stevenson also left this mornngto put gov"
four buoy oh Hearts Content -. T..
The people here npathec about The cabin ana ! lew
are going Ia Hearts Content this year.
Autograph Office opened here to-day.