The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-15

morning the aiteItank will be empued. We
ought TO be then pretty nearly halt way to
Hearts Content.
We had a second edition of the Gred Ease
Te egrdph at dinner Yesterday, giving us the
following news, which VIC speedily transmitted
later IN the evening by Colomb's Hash signals TO
Captain Commerell. OF the Terrible, who can lay
claim 10 beng the first captain OF her Maiestys
navy who enjoyed the luxury of getting news
from Europe twice day on the Atlantic Ocean.
Chtnd arrived. Money abundant; gold, 1885.
Exchange on London, l67 Dreadful dre at
Portland; hall OF CITY burned; 1000 families
homeless; damage, $1,000, ,0O0
SATURDAYS news.-No alteration in bank rate.
Prussians have declined armlstice. Consols, S75.
Cork steamer Osprey IN collision with H. M. s.
Amazon, for Halifax of Portland, July 8. Both
toundered. Dozen drowned. Rest reached
Torquay In boats. Amazon put helm harl star
board.
Our track is about thirtg miles to the south
ol that OF last year, and at that distance we
passed parallel 20 where the telegraph cable
parted in August, 1867. The depth OF water
DUNG yesterday was between 1860 and 2l0O
iathoms Temperature, 50 degrees. Average
s:rain indicaCed by tue dynanometer, 1854.
Our average speed has been about five knots.
We were Obliged to stop the sore engines in
order to bring her dow to that speed, and
moreover, 10 reduce the paddle boiler power.
Captain Andersons ingenious mode OF cleaning
the ships bottom, which he sedulously carried
out last winter W. Sheerness, has proved to
have erected this very desirable object tor blr.
Beck with, the engineer, is nov enabled to
OF the ship Ii necessary, than he could las, year,
wheE her bottom was an lncrusted mass of
muscles.
We exchange latitude and longitude daily
with the convoy. staff Commodore M0rlarty
! takes MS observations independently; and
! Captain Anderson and hIs officers take theirs;
| so whenever the sun gives them chance many
! seXtants are at work.
| More news irom Vaentia; but, alas! how sad
| in some respects
Cholera broken out in Liverpool. Several
deaths. Yellow fever ranging in Vera Cruz.
| BIRMINGHAM Banking Company stopped paw
nent on Saturday. LlabillIcs over &2,C00 600.
! shareholders, 500.
DARMsTADT. July II, 2 A. NJ Princess Louise
| CT Hesse gave birth 10 Il plncess. steamship
Hetern1d lett Greel castle Tor Quebec A. Al.
| Friday. Drammen, Norway, fire. 800 houses
| burned, 5000 persons homeless, July Is. House
| OF Lords, Friday, Enfield rI!les to BE converted
| INTO hreeChloaGers.
Captain Morlarty has just issued his bulletin
| We learn that SINCE noon yesterday we have
| paid out 1856 SS miles OF CaOle. Per centage OF
! slack. 1892. Dstauce run, 1852 miles. Dis
| tance from Valentla, 1892 niles. From Hearts
| Content, 1890 miles. Latitude, 526; longitude,
| 20'3G.
TUESDAY, July l7.-Another twenty -four hours
| OF unln teTruDted success. All day Yesterday il
| was so calm that the masts of our convoy were
| reflected III the ocean-an unusual thin~ TO see
A large shoal OF porposes ganlbol ed about us
Tor half an hour glorious sunset; and, later,
| a crescent moon, which we hope to see in the
| brightness of her fuIl, lighting our way into
| Trinity Bay before the days OF this July shall
| have ended. AT 7'j5 A. NJ, Greenwich time, tine
| remaining portion OF the cable OF 1860 had been
| paid out OF the tank, and we are now RAPIDLY
| getting rid OF the new cable. Al 9'lO the screw
| engines were slowed TO lO revolutions and the
paddles slowed TO 4. We set some canvas too
| with steady breeze from the south and q
| smooth sea. Our average speed since we left
has been about 5. The strain Indicated by the
| dynanometPr since yesterday at II o'clock has
| been IL. Alter breakfast saw barque to the
| Our progress since yesterday is thus indicated
| from the official paper posted up in the cabm:-
Distance run, ll6'S; cable paid out, 1870;
slack on distance 1921. Total paid out,
| 557'S2. Lat, 5Z'l5; lon., 23'4S. Distance from
Valentia olhce, A96I; to Hearts Content office,
l9S9,,35 W., ll73. Depth OF water, 1850. Wind,
| south.
LONDON, Tuesday.-News from London Just as
| we were at lunch.
Prussians had a successful engagement before
OlLnutz yesterday. Captured SIX guns. Further
| nghung expected to-day. Austrians wiChdra wing
| from Moldrayla towards Vienna.
| WEDNESDAY, July lS.-A fresh breeze from the
| southward; duh grey SKIS, with occasional
| ram, and moderate sea prevailed from noon
yesterday. AT 5'2S p. NJ, Greenwich time, bell
IN connection with the electrical room sounded
| in the tank. Mr.. Temple, one OF the company's
| staff, beng on duty, immediately pressed the
valve OF the steam whistle, which is lifted at the
| stem, and communicates by compressed air
| through the piping 20 the screw paddle.engines,
| and hom-a similar apparatus being fitted in
the bow OF the ship. The signal 10 stop was so
| promptly answered by the engineers, chat the
| Great hdSteTl was stopped in less than her own
| length Mr.. ClinOrd, hearing the bell ran at
| the top OF his speed to the paddleelgine hatch.
| way; but long before he could reach vt they were
stopped. OF course, great anxiety arose to ascer-
tam what was the matter. We we're glad to learn
| that 1T was a false alarm. One OF Mr. Will
| loughby Smiths assistants having by mere proof
| from this incident that every one was at his
post: and Captain Anderson, ever thoughtful
| 9nd Watchful, took advantage OF what occurred
| to make some alterations in concert with Mr..
Canning, IN the instructions the officer on duty
so that he should verbally communicate with
| the engineer If a similar alarm was given, and
| not to trust entirely to the whistle system,
| effe cGive though it is IN working. All went on
| we'll until 1920 A. NJ, Greenwich time, when
the first real shock was given to the success
| which has hitherto attended u.s. and this time
| we had real cause to be alarmed. A foul takes
place in the alter tank. The engines were i'm
medlately turned astern, and the paying out of
the cable stopped. We were all soon on the
| deck, anu learned that the running or paying out
| part of the coil had caught three turns of the
flake Immediately under it, carried them into the
eye OF the coil forming the lay out and hauling
up one and half turns from the outside, and
five turns In the eye of the under fake. This
was stopped, fortunately, before entering the
paying out machinery. Shoppers of hemp with
chains also, were put on near the V wheel
astern, and MIR. Canning gave orders to stand by
to let go the buoy. This was not very cheering
to hear, but his calm and collected manner gave
us ali confidence that his skill and experience
would eXtrcate the cable from the obvious
line was ever entangled more than the rope was
when thrust up il apparently hopeless knots
from the eye OF the coil to the deck. There at
least 500 feet OF rope lay in this state, and IN