The New York herald., 1866-07-22

pushed to extent tha, Tor The smaller vessel seemed
awfuIy hazardouI
me wnoie al this night and tho following Tuesday
weo equa rough-wind, rain and high seas seemed a.
She wa, Sad never end At seven on Tuesday evening
ug from the Atlantic before the full force OF strong
so' sh1esteriy gale The lighthouse could just be DIS
'semed through the misty haze like huge white tomb
stone the rocks round which the waves kept lcapng
up only TO fall back slowly In clouds Of spray and long
white catalacts OF foam.
more desoiate picture could not well be imagined
than this solitary building in the midst Of the boiling
surf with misty background Of cloud ike fog bank
which the clouds almost rested whte the great black
ram squalls from the up before the wind as
regularly and almost quickly the themselves
In the centre Of this gloom and cheeessness the sun
shone out single ray from behind cloud, and shed
bright tho Ugh very transient CLEAN OF light upon the
rocky shores Of Cornwall. II was only or . moment,
but seemed like parting cheer from old England and
| the whole scene was soon enveoped a2an in mist and
spray and driving umps Of half-made clouds of rain
| ''BIG sBIrn ROLLING.
Once past the Landse the Great Eastern's long
maintained steadness iorsook her. she did not roll be-
she could not to head sea- but her heavy pitches
quick and deep she faced the long ranks of
| waves that came in tier on tier irnn the ocean.
Great Eastern labored raher heavily 10 the seas Some
times she with long slow, easy swinging notion
but only drop heavily into the furrow OF
beyond the rdge which she had forced her way through
Often, however, she fortunate, and The
masses Of water struck her with boom like thunder,
and made her Quver from stem to stern and IL
she stopped half stunned for moment gathering her
strength to face the seas again.
At about half past A. NJ "Wednesday tremend-
struck her forward the sde which rushed
fairly on board and threw considerable p;h of
on her deck. The wind nj this time very strong,
and the even for that most turbulent Of all channels
the lrish-was very rough indeed bad in fact,
the appearance Of the weather at two o'clock Cap
tain Anderson was called and from that time I'll.
four he lett the deck Just after We nes-
day or rather soon after TOUR in tn, morning. a mon
sroas struck her the port bow which rushed in
almost the whole space Of buwarks between the
bows and paddle boxes This flooded the decks forward
md hu flar tn,nA
during the trip. As II may happen TO the most
praclised hunter to make his leap awkwardly
this with the great snip. She met her wave
suddenly and nnawarcs, and II struck her full there
was no hing for Il but to come in her, which il
ciecuallg did Wednesday bro ght no cossali Of the
wind IN fact It was stronger than ever The sky
oeaby clear and the sh0ne the greater part
day; yet s the wind kept violently high, and the
rolling stronger and heavier than At time
was there much broken wat-r, though thers still
enough occasionally the struck the ships side
to the forward part of her decks With spray.
The rolling Of the ssel during all this time abso-
dlutey as low as only three degrees each way which, in
n plain terms movement was so slight that
wen the mod raor lamps all the saloon tables
I'd VT, usual, quito unsecured.
at 1.-THE pitcnS OF tho sp however was by no means 50
80 pderaie. In fact the at ship plunged tin Il seemed
m VI she would take the green in over her bows
" by tmeathe forward iiey shcaves which aBs 10 be
ell in hanng IN the last years cable dippei
ppiy unde water So ok ami continued was this
nAng motIn that an cxamnat on Of The rabe tanks
ch fuSspcction vas accordingly made by Mr. Clifford.
he outhc resuitshnwed that their fastcnngs abso
nd 'et perfect Even beneath the largest tank, amid
al shpsh. sirntsf which have su tain weight OF
mo.sian 800 n sound could be heard beyond
asr.l''g creakinsose, which was nothing compared
WIN Vat IN hoalu0ns In the upper PORTIONS OF the
ut snip lot s.ns adjustm Mt Improvement atera-
non OF py KIND wf" nd necessary. The tanks, how
sSr sSSer oe lied wn waller, and the pitching of the
rs mo.A, o,h better 70 the antv The valves b.,
Tho water was slowed fs away ' into The %s sea ss
ny Beyond these bare Ia.i, Imaii,Ss,5nr I'm ,.
,ei tents connected with this A - ~ VIZ ~ ~
ne ns n AN tbro eh Wedne-sie Great Eas,ern p kept
re hey ovcr op mruss ,ns lns hannel-n.w dipping
Of she W. Id rock, and erscn with o,oans
be be day and fam Wednesday, Nj the last peasans
ne II wntie cruise was certainly \,
. nant,cS those rough, wild mesh ch ne called in
N bright bd the sky summer galeA ThenN as
bat slthe while las as on A'd da Inspiring
" and taFed about and came rolling wSess ven torn
cr Of featlry spray that carried everything bcfo& -ts
q No grefer could he afforded than by The &
~ quiet bK of the sky and tn wild violence of
n wind hi sea b low. Yet In spite Of ali these a mS
disturbances the large party bonrd did hc
" best I mnke the time pass pleasantly. There wer
abunsn. in spite Of nds and waves On the Manday
and lsays someth for the inoxhansbie ra.ources
q the feat Eastern when we tell that a most bumo,
adnures below the sea was written bv two ne ~ Inu ~ y
tegsrs IN few hours Mr.. Dudley the artist drew a,
l. s"srsnI % amusing Dill and this, with tho text wa
. v1ihin twelve hours after tho idea was startcd
p y among the visitors there materials fo
c WY a.Iohg strong cast Colonel DeT3athe Lord Uas,
SsSs s'p, ap,a Boulton, Dr. Pore Nr va g,an Mr. &;
" u., , Si ~. dey and Mr.. Barclay were chosen fo
9 Of properties IN Who ~ onris & was srs1. hun,ns NJ
into rbe Inn Of ,ha th,ro vcnich all board entered
come The ladies' placed their Wssa'.y was soon over
the disposal Of those who were to a. ,nsme', w a
while tho sailors mproviscd the most chaf me.nahs
tunes out OF canvass and oskum for those cs
represent tr tons and monsters Cotton waste "a 70
tow made capital WIGS and with two preliminary re
bcarsals all ready. The OF Wednesday how
| ever, was 40 violent, and the pitching o the ship -
heavy that the idea Of performing that night wa. aban
doned Bit after nine O'Clock that evening III
wind moderated and the play insisted upon by
raj reclamation. In few minutes afterwards all tn
saloon tables were unscrewed and removed, thentr
Of flags strung up, footighis provided. and cur,a
reged ana the whole performance which was con
and admirably acted, went on with the most en,hn
sastic applause. SO great, indeed, WAS Its sa
visitors in the nc,shoorhood are coming on TO sce Il
The Great Eastern theatre is rather difficult ono ~
visitors to reach just now but a. the play bill says
dered at any hour precisely On the nipht prcccdIn
this performance Mr. oliver Smith, tn brother OF Nj
wiIlouehby Smith, the chief electric board, CAV,
a most astounding exhibition OF his powers a mos
mcrist n number OF the sailors. Tho frances int
Iusions under which he made them labor, would b,
almost incredible TO any bat those Who witnessed H.
The ca, Eastern anchored here a, seven o'clock ,ht
morning. She lies far inside the hay. moored with tw
anchors TO swing freely, and Is just beneath th
picturesque. headand called, most appropriately
! 'hungry hili"
The coating sh ps an here, and the of Min
| mp the buukcrs commences tomorrow. the william
| CORY, the Albany and Mcdwsy, arr hourly cxpccte
with the Of the cable The condition Of the
of submarine wire board tho Great Eastern ha
been tested night and day by Mr. Willoughby Ssni III
Its condition has steadily improved since its inmers
under water IN the tanks and s now considered 10
electrically perfect
! Laying the shore End.
fFeibammsrnm Bay, valcn,ia fully o correspondents
| OF London Post
l Before we reached tho anchoring ground ono or ~
bosss came alongside. TO the crews Of whch Mr. Cas
made known his desire TO hire number of boafs Thi
news seemed TO spread almost by magic, for IN th
eourc of t.o or ibteo hours no fewor than forty W.
ooss had collected round the ship, and gradually too
ef pisces NJ tue stern. where they formed lonG I'm
stretchng N towards tn, snosc, and appearing. whe
viewed from the top of the cove like the tail of grca
III ali In in n