New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-06

LANDING THE SHORE END-EXTRACT FROM THE JOUR
NAL OF THE GREAT EAsrEES-A FOUL FLAKE IN
THE CABLE.



THE CABLE.
Especial dispatch &c the New York Heradl
HEAET's CONTENT, July 27,-The route Of the
shore end from the Midway to the land attach
ment il now marked out and men are engaged in
digging an earth canal leading from the wharf to
the telegraph house,
All the unemployed men in the village have
been pressed into the service, and are now work
ing with a will.
The officials who are to have charge of the At
lantc telegraph have taken possession Of the
branch office Of the telegraph office and are now
adjusting their instruments, preparatory to send
ing messages from Newfoundland to Europe.
Cyrus w. Field has received the congratulations
of the whole village, and is still undergoing very
vigorous hand shaking.
The Midway came to anchor opposite the teie-
graph office about 10 minutes before r. NJ. when
haweer was attached, and four small boats
manned by powerful crews conn enced hauling
the heavy shore end to its point of attachment
with the land. During this operation, Capt. An
dersOn, of the Great Eastern, VIM. Canning and
several other gentlemen, left the Midway for the
purpose of viewing the interesting ceremony.
The shore end was safely landed amid the great
est excitement, the people cheering Justify, and
the sailors fighting among themselves for the honor
of dragging the massive wire on shore. The end
was safely brought to the cable house.
After reaching the telegraph house the cable
was rolled alongside of the building, and the end
pulled round TO the little aperture made for its
reception, and where it was shortly after united
with Varleys instrument, in the interior, prepare
tory to sending the first message to England.
The cheering on the completion of this opera
ton was if possible louder and more enthusiastic
than any preceding. During this time the cleo
uieans and directors were assembled in the office,
coGgratulating each other, and receiving the
applause of the excited crowds.
About five o'clock religious exercises took place
at DR.. Garduers church, in thanksgiving for the
successful completion OF the great enterprise
-Four Episcopal ciergymen otlieiated' The solemn
services We're a fitting finale to the eventtul day
which will be ever memorable in the history o
science. The Rev, Mr.. Phelps delivered a sh0r
sermon. taking his text from the 2lst chapter Of
St, Johu. The discourse was appropriate TO the
occasion.
During the evening Mr.. Field received seyera
short dispatches from different parties, amonG
others from Mr.. D. Stuart and Mr.. Glass congratu
lating him on the success of the cable.
The steamship Great Eastern was the theater o
q lively scene, the sailors marching up and dow
the deck beating drums and kettles and enjoying
themselves to their hearts content Rockets vert
sent up from the decks Of the Great Eastern, which
| Illuminated the heavens, ana from the shore fire
works were displayed in abundance.
| Mr.. Field has dispatched the steamer Niger Il
repair tue cable across the Gulf of St. Lawrence
under the direction OF Mr.. Mackay. The steamer
Bloodhound rOmSt. Johns has also been chartered
by Mr.. Field to assist in the work. The new cable
will be laid across the gulf by the Midway as soor
as the end Of the Atlantic cable is grappled anC
attached to the shore end, thus making two line.
Of electric communication between this place anC
Europe.
The Great Eastern will coal Immediately, anC
by Saturday next will proceed, with the othe1
vessels, to pick up the cable Of 1866.
1t is not decided yet what time the line will BIT
opened for business.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 29-The following are
extracts from the journal Of the Great Eastern
All went well until 1920 on the 18th, Green
witch time,) when the first real shock was given t.
the success that has hitherto attended u.s. and THU
time we had real cause to be alarmed. A fou
fake took place in the after-tank, The engine
was Immediately turned astern, and the paying Of
the cable stopped. We were all soon on the
decks, and learned that the running and paying
out of the coil had caught three turns of the fake
Immediately under it, carried them into the eye o.
the coil, fouling the toy out and hauling up one
half turns from the outside and five turns of the
eye under fakes. This was stopped, fortunately
before entering the paying-out machines stop
pers Of hemp with chains were also put on neal
the wheel astern and Mr.. Canning gave orders tt
stand by to let 60 the buoy. This was not very
cheering to hear; but though the calm and col
ected man gave US confidence that his skill anC
experience would extricate the cable from the
danger in which it was placed, no fishing line was
ever entangled more than the rope when thrust uE
in apparently hopeless danger from the eye Of the
deck
There were at least 5000 feet of rope lying il
this state, and in the midst of the rain and ncreas
IuS Mlhu CdDLS crew sGO 70 hOEh W
it. The Dolphin was there, too, patiently follow
ing the lights as they showed themselves, the crew
now passing them forward and now aft, until al
last the character of the tangle was seen, and
it became apparent that ere long the cable would
be saved and uninjured down 10 the tank. Capt
Anderson was at the tafirail anxiously watching
the strain on the rope 1--WE could scarcely make il
out the night was 50 dark endeayorng to keep i
up and down, going on raising with paddle and
screw.
When one reflects for moment upon the rise Of
the ship and the enormous mass as presented tC
the wind, the difficulty of keeping her stern under
the circumstances, over the cable, can be appre
hended The port paddle-wheel was disconnected
but afterward there was shift of wind, and the
vessel came to the wrong way. Welcome voices
were now heard passing the word aft from tht
tank that the bights were cleared and to pay out
Then the huge shoppers were quietly opened
and at 2;O5 A. NJ. to the Joy of ali, we were once
more discharging the cable. They veered it away
in the tank to clear the screw, and the paddie-en,
gines were slowed SO as to produce the speed o
the ship to four and half knots.