The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-08-03

HEARTS CONTENT, JULY %.
1--WE ARRIVED HERE Al g
O'CLOCK TulS MORNING. ALL
WELL. THANK GOD! THECABLE
HAS BEEN LAID, AND Is IN PER-
Feet WORKING ORDER.
fSigned} "CFRrs ". FIELD"
lASoTnEa o!sfArth
Hearts Content, July 26.
We afs in telegraph corsnuuication
with Ireland The cable is "A perfect
order.
(AgnelJ "C9ncs ~ FlElD.'
lIear, Content, July 19.
The Ggesl Eastern left Shoerness on
SATURDAY, at noon, June 30; airyel At
Bearhaven on thursday morning, iuIy g.,
aud received the balance Of her GOALS aud
provisions. The other -tesners joined tbs
! Grea, Eastern at Brarhayen, As follows:
The VIM. Cory and Terrible 90 Friday.
July s.; the Albany Gu the 7th, and the
Midway on Tuesday. the 10 h inst On
Saturday, the 9Th Of July, the end Of ;hs
Irish shore cable WAS lsnded from The
VIM. Cory, and al 2 80 the next morn
ing the laying was successfully completed
aud the end buried in 8 !sthoms Of water.
latitude 81 degrees 40 minutes, longitude
] l degrees O8 minutes. distance from the
telegraph house a, Vaisn,is 27i miles
294 miles O! cable paid out.
"Wednesday, 1l-lIer Mrje.ty's sloop
RaccooD arrived at BearhsYen to render
sill assistance in her power
Thursday, i2-The Giea, Eastern.
Midway, ALBANY, TeI.b sid Beacon
near one another. Services held Ut
Valentia and prayers offered uo io1 ,te
successful laying Of the cable.
Friday, 15.---The shore end WAS cot
necled to the main cable on board lhs
Grea, Eastern, and a. z 40 =. NJ ,hs
telegraph fleet started for Newfoundland,
and the Raccoon returned 10 Vaienlis
The telegraph feet ss'Ied IN the following
order: The Terrible ahead Of lbe ffres,
Eastern, on the starboard Dow, The Mid
wav on the port, and the Albany Oh ,hs
starboard quarter. Weather thick AMI
ioggy, with hea,v rains. Signals ,ent
through the cable on board thS Great
Eastern, and TO the telegraph hou'e At
. Valentia. Two thousand four hundred
and forty nautical miles found perfect
Saturday. II Distance ran los niles,
! cable paid out JIG miles.
SUNDAY. IS Distance ran l29 m'cs.
cable paid out l3o miles.
Monday, ls Distance ran ll5 miles.
cable paid ou, 1877 miles.
Tuesday, 7-Distance rat lis miles,
cable paid ou, l3s miles
Wednesday, RS Distance ran loS
miles, cable paid ont l25 miles.
Thursday, 10 distance ran l22 miles,
cable paid out l2o miles.
Friday, 20 -Dstance ran III niles
cable paid out l27 miles.
2lst.-Dis,ance run, lGz miles, cab.s'
paid ou, l22 mites.
2Id = Distance run, 1913 miles, cable
paid out, 1873 miles
23!.-Djs.ance run, 121 miles, cable
paid out 13S miles.
24,h. distance run 12l miles, cable
paid out, 1876 miles,
25lh.-Distance run, 1l2 miles, cable
paid out, l3O miles.
2G.h.-nis,ance run, les miles. caUls
paid out, lot miles.
27th.-Distance Iun. ll2 miles, cable
paid out. lis miles which, with the
shore end of Naleutis, distance II miles.
cable paid out 20 miles, makes the, dis
lance run ,66e miles, and paid ou1 I eGt
miles.
Arrived at Hearts Content al S A. NJ.
Friday. July II.
The average speed Of the ship from the
time the spice was made until We saw
land, wss q httie less than 5 nautical
miles per hour. and the cable has paid out
at average of 81 miles per hour. The
| total slack was less than IL per cent.
| Tbe weather has oeen moro pleasant
than have ever known on ths Atlantic
a, this season Of the year. We have ha.f
alternate days Of rain. sunshine, fog, ant
squalls.
We have been 10 constant comm hhb,ea-
ton with Valentia since the splice was
mafIe on the 18Th inst, and have daily
received news f;om Europe, WHICH
was posted Up outside Of the tsls-
graph Office for the information of
all on board Of the Grsa: Eastern
and signa'ed to the other ships After
taking in coals the telegraph feet
will eail for the spot where tie cable "as
lost las: year, TO comple,s a second line
between Ireland and Newfoundland. ana
then the Midway will proceed 70 Law the
new cable acroas the gulf Of ST, LawrsHee.
The cable 9il he open for business in =,
fen days, and all messages will b. sess 70
Europe in the oIdor tLsy are recAised a.
! Hesrls Content.
cannot And words suitabie to convey
ny a}mtra,ion for the men who have 50
ably oonduc:ed.ihs hau:icsl engineering
and electrical departments Of this anie.. .
friss so successfully, am'd,t din6ccltiss
which required to be seen to ss apprsciS-
ted. In fact, all on board os the telegraph
feet, ar. All ron nec,ess With the sEtsrprise.
have done ,hsn ssry best TO have ia
cable made and laid in pevs-e. condition,
and lis~hc rules the winds apd wavss