The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-01-19

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stopped. ana tie money ~s!cn h2d oSen P3il II
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Cg-1ranv. wh.,l should assume tie work. and -
originates The -AEE}g-America7 Telegraph TOM
p2ay. Il was formed " ten gentlemen who met
around s table N London, and put down +Io,uyo
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TIE era; telegraph Construction and Main
teuaLce CymIany-undaunted ~ the failure Of
last vear, answered Us with 8 subscription OF
EI0U. 500. soon after she books were opened 70
the public. through Ine euitsent BANKING house
OF J. :. Morgan Il Co. and IN fO1E1=en days we
tad raised the whole 100000 Then the work
begAn again. aid went on with Sgd Never
was greater enzrgy infused in;o any enterprise
I; was only the Isl day Of March thAt the new
Company was formed, and was registered as =
Company the next day and yet such was the
yi-yr and dispatch that 10 five months from tina;
day the cable had been manufactured shipred On
the Greet Eastern, stretched acTUs- Ehe Atlantic,
and sas sending messages. literally swift Is light
ming, from continent - continent
Yet tbiS was not " 5 lucky hIt-a fine run
across The ocean in calm weather 1t was the
woTs. weather / ever knew az that season OF the
year. In the dispatch which appeared in the
New York EaYers you may have read. TIE
weather has been most pleasant l wrote II
= uEpisas1nt." We had fogs and storms almost
the whole way Our success was the result Of
the highest science. combined with practical ex-
perience. Everything was perfectly organized 10
the minutest detail.
But our work was not over. After landing
tie cable safely az Newfoundland, We had another
rask-tO return 70 mid-OceaD and recover that
lost in the expedition Of last year. This achieve
ment has perhaps excited more surprise than the
other. Many even nJw = don't understand it
and G, ery day | am a-ked =. how it was done
" ell. u QcS seem rather uncut 70 Gsl Tor q
Jewel az the bottom OF the OCEAN two and a half
miles deep. But it Is not 50 very d,ffcult-when
you know how. You may be sure We cid not 20
a fishing az random, nor was our success mere
" luck I; Was the triumph OF the highest
nautical and engineering skill. We had four
ships. and on board OF them some of the best
samen IN England, men who knew the ocean as
I hunter knows every trail in the forest.
There was Captain Moriarty, vino was in the
Agqmenaon IN ISIS. He was in the Great
ECSterl last year, and saw the cable when il
broke; and he and Capt. Anderson al o~Rce-sook
their observations 60 exact that they could go
right - the spot. After ending it. they rharked
the line Of the cable By q row OF buoys. for fogs
would come down and shut out sun and stars,
- that no man could take an observation. These
buoys were anchored a few miles apart. They
were numbered. and each had a flag staff upon it.
so that II could Dc seen by day and q lantern by
night. Thus having taken our bearings, We
stood Oh three or four miles, 50 as to come broad
side on. aud then casting over the grapnel. drifted
slowly down upon it. dragging the bottom of the
ocean as We went. At first IL was little awkward {
t. FISH in such deep water but cur men got used
- II, and soon could cast a grapnel almost as
straight as an old whaler throws a harpoOn. /
Our fishing line was of formidable size. IL was
made of rope, tw .sted with wires Of steel. so a. TO
bar a strain Of thirty tons. Ii took about two .
hours for the =rapnel 10 reach bottom, bat We
could tell when it struck. | often went 10 the
bow, and sat on the rOre, and could feel by the
CULVER that the grapne! was dragging on the bot
TWO miles under Us. But it vas u very slow
business. We had storms and calms, and fogs
and squalls. Sill We worked on day BY day.
Once, on the 18th of August. We got the cable
up, and had it in full sight for FIVE minutes. a
long, Shiny monster. fresh from the Ooze OF the
Jccaus bed. but our men began TO cheer - wildly
it seemed to be frightened, and suddenly
broke away and went down into the sea. This
kept Us At work two weeks longer. but,
inally, ON the last night OF August We caught il.
had cast the grapnel thirty times. Ii was a
title before midnight on Friday night that we
hooked the cable, and II was q little after mid
hight, Sunday morning when We got it on board.
" hat Was the anxiety of these twenty-six hours?
The strain on every mans life was like the strain
N the cable itself. When finally it appeared. it
vas midnight the lights Of the ship. and in the
oats around our bows. as they flashed in the
aces of the men, showed them eagerly watching
or the cable 10 appear on the water. At length it
vas brought to the surface. All who were al
owed to approach crowded forward to see it. Yet
'ot a word was spoken. only the voices of the
in Command were heard giving
riders. Ali felt "a if life and death hung on
ne issue. 1t was only when it was brought over
he bow on the deck that men dared 10 breathe.
then they hardly believed their eyes. Some
rept toward it to feel of it. TO be sure it was
here. Then we carried it along to the electricians
Dom, to see it our long sought-for treasure was
or dead. \ few minutes of suspense, and a
told Of the lighting current again set free.
hen did the feeling long pent up burst forth.
ONE turned away their heads and wept. Others
roke into cheers and the cry ran from man 10
nan, and was heard down in the engine rooms,
below deck. and from boats on the water,
nd the other ships, while rockets lighted UP the
arkness of the SEA. Then with thankful hearts q,
re turned our faces again to the West. But
Don the wind rose and for thirtv-six hours we
exposed TO all the dangers of a STORM on the .
Atlantic. Yet In the very height and fury Of the
a. l sat IN the electricians room. IA fash of
came up from the deep, which having
rJssed To Ireland, came back to me in mid-ocean
cling that those so dear To me. whom | had
IT on the banks Of the Hudson were well. and
blowing u with their wishes and their PRAYERS. :