The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-06
THE CUBA GABLE.
SPECIAL 1flfsaAM TO Tine ueaALa.

West-Layisg the Shsre Line ut Pusta
Rasa-Yeilew Fever en- Board the Narvs-
| Death Of Threc Mcn-laytnG tho Cable 70
Within a Fcw Miles or Kes West.
KEY wEsr, Fla, Sept. I, 1867
l Via NEW ORLEANS, Sept 9, 1857. (
have the pleasure OF announcing that tho entire
cable from Havana 70 Punta Rasn Fla Is in work.
ing order with the exception Of seven miles Of shore
end Oh this point which will be laid by the United
States double sndsr Ienapss tomorrow the weather
is favorable; II not nrst hne day As the Raleigh
leaves 70 night for New Orleans send this by her. to
be tssgraphsd from that point les. the norhsrs In tho
| Gulf may delay the splicing OF this harbor
The following il my log OF the trip
WEDNESDAY, August 2l-Took in supplies At Key West ;
could get suitable COAL and 81 eight P. NJ the Nxrva
| left for Havana.
August % Arrived OF MORO Castle, Havana at seven
n remained there all day taking on board ice and
ships for the Narva and Lenapee which leaves Key
wost tonight for Punta Rasa assist US in laying tho
1 Puna Rasa and Key West cable Coal was put on board
in bags None OF the crow permitted land lest
tho ship should DO infected by the yellow fever raging
| Cuba. Loft at eight P. NJ. for Punta Rasa direct
/ AUGUST 23.-Early this morning crossed Tortugas
Island and had fine view Of Fort Jefferson the abiding
place OF the assassination conspiracrs; weather very
| fine and making six knots At eleven +. NJ. lay
| to OF Cape Romano. TO Punta Rasa harbor
| by daylight -
August 24-At daylight sighted the Lenapes at the
channel buoy and ran down to her
August Is The Narva anchored ct the buoy,
| miles OH the telegraph house. The Lenapee.
shore. Hor boais, With Engineers Webb and
Preeco and Electricians Crook and Medley, landed and
preparations were at once made to land the shore end
Ems gn German. with boat from the Lenapee towed
out two pontoon boats 10 the Narva where they
crossed with boards and raft formed, upon which
| the morning OF the August 90 one mile and half Of
heavy shore end coied Two launches Of the
Lenapes, under command Of Ensign German. started
ashore With the rat IN tow al two P. H., Mr. Webb de-
cIinng the offer Of Captain Irvine Of the Lenapee
tow the raft by steam. heavy wind arosc, and the
very dncult About three O'Clock the propeller Euy,
Captain hoxen. passed Us, bound in, and Mir.
Webb was only TOO glad 70 accept the orsr OF tow
from her We arrived ashore halfpast four and 1t
once connected the shore end TO Mr.. Hannans Office,
the terminus Of the land line. Mr. Webb at once char
tered the Emily to lay the shore end but just
were ready TO start for the Narva the Emily fearful
| storm came up, and We were all forced to camp
mosquitoes Tor the night At daylight the Emily pro.
ceeded to the Narva six miles or and additional cab,
was coied upon the former from the tanks OF
Narva, and the Emily in to shore The splice
was made between tho slual sized and the shore end
placed upon the Nsrya whore another splice was made
to the cable the Narvas tanks II fortunate that
the services OF the Emily had been awaited Of. as we
could have laid the shore end in four days without
her assistance in the rough sea that running
We lay at anchor all night intending to start at day
who had been III several days found dead Invesi
CATION into his case as well as Others OF the
fever board and of course il was impos-
sibie to sail until the deceased was buried
at despatched 20 bury the deceased Messrs
Webb, Medley, Captain Dowe and others panied
the boats and the latter read the Episcopal burial SER
vice the grave Before the boats returned from
the shore another Of the remaining patients sick With
the fever died. We were all ready to start. Mr. w. E.
inpatient and urged the captsn ana Mr. webb 70 throw
the body or the deceased overheard but these gentlemen
insisted upon swing him decent burial and r. Webb
declared he should buried shore II the cable was
mover laid Another funeral party started ashore and
that night Tonight Or Dunlap Of the Narva, issued
qanine rations 70 all on board and fumgasd the ship
with disnfectauts
AUGUST 2s-At e15 this morning we got under s.eam
70 draw in The slack, bat on doing discovered
that the cable had become entancIed in the ships
cable At 80 the splice again completed aud at
s:l5 We sailed al the rate OF one and half
Crookes and Medley. electricians, reported that
the Insulation Of the cable asd ceased and 10
shore The vessel was al once stopped and the
tire afternoon consumed in cutting the cable aud
taking out tho Gsw. Al y. NJ again ready
sail, whom DR. Dunlap announced the death OF an
other hand We lay ~ anchor all night and daylight
buried the third aud las, yellow patient on board
An Of these bad the wors, kind OF yellow fever
and black vomito. We hopeto or the fever
other cases have been reported
AUGUST 2s-We buried tho deceased shore with
coming soemnities and sot under steam for Key IVES,
gradually increasing 10 four and five knots Captain
Dowell TOOK the south, halt east, end despite
all circumstances kept On clear through. twas the
course taken by the Lenapee, which acted
pilot ship. The ships log showed the following rate
per hour Counting from the Funta Rass buoy,
miles rum r. n, thirty. three miles; seven r. NJ,
thirty eight miles; eight NJ fortytnree miles:
ave A. NJ, Auguss So i've knots per hour, which con-
tinusd 90 eisn H.. when the speed was reduced 70
s saH run q sns I
and anchored. The LeRspes, which found the Key
West buoy about MAE O'Clock Cred gun and ran back
10 the NarvA which was 81 anchor A heavy rain and
fog lad SET n 20 tnat u was deemed oxpedent to re-
main Al anchor The Lenapce at once started for Key
West, where she arrived the evening. sin
Dorther set in in the Afternoon aud the Nsrvs and
puoyed the cable.
Arersr al.-A heavy sss RAINING The Ienapes
weather very hreasnng. Arrived at two ?. NJ, aud ~
snrrrxnxr /, ave r. M.-The Narva came in this
morning; all on board are we'll This being Sunday, no
work will be done The weather has again settled. To-
take out scow with the Key Wet shore end GU board
The cable hands from the Narva will shen splice II 10
the deep cable and with the telegraph house
ashore, thus making the connection between Havans
and tho rest Of the world compete. Is believed thai
half miles Of the deep sea cable belonging 10 the Tes.
graph Company. The Punts Rssa cable ran ont splen-
ddiy there being no stoppsges for twenty four hours.
81 the rate OF four and Ave knots. have seen spec
Of many caoles, but q better than the
Pan,a R.sa cao'e. which, s welt AZ the cuba and Key
west cable The frst complete cable made by the
Silyerown India Rubber and Gu,ta rcrchA Telegraph
Company, OF London
II Is more than probable thar before Wednesday when
this despatch reaches you. shal elegra you
BY punts Rass the news OF tho entire completion Of the
cable. few hours before and buoyed the cable
this poin, sent you despatch from that the
HERALD, usual is ahead, and has received the first
despatch sent over the cable.
Arbitrary Conduct Of sbe Captain General Of
Cubs-He Refsses to Permit Dispatches 10
the Press 10 Go Over the Cable-up setticd
state Of Politics the supposed Cause.
Ksy WEST Sept l.,
Via Ssw ostx.ss, sept. o, 1867.
Notwithstanding the Guifcsbic nearly completed the
Csptain General Of Cuba refused 70 permit press
dispatches to be sent over the cable Your Havana
respondent can therefore send nothing Senior Araniave
Is liberal minded gentleman aud acts as nspec-
tor Of dispatches, but General Manzsno Is playing
. despots part. He gives an exccse for h z
interference that thc line not yet open for business
but learn that political Affairs Gotta in unset
state and this probably the real cause OF the
Captain Generals acuon No much for lporty Of the
press aud FREQ speech tho realm u the Cuban Mogu