The Portland daily press., 1869-07-26

snce Of bur government with thS Handing Of
the French cable, because its as>ent had mot
been frst obtained, and Notwithstanding the
apprehensions existing lately on account ofthe
delay of its arrival at Duxbury, the line was
completed Friday BY the landing Of ths shore
end: CO. 81 ~
From the Boston -Adxertiser VIC take the
following brief history of the enterprise:
The project of uniting the coast of France
with that of the United States by direct
Is oass s sa a:ss asE Pssa
by Frenchmen who had not the means to pros
ecute it, and who are now quite forgotten:
When at last the company was organized and
received its charter in July 1857 no definite ar
is now accomplished Another year passed
before the plans were lnatured, when the con-
tract was given to Emile de Erlanger Of Par
is, and Julius Reuter- Of London. On the 9Th
of July the concession was granted on the fol-
lowing terms: Forty thousand dollars to be
the work; no soil foreign to that of France
and the United States to be touched in the
transit; the price Of dispatches not to exceed
twenty dollars for twenty words; the company
to have the right of oflworking the cable for
twenty years from the first of September.
The subscriptions for stock were opened, the
capital was placed mt six million dollars, in
sixty thousand shares, which were at once
taken by French capitalists and others in Eng
land and on the Continent The work OF con-
structing the cable was intrusted to the Tele-
graph Construction and Maintenance Compa-
ny OF England. The Great Eastern was char
tered to lay the cable, and so rapidly had the
work of construction progressed that early in
the spring the vessel began 10 receive its mem
oss'e 1sA1"a y iefYs gs5aH assaAS
INCIDENTS OF THE EXPEDITION. zgefd
june lSth, at 1lIr: Nj the heavy shore end
ously laid by the Chiltern, was splicedt0 the
cable on board the Great Eastern and the lat
ter proceeded ON her voyage. At midnight on
the I'D, the intermediate shore end was paid
out when the laying of the deep sea cable COM
menced. Everything went right until $50
A. NJ, June "a, when a fault was discovered at
q depth OF 2460 fathoms. THE cable was
wound back, and the fault, which was owing
TO o small hole in the ghtta percha covering
was cut out, and the splice was made. Atstsn
with the catle psrfeots ON Jnnei 26th another
similar faultwas discovered in the cable from
similar cause in 2304 fathoms. 1t was sue
cessfully repaired In. the same manner.
On the 27th and 28th the weather was mag
nificent, and the condition Of the cable was
excellent. Constant telegraphic communica-
tiOn was kept up with the shore, and the price
Of stocks in Paris and London was posted ON
board the Great Eastern. On Wednesday,
june g, anothef sefiods.fau was discovered; /;
attempted to windeop the cable, but was pre-
vented by very heavy gale from the south
west. The officers were therefore compelled
to cut the cable and 10 attach il to q buoy in
2OOO fathoms, an operation never before ac-
complished at thatdepthm I'VE Great Eastern
cruised about the acabler fDr three Ilays, when
the gale abated. July-2d the cable was recov-
cred, hauledrOn board aud splie6d. On the Sd
N heavy sea was running and much anxiety
was felt lest another 1adlt should be discover
ed. None however, was found; ON the 9th
there was moderats gales and ON Friday, the
9Th the Great Eastern 'wascin 800 sfathoms Of
water at the tail on the great Newfoundland
bank. .asssamaHasEM
On the 10th, llth aand 17ih the weather was
fogky.i The steamer nv illiam Gary, which had
been previously sentops bad already laid the
Cd t. Oh Tie % 1St s weather 1 Has too to- SaSs ossy
the buoy was found and tbs splice Isuceessinliy
made. The commun cation with France was
found perfect at HtaRierre, and message was
aatory reply On The i9ih she Great dSasas Rastsrn
lay at anchor while the other ships were get
ting coal. On the 16th the William Cary
again paid out more cable, and oa tie 18th
heavy gale, viii t9E snd rain Set in. On the
Cary Was as Sa bS oaas nsSer ,ns
too heavy to splice il, q had to be buoyed. On
TIE 18th il was sspfced 70 the Scanderia. On
the 10th the Seanderia was detained by q tam
gle in the cable which had TO be cut out and
sspliced. The iog was 50 thick that the, Chill
.srn Nv was aosI sig9t G oi ana on the evening Of
Cbiitern not heinz "A sioSt tbs caSIs was bnou
ed and the Scrnderia went in search Of tie
sSrmer sSa vessel aga Pet hsE y about an hour.
given iine accordins to preyions % arranasmsnt ~ ~
Under such circumstances the splice was soon
made, and the Chiltern proceeded, sighting
dav dae nsn;a gn;iand h, gha, tape Coa, az u Fri
Chiltern was 100 miles from 'Dnxbnrv ,,'aAe 'n'
The William caryIwas despatched to Hall
iax wnen sne mad nnlshed paying out. The
Robert H HaIuim and ~ nr Tsmes " Idapsa,n
iIst officer, the William Cary bv Canta;n Don.
aldson; the Seanderia by Captain Carrell, and
,ne 5 Jn,i,ern q " Sap5alh Ead'pgton; The com
ming. and the CHEF siectrieian Mr william
Smith, A number Of other gentlemen high
and hs
'''sSg'- Ias ...a .5o2 sasIaH Ia laami,4l
.sa. ca,,,;,, ns a.ss.sss !. AassoasDhs. ..a3
brought astern Of she ca;,tern Sss
lsplatiorm placed across their decks, lhiis brac-
ing .nem si together s On these the shore end Of
boriousy tueped ashore Sy row.bos.s IA
TO- them.s The sialwart crew work ed iustiI 7
ana sang heartily over their labor ands get
aSa sss e sss ssss sss
/ moe e N4'tner ehe electricians also, proceeded
70 su tne instruments. Ihe cable swas
~. ~ leM ninl tes peiore nye on when
t; .ls olateIn ~ Ireo salute. Ane conmlnlca-
cshie 4 n 1ood n, u a sne sns
i,vul Atnk stou S2taHoHS ~ A@uXDufy are nearly